Two pits, one road east
Stone hauling out of Milltown Rock Quarry and Davis Crushed Stone
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Milltown Rock Quarry, a crushed-stone operation 1.9 miles east, and Davis Crushed Stone, another crushed-stone quarry 5.7 miles out on the same side of town. Dump trucks and tri-axles that load at those faces often sit parked at a yard or a driveway in Milltown between jobs, and that is where we can collect them. Give us the street address and say whether a loaded or empty trailer is hooked up.
Further east, at 23 miles, the Mine Safety and Health Administration also lists the New Albany Sand & Gravel operation. If your truck splits its week between the stone pits near Milltown and the gravel plant toward New Albany, tell us which site it is closest to on the day you call, and send photos of the bed, the frame and the cab so we know exactly which unit we are coming for.
Milltown’s thirty carriers stay within a day’s reach
Thirty active carriers are on file for Milltown in FMCSA’s carrier census, and 17 of them are cleared for intrastate work only while 13 hold interstate authority. Of those thirty, 23 register with FMCSA as private fleets moving their owners’ own loads, so the seller is often the business itself. For an owner selling one of those trucks, the useful thing to have ready is the registration and the title in the name that appears on the carrier record.
On the driver side, FMCSA’s carrier census puts 96 drivers inside a 100-mile radius and only 3 beyond it. The 13 Milltown carriers that reported mileage show a median of 8,000 miles a truck per year in FMCSA’s census. Have the odometer reading and the VIN ready when you contact us, since those two figures settle most of our first questions.
Fleet size varies widely here: the biggest operation filing with FMCSA lists 31 power units and 25 drivers, the next 9 units and 7 drivers, the third 6 units and 4 drivers. Whether you are selling one tractor or several from a yard like those, list each unit by VIN so every truck gets its own pickup plan.
Grain, feed, hogs
Soybean, corn and hog loads off Milltown carriers
Of the cargo classes Milltown carriers declare to FMCSA, general freight leads with 12 carriers, followed by grain, feed and hay at 9, and farm supplies and livestock at 8 each. Grain trailers, hopper bottoms and stock trailers pulled by those carriers fit what we buy, so mention the trailer type when you describe the tractor.
Across Crawford County, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 374 farms, with soybeans, corn and hogs as the leading products. A truck that works those farms is often kept at a barn or field lot outside Milltown rather than in town; give us the farm road and any gate details so we can reach it without a second trip.
Getting a heavy truck out of Milltown’s roads
Eleven bridges are recorded around Milltown in the Federal Highway Administration’s National Bridge Inventory, and three of them carry posted load limits. None of the eleven falls under fourteen-foot clearance in that federal inventory. Tell us which road the truck is parked on so the recovery route avoids the posted spans.
If your truck is a loaded dump or a tractor still coupled to a full trailer, say so before pickup day. With three load-posted crossings on the National Bridge Inventory list for this area, knowing the gross weight lets us choose a route that keeps the haul legal from Milltown onward.
River and fuel terminals
The Ohio River port and the terminals near Louisville
Just 5.2 miles west, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the Southern Indiana District port. Trucks that shuttle stone, grain or bulk loads to the river from Milltown can be collected at the dock area or back at home base, whichever you prefer.
Two liquid terminals stand 24.4 miles east: the KENTUCKIANA petroleum product terminal, listed by the Energy Information Administration, and a TransMontaigne Partners liquid bulk terminal listed by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Tankers and fuel trucks that load there are trucks we buy; bring the tank inspection records and any hazmat placard history with the title.
Dump beds and utility bodies from Milltown-area builders
Around Milltown, the county holds 14 construction establishments on the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns tally. Their dump trucks, flatbeds and service bodies are part of what we purchase, and they are often parked at a job site or a contractor’s lot when the owner decides to sell.
For a contractor’s truck, gather the title, the current registration and any DOT inspection sheets before you reach out. Photos of the body, whether it is a dump bed or a utility box, help us match the truck to your description when we arrive in Milltown.
Nearest BMV branch
When the pink slip is gone: the BMV branch a short way up the road in English
Titles in Indiana are issued by the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles through its BMV branches. The nearest one to Milltown is the English branch at 790 Deerwood Ave, English, 47118, which sits 9.2 miles away according to the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles branch list.
If the title has gone missing, the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles takes duplicate title applications, and the English BMV branch is the closest counter for a Milltown owner to apply in person. Start that application before you contact us, and keep the receipt with the registration so the sale can go ahead once the duplicate is in hand.
The questions we get asked in Milltown
- My tri-axle loads stone at the rock quarry east of Milltown; will you take it?Milltown Rock Quarry, a crushed-stone site 1.9 miles east per the Mine Safety and Health Administration, is the kind of work we buy trucks from. Send the VIN, odometer reading and photos, and tell us where the truck is parked.
- Where is the closest place to get a duplicate title?The English branch of the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, at 790 Deerwood Ave, English, 47118, is 9.2 miles from Milltown and handles title work, including duplicate title applications.
- Will you pick up a grain or livestock truck at a farm outside town?Crawford County’s 374 farms, counted in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, keep plenty of trucks out on farm lots, and we collect from wherever the truck sits. Give us the farm road and any gate details.
- Can you get a heavy truck past the posted bridges?Three of the eleven bridges the National Bridge Inventory records near Milltown carry load postings, so tell us the truck’s gross weight and its location and we will plan the route around those spans.