The pit beside town
Crushed rock just north-west of New Point
New Point Quarry, a crushed-stone operation the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists 0.9 miles north-west of town, is the nearest working site to almost any driveway in New Point. A tri-axle or tandem dump that loads there most days is exactly the sort of truck we collect, and it is usually parked within sight of the pit.
Before you call, walk around the truck with your phone and take photos of the bed, the hoist, the cab and the data plate on the door. Write the VIN down as well, and note the body maker if it is stamped on the bed.
If the dump is still on a lease to the stone yard or registered to a business, have the name on the title ready so the paperwork lines up with whoever signs it.
Napoleon’s three stone sites
Cut stone and gravel seven miles down the road
Roughly 7.3 miles south, the Mine Safety and Health Administration records New Point Stone Co’s Napoleon Quarry and a separate Napoleon Quarry cutting dimension stone, with a crushed-stone site of the same name at 7.4 miles. Flatbeds that carry cut blocks and dumps that carry aggregate both run that short stretch between Napoleon and New Point.
A flatbed used for dimension stone often carries its own straps, chains and load bars; tell us which of those stay with the truck so the list we agree on matches what is on the deck at pickup.
If your truck sits at one of the Napoleon yards rather than at home, give us the gate location and any hours the site keeps, and we will plan around them instead of asking you to move it.
West to the rail sidings
Two Honda sidings west of New Point
West of town, the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places a yard labelled HONDA PLANT at 11.8 miles and HONDA AUTOLOAD at 12.8 miles. Day cabs and straight trucks that shuttle parts or finished loads around a plant of that kind are on the list of trucks we buy.
For a tractor that has worked those sidings, send the VIN, the odometer reading, and a photo of the fifth wheel along with the cab shots. If the unit has a sleeper, a picture of the bunk area helps us describe it correctly.
Tell us whether the truck is at the yard, at a shop in the area or back in New Point; the pickup gets scheduled to wherever it actually stands.
Machine-shed trucks and stock trailers
Hopper trailers and hog haulers off New Point farms
Decatur County held 552 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and corn, hogs and soybeans topped its list. Grain trucks with hoppers or end dumps, and tractors that pull livestock trailers to market, come off farms like those around New Point.
Around New Point a grain truck may be titled to a parent, a sibling or the farm’s own name. Check whose name is printed on the title before we talk, so the right person is available to sign at collection.
If the truck only moves at harvest and spends the rest of the year in a machine shed, a few photos taken where it sits are enough for us to start, along with the VIN and any farm plate registration.
Batesville BMV
Getting a lost title reissued at the Batesville branch
A lost Indiana title is replaced through the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, and one of its BMV branches is the Batesville office at 1132 Tekulve Rd Ste 3, Batesville, 6.3 miles from town. Sort that out before collection, since the title is the one paper we cannot do without.
Bring your photo ID and the truck’s VIN to the Batesville branch, and if a lender once held a lien, carry the release letter as well. Keep the registration card and any inspection or service records in the cab for the day we arrive.
A training center south-west, a gravel pit north-east
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center 20.8 miles south-west, and the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the Connersville Pit, a sand and gravel operation, 23 miles north-east. Trucks based in New Point that run to either one still count as local to us.
Wherever the truck finished its last job, tell us the nearest road and town, and whether a tow vehicle can reach it on a hard surface. That is all we need to plan collection from any of these directions.
The questions we get asked in New Point
- Is a dump that loads at the quarry north-west of New Point something you purchase?New Point Quarry is a crushed-stone site 0.9 miles north-west of town on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and quarry dumps from there are trucks we purchase. Send photos of the bed, cab and data plate with the VIN.
- Which BMV office can replace a New Point owner’s lost title?The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles issues duplicates, and its Batesville office at 1132 Tekulve Rd Ste 3 is 6.3 miles from New Point. Bring photo ID and the truck’s VIN to Tekulve Rd.
- Are hopper and livestock trucks from Decatur County farms on your list?Decatur County counted 552 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, led by corn, hogs and soybeans, and grain trucks and livestock tractors from those operations are welcome. Check whose name is on the title first.