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

Two General Motors rail yards appear on the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics: GM Autoload at 3.7 miles east of Roanoke and a second General Motors yard at 4.3 miles east. A tractor that shuttles loads between those sidings may be parked at a shop lot or a yard gate rather than a driveway, so give us the exact spot and who can let us in when you reach out.

Farther out the same road, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics maps two Fort Wayne IAP military parcels, one of 8,785 acres at 10.5 miles east and one of 1,877 acres at 10.8 miles. If a Roanoke truck is stored near the base fence or on a contractor lot out that way, a street address or a pin dropped on a map lets us plan collection without guesswork.

Southwest of town, the Energy Information Administration lists two petroleum product terminals under the Huntington name, at 5.9 and 6 miles from Roanoke. Fuel tankers and the tractors that pull them from those racks are on our list. Send photos of the cab, the tank barrel and the data plate, along with the VIN.

IMI Huntington Quarry, a crushed-stone pit 6.2 miles in that same direction, is on file with the Mine Safety and Health Administration, which also lists Ardmore Stone Quarry 10.9 miles east. Tri-axle dumps and end-dump trailers that haul aggregate out of either pit can be collected right where they work, as long as you tell us which gate to use and any site safety rules for entering.

Roanoke is home base for 77 active motor carriers on FMCSA’s carrier census, a mix of farm, freight and equipment haulers. In that same FMCSA census, 21 list general freight and 20 list machinery or large objects, which puts van trailers beside flatbeds and lowboys on the roads out of town. Whichever one you run, have the registration card and the title in the name that appears on the sale.

Farm supplies and grain, feed or hay each show up on 14 of those carrier registrations in the same federal census. A hopper-bottom tractor or a straight truck that hauls seed and feed to Huntington County farms is the kind of unit we handle often; note the trailer type and whether it goes with the tractor.

Only 17 of these Roanoke outfits are registered for interstate work, against 60 intrastate, according to FMCSA, and 60 operate as private fleets carrying their own goods. Three new carriers registered in 2025 and three in 2024, per the same census, so a seller here may be a one-truck owner closing out or a farm business moving a single unit.

The carrier census from FMCSA shows the biggest Roanoke-based operation running 45 power units with 48 drivers, the next one 35 power units with 30 drivers, and the third just 6 units with 4 drivers. If you are selling several trucks from a fleet like the first two, send a list of VINs together; we can quote collection for the group in one conversation.

Drivers at these carriers split close to evenly by distance: FMCSA records 130 working inside a hundred-mile radius of home and 115 going further. Among the 13 carriers that reported annual mileage, the median comes to 21,250 miles per truck under the federal census, so many Roanoke tractors spend their nights back in town, where we can pick them up.

FMCSA’s inspection records also put 30.3 percent of the Roanoke trucks at ten or more model years old. Older or newer, we buy them on the same terms, and the documents we ask for do not change: the title, the current registration and any service records you happen to keep.

Around Roanoke, the farms reported in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture for Huntington County number 643, and their leading products are corn, soybeans and milk. Grain trucks, milk tankers and the tractors that pull them often sit in a machine shed between seasons; tell us if the truck is in a barn or behind a gate so we bring the right equipment for collection.

The Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns count 35 construction establishments in the area, and LEHD job counts from the Census Bureau place 499 jobs in Roanoke as of 2023. Dump trucks, flatbeds and service bodies working for those builders can be sold the same way as a farm truck, with photos, the VIN and a clear title.

A replacement title for a Roanoke truck goes through the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, which handles duplicate titles at its BMV branches. The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles lists its Huntington branch at 240 South Jefferson St, Huntington, 46750, about 8.4 miles from town; start the duplicate application there before we schedule collection.

If a lender’s name is still printed on the title, ask that lender for a lien release and bring it to the Huntington branch with your duplicate request. Once the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles issues the clean title in your name, send us a photo of the front and back and we can move ahead.

• Will you collect a truck parked near the GM rail yards east of Roanoke?GM Autoload sits 3.7 miles east of town on the North American Rail Network, and trucks working those sidings are ones we pick up where they stand. Share the yard address and the name of whoever holds the gate key at the sidings.
• Do you buy grain trucks and milk tankers from local farms?Huntington County’s 643 farms, counted in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, lead with corn, soybeans and milk, and the trucks serving them are on our list. A photo of the milk tank or grain box, plus the VIN, starts the conversation.
• Can you take a dump truck that hauls from the Huntington quarry?IMI Huntington Quarry, 6.2 miles southwest per the Mine Safety and Health Administration, is a crushed-stone pit whose haul trucks we collect on site. Tell us which entrance to use and any site rules.