Two stone pits and a gravel cluster near the Ohio
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Oldham County Stone, a crushed-stone quarry 7.9 miles west of La Grange. If your dump truck or tri-axle hauls out of that pit, write down the quarry name when you contact us, and say whether the truck is parked on the quarry lot or at your house, so we know which gate to come through.
Jefferson County Stone, another crushed-stone quarry, sits 11.3 miles south-west of town according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration. A truck that splits its loads between the two quarries is still one pickup for us. Send the VIN, a photo of the door plate and a shot of the bed, and we can start from those.
Out at 20.5 miles west, the Mine Safety and Health Administration records three operations together: the Louisville Yard mineral processing plant and two sand and gravel operations, Bernhard Oppermann and Dredge Miss Kate. Aggregate haulers working that stretch of the Ohio can leave the truck at the yard where it last loaded; give us the address and a person who can let us in.
The Ford plant yard, Shelbyville and the Louisville port
A rail yard named FORD TRUCK PLANT lies 10.7 miles south-west of the Oldham County seat, on the federal rail map the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics keep as the North American Rail Network. If your tractor pulled car haulers or parts loads around that yard, tell us the trailer type it pulled, and keep the registration in the cab for the day we arrive.
Heading the other way, SHELBYVILLE MIX CTR is a rail yard 13.8 miles south-east, on the North American Rail Network. A day cab that shuttles between that yard and Oldham County can be collected at either end; pick whichever spot is easier to reach and tell us.
Louisville-Jefferson Port sits 21.1 miles south-west of town, per the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. If your truck is parked near the port terminals, leave it where it stands and send us the location; there is no trip up to La Grange needed.
Oldham County haulers, by cargo and by license
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 175 active carriers in and around La Grange, and 132 of them are private fleets hauling their own goods. If you run a contractor’s or farm’s own trucks rather than for-hire freight, that is the usual setup here; bring the title in the business name and a letter showing who can sign for it.
General freight leads the cargo list with 53 carriers, followed by machinery and large objects with 47, farm supplies with 22 and motor vehicles with 17, all on the federal carrier census. Lowboys, rollbacks and flatbeds that move equipment fall in that second group, and we collect the tractor whether or not the trailer goes with it; just say which you are selling.
Of those 175 carriers, 144 operate intrastate only and 31 cross state lines, the FMCSA census shows. A Kentucky-only truck may carry different registration paperwork from an interstate one, so have the cab card and the title together when you reach out.
Driver radius, yearly miles and fleet sizes in La Grange
According to FMCSA’s carrier census, 270 drivers in La Grange work within a 100-mile radius and 115 work beyond it. For a local driver, the truck is usually home at night in the county, which is where we would pick it up.
Across 25 carriers that report it, the FMCSA census puts the median at 10,144 miles a truck per year. Have the current odometer reading ready along with the service records you keep, since those are the first two things we ask for.
Three fleets here register 32, 28 and 14 power units, with 35, 40 and 15 drivers, on FMCSA’s census. If you are selling several trucks from a fleet that size, send a list of VINs together and we can plan one visit.
Between September 2024 and August 2026, inspectors stopped 34 trucks belonging to La Grange carriers, and FMCSA roadside inspection records place their median model year at 2016. In those FMCSA roadside records, about 47 percent of the inspected units were ten or more model years old.
Whatever the model year of yours, send the year, make and model with the VIN, plus clear photos of each side, the cab interior and the dash. Any roadside inspection reports you have can go in the same message.
Builders, plant jobs and horse and soybean farms
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts show 5,297 jobs located in La Grange in 2023, including 231 in manufacturing, 192 in construction and 60 in wholesale trade. Oldham County builders run 66 construction establishments in County Business Patterns, a second Census Bureau series. A dump truck or flatbed bought for a building contractor here is one we take; have the company title and the name of whoever signs for it.
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 410 farms in Oldham County, led by equine, soybeans and bison. The box trucks, grain trucks and flatbeds those farms keep are in scope. Tell us which farm the truck is parked on and how a truck can reach it.
The questions we get asked in La Grange
- Our tri-axle is parked on the Oldham County Stone quarry lot; can you load it there instead of in La Grange?The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Oldham County Stone as a crushed-stone pit 7.9 miles west, and that quarry lot is where we load your tri-axle. Name the quarry contact who unlocks the entrance for us.
- I run a private fleet hauling machinery around Oldham County; do you take tractors from that kind of work?Machinery and large objects is the cargo of 47 La Grange-area carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, and 132 carriers here are private fleets. Tractors, flatbeds and lowboy rigs from that work are what we purchase.
- My day cab shuttles between the Ford plant rail yard and Shelbyville; which end should it wait at for collection?The FORD TRUCK PLANT yard is 10.7 miles south-west and the Shelbyville mix centre 13.8 miles south-east of La Grange on the North American Rail Network. Choose either end, or your home in Oldham County, and tell us the address.