East Wayne, Fort Wayne and the Norfolk Southern terminal
Two yards lie just west of town on the North American Rail Network (Federal Railroad Administration and Bureau of Transportation Statistics): East Wayne at 1.7 miles out and the Fort Wayne yard at 3.9. A tractor that shuttles loads between those yards and local plants is the kind we collect, and it can stay parked at your own lot while we arrange pickup.
Norfolk Southern TBT, a liquid bulk terminal listed by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, lies 4.6 miles west of town. If your tanker or tractor has run product out of that terminal, keep its tank test sheets and hazmat paperwork in the cab file, and photograph the plate on the barrel along with the cab and frame.
Three aggregate sites sit within ten miles, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration: the Woodburn II crushed-stone quarry 8.9 miles east, Stone-Street Quarries Inc, a sand and gravel operation 9 miles south, and Ardmore Stone Quarry 9.4 miles west. Dump trucks and tri-axles that load at those pits are welcome here.
When a dump truck is parked at a quarry yard rather than at home, give us the site name and gate contact so the pickup can be booked with whoever controls access. Include photos of the bed, the hoist and the door plate that carries the VIN, with a copy of the title.
Flatbeds, log trailers and grain rigs
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 111 active carriers based in New Haven, of which 36 list general freight and 35 list machinery and large objects. That FMCSA census also has 21 hauling logs, poles, beams and lumber and 18 carrying grain, feed and hay; flatbeds, step-decks, log trailers and hopper rigs all fit what we collect.
Most of those outfits stay close: the same FMCSA census shows 71 intrastate carriers against 40 interstate, and 88 that run private fleets moving their own goods. If your truck was registered to an Indiana-only operation, bring the Indiana registration and the title in the company’s name, plus a letter showing who can sign for the business.
Roadside stops, model years and yearly mileage
FMCSA roadside inspection records for New Haven-based trucks, 30 of them stopped from September 2024 to July 2026, show a median model year of 2015.5 and 46.7 percent at ten years or older. Whatever year your truck is, send the model year, engine and transmission with the VIN so the paperwork lines up from the start.
Among 27 carriers that reported annual mileage to FMCSA, the median works out to 15,000 miles per truck, and that census also lists 204 drivers working within 100 miles against 106 beyond it. For a local truck, photograph the service log from the shop that maintained it alongside the odometer.
Plants, wholesale yards and Allen County fields
Manufacturing accounts for 2,381 of the 9,815 jobs located in New Haven in 2023, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts show, with 1,368 in wholesale trade and 1,137 in transportation and warehousing. Box trucks, day cabs and straight trucks that served those docks can be collected from the plant lot if the company signs off on release.
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture lists 1,497 farms in Allen County, led by corn, soybeans and hogs. A grain truck or livestock hauler often sits in a barn lot outside town between seasons; send us the road address and say whether a tow rig can reach it in wet weather.
Bridges, builders and the title office
Of 70 bridges around New Haven in the National Bridge Inventory, 9 carry posted load limits and none clears under 14 feet. We plan the pickup route around those posted spans, so tell us the cross street nearest the truck and whether it is loaded.
County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau records 94 construction establishments, and LEHD figures place 501 construction jobs in town. If a contractor’s truck has a lost or missing title, Indiana’s state title agency handles replacements, and the registered owner should request one before the truck is listed with us.
The questions we get asked in New Haven
- Do you collect trucks parked at a quarry near New Haven?Woodburn II, Stone-Street and Ardmore all sit within 9.4 miles of town, per the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and a truck parked at any of them can be collected once you give us the gate contact.
- My hopper truck hauled corn and soybeans off a farm east of town; do you collect those?Allen County has 1,497 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, mostly corn, soybeans and hogs, and grain trucks and hopper rigs from those operations are among what we purchase.
- Can I sell a truck whose company only ran inside Indiana?Seventy-one of New Haven’s 111 FMCSA-registered carriers are intrastate, so an Indiana-only registration is common here; bring that registration and the title, and we handle the rest.
- What if the truck sits by the East Wayne yard?East Wayne is 1.7 miles west of town on the North American Rail Network, close enough that a truck parked beside it is a short trip for our pickup crew.