Prep plants and coal mines around Richlands
The Mine Safety and Health Administration places Coal Creek Prep Plant 4.4 miles north-west of Richlands and the Big Creek Surface coal mine 5 miles due north. A tractor or dump truck that ran loads between pit and plant on that short stretch is likely still parked near one of those two sites, so give us the gate location and the name of whoever can let us onto the property for collection.
Farther out on the same north-western line, Buchanan Mine #1 is 11 miles from town and Coronet Jewell Prep Plant #2 is 16.2 miles, both on Mine Safety and Health Administration listings. If your truck served either one, send photos of the cab, the frame and the bed or fifth wheel along with the VIN, and tell us which of those sites it worked from.
Quarry trucks south-east and west of town
Tazewell County Quarry, a crushed-stone operation 3.4 miles south-east of Richlands, is the closest mine site to the town centre in the Mine Safety and Health Administration listings. Tri-axle dump trucks and end-dump tractors from that quarry run are among the trucks we purchase; have the title in your name and the current registration card ready before we set a pickup.
On the opposite side of town, E. Dillon Mine #2 is a second crushed-stone quarry, 5.8 miles west according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration. A dump body that has hauled stone from there can be collected from the quarry lot or from your own yard, whichever is easier for you, as long as someone with the keys meets us.
FMCSA’s carrier census lists 11 active carriers based in Richlands, with 5 hauling general freight, 5 moving machinery and large objects, 2 carrying coal or coke and 2 handling farm supplies. A lowboy tractor or a heavy-haul unit from the machinery side is as welcome as a coal hauler; tell us the trailer it pulled so we know the setup.
Six of those carriers run interstate and five stay intrastate, while six operate as private fleets hauling their own goods, according to the same FMCSA census. If your truck belonged to a private fleet rather than a for-hire outfit, bring the company’s title and a signed letter from whoever is authorised to sell it.
The biggest fleet registered in town fields 14 power units and 10 drivers, and the next two each run 5 power units and 3 drivers, by FMCSA’s carrier records.
Close in, or farther out
Short runs from home base, and some longer ones
FMCSA’s carrier census for Richlands lists 18 drivers who keep to a short radius around their home base and 9 who travel past it. The Mine Safety and Health Administration places Tazewell County Quarry 3.4 miles south-east of town and Big Creek Surface 5 miles north. A truck working short stone and coal runs like those usually sits at a shop or home yard nearby; tell us which one and we collect it there.
One new carrier registered in Richlands in 2025 and none in 2024, the FMCSA census shows. If you are winding down your own authority, keep your service records and the most recent annual inspection report with the truck, since those papers stay with the vehicle after the sale.
Rail yard and terminal within reach
The North American Rail Network, maintained by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, shows the DISMAL rail yard 17.2 miles north-west of Richlands. Trucks that shuttled coal to the loadout there can be collected near the yard if that is where they sit; tell us the nearest road access.
For a tractor that pulled tank trailers to that terminal, a photo of the odometer and of the data plate on the door helps us match the paperwork to the unit.
County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau records 7 construction establishments in town, so flatbeds, dump trucks and equipment haulers from local builders fit what we take.
Tazewell County had 500 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, led by cattle, milk and corn. Livestock haulers, milk tankers and grain trucks from those farms can be picked up right at the barn; have the title signed by the name printed on it and the registration with it.