Fulton’s haulers carry the harvest
Of the 32 active motor carriers based in Fulton on FMCSA’s carrier census, 18 list grain, feed and hay as cargo and 8 list farm supplies. If your truck is a grain hauler, a hopper tractor or a flatbed that moves seed and fertilizer, it fits right in with what we collect here. Tell us the trailer type and the season it last worked so we know what we are looking at.
Fulton County had 175 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with soybeans, corn and wheat at the top of the list. A truck that spends harvest at a farm lot is often parked there the rest of the year. Give us the farm road or the field entrance where it sits and we will plan the pickup around the gate and the ground.
Machinery and large objects show up as cargo for 9 Fulton carriers, according to the federal carrier census, the same count as general freight. Lowboys and step-decks that move combines and planters belong on that list. Photos of the deck, the ramps and the cab together tell us what the rig is set up for.
Fulton trucks that stay near the state line
Private fleets account for 26 of Fulton’s carriers on FMCSA’s census, against 11 that run interstate and 21 that stay intrastate. Many of these trucks belong to a farm or a business hauling its own goods rather than freight for hire. If that describes yours, the business name on the title and the registration is what we need to see first.
The carrier census counts 67 Fulton drivers who work inside a hundred-mile radius and 9 who range beyond it. Twelve carriers report mileage, and the median truck among them logs 11,361 miles a year on FMCSA’s records. Have the odometer reading and the VIN handy when you contact us; those two answer most of our first questions.
Fleets in town are small: FMCSA lists the biggest at 8 power units with 8 drivers, then one with 7 units and 3 drivers, and one with 5 units and 2 drivers. Owners selling two or three trucks at once can send the VINs together, and we will line up one collection for the group.
Rails and river
From the rail yard to Hickman’s dock
Just 0.4 miles south-west of downtown Fulton, the town’s rail yard appears in the North American Rail Network that the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics maintain. If your truck has been shuttling loads to and from the tracks, it may be parked on a lot right beside the yard. Let us know who controls that lot so we can arrange access with them.
West of town, 17.2 miles out, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists the Hickman-Fulton County Port on the Mississippi. A truck that works the river terminal does not need to come back into Fulton to be sold. Give us the address where it stands and a contact who can let us in.
Clay and gravel up the road
Hickory Clay Mill, an industrial-mineral mine, lies 24 miles north-east of Fulton in the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s records. The Mine Safety and Health Administration also lists the Mid-South Construction Company Inc sand and gravel operation 24.1 miles out in the same direction. Dump trucks and tractors that haul from pits like these are trucks we buy.
Fulton’s area has 4 construction establishments, a small contractor base by the count in the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns. If your dump truck or tractor splits its time between job sites and the pits, tell us where it is parked between jobs, and send photos of the body and the hoist along with the cab.
Plants and shops in a small town
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put 1,161 jobs in Fulton in 2023, and manufacturing held 247 of them, a 21.3% share. Box trucks and tractors that run between plants and loading docks are part of what we collect. A note on what the truck carried and where it was based helps us ask the right follow-up questions.
Plant trucks often come with a maintenance file kept by the shop that ran them. A Fulton plant truck’s oil-change log or annual inspection sheet can ride along with your photos, and a short note on the routes it ran fills any gap in that file.
Replacement titles at the Hickman clerk
Kentucky titles are issued by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet through county clerk offices. For Fulton, that office is the Fulton County Clerk at 2216 Myron Cory Drive, Hickman, 42050, which the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s listings put 16.7 miles from town.
If the title is missing or still shows a lender, start at the clerk’s office in Hickman for a replacement or a lien release. Bring your registration and identification, and once the paper is in hand, send us a photo of both sides along with the truck’s photos.
The questions we get asked in Fulton
- My grain truck is sitting at a farm outside Fulton. Must it come off that soybean ground before your pickup?Fulton County’s 175 farms, counted in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, are where many local grain trucks are parked, and we collect from them. Send the farm address and tell us which gate to use.
- Fulton’s title is lost somewhere in the farmhouse. Which Hickman office prints the duplicate?Down in Hickman, 16.7 miles from Fulton, the Fulton County Clerk at 2216 Myron Cory Drive issues Kentucky Transportation Cabinet titles for this county. Take your registration and ID to that counter and request the duplicate there.
- My tractor stays down by the Hickman-Fulton County Port on the river. Will your driver pick it up at the dock?The Hickman-Fulton County Port sits 17.2 miles west of Fulton on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ list, and we come to the truck at the port. Name the port lot holder so the river-side gate is open when our driver arrives.