Sell your semi truck for cash in New Chicago the easy and convenient way

Kirk rail yard lies 6.4 miles north-west of New Chicago, and Curtis is 6.7 miles in the same direction, both listed in the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A tractor that shuttles trailers or loads between those two yards often spends its nights at a lot up there rather than in town, so tell us which address it sits at when you get in touch.

If your day cab has worked the yard roads at Kirk or Curtis, photograph the cab, the frame rails and the fifth wheel in daylight, then send those pictures with the VIN. Rail-yard tractors frequently carry a gate badge or yard permit sticker; mention it so we know where to ask for access on collection day.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Portage Operation, a crushed-stone quarry, 8.3 miles north-east of town, and Buffington Plant, another crushed-stone site, 9 miles to the north-west. Dump trucks, end-dump tractors and tri-axles that move stone out of pits like these are the kind of equipment we purchase from owners around New Chicago.

A dump body comes with its own papers to gather: the body maker’s plate, any hoist service invoices and the truck’s annual inspection sheet. Put them in one folder with the title before you call, and if the truck is parked inside a quarry gate, give us the gate contact so pickup can be arranged with the site.

West of New Chicago, the Energy Information Administration records the Griffith petroleum product terminal at 9.7 miles and the East Chicago terminal at 10.1 miles. Further out on that same side, Transflo CSXT, a liquid bulk terminal, sits 12.3 miles away according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

Tractors that pull tankers between those racks and rail transload points are welcome here, with or without the trailer. Tell us whether the tank goes with the sale, list its hazmat placards and send its last tank test certificate if you have it, so the questions we ask stay about your own rig.

Eleven miles east, 11.2 by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ figure, lies the Northern Indiana District port, where barges and lake vessels meet trucks. Flatbeds and step-decks that run coil, plate or bulk cargo off those docks fit what we buy as readily as any dump or tanker.

A port truck can stay put; we come to the dock lot, the terminal yard or your driveway in New Chicago. Send the street address, a note on whether a port pass is needed and the registration card, and we will plan the pickup around the site.

Out past the rail yards, Lake County holds 347 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with corn, soybeans and milk as its leading products. Grain hoppers, straight trucks with box beds and milk tankers from those operations are trucks we take, wherever on the farm they are parked.

Farm trucks often go years between title transfers, so look out the paper title first and check that the name on it matches yours. Photos of the grain body or tank, plus any registration in a farm plate class, help us describe the truck correctly before we come out.

The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles handles duplicate titles through its BMV branches, and the Gary branch at 661 Broadway, Gary, 46402 is 4.4 miles from New Chicago. If the title for your truck is missing, apply for the duplicate there before the sale and keep the receipt with your registration.

New Chicago itself is a small working place: the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts (LODES) record 302 positions located in town for 2023. Whether your truck works one of those local jobs or hauls out to the yards and docks, the Gary branch is where an owner here sorts out the paperwork.

• My tractor is kept at the Kirk yard instead of New Chicago - is that a problem for pickup?Kirk sits 6.4 miles north-west of town on the North American Rail Network, and we collect from yard lots like that as well as from home addresses. Give us the yard address and any gate contact.
• My tri-axle hauls stone out of Portage Operation and Buffington Plant - is it a fit?Portage Operation and Buffington Plant, both crushed-stone sites listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, are 8.3 and 9 miles out, and dump trucks working them are trucks we purchase. A VIN and a few daylight shots of the dump body get things moving.
• My grain truck is on a farm outside New Chicago but still in Lake County - does that count?Lake County’s 347 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture raise corn, soybeans and milk, and grain trucks and milk tankers from them are welcome. Check that the title shows your name, then send pictures of the grain bed or tank.