FMCSA’s carrier census shows 23 active motor carriers based in Marshall, 11 of them authorised for interstate work and 12 for intrastate hauling, with 12 operating as private fleets. If your truck carried a business’s own goods rather than hired loads, tell us which company’s name sits on the registration so the paperwork lines up with the title.
Four new carriers registered here in 2025 and one in 2024, according to the same federal census. A recently started operation that is selling a tractor should have the title in the business name, the current registration card and the USDOT number to hand when we talk.
The three biggest local fleets on FMCSA records run 14, 12 and 10 power units, the first with 29 drivers on file. An owner letting go of several units from a fleet that size can send us one list of VINs, and we will work through each truck from it.
Ten Marshall carriers list general freight as cargo in the federal carrier census, five haul machinery and large objects, four move logs, poles, beams and lumber, and three carry liquids or gases. Tell us which of those your truck did, and photograph the body or trailer coupling it used, whether a flatbed deck, a log bunk setup or a tank.
Read the odometer yourself before you call and send a clear photo of the dash; that single figure, with the VIN, starts every conversation we have about a truck.
A sleeper that spends weeks away may be parked out of state when you decide to sell; give us the address where it actually sits, and we arrange collection there.
Stone from Sanders and Bull Run, fuel from Manassas
Dump trucks and tri-axles loaded at either pit should come with the registration and any site safety paperwork the quarry required of the driver.
East toward Manassas, 18.4 miles out, the Energy Information Administration places a petroleum product terminal. A tanker tractor that has pulled from that rack is one we buy; have its hazmat registration and the tank’s inspection reports ready alongside the title.
The Virginia Inland Port at Front Royal
Twenty miles west, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics records the Virginia Inland Port intermodal ramp at Front Royal, and the North American Rail Network maps a rail yard at the same site. If your day cab pulled containers on and off that ramp, tell us the chassis or container work it did and send photos of the fifth wheel and frame.
A truck that finished its last run at Front Royal can stay where it was parked. Send the lot address and the name of whoever can let a driver in, and we plan the pickup at the port rather than in Marshall.
Construction accounts for 281 of the 1,118 jobs located in Marshall in 2023, or 25.1 percent, per the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts, while wholesale trade holds 63. Contractors selling a dump, a flatbed or a lowboy tractor should gather the title, registration and any service records the shop kept.
Across Fauquier County, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 1,040 farms, with cattle, soybeans and milk leading the list. A farm-plated straight truck, grain hauler or livestock tractor is welcome; tell us how it is registered, since farm plates and commercial plates carry different paperwork at transfer.
A Virginia title in the seller’s or the business’s name is the document that matters most. If it has gone missing, the state’s title agency issues a replacement, and a seller near Marshall should request that copy before we arrange collection so the handover goes smoothly.
Alongside the title, keep the registration card, a photo of the VIN plate and four or five clear pictures of the cab, frame and tires. With those in hand, a seller in Marshall can settle the details by phone and leave the truck parked where it is.