Stone haulers working the Sanders pit and the Bealeton Plant
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the Sanders crushed-stone quarry 4.5 miles south-east of Warrenton and the Bealeton Plant, another crushed-stone operation, 11.5 miles south. A dump truck or tri-axle that hauls stone out of either one may be parked at the pit, at a contractor’s yard or in your own driveway when we collect it. Tell us which, and who can let us in if it sits behind a quarry gate.
Ten Warrenton-based carriers list dry bulk commodities as a cargo on FMCSA’s carrier census, which is the category stone, sand and gravel loads fall under. If yours is one of them, have the title, the current registration and any scale or service records together before you call, and send photos of the body, the frame and the cab so the truck we see matches the one you describe.
General freight, machinery and car haulers on Warrenton’s carrier roll
Warrenton is home base for 93 active motor carriers, a figure taken from FMCSA’s carrier census of the town. On that census, 55 are authorised for interstate work and 38 stay inside Virginia, and 50 run private fleets that move their own goods rather than freight for hire. A private fleet truck usually carries the owner company’s name on the title, so check that the person signing is the one listed before we arrange pickup.
General freight is the cargo 53 of those carriers report, according to the same federal census, with 14 hauling machinery and large objects and 13 moving motor vehicles. That mix points to box trucks, tractors with dry vans, lowboys and car haulers. Whichever you run, the VIN and the odometer reading are the two things to send first.
New registrations have held steady: the census shows 7 carriers starting up in Warrenton in 2024 and another 7 in 2025. If you bought a truck to start one of those companies and are now selling it, the title from that purchase and the registration in your company name are what we will ask to see.
How far Warrenton drivers go from base, and how many miles a year
Drivers at Warrenton carriers split between short and long work on FMCSA’s figures: 175 stay within 100 miles of base and 125 go farther. A truck on a local route is often back at the yard each night, which makes it simple to meet; one on longer runs may be parked somewhere else when you decide to sell, and we can collect it there.
Across 36 local carriers that report mileage to FMCSA, the median comes to 22,440 miles per truck a year. Read the odometer off the dash and put it in your first message along with the model year, since it is one of the first questions we will ask.
Fleet trucks
Selling from a Warrenton fleet
The three biggest fleets based here run 48, 27 and 12 power units, with 32, 13 and 7 drivers respectively, as registered on FMCSA’s carrier census. If you manage a yard like that and want to clear several trucks at once, list each VIN with its location and we will plan one visit rather than several.
Fleet trucks often come with their own maintenance logs and annual inspection reports. Keep those with each title in one folder per truck, and hand the folders over at pickup.
Contractors in town, cattle and dairy across Fauquier
Construction accounts for 625 of the 12,195 jobs located in Warrenton in 2023, about 5.1 percent, per the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts. Seventy construction businesses operate in the Warrenton area, says the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns. Dump trucks, flatbeds and utility bodies from those contractors are trucks we buy, whether the business is closing or simply replacing a unit.
Fauquier County has 1,040 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and cattle, soybeans and milk lead the list of what they produce. A livestock hauler, grain truck or milk tanker kept on a farm outside town is collected where it sits; give us the farm address and mention any gate or field access we should know about.
Beyond the county
Manassas fuel terminal and Quantico
Out toward Manassas, 16.7 miles east of Warrenton, a petroleum product terminal of that name appears in Energy Information Administration listings. A fuel truck or tanker that loads there can be sold from wherever it is based, so keep any hazmat placard history or tank test paperwork with the title.
Marine Corps Base Quantico sits 21.6 miles south-east, as listed by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. If you hauled to or from the base and the truck is now parked near it, send the address and the name of whoever holds the keys, and the sale can go ahead without you driving it back to Warrenton.
The questions we get asked in Warrenton
- Can you pick up a stone truck that stays at the Bealeton quarry between loads?The Bealeton Plant is 11.5 miles south of Warrenton on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and we collect from it or any quarry yard nearby. Name the quarry contact who can open the gate and we set the collection up with them.
- My title went missing before I could sell the truck in Fauquier. How do I get another?Virginia titles are issued by the state’s title agency, which also issues duplicates, so request a replacement there in the name shown on your registration. Send us the VIN while you wait and we can start on everything else.
- Will you collect a cattle trailer tractor or milk truck from a Fauquier farm?Fauquier’s 1,040 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture raise mainly cattle, soybeans and milk, and the trucks that serve them are ones we purchase. Give us the farm address and we come to it.