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

Griffith’s rail yard lies 3.8 miles west of Ross on the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A day cab that shuttles trailers to and from Griffith can be collected from your yard or your driveway in Ross; send us the address and say whether a gate or a key is involved.

Gibson Transfer, 5.7 miles north-west on the same North American Rail Network, is the other yard close to town. If your tractor spends its shifts there and you would rather not move it, tell us where it is parked and who on site can let us in, and keep the title and current Indiana registration together for the handover.

A petroleum product terminal at Griffith, 4.1 miles west, appears in Energy Information Administration listings, and the agency names a second one at Hammond, 7 miles north-west. Owners of a tanker or a tractor that pulled fuel loads from either should note which terminal it served and gather any hazmat or tank inspection paperwork that came with the unit.

Transflo CSXT, which the Bureau of Transportation Statistics records as a liquid bulk terminal, stands 8.8 miles north-west of Ross. For a truck that worked the rail-to-truck transfers there, photograph the tank, the hoses and the cab, include a clear shot of the VIN plate, and tell us whether the trailer is part of the sale or only the tractor.

Mine Safety and Health Administration listings show Buffington Plant, a crushed-stone quarry, 7.4 miles north of Ross. Dump trucks and tri-axles that haul stone out of Buffington are welcome here; give us the axle setup, the body type and the VIN, and add photos of the bed raised and lowered.

Portage Operation, 13.5 miles to the north-east, is the second crushed-stone quarry on that federal mine safety list near town. Should your truck still be parked at the quarry, we can arrange to pick it up there once you name a contact at the scale house or the gate and confirm the title is in your name.

Sixteen miles east, at 16.1 miles by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ reckoning, is the port it calls Northern Indiana District. A tractor that runs between the docks and Lake County warehouses does not need to come home to Ross first; tell us which lot or terminal it sits in and we will plan around that location.

Port gates usually ask for names in advance, so when you contact us, include whoever can sign us in, the plate number, and the registration card. Service records for the tractor are useful too, since they answer questions before we ask them.

Of 859 jobs counted in Ross for 2023 by the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts, 133, or 15.5 percent, sit in transportation and warehousing. Drivers and owner-operators in that group can sell a single tractor or a few units at once; list each VIN and say where each one is parked.

Construction accounts for 126 of those jobs, a 14.7 percent share in the same LEHD figures, and wholesale trade adds 55, or 6.4 percent. Contractors with a box truck, a flatbed or a dump truck sitting between jobs can send photos, the title and the registration, and we will set up collection from the job site or the shop.

USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture lists 347 farms in Lake County, with corn, soybeans and milk at the top of its product list. Grain trucks and milk haulers from those operations qualify; tell us the bed or tank type and whether the truck is kept on the farm or in town.

On a Lake County farm the truck may be titled to the farm business or a relative instead of the person behind the wheel. Before we come out, check whose name is on the Indiana title and, if it is missing, ask Indiana’s title agency for a replacement so the sale can go ahead.

• Can you collect my Ross tractor straight from the Griffith yard?Griffith’s yard is 3.8 miles west of Ross on the North American Rail Network, and we collect from there. Tell us who can open the gate and where in the yard the tractor sits.