Two pits, one hillside
Flatrock and Thorndale, two pits west of Quicksburg
Head 2.7 miles north-west from the Quicksburg crossroads and you reach Flatrock Quarry, where the Mine Safety and Health Administration records crushed stone being worked. Tri-axle dump trucks and end-dump tractors that load at a pit this close often finish the day parked at a yard or a driveway in town, and that address is all we need to plan the collection.
Thorndale Quarry is four miles due west, again per the Mine Safety and Health Administration. If your truck has spent its shifts between those two pits, photograph the bed, the hoist and the tailgate along with the cab and the VIN plate, and tell us which quarry it served so our questions fit the work it did.
Valley rails
Shenandoah yard, below Quicksburg on the valley floor
Fourteen and a half miles south of Quicksburg, the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places a rail yard named Shenandoah. Day cabs and flatbeds that shuttle between a yard like that and the farms or quarries nearer town are trucks we buy.
A tractor that works out of the Shenandoah yard can stay right there for collection; we come to the truck rather than asking you to bring it north. Send the yard or lot address, say whether a trailer is still hooked up, and note any gate hours so the pickup is arranged around them.
Tankers, stock rigs and silage trucks off Quicksburg farms
Around Quicksburg, Shenandoah County counted 859 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with cattle, corn and milk listed as the leading products. Bulk milk tankers, livestock haulers, grain trucks and feed bodies all come out of that kind of farming, and each one is a truck we will look at.
A farm truck often sits in a barn lot or a field lane between seasons. Tell us whether the ground there is firm enough for a tow vehicle, and keep the registration and any service invoices together with the title so the paperwork reaches us in one go.
For a milk tanker or a stock trailer rig, list the body type and its manufacturer along with the chassis make and model year. With those details and daylight photos from all four corners in hand, we can review the truck before anyone heads to the farm.
Over the mountain
Court Street in Luray holds the closest title counter
A lost or missing title is replaced through the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, which handles that work at its DMV Customer Service Centers and DMV Select offices. For Quicksburg sellers, DMV Select - Page County DMV Select sits about 11.9 miles off at 103 S. Court Street, Luray, 22835, on the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles’ office list.
Bring the VIN, your identification and any lienholder release when you go to Luray; a title with an open lien has to be cleared before the truck can change hands. If the title is already in your drawer, check that the name on it matches the seller’s name and that the VIN agrees with the plate on the door jamb.
Ready in the valley
Keys, title and a parking spot between Flatrock and the farms
Start with the VIN, the make, model and year, and where the truck is parked: a quarry yard west of town, a farm lane, or the rail yard down at Shenandoah. With those three facts we can tell you what else to send.
Keep the keys, the title and the current registration in the cab or in one envelope. Any inspection reports or maintenance logs help too, and if a body such as a dump bed or tank was added later, send the builder’s paperwork for it as well.
The questions we get asked in Quicksburg
- Can a dump truck be picked up at Flatrock or Thorndale quarry?Flatrock Quarry is 2.7 miles north-west and Thorndale Quarry four miles west, both on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and we can arrange collection at either site or wherever the truck is parked. Send the location and any access hours.
- Is there a DMV Select over in Luray for a replacement truck title?About 11.9 miles away in Luray, the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles lists DMV Select - Page County DMV Select as the closest office that handles titles; its street address is 103 S. Court Street, per the same agency.
- Is a milk tanker from a Shenandoah County dairy something you buy?Cattle, corn and milk lead the county’s 859 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and tankers, stock haulers and grain trucks from that farming are all trucks we buy. Say whether it is a tanker, stock body or grain box, and which farm lane it sits on.