A dump truck or tractor that runs stone out of Versailles may be parked at the pit or at a yard along the way, so tell us the exact spot and whether a loaded trailer is still hooked up.
Head north-west 19 miles and the Napoleon Quarry turns up in Mine Safety and Health Administration records twice, once for crushed stone and once for dimension stone, alongside New Point Stone Co’s Napoleon Quarry at the same distance. If your truck hauls block or crushed rock out of Napoleon, send photos of the bed, the frame and the cab; we look over the whole unit before anyone heads out to Napoleon.
Toward the river, the Rising Sun Plant, a sand and gravel operation, sits 10.2 miles south-east of town according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration, with the Patriot Aggregate Plant 16.4 miles out in that same direction. Gravel trucks working that corridor can be collected where they stand; give us the plant gate or yard address and a phone number for whoever is on site.
Machinery, lumber and farm loads from a small town
Thirty-five active carriers carry a Dillsboro-area registration in FMCSA’s carrier census. Twelve of them list machinery and large objects as cargo, eleven list logs, poles, beams and lumber, ten list general freight and seven list farm supplies, so a lowboy tractor, a log truck or a flatbed from here is the kind of truck we expect to hear about.
Private fleets account for 23 of those carriers in the FMCSA census, against 16 that cross state lines and 19 that stay inside Indiana. If your truck belongs to a business that hauls its own goods rather than freight for hire, have the registration in the company’s name and someone who can sign for the company ready when we talk.
The biggest operation on the FMCSA census for this area runs 33 power units with 46 drivers; the next two run 20 and 11 trucks. Whether you are selling a single tractor or several units out of a yard that size, list each VIN, the body type and where each truck is parked so pickup can be planned as one trip.
Have the odometer reading on hand for each unit; it is one of the first things we will ask, along with the VIN.
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Titles in this state are handled by the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles through its BMV branches, and the closest to Dillsboro is the Rising Sun branch at 630 N High St, Rising Sun, 47040, 11.7 miles away. If the title for your truck is lost, apply for a duplicate there before the sale so the paperwork is ready when we come for the truck.
Along with the title, keep the current registration and any service or inspection records together in the cab or in one folder. When the name on the title is a business, bring proof that you can sign for it, and if a lender is listed, have the lien release.
Grain trucks, livestock haulers and the tractors that pull farm-supply loads are all trucks we buy, and they are often stored in a barn or field lot, so tell us whether the ground is firm enough for a tow truck.
County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau show 10 construction establishments in the area, and the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts record 319 jobs here in 2023. Contractors with a dump truck or service body sitting between jobs can sell it from the job site or the shop; send the address and a few photos.