Prep plants north
Mayflower, Lone Mountain and the stone yard south-west
The Mine Safety and Health Administration places the Mayflower Preparation Plant 5.1 miles north-west of Pennington Gap and the Lone Mountain Plant 5.8 miles due north. A dump truck or tractor that hauls coal into either plant is often parked near the plant gate or at a shop along the road back to town, so give us the nearest crossroads when you describe where it sits.
Powell Valley Stone Company runs a crushed-stone quarry 6.8 miles south-west of town, according to Mine Safety and Health Administration listings. If your tri-axle or end-dump has spent its days loading at that quarry, photograph the bed, the cab and the data plate, and keep the VIN handy; those three things answer most of what we ask first.
Andover rail yard, a strip mine and Norton Quarry to the north-east
Andover, a rail yard on the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, lies 17.5 miles north-east of Pennington Gap. Trucks that shuttle loads to that siding may be kept closer to Andover than to town; tell us which end of the run the truck sleeps at and we plan collection there.
Further along that same north-east line, Strip #12, a coal mine, sits 22.4 miles out and Norton Quarry 23.4 miles out, both on Mine Safety and Health Administration records. A truck parked at a mine site may need a gate pass or an escort to reach, so mention any site access rules when you first contact us.
Thirty-one motor carriers on the federal register
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 31 active carriers based in Pennington Gap, with 16 hauling general freight and 9 hauling logs, poles, beams and lumber. A log truck with a knuckle boom or a flatbed tractor from one of those outfits is exactly the kind of equipment we collect, and a list of attachments that go with it saves a second phone call.
Seven of those carriers move motor vehicles and six do driveaway or towaway work, by the same FMCSA census. Car haulers and tow trucks from this group can come to us with the deck or the wheel-lift fitted; tell us whether the body stays on the chassis.
Of the 31, 22 operate interstate, 9 stay intrastate and 19 run as private fleets, per the federal carrier census. In that FMCSA census the three biggest local fleets run 7, 6 and 5 power units, so tell us how many trucks you plan to sell and we arrange one trip for all of them.
Valley odometers
Short-haul valley work beside longer runs
Among the ten Pennington Gap carriers that filed mileage with FMCSA, the middle truck logs 48,022 miles; jot your own odometer figure beside the VIN before calling.
FMCSA’s census records 38 drivers here working inside a 100-mile radius and 31 beyond it. A local truck is usually home each night in Lee County, while a long-run tractor may be out on the road, so tell us the date it is next back in Pennington Gap.
New registrations have kept coming: the FMCSA register shows five new carriers in Pennington Gap during 2025 and two in 2024. A recently started operator selling a first truck needs the same things as anyone else, the title in the business or owner’s name and the registration card.
Stock trailers and livestock haulers across the valley
Pennington Gap’s surrounding Lee County holds 629 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with cattle, sheep and horses listed as the leading livestock. A farm truck or a tractor that pulls a stock trailer is usually kept at the barn, so a gravel lane or a field gate is no problem; just describe the approach.
The Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns counts 9 construction establishments in the county, and LEHD job counts from the Census Bureau put 798 jobs in Pennington Gap in 2023. Contractors’ dump trucks and service bodies from those firms qualify too, and we can collect from a job site as readily as from a driveway.
A missing Pennington Gap title goes to the Jonesville counter
The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles issues replacement titles through its DMV Customer Service Centers and DMV Select offices, and the nearest is the DMV Customer Service Center - Jonesville at 195 Hill Street, Jonesville, 24263, 6.4 miles from Pennington Gap. A Lee County owner whose title has gone astray can file for the duplicate at that Jonesville counter, and we set the collection date once it is in hand.
A truck still carrying a loan needs the lender’s lien release alongside the title, and a truck titled to a company needs someone who can sign for that company. Keep the Virginia registration card, whatever maintenance receipts survive and photos of the cab and frame together in one folder for the call.
The questions we get asked in Pennington Gap
- Will you collect a coal truck from the Mayflower or Lone Mountain plant area?Both plants sit under six miles from Pennington Gap on Mine Safety and Health Administration records, and we come to where the truck is parked; tell us about any gate or site access rules.
- Will you take a Pennington Gap log truck with its boom?Nine Pennington Gap carriers haul logs, poles, beams and lumber in FMCSA’s carrier census, and their trucks are among the equipment we purchase, booms and bunks included.
- My tractor stays near the Andover siding; will you come out to it?Andover sits 17.5 miles north-east of town on the North American Rail Network, and we can arrange collection at the yard or wherever the truck is kept nearby.