A day cab working a yard that close to town is often parked nearby, so give us the street address where it is kept and we will plan the collection there.
Bids Terminal, another rail yard, lies 2.9 miles to the south-west on the same Federal Railroad Administration and Bureau of Transportation Statistics network map. If your tractor pulled trailers between Wansford and Bids, list both in your first message along with the VIN, and keep the registration card in the cab so the paperwork and the truck turn up together.
Two petroleum product terminals named Evansville appear in the Energy Information Administration’s listings, one 6.1 miles and one 6.3 miles south-west of Melody Hill. Owners of fuel tankers and the tractors that pull them can send photos of the cab, the tank, the hoses and the plates, and note which of the two terminals the rig loaded at.
Half a mile beyond those, at 6.5 miles south-west, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics records a liquid bulk terminal. Gather any tank inspection certificates and service records for a truck working that route into one folder before we arrive, so the truck’s history is in one place.
According to the Mine Safety and Health Administration, the I-69 Sand Pit, a sand and gravel operation, is 6.4 miles south of Melody Hill. Tri-axle dumps, end dumps and the tractors hauling belly trailers out of a pit like that are all on our list; tell us the body type and bed length when you write.
A dump truck may still be parked at the pit or at a contractor’s lot rather than in a driveway in town. Let us know whether a gate code or a site contact is needed, and we can arrange the pickup at the place the truck actually stands.
Two coal mines to the east
East of town, Addcar System 38 is a coal mine 9 miles out and Liberty Mine is 10.2 miles out, each listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Haul trucks, water trucks and service rigs tied to those operations can be sold from wherever they are parked near the mine road.
For a coal-hauler, tell us which of the two mines it served and send pictures of the dash, the body and the VIN plate. Having the title and any maintenance logs in hand on collection day keeps the handover simple.
Straight-truck grain haulers, hopper tractors and farm-plated trucks from those operations around Melody Hill are trucks we purchase.
A farm truck often spends months in a machine shed between harvests. Tell us the farm road or field entrance where it is stored, whether it carries farm plates, and where the title is kept, so collection fits around your planting or harvest schedule.
An Indiana title transfer goes through the state’s title agency, so find the title before we schedule the visit. If it has gone missing, the state’s title agency handles a replacement, and you can start that request while we look over your photos.
Beyond the title, the registration, any service history and a set of clear photos taken in daylight cover what we need from a Melody Hill seller. If a lender still holds a lien, tell us at the outset and include the lienholder’s name.
The questions we get asked in Melody Hill
- Do you buy dump trucks that haul from the sand pit south of town?The I-69 Sand Pit, 6.4 miles south of town in Mine Safety and Health Administration records, is the kind of site whose dump trucks we buy; tell us the body type and where it is parked.