Autoload sidings
Toyota Autoload and the plant sidings
Fort Branch has two Toyota rail yards on its northern edge: Toyota Autoload at 4 miles due north and Toyota Plant at 4.7 miles north-east, as mapped in the North American Rail Network of the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A tractor that shuttles between those sidings and the warehouses around them is likely sitting close to home when we come for it, so give us the yard or lot address rather than your mailing address.
General freight is the cargo listed by 17 of the 33 active carriers based in Fort Branch, according to FMCSA’s carrier census. If your day cab or box truck has run plant parts or general loads up that road, send the VIN, a photo of the door sticker and a shot of the odometer, and tell us which trailer it usually pulled.
Pit-to-plant coal hauling north of Fort Branch
Gibson South, a coal mine the Mine Safety and Health Administration records 8.4 miles north-west of town, and the Francisco Underground Pit, 9.9 miles north-east, are the two closest working mines on its list. A truck that hauls on mine property may be parked behind a gate, so name someone who can let us onto the site on collection day.
Two coal preparation plants, Columbia Maintenance Services at 10.7 miles and the Francisco Mine plant at 10.9 miles, both lie north-east of Fort Branch in Mine Safety and Health Administration listings. Dump trucks and tractors that run between pit and plant often carry site passes or inspection stickers; photograph those along with the cab and frame so the truck’s working record is in front of us from the start.
Hog and grain farms
Corn, soybeans and hogs on the Gibson County farms
Around Fort Branch the land is in row crops and livestock: USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 477 farms in Gibson County, with corn, soybeans and hogs at the top. Grain trucks and hopper-pulling tractors from those farms tend to stay in a shed or a farmyard between harvests, and we collect from the farm itself.
Twelve local carriers list farm supplies and ten list grain, feed and hay as cargo in FMCSA’s carrier census, and eight haul machinery and large objects. If your truck is registered to the farm rather than to you, have the title holder’s name ready and tell us who signs for the operation.
Fleets that stay inside Indiana
Of the Fort Branch carriers, 18 run intrastate against 15 that cross state lines, and 24 are private fleets hauling their own goods, all according to FMCSA’s carrier census. A truck from a private fleet is often titled to the business, so the person selling it should be able to sign for the company.
The same census gives a median of 10,333 miles a year per truck across the 12 carriers that reported mileage. FMCSA’s carrier census shows the three biggest fleets based here running 23, 18 and 10 power units; if you are selling several trucks at once, list each VIN and where each one is parked so one visit can cover them.
Fort Branch inspections
What Fort Branch trucks showed at roadside checks
Thirty-eight trucks from Fort Branch carriers were inspected between August 2024 and August 2026, and FMCSA roadside inspection records put their median model year at 2016, with 47 percent ten or more model years old. Your truck’s model year and engine make go at the top of what you send us.
Keep the latest inspection report with the truck if you have one. FMCSA’s carrier census lists two new carriers registered here in 2025 and one in 2024, so if your operating authority is new, tell us the date it began and whose name is on the registration.
Princeton branch
The Princeton BMV branch on West State Street
The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles handles duplicate titles through its BMV branches, and the nearest to Fort Branch is the Princeton branch at 405 W State St Ste 3, Princeton, 47670, about 7.6 miles away. If the title is missing, start the duplicate application there before we arrange collection.
Check that the name on the title matches the name on the registration, and bring any lien release if the truck was financed. Princeton also sits near the PRINCETON RP TRUCK TERMINAL, a petroleum product terminal the Energy Information Administration places 12.7 miles north-east of Fort Branch, so one trip can cover both if your tanker works out of it.
The questions we get asked in Fort Branch
- My dump truck sits at the Griffin Plant west of Fort Branch. Will you pick it up on that site?Griffin Plant, a sand and gravel operation the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists 18.5 miles west of Fort Branch, is a place we can collect from. Tell us which gate the Griffin crew opens for visitors and which pit or lot holds the truck.
- Which BMV branch handles a missing title for a Fort Branch truck?The Princeton branch of the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, at 405 W State St Ste 3, is 7.6 miles from town and handles duplicate title applications.
- Do you buy trucks from small farm operations?Gibson County has 477 farms on USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and grain and farm-supply trucks from them are trucks we buy. Include the farm’s name as it reads on the title when you send the VIN and photos of the grain box or hopper.