Sand pits west of town, stone quarries to the south-west
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the Morgan County Sand & Gravel Plant 1.7 miles west of Martinsville and Waverly Sand & Gravel 12.9 miles to the north-east. A dump truck or tri-axle that shuttles between those pits and Morgan County job sites is often parked at the plant gate or a contractor’s yard rather than a driveway. Give us that yard’s address and the name of whoever holds the gate key, and we will arrange the collection with them.
South-west of town, Lincoln Park Stone’s Stinesville Quarry sits 14.9 miles out and the Bloomington Underground Mine 19.5 miles out, both crushed-stone operations on Mine Safety and Health Administration records. Dimension-stone sites appear on the same federal list at Arlington Hills, 16.5 miles away, and Hoadley Portable, 20.4 miles away. If your flatbed or lowboy carried cut stone blocks from those benches, photos of the deck, the tie-down points and the cab are what we ask for first.
RIVERSIDE AGGREGATES & MATERIALS, an industrial-mineral mine 18.9 miles north-east by the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s listing, rounds out the quarry belt around this town. A truck can stay at whichever of these sites it last worked; you do not need to move it back into Martinsville for us to collect it.
Private fleets and in-state haulers on Martinsville’s carrier rolls
Of the 265 active Martinsville carriers on FMCSA’s carrier census, 199 are private fleets hauling a business’s own loads. A contractor, a sawmill or a farm owner selling one of those trucks needs only the title, the registration and a VIN photo to get started with us.
Only 35 of those 265 carriers hold interstate authority, with 230 working inside Indiana alone, according to FMCSA’s carrier census. FMCSA’s carrier census also splits local drivers 476 within a 100-mile radius and 278 beyond it. For a seller in Morgan County, the practical point is plain: the truck is probably close to home, and a street address or a field location near town is all we need for pickup planning.
Carriers reporting mileage to FMCSA’s carrier census, 47 of them, show a median of 15,400 miles a truck. Write the odometer reading down before you call, along with the VIN; those two lines answer most of what we will ask.
Lowboy machinery, log loads and car haulers out of Martinsville
Sixty-six local carriers list large machinery and objects as cargo in FMCSA’s carrier census, while 53 list logs, poles, beams and lumber. Lowboys, step-decks and log trucks fit those entries; tell us the trailer type with the tractor and whether the two are being sold together or apart.
General freight appears on 56 carrier filings and motor vehicles on 36, again by FMCSA’s carrier census. If yours is a car hauler or a box truck from that group, have the registration card for each unit you plan to sell.
Six new carriers registered here in 2025 and eight in 2024, in the federal census kept by FMCSA. If you are one of those newer operators, send whatever service records you kept along with the photos.
Inspection-stop model years and Martinsville fleet sizes
Across 63 trucks stopped between September 2024 and August 2026, FMCSA roadside inspection records put the median model year at 2015, and 57 percent were ten or more years old. Whatever year yours is, include it with the make and model when you first reach us.
Fleet sizes here range widely: on FMCSA’s carrier census one local operator runs 106 power units with 94 drivers, another 42 units with 34 drivers, a third 17 units with 20 drivers. Selling several trucks from a yard like that works as one collection; list each VIN and where each unit is parked.
Plant jobs, building contractors and corn-and-hog farms
Of 4,975 jobs counted in Martinsville for 2023 by the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts, 325 were in manufacturing and 129 in construction, with transportation and warehousing and wholesale trade at 75 each. Trucks serving those plants and building sites usually stay in company yards; the person who signs the title should be the one who contacts us.
Martinsville’s 90 construction establishments, as tallied in the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns on the Martinsville tally. A dump body, a flatbed with a knuckle boom or a service truck from one of those outfits can be collected at the shop or at the current job site, whichever is easier for you.
Morgan County had 506 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with corn, soybeans and hogs at the top. A grain truck or livestock hauler parked in a barn lot outside town is collected where it sits; tell us if the lane is soft or gated.
An Indiana title, the registration and a walk-around set of photos
The title is the one document every sale needs. If the Indiana title has gone missing, ask the state’s title agency for a replacement first, since the sale cannot close without it.
Beyond the title, gather the current registration, any maintenance or service records, and a set of photos: all four sides, the cab interior, the dash with the odometer showing and the VIN plate. A truck with a lien on it needs the lienholder’s name and contact on hand as well.
The questions we get asked in Martinsville
- My dump truck is parked at the gravel plant west of Martinsville. Will you pick it up from the plant yard?The Morgan County Sand & Gravel Plant sits 1.7 miles west of town on Mine Safety and Health Administration records, and the truck can be picked up right at that site. Let us know who manages the yard so the visit is arranged with them.
- I hauled stone near Stinesville but live in Martinsville now. Does the truck need to come home first?Stinesville Quarry is 14.9 miles south-west of Martinsville by the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s listing, and the truck can stay there or wherever it is parked. Pass along the quarry-side address plus a phone number for whoever unlocks that lot.
- I only ever drove inside Indiana. Does a Martinsville truck with no interstate history still qualify?Of 265 active Martinsville carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, 230 work intrastate only, so a truck that never left Indiana is the usual case here. Have the Indiana title and registration in hand when you call.
- Will you take a grain truck off a corn and hog farm near Martinsville?Morgan County’s 506 farms, counted in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture and led by corn, soybeans and hogs, run grain trucks and livestock haulers that we buy. Pickup happens at the barn lot or field edge where the truck is kept.