South-east sand
Sandpits south and south-east of Hudson Lake
South Bend Sandpit, a sand and gravel operation the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists 12.2 miles south-east of Hudson Lake, is the closest pit to the lake. A tandem dump or a tri-axle that hauls aggregate out of there can be sold from the yard where it is kept between jobs; give us that address and we arrange collection there.
Landmark Materials, another sand and gravel operation, appears in Mine Safety and Health Administration records 16.6 miles due south of town. If your truck runs loads from both pits, say which one it works most, send photos of the body, the cab and the frame, and keep the registration with the title so both travel together on pickup day.
Eastbound by rail
OLIVERS yard and the haul toward South Bend
Drive 13.7 miles east of Hudson Lake and you reach OLIVERS, a rail yard shown on the North American Rail Network that the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics maintain. Day cabs that shuttle freight between a yard and nearby customers are trucks we purchase, and the VIN plus a few clear photos is enough for us to begin.
A tractor that drops trailers at OLIVERS often finishes the shift somewhere other than the lake. Tell us whether it sits at a shipper’s dock, a lot in South Bend or your own driveway, and we plan the visit around the place where the keys and the truck actually are.
SOUTH BEND and GRANGER racks
Two petroleum terminals on the eastern side
The Energy Information Administration places the SOUTH BEND petroleum product terminal 15.7 miles east of Hudson Lake and the GRANGER terminal 22.6 miles out in that same direction. Straight trucks and tractors pulling fuel tankers between those racks and local stations fit what we take on.
For a tanker unit, gather the service records and any inspection reports the terminal asked you to carry. Those papers, together with photos of the tank, the cab and the tires, tell us how the truck was used between GRANGER and SOUTH BEND before anyone comes out to see it.
Hopper and milk routes off the LaPorte County farms
Around Hudson Lake, the 677 farms counted in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture for LaPorte County list corn, soybeans and milk as their top products. Grain trucks, hopper tractors and bulk milk tankers that serve those operations are all on our list, whether they work every season or only through harvest.
Near Hudson Lake, a hopper or milk tanker may be parked beside a corn crib or the dairy barn instead of on pavement. Describe the lane in, mention any gate or soft ground, and send a photo from where it stands, so our driver arrives with the right equipment to load it.
Hudson Lake sellers and the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles in La Porte
Duplicate titles in this part of Indiana come from the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, and its La Porte branch, at 1301 Pine Lake Rd, La Porte, 46350, sits 11.6 miles from Hudson Lake according to the agency’s own branch list. Hudson Lake sellers without the title in hand can file the duplicate application at that counter, and we set the collection date after it arrives.
Bring the registration and your photo ID when you visit one of the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles’ BMV branches, and check that the name on the paperwork matches the name on the truck’s last title. Once the duplicate is in your hands, send us a picture of it with the VIN and we can move ahead.
The questions we get asked in Hudson Lake
- Will you collect a dump truck that works the sandpits near Hudson Lake?South Bend Sandpit and Landmark Materials, both listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration within 17 miles of town, keep aggregate trucks busy, and we collect from the pit yard, a shop or your home, wherever the truck is parked.
- My title is gone; which Indiana office near Hudson Lake issues a new one?The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles handles duplicates, and its La Porte branch at 1301 Pine Lake Rd is 11.6 miles from Hudson Lake on the agency’s branch list; take your registration and ID there.
- Can a corn hauler or dairy tanker from a farm outside Hudson Lake be sold to you?Corn, soybeans and milk lead the 677 LaPorte County farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and the trucks that haul those products are ones we purchase, collected straight from the farm.