The CORBIN yard and the mines south-east of town
Just 0.6 miles east of Corbin, the CORBIN rail yard is on the North American Rail Network that the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics maintain. A tractor that shuttles loads to and from that yard is usually parked within a few minutes of it, so give us the street or lot where it sits and the name of whoever holds the keys.
Two coal mines appear in Mine Safety and Health Administration listings close by: Mosley Branch, 6.9 miles south-east, and CHM 1, 8 miles south-east. If your truck has been hauling at either site, tell us whether it is still on mine property and send the operator’s gate contact before we arrive.
Prep plants and stone
Tipples, a prep complex and a quarry further out
Gatliff Tipple, a coal preparation plant, lies 17.5 miles south of Corbin according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and the same agency lists the Manchester Complex 23.8 miles to the north-east. A truck kept near either plant can stay there; send the yard address and a photo of the VIN plate and we plan collection around the site’s hours.
To the west, Lake Cumberland Stone runs a crushed-stone quarry 24.2 miles out, as recorded by the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Dump trucks and tri-axles from that run are collected where they stand, so have the title, the registration and any service records in one folder for the day we come.
Box vans, lowboys, car haulers and log rigs
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 354 active carriers in the area, and 225 of them run private fleets carrying their own goods. The same census puts 285 of those carriers on intrastate work and 69 across state lines. An intrastate truck’s title and registration should both be on hand when you reach us.
General freight is the commonest cargo listed in that FMCSA census, at 106 carriers, followed by machinery and large objects at 66, motor vehicles at 51, and logs, poles, beams and lumber at 43. Whether yours is a box truck, a lowboy tractor, a car hauler or a log truck, send photos of the cab, the frame and the deck or body so we see the whole rig.
Sixteen new carriers registered in 2024 and another 16 in 2025, FMCSA’s census shows. If you started out recently and the title is still in a lender’s name, tell us the lender at the start so the payoff letter is part of the plan.
Where Corbin rigs park at night
Drivers working within 100 miles number 654 and those going beyond 100 miles number 245, per FMCSA’s carrier census. For a local-radius truck, the likeliest pickup spot is the yard it returns to each night; give us that address rather than a home address if they differ.
Corbin’s median truck logs 15,000 miles a year, going by the 52 carriers that report mileage in FMCSA’s census. A current odometer reading, sent with the VIN, is the first thing we ask for and settles most early questions.
Fleets of 58, 30 and 19 power units head the list in FMCSA’s census, run by 54, 25 and 10 drivers respectively. Selling a handful of tractors off one Corbin lot works best with a short list pairing each VIN to its plate and title.
Roadside stops logged by FMCSA between September 2024 and August 2026 covered 212 Corbin-area trucks, whose median model year was 2016 and of which 53.3% were ten or more years old. Note the model year and engine on the title when you contact us.
Manufacturing payrolls beside sheep and horse farms
Manufacturing accounts for 1,257 of the 7,568 jobs counted in 2023 by the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts, with wholesale trade at 225, construction at 115, and transportation and warehousing at 68. A truck serving a plant dock is often parked inside a fenced lot, so arrange gate access before the collection date.
Corbin has 32 construction businesses and just 3 warehousing ones in the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns. Contractors selling a dump truck or flatbed from a job site should tell us whether the site will still be open when we come.
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture records 476 farms in Whitley County, with cattle, sheep and horses at the top. A farm truck or livestock hauler is collected at the farm itself; a clear note on the lane and where the truck stands is enough.
The questions we get asked in Corbin
- My truck sits at a mine site near Mosley Branch. Must it come down the road into Corbin first?Mosley Branch is 6.9 miles south-east of town in Mine Safety and Health Administration listings, and we collect from the site. Give us the operator’s gate contact and the truck’s location on the property.
- Before the truck leaves my Whitley County yard, what paperwork goes with it?FMCSA’s carrier census shows 285 of the 354 carriers here working intrastate. Have that title, the registration, any service records and photos of the cab and frame together.
- Will you take a lumber and log hauler from around Corbin?Logs, poles, beams and lumber are hauled by 43 carriers here in FMCSA’s carrier census, and log trucks are among what we buy. Send the VIN, an odometer reading and photos of the bunks and frame.