Riverbank aggregate
Dredge Miss Kate and her gravel neighbours
Three sites sit together 2.9 miles south-west of Indian Hills on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s register: the Louisville Yard mineral processing plant and two sand and gravel operations, Bernhard Oppermann and Dredge Miss Kate. Dump trucks and tri-axles that haul from riverside pits like these are trucks we buy, and we collect them from a home driveway in Indian Hills or a lot near the pits just the same.
If your dump truck spent its working life on loads out of those gravel operations, tell us which bed and hoist it carries and send pictures of the body raised and lowered. Add the VIN plate and the cab interior, and we can talk about the truck without a trip out first.
Yards beyond the pits
Buechel containers and two rail yards near Indian Hills
The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, places the Oak St rail yard 6.6 miles south-west of town and the Magnolia yard 7.2 miles out in that same direction. Seven miles south, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics records the Louisville, KY - Buechel rail intermodal ramp, where containers move between rail and road.
A day cab or sleeper that pulled chassis off the Buechel ramp is welcome here whether it is still in service or parked behind a house in town. Have the registration and the most recent annual inspection sheet on hand, and tell us if the tractor carries a fifth wheel slide or a wet kit.
Owners who leased onto intermodal work and have since stopped driving can leave the tractor exactly where it sits; give us the address and the name of someone who can hand over keys, and the sale is arranged around that.
Tankers and bulk
The port and a tank terminal seven miles off
Seven miles to the south lies the Louisville-Jefferson Port, KY, and 7.2 miles west is Norfolk Southern TBT, a liquid bulk terminal; both are listed by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Tractors that pulled tankers or bulk trailers to that terminal or the riverfront docks are part of what we purchase from Indian Hills owners.
For a tank tractor, keep the service records and any terminal access or hazmat inspection papers with the truck. They show where it worked, and photos of the frame, tires, fifth wheel and dash round out the picture before we come to collect.
One job in six moves freight
Of the 303 jobs located in Indian Hills in 2023, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts (LODES) place 16.5 percent in transportation and warehousing. That works out to about one local job in six tied to moving or storing goods.
Drivers in that line of work who keep a truck at home can give us the home address as the collection point. A clear photo of the odometer and the VIN helps us start.
Horses and cattle
Farm trucks on the edge of Louisville
Equine operations rank first, ahead of cattle and soybeans, among the 264 farms that USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture records across Jefferson County. Stock trucks, flatbeds that carry hay and straight trucks that run to barns around the county are trucks we buy too.
A farm truck often sits in a barn lot rather than a yard, so tell us whether a gate needs unlocking or the ground is soft after rain. Plates, the title and any farm registration card should stay with the truck until collection.
Liberty Street
A missing title goes to the Elections Center
In Kentucky, titles are handled by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet through county clerk offices. For Indian Hills owners, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s listing names the Jefferson County Clerk at the Jefferson County Clerk’s Office, Elections Center, 1000 East Liberty Street, Louisville, 40204-1029, about 4.3 miles away.
Should the title be lost or still carry a lienholder’s name, start the duplicate or lien release with that clerk before we schedule collection. Bring your ID and the VIN, and let us know where the request stands so we can plan around it.
The questions we get asked in Indian Hills
- My dump truck sits by the gravel dredges south-west of Indian Hills, so can you collect it from that spot?Those gravel operations sit 2.9 miles south-west of town on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and we come to the truck wherever it is parked there. Tell us whose land it is on and who can let us in.
- An Indian Hills truck title has gone missing, so which clerk on Liberty Street reissues it?According to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, the Jefferson County Clerk at the Elections Center, 1000 East Liberty Street in Louisville, about 4.3 miles away, handles titles for owners here. Ask there for a duplicate before the truck is collected.
- Will you take a day cab that pulled containers from the Buechel ramp?Day cabs and sleepers from the Louisville, KY - Buechel ramp, seven miles south on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ list, are trucks we purchase. Send the VIN, registration and a few photos to begin.