Quarry hauling around the Elkton Plant and North Plant
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the Elkton Plant, a crushed-stone quarry, 7.8 miles north-east of McGaheysville, and the North Plant, another crushed-stone operation, 11.4 miles to the north-west. A dump truck or tractor that has run aggregate out of either pit may be parked at a quarry lot rather than in town, so give us the exact address where it sits and we will arrange collection there.
Two McGaheysville carriers list commodities dry bulk as cargo in FMCSA’s carrier census. If your truck pulled a bulk or end-dump trailer for that work, tell us whether the trailer goes with it, and send photos of the cab, the body and the VIN plate so we know which unit we are collecting.
Farm trucks from the dairy and cattle side of the valley
Milk, cattle and corn are the leading products across the 1,722 farms that USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts in Rockingham County, the county McGaheysville belongs to. A farm truck that hauls feed, livestock or grain off one of those operations often stays at the barn between seasons, and we can pick it up from the farm lane as long as you tell us how a truck reaches it.
Grain, feed and hay is the cargo for three local carriers, and farm supplies for two, according to FMCSA’s carrier census. Owners of a grain truck or a hay hauler should have the title and current registration ready, along with any service log kept in the shop, before calling us.
Ten carriers, most of them crossing state lines
Whichever of those describes your business, the sale works the same way: one truck or several, we need the VIN for each and the name on each title.
Six of the ten list general freight, again per the FMCSA carrier census. If you are selling a tractor and keeping the trailer, or the other way round, say which units are in the sale when you first contact us.
One fleet of twenty and a handful of small operators
The biggest McGaheysville fleet on file with FMCSA’s carrier census runs 20 power units and 15 drivers; the next two run three trucks with three drivers and two trucks with two drivers. A fleet thinning out several units can list them together, and we will collect from the yard where they are kept.
Owner-operators with a single truck are welcome too. For one tractor or straight truck, a clear photo of the title, the registration card and four or five pictures of the truck are enough to get a sale started from McGaheysville.
Across five McGaheysville carriers that reported mileage, FMCSA’s carrier census puts the median at 33,350 miles per truck each year. Have the current odometer reading with you when you call; we ask for it alongside the VIN.
Nineteen drivers here work within a hundred-mile radius and fourteen travel beyond it, by the FMCSA census figures. A truck on a long run may be away from town when you decide to sell, so tell us where it will be parked next and we can plan pickup there instead of in McGaheysville.
Shenandoah, a rail yard on the North American Rail Network maintained by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, lies 9.7 miles north-east of McGaheysville. Trucks that shuttle loads to or from that yard can be collected wherever they are kept between runs; just give us the street address.
Further out, Rivanna Station, a military installation the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists 22.9 miles south-east of town. A truck parked near that side of the ridge is still within our reach, and the same paperwork applies: title, registration and the VIN.
The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles issues replacement titles, and its DMV Customer Service Center - Harrisonburg, at 3281 Peoples Drive, Harrisonburg, 22801, is 9.9 miles from McGaheysville. If the title for your truck has gone missing, a visit to that office or to another of the DMV Customer Service Centers and DMV Select offices is the step to take before the sale.
Bring the VIN and proof that you are the owner on record when you go to the Harrisonburg center. Once the replacement is in hand, send us a photo of it with the registration and we can move ahead with the purchase.
The questions we get asked in McGaheysville
- Can a small McGaheysville fleet sell several trucks at once?With a 20-unit fleet and several two- and three-truck operators on file in FMCSA’s carrier census, McGaheysville owners can sell more than one truck at a time; list every VIN and we will collect them together.