Aggregate pits off the edge of town
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Wythe Stone Company, a crushed-stone quarry 2.9 miles east of Wytheville, and Wythe Sand Co, another crushed-stone quarry 7.1 miles east. A dump truck or tri-axle that hauls aggregate from those pits is often parked at the quarry yard between loads, so tell us the yard and who holds the gate key before we plan the collection.
About 14.1 miles south-west, Jones Creek River Rock LLC runs a sand and gravel operation on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list. If your truck has hauled river rock out of there, send photos of the body, the hoist and the cab, and keep the title and current registration together so the paperwork matches what the photos show.
Thirty-five motor carriers based in town
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 35 active carriers in Wytheville, with 27 authorised for interstate work and 8 operating only inside Virginia. The same FMCSA census shows 19 of the 35 as private fleets hauling their own goods. A truck here may be registered to a business rather than a person; if it is, have the company’s name exactly as it appears on the title ready when you call.
Among those carriers, the census shows 22 hauling general freight, 9 carrying farm supplies, 9 moving logs, poles, beams and lumber, and 8 handling machinery and large objects. Tell us which of those loads your truck pulled, and whether it comes with a log trailer, flatbed or lowboy, so we ask the right questions about the equipment.
Three fleets in the federal carrier census run 29, 19 and 15 power units, and the census recorded 2 new carriers registering in 2024 and 1 in 2025. Whether you are selling one tractor from a small operation or several units from a fleet, a list of VINs and the plate state for each truck lets us start on all of them at once.
Seventy-five local drivers, seventy-two long-haul
Drivers for local carriers split almost evenly in FMCSA’s filings: 75 work within 100 miles of base and 72 travel beyond that. A truck that runs long distances may be parked out of state when you decide to sell, so give us its current address rather than your home address, and we will arrange to collect it where it sits.
For the 19 carriers that report mileage to FMCSA, the median is 20,000 miles per truck a year. Write down the odometer reading when you photograph the dash, and keep any service records in the cab so they travel with the truck.
Model year 2018 at the roadside
Between 2024-09-03 and 2026-08-26, inspectors stopped 46 Wytheville-based trucks, and the FMCSA roadside inspection records put their median model year at 2018. Those FMCSA inspection records also put 32.6 percent of the group at ten or more model years old.
If your truck went through a roadside inspection in that period, keep the inspection report with the title. Send it along with your photos and we will have the truck’s year, make and VIN confirmed before anyone visits it.
Plant jobs, job sites and dairy barns
Of the 7,709 jobs the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts place in Wytheville for 2023, manufacturing accounts for 1,164, or 15.1 percent, with 202 in construction, 93 in transportation and warehousing and 60 in wholesale trade. Twenty-nine builders and three warehouses operate locally, going by the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns. A box truck or flatbed that served a plant or a job site is something we purchase; tell us whether it is titled to the business or to you.
Cattle lead, then milk and corn, across the 712 Wythe County farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture. A livestock hauler, grain truck or milk tanker kept on a farm can stay where it is; send directions to the barn or shed and say whether the lane takes a rollback.
Terminals and sites along the corridor
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists a liquid bulk terminal 21.8 miles west of Wytheville. If your tractor has pulled tank trailers in and out of that terminal, note whether the trailer is part of the sale and have its own title or registration ready alongside the tractor’s.
To the east, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists the New River Valley Mem USARC military installation 24.9 miles away. A truck parked anywhere along that stretch, from the quarries to the terminal, can be collected in place once we have the address and a contact who can meet us.
The questions we get asked in Wytheville
- Can you pick up my tri-axle from the Wythe Stone yard?Wythe Stone Company’s quarry sits 2.9 miles east of town on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and a truck parked there can be collected from that yard. Name the yard foreman or whoever unlocks the quarry gate, and we set the visit with that person.
- Can a Wythe County dairy sell a milk truck titled in the farm’s name?Among the 712 Wythe County farms that USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture records, a truck titled to the farm operation is a normal case. Have the business name exactly as the title shows it, plus someone authorised to sign for the business.
- Will you buy a Wytheville log tractor along with its pole trailer?Nine Wytheville carriers haul logs, poles, beams and lumber in FMCSA’s carrier census, and we look at tractors and trailers from that work. Send the VIN for each unit and photos of both, and say whether you want to sell them together.