West Virginia's freight is coal above everything else. Mines and prep plants work through Accoville, Chapmanville, Cedar Grove, Bruno and Beards Fork, mineral plants run at Ravenswood, New Martinsville and Martinsburg, and there is a petroleum terminal at Kenova. Liquid-bulk terminals sit at Weirton, Newell and Star City, and rail yards run at Huntington, Bluefield, Beckley and Benwood.
That work takes heavy iron and light iron both, and we buy both. A Western Star haul truck off a Bruno job, a Peterbilt day cab out of Huntington, a Mack dump truck near Beckley or a Chevrolet dually out of Charleston all get the same look: send photos and the details, we send an offer, and if you like it we can come to you, buy it remotely, or you can drive it in.
West Virginia’s trucking industry is an energy and manufacturing state where heavy commercial vehicles are essential for coal, natural gas, and industrial freight.
When one of those trucks finally sells, this state does something at the counter that catches people out. Under W. Va. Code § 17A-10-10, when the owner of a registered vehicle transfers title or interest, the registration of that vehicle EXPIRES. The original owner keeps the registration plates, must immediately notify the commissioner of the transfer on the form provided, and delivers the certificate of registration. Plates off, notification in — and the duty is on the seller rather than the buyer. A counter replacement if it is lost, a bonded route if there never was one.
W. Va. Code § 17C-17-9 covers the national system of interstate and defense highways — a bridge-formula table under the federal cap. W. Va. Code § 17C-17-9a covers any highway OTHER than that system, and it is not a formula at all: it is a configuration table, and every entry carries a ten per cent tolerance. Under § 17C-17-9a(b) a single unit truck with one steering axle and two axles in tandem is allowed 60,000 lb — 66,000 lb with the tolerance. With three axles in a tridem it is 70,000 lb, or 77,000 lb with the tolerance.