Fayette County haulers, from machinery to hay
Of the 139 active Connersville carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, 108 keep to Indiana roads and 31 hold interstate authority. If your tractor or straight truck has stayed inside Indiana, its registration and title are the two papers to find first; have them in your hands before you call and the rest of the conversation is about the truck itself.
General freight is listed by 35 of those carriers, machinery and large objects by 34, farm supplies by 27 and grain, feed and hay by 26, according to the same FMCSA census. A lowboy tractor that moved equipment, or a straight truck that delivered seed and fertilizer, is exactly the kind of unit we collect here; tell us which of those loads it carried so we know what trailer or body to expect when we arrive.
Private fleets account for 104 of the active Connersville carriers on FMCSA’s register, meaning businesses that haul their own goods rather than other people’s. If your truck belongs to a company like that, have whoever signs for the business ready to sign the title, and note whether the truck is registered to the company or to you personally.
Gravel at Connersville Pit, stone toward Ballenger and Derbyshire
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Connersville Pit, a sand and gravel operation 3.1 miles south of town, and Cambridge City Pit, another sand and gravel site 10.7 miles north. A dump truck that hauls from either one may be parked at the pit itself between loads; give us the pit name and who controls the gate, and we can collect it from there.
South-west of town, Ballenger Stone sits 12.4 miles out and Derbyshire Quarry 13.8 miles out, both listed as crushed-stone quarries by the Mine Safety and Health Administration. For a tri-axle or tandem that runs aggregate from those quarries, photograph the bed, the hoist and the cab, and send the VIN with the photos so we can match the truck to its paperwork.
County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau counts 25 construction establishments in Fayette County, and the LEHD job counts put 77 Connersville jobs in construction in 2023. If your dump truck or flatbed works for one of those contractors, tell us which job site it is sitting on this week and we will come for it there.
Corn, soybean and wheat haulers around Connersville
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture records 298 farms in Fayette County, with corn, soybeans and wheat as the leading crops. If your grain truck is kept in a machine shed or at the edge of a field, send us the farm address and a note on how to reach the building, and it can stay right where it is.
The 26 local carriers that FMCSA lists for grain, feed and hay, and the 27 listed for farm supplies, include plenty of farm-plated trucks. Find the title before anything else, and if the truck is titled in a family member’s or the farm’s name, have that person available to sign when we collect it.
If the title for a farm truck cannot be found, the state’s title agency is the office that issues a replacement, and that step is yours to start before the sale closes. Tell us early that the title is missing so we can plan the collection date around it.
Rail and plant work
The rail yard and Connersville’s factory jobs
The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, places the CONNERSVILLE rail yard 1.1 miles south-east of the town centre. Trucks that shuttle freight between that yard and local plants usually park close by; if yours is one of them, tell us the lot it sits in and whether we need someone on site to let us in.
Manufacturing held 1,214 of the 5,340 jobs located in Connersville in 2023, a 22.7 percent share on the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts. The same LEHD release counts 95 transportation and warehousing jobs and 92 in wholesale trade. A box truck or day cab that delivers parts to a plant here can be collected from the plant’s yard; have the shipping manager know we are coming.
Short hauls, low miles and the fleet’s model years
Driver records in FMCSA’s census list 185 drivers for Connersville carriers who work within 100 miles and 118 who go beyond that radius. Among the 21 carriers that report mileage to FMCSA, the median is 10,000 miles a year per truck. A low-mileage local hauler from Connersville is easy to describe: snap the dash showing the odometer and pair that shot with the VIN plate.
FMCSA roadside inspection records for 32 Connersville-based trucks inspected between November 2024 and August 2026 give a median model year of 2018, and 40.6 percent of those trucks were ten or more model years old. Whatever the model year of yours, put it in your first message along with the make and model.
Four new carriers registered in Connersville in 2025 and five in 2024, on FMCSA’s census, and the three biggest local fleets run 22, 13 and 9 power units. If you are selling one unit out of a small fleet, tell us which truck it is by unit number and VIN so the right one is collected.
Bridges, roads and where we collect
Of the 41 bridges in and around Connersville in the National Bridge Inventory, 7 carry a posted load limit and none has a clearance under 14 feet. If your truck is parked down a county road, mention any posted bridge on the way in, so we bring the right equipment by the right route.
West toward Knightstown, 21.4 miles out, sits the NG Knightstown military installation listed by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Wherever in Fayette County or beyond the truck is sitting, give us the exact address and a phone number for whoever is there, and we will arrange the pickup at that spot.
The questions we get asked in Connersville
- Can you collect a tandem dump that stays at Connersville Pit between gravel loads?Connersville Pit is a sand and gravel operation 3.1 miles south of town on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and we collect from it directly. Tell us who holds the gate key so the pickup can be arranged with them.
- Do you buy grain trucks from farms outside town?Fayette County has 298 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, growing mainly corn, soybeans and wheat, and grain trucks from any of them are ones we collect. Send the farm address and photos of the truck, the bed and the title.
- The Indiana title for my Fayette County truck is lost; can we still sell it?In Indiana the state’s title agency issues replacement titles, and starting that request is the first step for a Connersville owner with a missing title. Let us know at the outset so the collection is planned around it.
- Will a low-clearance bridge stop you reaching my truck?None of the 41 Connersville-area bridges in the National Bridge Inventory has a clearance under 14 feet, though 7 are load-posted. Tell us the road the truck is on and we will plan the route.