Sand pits and a stone quarry east of Churubusco
Hixson Sand & Gravel Inc sits 10 miles north-east of town, and INDIAN SPRINGS, another sand and gravel operation, lies 10.3 miles east, both on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list. A dump truck or end-dump tractor that runs between those pits and local job sites is something we collect, so tell us which pit it loads at and whether it is parked there or at home.
South-east toward Fort Wayne, the Mine Safety and Health Administration also lists Ardmore Stone Quarry, a crushed-stone quarry 15.6 miles out. If your truck is kept at a quarry lot, give us the gate contact and the hours it is open, and send photos of the body, the hoist and the cab so we know what we are coming to load.
Rail sidings north-east and south-east of Churubusco
Two rail yards bracket Churubusco on the North American Rail Network, which the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics keep: GARRETT, 12.1 miles up toward the north-east, and TRIPLE CROWN, 15.8 miles down the south-east side. Tractors that shuttle trailers to and from those yards stay where they are; give us the yard or lot address and we plan the pickup there.
Norfolk Southern TBT, a liquid bulk terminal 16 miles to the south-east, appears in Bureau of Transportation Statistics records. If you have pulled tank trailers in and out of that terminal, say whether the tanker goes with the tractor, and have the registration and any inspection sheets for both units together.
Small Churubusco haulers
FMCSA’s carrier census shows 54 active carriers based around Churubusco, and 40 of them are private fleets moving their own goods rather than freight for hire. On that same FMCSA list, 37 work intrastate and 17 cross state lines. Whichever group you are in, the starting point is the same: the VIN, the title and a set of clear photos of the truck where it sits.
Twelve of those carriers list general freight and another twelve list machinery and large objects, according to the same FMCSA census, with ten hauling grain, feed and hay and seven carrying farm supplies. A lowboy tractor that moves equipment, a grain hopper rig or a straight truck that delivers feed are all trucks we collect, so tell us what it hauled and what trailer, if any, comes with it.
No fleet on the FMCSA census here runs more than four power units; the next two each run two. For an owner with one or two trucks, that means the sale is between you and us, with the paperwork in your own name, so check that the title shows you as owner before you contact us.
Local radius and yearly miles around Churubusco
Of 106 drivers on FMCSA’s carrier census for the town, 68 keep to short local runs and 38 work beyond that radius. A truck that stays close to home is usually parked at the farm, the shop or the owner’s house, and we collect it from wherever that is.
Eleven carriers here reported annual mileage to FMCSA, and the median truck among them covered 22,691 miles a year. Put the current odometer reading in your first message along with the VIN; those two figures answer most of what we would ask next.
New registrations show up slowly in FMCSA’s census for Churubusco: three new carriers in 2024 and one in 2025. If you bought your truck from a carrier that has since closed, have the signed-over title and the bill of sale ready so the chain of ownership is clear.
Plant work and contractors in Churubusco
Just over half of Churubusco’s work is in manufacturing: the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023 put 553 of the town’s 1,069 jobs there, or 51.7 percent. Box trucks and tractors that run parts and finished goods for plants like these are on our list; tell us the body type and length when you write.
County Business Patterns, a Census Bureau series, records 21 construction establishments here. A contractor selling a dump truck, a flatbed or a service body truck should gather the title, the registration and any service records, and let us know if the truck is on a job site rather than at the yard.
Grain trucks from the farms around town
Around Churubusco, farm ground fills much of the map: USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 647 farms in Whitley County, with corn, soybeans and hogs at the top of the list. Grain trucks, hopper tractors and livestock haulers sit on many of those farms between harvests.
A farm truck can be collected straight from the barn lot or the field edge. Tell us whether it is registered as a farm vehicle, send photos of the bed or trailer, and mention if anything has to be moved out of the way before it can be loaded.
Country Side Dr
Getting a lost title reissued at the Columbia City BMV branch on Country Side Dr
The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles issues duplicate titles through its BMV branches, and the closest to Churubusco is the Country Side Dr at 662 Country Side Dr 101, Columbia City, 46725, 9.4 miles from town. If your title is missing, start the duplicate application there before we arrange collection.
Bring photo identification and the VIN to the Country Side Dr, and if a lender once held the truck, a lien release as well. Once the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles issues the replacement title in your name, send us a photo of it with your truck photos.
The questions we get asked in Churubusco
- My dump truck sits at the Hixson pit outside Churubusco; does it need hauling home before you pick it up?Hixson Sand & Gravel Inc, 10 miles north-east on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, is the kind of site we collect from. Give us the pit’s name, the gate contact and the hours the lot is open.
- The title for my truck is lost somewhere in the farmhouse in Churubusco; what does the Indiana BMV need from me?The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles branch in Columbia City, at 662 Country Side Dr 101, is 9.4 miles from town and handles duplicate titles. Once the replacement is in your hands, photograph it and send it with the truck photos.
- Two trucks make up my whole private fleet in Churubusco; is that too small for you?Forty of the 54 carriers on FMCSA’s carrier census here are private fleets, and none runs more than four power units, so small operators are who we deal with in this town. Send the VIN and photos for each truck.