Sixty carriers on file in a river town
FMCSA’s carrier census lists 60 active motor carriers based in Aurora, with 30 marked interstate and 30 intrastate. If your truck ran across state lines under an interstate authority, have the cab card and the registration together when you reach us, since both name the state the truck is plated in.
Private fleets make up 43 of those Aurora carriers in the same federal census, meaning firms that haul their own goods rather than for hire. A tractor or straight truck retired from a business like that is one we buy; tell us which company name is on the title so the paperwork matches the seller.
New registrations show up too: the FMCSA carrier census counts 5 carriers that started in Aurora during 2025 and 4 during 2024. If you opened a small operation in the past two years and are now selling its only truck, the lien release from whoever financed it is the document to find first.
Of Aurora’s carriers, 24 list general freight in FMCSA’s census, 14 list machinery and large objects, 8 list motor vehicles and 6 list dry bulk commodities. A day cab, a lowboy tractor or a car hauler from any of those lines fits what we collect, and a clear photo of each side of the cab plus the VIN plate gets the conversation started.
Fleet sizes here run small to mid-sized: the largest Aurora operations on the federal carrier census report 22, 22 and 10 power units. If you are clearing out several units from one yard at once, list each VIN with its location so we can plan to collect them in one visit.
The median Aurora carrier reporting mileage logged 9,600 miles per truck, according to FMCSA’s census figures from 17 carriers. Write down the current odometer reading before you contact us so the figure on the paperwork matches the dash when we arrive.
Aggregate sites south and west of town
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Rising Sun Plant, a sand and gravel operation 9.9 miles south of Aurora, and Patriot Aggregate Plant 13.9 miles to the south-east. If a dump truck or tractor from those pits is parked on site, give us the plant name and who to call at the gate.
Further west, Versailles Quarry sits 19.9 miles out and the Napoleon crushed-stone and dimension-stone quarries 23.9 miles out, per Mine Safety and Health Administration records. A truck left at a quarry that far from Aurora does not need to be moved into town; tell us which entrance it is closest to.
If your truck sits on a lot reached over a posted span, mention it so we route the collection truck around it.
Construction accounts for 55 local jobs and manufacturing for 89, out of 1,415 counted in 2023 by the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts. County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau records 28 construction establishments, so contractor-owned dump trucks and flatbeds are a familiar sight; for one of those, have the title in the business name ready.
A grain truck or livestock hauler kept on a farm outside Aurora can be collected from the farmyard; a farm-plated truck still needs its title signed by the owner listed on it.
A lost title for a truck plated in Indiana is replaced through the state’s title agency, and the replacement has to reach you before the sale can close. Start that request early if the original is missing.
Service records, the last inspection report and the registration help us understand the truck without seeing it first. Gather what you have into one folder or a set of phone photos, and send them along with the pictures of the truck itself.