River and rail gates
Appliance Park ramps and the Louisville-Jefferson Port
Head about 4.4 miles south-west and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places both the Louisville-Jefferson Port and the Appliance Park intermodal ramp at that same distance. A day cab or sleeper parked by those gates can stay there; we collect it from the yard, and you never need to bring it up to Hurstbourne Acres.
The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, shows the APPLIANCE PARK rail yard a little further out at 4.8 miles. If your tractor works that yard, send the VIN, the registration and a few photos of the cab, frame and fifth wheel, and tell us which gate it usually waits at.
Port work and ramp work both leave a trail of gate tickets and dispatch sheets. Keep any of those you still have with the title; they help us confirm what the tractor has been doing before we arrange the collection.
Chassis loop westward
Buechel ramp and the yards past it
Due west, roughly 5.5 miles out, sits the Buechel intermodal ramp that the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists for Louisville. Chassis tractors working between Buechel and Appliance Park cover a short loop on the city’s east side, so a truck from that loop is usually parked close to home when you call us.
Further west at 7.6 miles, the Mine Safety and Health Administration records two operations side by side: Louisville Yard, a mineral processing plant, and Bernhard Oppermann, a sand and gravel operation. Tri-axle dumps and end-dump trailers serve sites like these; if yours does, have the title and the latest service invoices together before we talk.
Tell us whether the truck sits at one of those plants or at your own address. Plant gates often need a contact name for entry, and giving us that up front saves a second phone call on collection day.
Quarry benches
Crushed stone and a truck-plant siding to the north-east
Out past the north-east edge of Hurstbourne Acres, 5.8 miles off, Mine Safety and Health Administration records show Jefferson County Stone working crushed stone. Quarry dump trucks and water trucks that work its benches are the kind of equipment we buy, and photos of the body, hoist and tires along with the cab help us understand the unit.
In that same direction, the FORD TRUCK PLANT rail yard shows up 6.4 miles away on the North American Rail Network, the map the Federal Railroad Administration builds with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Yard tractors and spotters from rail sidings can be sold to us as well; tell us the make, model year and whether it carries a road title or only a plant registration.
Contractor flatbeds and dumps from Hurstbourne Acres crews
Construction makes up 17.4 percent of the work located in Hurstbourne Acres in 2023, on the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts (LODES). Crews in that trade run flatbeds, stake bodies, dump trucks and box trucks, and those are the trucks we come out to see.
If a contractor’s truck is the one you are selling, gather the title in the business name, the registration, and a signed note from whoever is authorised to sell company vehicles. With those three papers in hand, the rest of the sale is mostly scheduling.
Horse farms, cattle and soybeans
Across Jefferson County, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 264 farms, with equine operations at the top of the list ahead of cattle and soybeans. Horse farms keep gooseneck haulers and hay trucks, and cattle operations keep livestock trucks; a farm-plated truck from any of them is welcome here.
Farm trucks often carry agricultural plates and stay on private ground for long stretches. Find the title even if the truck has not left the farm in a while, and send photos taken where it is parked so we can plan how to reach it.
The Liberty Street clerk and a missing title
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet issues titles through county clerk offices, and for Hurstbourne Acres that is the Jefferson County Clerk. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s clerk list puts that office in the Elections Center at 1000 E. Liberty Street, Louisville, 40204-1029, an address the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet places about 8.1 miles from town.
If the title is missing, start the duplicate at that clerk’s office before you contact us, and bring the registration and your photo ID. A lienholder named on the old title needs to release it first; ask the lender for that release letter so the clerk can issue a clean replacement.
The questions we get asked in Hurstbourne Acres
- Will you pick up a tractor parked near the Appliance Park ramp?The Appliance Park intermodal ramp sits about 4.4 miles south-west of Hurstbourne Acres on Bureau of Transportation Statistics listings, and we collect trucks parked at yards like that one. Send the ramp-side yard’s street address plus whoever can open its gate for us.
- My truck title went missing in Hurstbourne Acres; who issues a replacement copy?The Jefferson County Clerk handles titles for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet; the Cabinet lists that office at the Elections Center, 1000 E. Liberty Street in Louisville, which the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s list puts about 8.1 miles from town. At the Elections Center desk, show the clerk your current Kentucky registration card alongside your driver’s licence.
- Do you buy dump trucks from the quarries east and west of here?Jefferson County Stone to the north-east and Bernhard Oppermann’s sand and gravel operation to the west both appear in Mine Safety and Health Administration records, and dump trucks from sites like those are trucks we buy. Send the title, photos and service invoices.
- Can I sell a farm truck from a Jefferson County horse farm?Equine farms lead the 264 farms that USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts in Jefferson County, and their haulers and farm-plated trucks are welcome. Find the title, then tell us which barn or pasture gate the hauler sits behind.