Fuel racks off the Roanoke side of Vinton
The Energy Information Administration places the ROANOKE 1 petroleum product terminal about 2 miles west of Vinton, and a second terminal, listed simply as ROANOKE, about 5.4 miles out in the same direction. A tractor that has loaded at those racks is usually parked close by, so give us the street address and the name of whoever holds the gate key.
Two liquid bulk terminals appear on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics list for this side of Roanoke: Norfolk Southern TBT at 2.1 miles west and Associated Asphalt at 5.4 miles west. If your truck pulled asphalt or bulk liquid between them, have the title, the current registration and any terminal inspection sheets in one folder before we speak.
SOUTH ROANOKE and ROANOKE yards
Per the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the SOUTH ROANOKE yard lies 3.6 miles west of Vinton and the ROANOKE yard 5 miles west. Day cabs that shuttle freight off those yards can stay right where they are; we collect from the lot.
Tell us whether the tractor sits inside a fenced rail property or on a private lot in Vinton itself. Send daylight photos of the cab, the frame rails, the fifth wheel and each axle along with the VIN.
Quarry haulers south-west of town
Roanoke Quarry, a crushed-stone operation on the Mine Safety and Health Administration register, is about 5.5 miles south-west of Vinton; Starkey Lime Plant, also crushed stone, is about 7.8 miles out on the same heading. Dump trucks and tri-axles that run aggregate from those pits are on our list.
A quarry truck is often left inside the pit gate after a shift. If yours is, let us know which site and who on the scale-house side can let a driver in, and keep the VIN plate photo with the rest of your pictures.
Car haulers, log trucks and lowboys from Vinton yards
Half of Vinton’s 22 active carriers cross state lines and half stay inside Virginia, by FMCSA’s carrier census, while 6 haul only their own goods as private fleets. A single-truck owner and a small fleet sell to us the same way: one truck at a time, each with its own title.
Of those Vinton carriers, the federal census shows 14 hauling general freight, 5 moving machinery and large objects, 5 carrying motor vehicles and 4 hauling logs, poles, beams and lumber. Car haulers, lowboys and log trucks are all types we take; say which body or trailer is attached when you first get in touch.
One Vinton outfit fields 9 power units and 12 drivers in FMCSA’s carrier census, another 4 units with 4 drivers, and a third 3 units worked by 2 drivers. If you are winding down several units, list each VIN and where each one is parked so collection can be planned stop by stop.
Plant floors and job sites on the Roanoke County line
Vinton had 2,573 jobs in 2023 according to the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts, including 244 in manufacturing, 146 in construction and 141 in wholesale trade. Box trucks and flatbeds that deliver for those employers are welcome here, whether titled to a person or a business.
With 59 construction establishments on the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns rolls around Vinton, a dump body or crew truck from one of those firms will carry a company name on its title. A truck titled to a contracting company needs the signature of someone allowed to sign for that business, so line that person up early.
Cattle and stock trucks in Roanoke County
Cattle top the Roanoke County farm list, ahead of honey and goats, across the 254 farms that USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture tallied there. Stock trailers and the farm trucks that pull them qualify, wherever on the property they are kept.
A stock truck bought long ago may have its title tucked in a drawer at the farmhouse. If the title cannot be found, ask the state’s title agency for a duplicate before we arrange collection, and keep the registration card handy in the meantime.
The questions we get asked in Vinton
- My tanker is parked at the fuel terminal west of town. Must I haul it east to Vinton before you collect?ROANOKE 1 sits about 2 miles west of Vinton by the Energy Information Administration’s listing, and we pick the truck up right there. Tell us whose property it is on so the visit can be cleared with them.
- Do you take log trucks from Vinton?Four Vinton carriers haul logs, poles, beams and lumber in FMCSA’s carrier census, and their trucks are among those we buy. Send the VIN, photos and a note on the trailer or bunks attached.
- Can a dump truck working Roanoke Quarry be collected at the pit?Roanoke Quarry lies about 5.5 miles south-west of Vinton per the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and collection can happen at the site once the operator agrees to let our driver through the gate.