Atkinson yards, Warrior and Cardinal
The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, places the ATKINSON NORTH yard 0.7 miles east of Madisonville and ATKINSON SOUTH 1.2 miles to the south-east. A tractor or dump truck that shuttles between those yards and the mine roads is often parked a few minutes from downtown, so give us the yard or lot address and the name of whoever holds the gate key.
West of town, at 4.2 miles, sits the Warrior Preparation Plant, and the CARDINAL coal mine lies 4.8 miles to the north-west, both listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration. If your truck hauled on either site, keep the site entry paperwork and any service log with the title; a plant gate pass or a weigh record tells us where the truck spent its shifts.
When you contact us about a truck from the coal sites, say whether the truck sits at a mine lot, a shop or your own yard on the edge of town, and send photos of the cab, frame, bed and tires taken where it stands.
Stone and the training center
Greenville quarries and the Ford training site
The GREENVILLE QUARRY and the 9940 HAZEMAG 1315 operation are both crushed-stone quarries 24 miles south-east of town, according to Mine Safety and Health Administration records. A tri-axle or end-dump hauling aggregate from those pits does not have to come back to Madisonville to be sold; we collect it at the quarry lot or at the place you keep it.
Seventeen miles east, 17.1 to be exact, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists the NG WH Ford Regional Tng Ctr as a military installation. If you have hauled to or from that site and the truck carries any gate or delivery documents, include copies with the title so the record of where it worked travels with it.
Private fleets, coal and lumber haulers
Of the 270 active Madisonville carriers on FMCSA’s carrier census, 215 operate private fleets hauling for their own business, from coal sites to farm supply. A private-fleet truck is usually titled to the business that owns it, so have the officer or owner who can sign for the company ready when we arrange collection.
Only 56 of those Madisonville carriers are registered for interstate work, against 214 that stay inside Kentucky, according to the same FMCSA census. For an intrastate truck, the Kentucky title and current registration are the two papers we ask for first.
Per FMCSA, 93 local carriers list general freight, 63 haul machinery and large objects, 37 move grain, feed and hay, and 34 carry logs, poles, beams and lumber. Tell us which of those your truck did and what body or trailer it ran with, whether a lowboy, a flatbed, a hopper or a log trailer.
Fleet sizes and how far drivers range
At the top end, FMCSA lists one Madisonville fleet with 294 power units and 325 drivers, followed by fleets of 50 units with 48 drivers and 25 units with 25 drivers. If you manage one of the larger operations and are retiring several units at once, send a list of VINs and where each truck is parked, and we will plan collection around the yard schedule.
Carriers here report 505 drivers working within 100 miles and 710 going beyond it, the FMCSA census records. A truck on a long route may be sitting out of state when you decide to sell, so tell us its current location rather than your home address.
Among 54 local carriers that report mileage to FMCSA, the median comes to 10,400 miles per truck. Note the odometer reading when you photograph the dash; it is one of the first things we ask for along with the VIN.
Model years at the scale house
Across 73 Madisonville-based trucks stopped between 2024-08-28 and 2026-08-19, FMCSA roadside inspection records give 2019 as the median model year. Those FMCSA inspection records also put 32.9 percent of those inspected trucks at ten or more years old.
Whatever the model year of yours, the paperwork is the same: the title in your name or your company’s, the registration, and any inspection reports you kept from those roadside stops. A copy of the most recent inspection report shows us the truck as an officer saw it.
Manufacturing, freight and Hopkins County farms
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023 put 12,242 jobs in Madisonville, including 1,301 in manufacturing and 1,081 in transportation and warehousing. Box trucks and day cabs serving plants and warehouses in town are usually parked at the business, so give us the dock or lot where we can reach it.
Construction accounts for 269 of those LEHD jobs and wholesale trade for 172, while County Business Patterns counts 37 construction establishments in the area. A contractor’s dump truck or flatbed usually sits at a job yard; tell us when the yard is open so we can reach it.
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 623 farms in Hopkins County, with corn, soybeans and equine as the leading products. A grain truck or livestock hauler parked at a farm is fine where it is; send directions to the barn or shed and a phone number for whoever will be on the farm.
The questions we get asked in Madisonville
- My truck is parked at a lot by the Atkinson yards. Will you pick up beside the rail line?The Atkinson North yard is 0.7 miles east of Madisonville on the North American Rail Network, so we collect at that lot or any other near it. Tell us which lot by the Atkinson tracks and who on site can let us in.
- I hauled stone out of the Greenville quarries. Will you come that far?Those two crushed-stone quarries sit 24 miles south-east of town in Mine Safety and Health Administration records, and we pick up there. Send the quarry or lot location with your photos.
- My company owns the truck. Which papers does a Madisonville business sign?Of the 270 active Madisonville carriers in FMCSA’s census, 215 run private fleets, so company titles are common here. Have the title in the company’s name and someone authorised to sign for the business.
- Will you collect a corn or soybean truck from a Hopkins County farm?Hopkins County has 623 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, led by corn and soybeans, and grain trucks from them are on our list. Send the title, photos and directions to where the truck is parked on the farm.