Own-goods haulers outnumber for-hire trucks in Hodgenville
FMCSA’s carrier census lists 110 active carriers in and around Hodgenville, and 84 of them run private fleets that haul their own goods rather than freight for hire. If your truck has carried your own farm’s grain or your own business’s equipment, it fits that picture, and we can collect it from the barn lot or shop yard where it sits.
Within Kentucky lines is where most stay: the same FMCSA census registers 92 of the 110 for intrastate hauling, with only 18 cleared to cross state lines. A truck that has stayed inside Kentucky still needs its title and current registration ready; have both in the cab file before you call, along with the VIN.
Hodgenville’s top three operations on FMCSA’s census field 11, 10 and 8 power units, small outfits by any reading of that list. If you are selling a single truck from an operation that size, tell us which unit it is and where it parks, and keep its service records separate from the rest of the fleet’s so they travel with it.
Machinery, general freight and grain loads
Machinery and large objects top the cargo list, marked by 43 carriers in FMCSA’s census, with general freight close behind at 39. A tractor that has pulled a lowboy or step-deck with farm or construction equipment on it is one we buy; send photos of the trailer connection and the deck along with the cab.
Grain, feed and hay is marked by 35 Hodgenville-area carriers and farm supplies by 28, the FMCSA census shows. Hopper-bottom tractors, straight trucks with grain bodies and feed trucks all qualify. Note the body type and the trailer it usually pulls when you describe it, so the questions that follow are about your setup.
Newer outfits keep joining the list: FMCSA’s census records 7 new carriers here in 2024 and 5 in 2025. If you registered a truck under a new authority and are now selling it, have the USDOT number and the title in your name ready, since both are checked at collection.
Home most nights around Hodgenville
Drivers working within 100 miles of their base number 147 on FMCSA’s census, against 101 who go beyond that radius. Most trucks from around Hodgenville therefore come home most nights, so the likeliest pickup spot is the yard, field edge or driveway where yours is parked right now.
A median of 19,221 miles a year per truck is what 13 local carriers reported to FMCSA; put your own odometer reading in the first message beside the VIN, and with a clear set of photos that answers most of what we would otherwise ask.
Grain and cattle trucks from Larue County
Soybeans lead, corn follows and cattle come third across the 701 Larue County farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture. Grain trucks that run to the elevator at harvest and cattle haulers bound for the sale barn both come out of that mix, and we buy either one.
A farm truck often sits between seasons in a shed or pasture off a county road. Give us directions a stranger could follow, tell us whether a gate needs opening, and name someone who can meet the driver if you will not be there.
The Upton quarries and local construction
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists two crushed-stone operations, Upton Quarry and SRM Upton Quarry, about 11 miles south-west of Hodgenville. Dump trucks and tri-axles that haul stone out of pits like these are on our list; if yours is parked at a quarry lot, tell us whose ground it is on so the collection can be arranged with them.
Hodgenville has 19 construction establishments on the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns, while 1,044 jobs were counted here in 2023 by the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts. Contractors selling a dump truck, a flatbed or a service truck should gather the title, registration and any inspection sheets kept for the job sites before we schedule a pickup.
The questions we get asked in Hodgenville
- Harvest is over and the grain truck is back in a Larue County shed; must it be brought to Hodgenville for you to collect?Larue County has 701 farms on USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and many trucks sit on them between harvests, so we come to the truck. Send the farm’s address and directions to the shed or field where it is parked.
- Our Hodgenville farm fleet has several trucks; will you take one of them on its own?Private fleets account for 84 of the 110 carriers on FMCSA’s census here, and selling one truck out of one is common. Tell us the unit’s VIN, where it parks and who holds its title.
- Our dump truck sits at an Upton stone pit. Will you collect it from the quarry lot near Upton?Upton Quarry and SRM Upton Quarry sit about 11 miles south-west of town on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and a truck parked at either can be collected on site. Let us know who controls access so the visit is cleared with them.