Pits and quarries south of Frankton
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the Anderson Plant, a sand and gravel operation, 8.7 miles south-east of Frankton, with Fall Creek Sand & Gravel 19 miles due south. A dump truck or tri-axle that has worked either pit may be parked at a yard near the pit rather than in town, so give us the exact address where it sits and we will route the pickup there.
Pendleton Quarry, 13.3 miles south, and IMI Stony Creek Stone Co, 15.5 miles south-west, both appear as crushed-stone quarries in Mine Safety and Health Administration records. For a truck that hauled aggregate from either one, send photos of the bed, the hoist and the cab, plus the VIN.
Gravel and stone haulers around Frankton often keep their own service logs in the cab or the office. Put those with the title before we arrive; a folder of oil-change slips and inspection sheets lets us answer our own questions without calling you back.
Yards and a fuel terminal
SOUTH ANDERSON, TIPTON and the Muncie terminal
Two rail yards on the North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, bracket Frankton: SOUTH ANDERSON at 10.5 miles south-east and TIPTON at 16.2 miles west. A tractor that has shuttled loads to either yard can be collected from wherever it last dropped a trailer; just tell us which side of town that is.
East toward Muncie, the Energy Information Administration lists a petroleum product terminal 21.8 miles from Frankton. Fuel tractors and tank units that have run that stretch are trucks we buy, and a copy of the current registration plus any tank inspection certificate you hold should travel with the title.
Lowboys, flatbeds and hoppers registered in Frankton
Frankton has 23 active carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, and 10 of them list machinery and large objects as cargo, 7 list general freight, 6 grain, feed and hay, and 4 farm supplies. Lowboys, flatbeds, grain hoppers and straight trucks all fit that mix, and we take each of them.
Of those 23 carriers, FMCSA’s carrier census shows 19 running private fleets, 20 operating intrastate and 3 crossing state lines. A truck that stayed inside Indiana usually has a simpler paper trail: an Indiana title, a current registration and the keys are the core of what we ask for.
Fleets in Frankton are small by the same FMCSA census: the biggest lists 9 power units and 7 drivers, the next 3 power units and 2 drivers. If you are an owner-operator or run two or three trucks, you can sell one unit or the whole group in a single visit.
Nightly back at the shop
Frankton hauls that end at the home yard
According to FMCSA’s carrier census, 40 drivers for Frankton carriers work within a hundred-mile radius and 9 range farther. For a local hauler that means the truck is usually back at the shop or the house each night, which is where we expect to pick it up.
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts show 328 jobs located in Frankton in 2023, and County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau records 6 construction establishments. Contractors’ dump trucks, service bodies and equipment haulers from those firms can be sold one at a time, with the title in the company’s name signed by whoever is authorised to sign for it.
Corn, soybean and cattle haulers on Frankton farm lanes
Around Frankton and across Madison County, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 682 farms, with corn, soybeans and cattle as the leading products. Grain trucks, livestock haulers and farm tractors that pull hopper trailers between fields and elevators are part of what we buy.
Farm trucks often carry a farm plate or sit unregistered between harvests. That is fine: tell us how the truck is plated, have the title ready, and let us know which field, barn or lot it is parked at so the driver goes straight to it.
Scatterfield Road, where a lost title gets replaced
If the title is missing, the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles issues duplicates through its BMV branches, and the Anderson branch at 4330 S Scatterfield Rd, Anderson, 46013, is 12.1 miles from Frankton per the bureau’s own branch list. Apply for the duplicate there before the sale, or tell us it is on order so we can plan around it.
Bring a photo ID and the VIN to the branch, and if a lender once held the truck, a lien release from that lender. With the duplicate title in hand, the rest of the Frankton sale is a signature and a handover.
The questions we get asked in Frankton
- Can you pick up my tri-axle at a gravel pit outside Frankton?The Anderson Plant sand and gravel operation sits 8.7 miles south-east of town on Mine Safety and Health Administration records, and we collect from pits and quarry yards like it; send the address and the VIN.
- Which BMV branch handles a lost Indiana title for Frankton owners?The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles lists its Anderson branch at 4330 S Scatterfield Rd, 12.1 miles from Frankton, and duplicate titles are handled at BMV branches.
- Is a Frankton farm grain truck with a farm plate something you take?Corn, soybeans and cattle lead USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture for Madison County’s 682 farms, and grain trucks and livestock haulers from those farms are trucks we buy.
- My Frankton outfit runs several trucks; can they go together?Frankton’s largest fleet runs 9 power units in FMCSA’s carrier census, and selling a single truck or several at once works the same way: one title per truck, signed by the owner.