Gravel south-east of town, stone to the west
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Grant County Sand and Gravel 4.1 miles south-east of Gas City. A dump truck or tri-axle that shuttles aggregate out of that pit is often parked at the pit itself or at a yard nearby between loads, so give us the exact spot and the name of whoever holds the gate key.
Pipe Creek Jr and Calcium Products Co, two crushed-stone quarries, sit 10.6 and 10.7 miles west of town on Mine Safety and Health Administration records. If your truck has worked stone out of either one, photograph the bed, the hoist and the tailgate along with the cab and the VIN plate, and send those before we talk about pickup.
Further out, the Anderson Plant sand and gravel operation is 25 miles south, again per the Mine Safety and Health Administration. A truck stored down there can stay there; we collect it from the Anderson end as readily as from a lot inside Gas City.
Two rail yards and the Muncie fuel terminals
According to the North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the GOODMAN yard lies 8.3 miles north-west and the EAST yard 23.6 miles south-east. Day cabs that drop and hook trailers at either yard tend to sit in a drop lot near the tracks, so tell us which yard and which lot.
Two petroleum product terminals listed under the name MUNCIE stand roughly 19 miles south-east, at 18.9 and 19 miles, in Energy Information Administration records. For a tractor that has pulled fuel tankers from there, have the registration and any tank or hazmat inspection paperwork you still hold in one folder for us.
Small fleets, mostly staying in Indiana
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 27 active carriers here; 22 of them run intrastate only, 5 cross state lines, and 18 are private fleets hauling their own goods. A private fleet’s truck is usually titled to the business, so the person signing the sale needs authority to sign for that company.
By cargo type in that same FMCSA census, 8 carriers list general freight, 4 list driveaway and towaway work, 3 list machinery and large objects, and 3 list motor vehicles. Tow trucks, car haulers and lowboy tractors from that kind of work are all trucks we purchase.
Fleets in Gas City are small: FMCSA records show one at five power units and four drivers, and two more at three power units each. If you are selling several units from a fleet that size, list every VIN together and say where each one is parked.
New entrants are few as well, with FMCSA’s census recording 2 carriers registered in 2024 and 1 in 2025. A newly registered operator selling a first truck still needs the title in the business or personal name that matches the registration.
Warehouse jobs and factory jobs
Of 3,965 jobs located in Gas City in 2023, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts place 1,179 in transportation and warehousing, a 29.7% share, and 964 in manufacturing, or 24.3%. Box trucks and tractors serving those docks are often kept at the warehouse itself, so a loading-dock address is a fine place for us to meet the truck.
Construction accounts for 82 jobs on those LEHD counts, and County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau records 7 construction establishments and 3 warehousing establishments. A contractor’s flatbed or dump truck kept at a shop yard can be collected right there; have the title and the keys at hand.
Grain trucks and hog haulers off Grant County farms
Grant County has 457 farms on the count in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and their top lines are corn first, then soybeans, then hogs. Grain trucks and livestock haulers on those farms often sit in a machine shed between harvests, and a farm lane is a workable pickup spot if you tell us how to reach it.
A farm truck may still carry farm plates or a registration in a family member’s name. Check whose name is on the title before you contact us, and if it has gone missing, the state’s title agency issues the replacement.
A clear road for the lowboy
Not one of the 21 Gas City bridges in the National Bridge Inventory carries a load posting, and not one sits below 14 feet. For a tall tractor or a loaded lowboy carrying your truck, that means no posted limit or low clearance to route around in town.
So the collection plan comes down to the site itself: tell us whether the truck sits on gravel, grass or pavement, whether a gate or fence stands in the way, and who will be there to hand over the keys.
The questions we get asked in Gas City
- Will you pick up a dump truck sitting at Grant County Sand and Gravel rather than in Gas City proper?Grant County Sand and Gravel is 4.1 miles south-east of Gas City on Mine Safety and Health Administration records, and that is close enough for us to meet the truck where it stands. Send the pit address and a contact who can let us through the gate.
- Whose signature goes on the title when the tractor belongs to a Gas City private fleet?FMCSA’s carrier census counts 18 private fleets among Gas City’s 27 carriers, and their trucks are generally titled to the business. An owner or officer with authority to sign for that business signs the title over to us.
- The title to a grain truck kept on a Grant County farm has gone missing; how do I sell it?With 457 farms in Grant County per USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, a farm truck’s missing title is handled the same way as any other: the state’s title agency issues a duplicate to the owner on record. Tell us when you apply and we can begin with photos and the VIN while it is processed.