Freight, machinery and coil haulers on the James
FMCSA’s carrier census shows 148 active carriers registered in Lynchburg, and 96 of them list general freight. If your tractor or box truck spent its working life on general freight runs out of the city, gather the title and current registration before you call, and we can talk through the rest with you on the phone.
Eighteen Lynchburg carriers haul machinery and large objects, and another 15 carry metal sheets, coils and rolls, according to the same FMCSA census. Flatbeds, step-decks and lowboy tractors from that work are trucks we take. Photograph the deck, the tie-down points and the cab together so we see the whole rig at once.
Household goods movers make up 15 of the city’s registered carriers on FMCSA’s count. A straight truck with a moving box is as welcome as a sleeper tractor; send the VIN and a photo of the box interior along with the outside.
Interstate runs and private fleets
Of Lynchburg’s 148 carriers, 84 are authorised for interstate work and 64 stay inside Virginia, per FMCSA. Interstate tractors usually carry a cab card and an IRP apportioned plate; have those papers with the title so the registration side of the sale is straightforward.
Private fleets, companies hauling their own goods rather than for hire, number 52 in FMCSA’s Lynchburg records. If your business is retiring a unit from its own fleet, the person who signs the title for the company should be the one we deal with, and a letter of authority helps if someone else is handling it.
Drivers working beyond 100 miles total 1,148 across the city’s carriers in FMCSA’s census, against 554 who stay within 100 miles. A long-haul truck may be parked out of state when you decide to sell; tell us where it sits and we arrange collection there.
What the inspection records say about trucks here
FMCSA roadside inspection records list 330 trucks from Lynchburg-registered carriers stopped from September 2024 to August 2026, and their median model year was 2022. Whatever year yours is, the model year and VIN on the title are the first two details we ask for.
In that same set of FMCSA roadside inspections, 14.9 percent of the trucks were ten or more model years old. Older and newer units are both on our list; send whatever service records you have along with the photos.
Among the 42 Lynchburg carriers reporting mileage to FMCSA, the median truck covered 18,509 miles a year. Read the odometer off the dash and photograph it, since that figure goes on the title transfer.
Kinney, Montview and the quarries
The North American Rail Network places the Kinney rail yard 1.7 miles south-east of Lynchburg and the Montview yard 2.8 miles out in the same direction. Day cabs that shuttle loads to and from those yards often sit on a lot near them; give us the lot address and a contact who can open the gate.
Martin Marietta’s Lawyers Rd. Quarry sits 6.1 miles south of the city on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list. Dump trucks and tri-axles that run crushed stone out of that pit can be collected from the quarry lot or your yard, whichever suits you.
Martin Marietta’s Mt. Athos Quarry, 8.5 miles east, is a second crushed-stone site on MSHA’s list. If your dump truck works both quarries, tell us which yard it is kept in and we plan the pickup there.
The RJ Corman terminal to the north-west
RJ Corman’s liquid bulk terminal is 21.7 miles north-west of Lynchburg on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics list. Tractors that pull tank trailers to that terminal can be sold with or without the trailer; say which when you first contact us.
Any tank work leaves a paper trail, so keep the trailer’s own title and any hazmat endorsement papers apart from the tractor’s. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics records the terminal by name, which makes it easy to tell us where the rig has been working.
Manufacturing, construction and wholesale work
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put 5,570 of Lynchburg’s 48,991 jobs in manufacturing in 2023, or 11.4 percent. Box trucks and tractors that served plant shipping docks are trucks we buy; have the registration in the company name ready if the plant owned the unit.
Construction held 1,822 jobs and wholesale trade 1,681 in the same 2023 LEHD figures, while County Business Patterns counts 216 construction establishments in the city. Contractors selling a dump truck, a flatbed or a crane truck can send photos of the body and the chassis plate together.
Transportation and warehousing accounted for 954 jobs in 2023 on LEHD, and County Business Patterns lists 3 warehousing establishments. Trucks from those operations may be parked at a dock; let us know who controls the lot.
The questions we get asked in Lynchburg
- Will you pick up a dump truck sitting at the Lawyers Rd. Quarry south of Lynchburg?We will collect it from that quarry lot, which the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists 6.1 miles south of Lynchburg, once whoever runs the Martin Marietta gate knows we are coming.
- Do you buy the flatbeds Lynchburg carriers use for coil and sheet steel?FMCSA’s carrier census lists 15 Lynchburg carriers hauling metal sheets, coils and rolls, and we buy their tractors and flatbeds. Have the VIN and title to hand and photograph the deck with its coil racks.
- Our Lynchburg business hauls only its own goods; can it sell one of those trucks to you?A private-fleet unit is one we buy, and FMCSA records 52 private fleets in Lynchburg. The company officer named on the title signs it over to us.