Two pits, one lake
Pits north-west and south-east of the lake
Landmark Materials, a sand and gravel operation listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, lies 7.2 miles north-west of Koontz Lake. If your dump truck or tri-axle hauls out of that pit, it can stay parked at the yard or at your house for collection; give us the exact spot and say whether a loaded trailer is still hooked up.
On the other side of town, IMI Plymouth Sand & Gravel sits 12.6 miles to the south-east, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Aggregate trucks that split their week between the two pits often carry scale tickets and service logs in the cab. Leave those with the truck, and take photos of the bed, the hoist and the axles before you call.
Up the north-east road
A fuel terminal and the Olivers yard up the road
Eighteen and a half miles north-east of the lake, the Energy Information Administration lists the South Bend petroleum product terminal. A tanker tractor or a fuel truck that loads there is one we buy; tell us the tank’s capacity, how many compartments it has, and whether the trailer is sold with the tractor or kept.
A little further along the same heading, at 19.7 miles, sits the Olivers rail yard, recorded in the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Day cabs that shuttle loads between the yard and Starke County can be collected from wherever they finished their last run. Have the registration and the VIN plate photo ready when you first get in touch.
Fields past the shoreline
Grain and livestock hauling from the lake’s back roads
Around the lake and out across the county, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 394 farms in Starke County, with corn, soybeans and cattle as the leading products. Grain trucks, hopper tractors and livestock haulers belong on that list of farm equipment we purchase.
Out past the Koontz Lake cottages, a grain truck may spend the off-season tucked behind a corn crib or a pole barn. Tell us which farm lane it is parked off and whether the ground is firm enough for our pickup truck to reach, and send a photo of the title along with pictures of the box or trailer.
The BMV branch on the Plymouth side of the lake
If the Koontz Lake truck’s title has gone missing, the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles handles duplicates, and its Plymouth branch at 2936 Miller Dr, Plymouth, 46563 is 7.5 miles from Koontz Lake. That BMV branch is the nearest place to apply for a replacement title.
Carry your licence and the VIN written out from the door jamb when you visit the Plymouth office. If a lender is still on the title, ask the bank for a lien release first, so the replacement the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles prints shows you as the clear owner.
Contractors working out of the county
Ten builders, excavators and other construction establishments are on file for the Koontz Lake area in the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns. Contractors like these run flatbeds, dump trucks and service bodies between job sites around the lake and into Plymouth.
If a contractor’s truck is coming off the books, list any upfit on it - a crane, a toolbox body, a plow mount - and send photos of each. Fleet paperwork with the registration and the title in the company’s name makes the handover straightforward for whoever signs.
The questions we get asked in Koontz Lake
- Will you pick up a tri-axle parked at Landmark Materials north-west of Koontz Lake?Landmark Materials is 7.2 miles north-west of Koontz Lake on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and we can collect from the pit or from your own yard. Mention which entrance at the pit the dump truck sits nearest.
- How far from Koontz Lake is the office for a replacement Indiana truck title?Duplicate titles for Koontz Lake owners come through the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, whose Plymouth branch at 2936 Miller Dr sits 7.5 miles from the lake.
- Would you take a hopper truck off a corn and soybean farm by the lake?Starke County’s 394 farms, counted in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, grow mostly corn and soybeans and raise cattle, and the grain trucks and livestock haulers that serve them are trucks we buy.
- What should a fuel hauler working the South Bend terminal tell you first?The South Bend petroleum product terminal, 18.5 miles north-east on Energy Information Administration records, is where many Koontz Lake tankers fill; list the tank’s capacity and compartments when you get in touch.