Private fleets, intrastate runs and new authorities
Of the 114 active carriers on FMCSA’s census for Rushville, 81 are private fleets moving their owners’ grain, livestock or products. A farm or a manufacturer that keeps a tractor or straight truck for its own loads is exactly the kind of seller we deal with; have the title in the business name, or the paperwork showing who signs for the company, ready before we talk.
FMCSA’s census also splits those 114 carriers into 77 that work only inside Indiana and 37 with interstate authority. If your truck has stayed inside Indiana its whole working life, the Indiana registration and the title are usually all we need to start; an interstate unit should also come with its apportioned plate details.
New authorities are few here: the carrier census records 3 new carriers in 2025 and 2 in 2024. Whether you are closing an outfit that started last year or one that has hauled out of Rush County for decades, the steps are the same: send the VIN, a set of photos of the cab, frame and tires, and tell us where the truck is parked.
Grain, feed and farm freight
Rush County’s 473 farms, as tallied by USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, grow corn and soybeans first and raise hogs third. Among the Rushville carriers in FMCSA’s census, 44 list grain, feed and hay as cargo and 33 list farm supplies. Hopper-bottom tractors, grain trucks and feed haulers that serve those farms are on our list; if the truck sits on a farm lane outside town, give us directions to the yard rather than just a mailing address.
Machinery and large objects appear on 39 carriers’ cargo lists in the FMCSA census, alongside 47 hauling general freight. A tractor that pulls a lowboy or drop-deck for equipment moves is something we pick up whole; tell us whether the trailer goes with it, and include the trailer’s own title if it does.
The seasons on a corn and soybean county mean some trucks sit parked between harvests. If yours is stored in a machine shed, a photo of the dash showing the odometer and a photo of the VIN plate save a trip and keep the questions short.
Quarries and pits within twenty miles
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Rush County Stone, a crushed-stone quarry 10.1 miles south-west of town, and Ballenger Stone, another crushed-stone operation 14.3 miles to the south-east. Dump trucks and end-dump tractors that load aggregate at sites like these are welcome; if the truck is parked at a quarry, name the operator whose lot it is on so the pickup can be arranged with them.
Niles Stoneworks Quarry, a dimension-stone site, sits 14.2 miles south-west by MSHA’s listing. MSHA also lists the Connersville Pit sand and gravel operation 15.7 miles east and a pit named 750 North near Shelbyville 15.9 miles west. A truck kept at any of these does not need to be driven into Rushville; we collect it where it stands, and a gate contact is all we ask for.
For any aggregate truck, keep the most recent service records and any annual inspection report with the title. They tell us how the truck has been looked after in the words of the shop that did the work.
Connersville rails and the Knightstown installation
The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, shows the Connersville rail yard 16.9 miles east of Rushville and the Honda Autoload yard 18.1 miles to the south-west. Day cabs that shuttle loads to and from yards like these are trucks we buy, and a yard address is a fine place for us to meet one.
NG Knightstown, a military installation, lies 11.2 miles north-west according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. If you are a contractor whose truck is parked on or near the installation, check what access a pickup crew needs and pass that on when you first contact us.
Factory lots and contractor yards in Rushville
Rushville’s plants account for 782 jobs, 22.9 percent of the 3,419 counted here for 2023 by the Census Bureau’s LEHD program. Builders hold 141 of those LEHD jobs, while trucking and warehousing hold 120 and wholesalers 72. Box trucks, flatbeds and tractors that support plant shipping and receiving are among the vehicles we collect, from a plant lot or a home driveway alike.
Rushville has 26 construction establishments in the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns, each a possible home for a dump truck or flatbed. A contractor’s dump truck or flatbed can be sold on its own, without the rest of the equipment; tell us which unit is for sale and where it is parked.
Fleet age, miles and bridges
FMCSA roadside inspection records cover 699 trucks inspected from August 2024 to August 2026 on Rushville carriers, with a median model year of 2022 and 13.2 percent ten or more years old. Whatever the model year of yours, send the year, make and model with the VIN so we know exactly which truck we are looking at.
Among the 36 Rushville carriers that reported mileage to FMCSA’s census, the median is 19,712 miles a truck per year. The same census counts 198 drivers working within 100 miles and 902 going beyond that radius, and three fleets here run 783, 63 and 36 power units. A truck from any of those operations can be collected wherever its last load left it.
The National Bridge Inventory lists 23 bridges in the Rushville area, two of them load-posted and two with clearance under 14 feet. The lowest in the National Bridge Inventory, at 12ft 5in, carries CR 150N over the Flatrock River. Tell us the route into your yard if it crosses a low or posted bridge, and we will plan the collection vehicle around it.
The questions we get asked in Rushville
- Does my grain truck have to leave the Rush County farm where it sits?Rush County has 473 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and many trucks stay on them; we come to the farm. Give us the road and the lane or building where the truck is kept.
- My truck’s title went missing somewhere between Rushville and the farm; can we still sell?In Rushville the title comes from the state’s title agency, so a duplicate is requested from Indiana before the sale. Tell us when you contact us and we can start on the other details while it is on the way.
- Is there a bridge near Rushville a carrier truck cannot clear?The National Bridge Inventory lists CR 150N over the Flatrock River at 12ft 5in, the lowest of 23 bridges in the area. If your yard sits past it, say so and we will route the pickup another way.
- Will you pick up a dump truck that sits at a quarry south-west of Rushville?Rush County Stone, 10.1 miles south-west by MSHA’s listing, and Niles Stoneworks Quarry, 14.2 miles out, are both within reach; we collect at the site. Name the operator and a contact who can open the gate.