Hauling stone out of the Versailles pit and the Napoleon block quarries
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Versailles Quarry, a crushed-stone operation 10.5 miles south-west of Milan. A dump truck or tri-axle that hauls aggregate out of that pit is usually parked at the quarry or at the owner’s yard rather than in town, so give us the exact spot and whether a loaded tractor can get in and turn around.
Toward Napoleon, 11.8 miles west, the Mine Safety and Health Administration carries three entries: a crushed-stone quarry and two dimension-stone quarries, one of them under the New Point Stone Co name. Trucks that move cut block are often flatbeds or heavy straight trucks; send photos of the bed, the tie-downs and the cab so we know the setup before we arrive.
If your truck splits its week between the Versailles and Napoleon pits, tell us which one it starts from on most mornings. That is the address we plan the collection around.
New Trenton and Rising Sun sand and gravel
North-east of Milan, the New Trenton Pit is a sand and gravel operation 17.3 miles out, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Owners hauling from there often keep the truck near the pit, and we collect it where it sits rather than in Milan.
The Rising Sun Plant, which MSHA lists as a sand and gravel site 17.9 miles south-east, puts a second gravel source within reach on the river side. If your dump body or trailer belongs with the tractor, say so and include its VIN or serial plate photo with the rest.
Bean, corn and hog ground
Grain and farm-supply hauling around Milan
Around Milan, Ripley County counted 835 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with soybeans, corn and hogs leading the list. A grain truck or livestock hauler from one of those operations is likely to be sitting at the farm when you call, and that is where we pick it up.
Among the 32 active carriers based in Milan in FMCSA’s carrier census, 10 list grain, feed and hay and another 10 list farm supplies as cargo. Have the title in the name of whoever is selling, plus the registration, so a farm truck owned by a family or a partnership can change hands without a second trip.
Nine Milan carriers also report machinery and large objects as cargo, the same federal census shows alongside the farm haulers. Photos of the trailer deck and ramps help us understand the rig before we see it.
Private fleets and long-haul drivers in Milan
Of Milan’s 32 carriers, 25 are private fleets hauling their own goods, with 13 registered for interstate work and 19 staying intrastate, per FMCSA’s carrier census. A truck owned by a farm, contractor or business that moves its own loads is just as welcome as one from a for-hire outfit.
Drivers attached to Milan carriers mostly travel further afield: FMCSA counts 291 operating beyond a hundred-mile radius and 50 inside it. If your truck is out on a route when you contact us, tell us when it will be back home and we will fit the collection to that.
The same carrier census lists one Milan fleet with 274 power units and 242 drivers, then fleets of 26 and 12 trucks. Fleet owners selling several units at once can send one list of VINs and we will work through them together.
Milan tractors at the scales: a 2024 median
Inspectors looked at 177 Milan-based trucks between August 2024 and August 2026, and FMCSA roadside inspection records put their median model year at 2024. Roughly one Milan truck in ten, 10.7 percent in those FMCSA inspection records, carried a model year ten or more years back.
Among 10 Milan carriers reporting mileage, the median was 12,836 miles per truck, according to FMCSA’s carrier census. Whatever the year or the odometer reads on yours, send the VIN, the reading and a set of photos, and keep any service records together with the title.
Duplicate titles from Tekulve Road in Batesville
A missing title for a Milan truck is replaced through the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, which handles duplicate title applications at its BMV branches. The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles lists its Batesville branch at 1132 Tekulve Rd Ste 3, Batesville, 47006, about 13 miles from Milan.
Apply for the duplicate before you list the truck with us if you can, and bring identification that matches the name on the registration. If the Batesville branch is still processing it, tell us, and we can line everything else up in the meantime.
Job sites, payrolls and Muscatatuck
Ripley County held 15 construction establishments in the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns, and dump trucks, flatbeds and service bodies from those firms work between job sites and the nearby quarries. A contractor’s truck is often kept at the shop or the job, so give us that address.
For 2023, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts place 832 jobs in Milan in Milan itself, the town these Ripley County contractors and haulers call home. West of town, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, a military installation 22.3 miles away, as another landmark along the routes local drivers run.
The questions we get asked in Milan
- Will you collect a dump truck that stays parked at the Napoleon quarries?Napoleon’s quarries sit 11.8 miles west of Milan in Mine Safety and Health Administration listings, and we collect trucks from quarries, farms and yards like those. Send the site address and any gate or access instructions.
- If the title to my Milan truck is lost, where do I go for a copy?The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles issues duplicate titles at its BMV branches, and the Batesville branch at 1132 Tekulve Rd Ste 3 is about 13 miles from Milan.
- Is a soybean or corn hauler from a Ripley County farm something you buy?Grain, feed and hay is listed as cargo by 10 Milan carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, and farm grain trucks are among what we buy. Tell us which farm it sits on and whose name the title carries, along with the VIN and photos.
- Do you buy from private fleets that only haul their own goods?Private fleets make up 25 of Milan’s 32 active carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, and we buy from them the same as from for-hire carriers.