Tank loads west and south-west of Mechanicsville
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the Transflo CSXT liquid bulk terminal 7.4 miles west of Mechanicsville, and the North American Rail Network shows the ACCA rail yard at that same distance and direction. A tanker tractor that loads at Transflo can stay parked where it last unloaded; give us the yard address and the name of whoever holds the gate key.
Two Richmond petroleum product terminals appear in Energy Information Administration listings at 8.4 and 8.5 miles south-west of town. If your rig hauled fuel from either one, have the title, the current Virginia registration and any hazmat inspection sheets together before you call, since those answer most of what we ask about a tank truck.
Fulton rail yard lies 8.8 miles south, according to the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Drivers who shuttle trailers between Fulton and ACCA usually leave a day cab at one yard or the other, so tell us which, and we plan the collection there.
Sand, gravel and stone east and south-west of town
Amrize King William Sand and Gravel, 10.4 miles east, is on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list of active operations. Dump trucks and tri-axles working that pit can be picked up at the pit lot or at your Hanover yard; send photos of the bed, the cab and the VIN plate so we see the same truck you describe.
South Richmond Quarry, a crushed-stone site 10.5 miles south-west, is recorded by the Mine Safety and Health Administration too. If the truck spent its hours hauling stone out of there, a short note of which jobs it ran and its service records give us the history the photos leave out.
The 124 carriers on FMCSA’s Mechanicsville roll
FMCSA’s carrier census lists 124 active carriers based in Mechanicsville, with 59 authorised for interstate work, 65 operating intrastate only and 41 classed as private fleets. Whether yours is one tractor or one of several in a private fleet, the paperwork is the same: title, registration, and the USDOT number the truck runs under.
In FMCSA’s carrier census, 87 of those carriers list general freight as cargo, 28 list machinery and large objects, 22 list motor vehicles and 19 list metal sheets, coils and rolls. That spread means flatbeds, step-decks, car haulers and dry vans all come out of this town, and we buy each of them.
Per FMCSA’s census, 204 drivers here work within 100 miles of base and 183 go beyond it. A long-haul sleeper may be sitting out of state when you decide to sell; tell us the city where it is parked and we arrange collection from there.
Roadside checks and road miles for Mechanicsville tractors
Across 53 trucks from Mechanicsville carriers checked between September 2024 and August 2026, FMCSA roadside inspection records show a median model year of 2020, and 24.5 percent were ten or more years old. Whatever year yours is, have the model year, engine make and odometer reading ready when you first get in touch.
Thirty-five local carriers reported mileage to FMCSA, and their median was 20,000 miles per truck a year. Wherever the truck is kept between runs, a home lot, a shop bay or a customer’s yard, confirm that address and who can hand over the keys.
Fleets starting up and the larger operators
Eight new carriers registered from Mechanicsville in 2025 and eleven in 2024, by FMCSA’s carrier census. If you are one of those newer outfits and want to sell a power unit you no longer need, the registration and title in your company’s name are what we need to see first.
The three biggest local fleets on FMCSA’s census run 40, 20 and 20 power units, the first with six drivers and the other two with eighteen and eight. When an operator of that size sells several trucks at once, send one list with each VIN and where each unit sits, and we plan the collections from it.
Wholesale docks, job sites and Hanover grain farms
Wholesale trade accounts for 1,820 of Mechanicsville’s 22,712 jobs in the Census Bureau’s 2023 LEHD job counts, ahead of construction at 1,228, transportation and warehousing at 925 and manufacturing at 503. Delivery straight trucks and box vans from those wholesale firms are trucks we purchase, collected from the warehouse dock if that is easiest.
County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau count 252 construction establishments here, and the USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture records 512 farms in Hanover County, with corn, soybeans and wheat the top crops. A contractor’s dump truck or a farm’s grain truck parked at a job site or barn can be collected where it stands; keep the title with the person who will meet us.
The questions we get asked in Mechanicsville
- Our tanker sits on a lot by Transflo CSXT west of town; does it have to come to Mechanicsville first?It can stay put, because the Bureau of Transportation Statistics puts Transflo CSXT 7.4 miles west of Mechanicsville and we collect from there; tell us whose lot it is on so access is arranged.
- Do you buy dump trucks that haul from the King William sand and gravel pit?We do, and the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Amrize King William Sand and Gravel 10.4 miles east of town; send the VIN, the title and photos of the dump truck that works there.
- Will you take a grain truck off a Hanover County corn and soybean farm?Grain and farm trucks are on our list, and USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 512 farms in Hanover County; have the title and registration with whoever meets us at the barn.