Barge docks past Sorgho
From the Owensboro docks to the Doyle rail sidings
Owensboro Riverport is 5.3 miles east of Sorgho, on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics list of ports. A day cab that shuttles barge freight off those docks is often parked at a riverside lot rather than at home, so send us the lot’s address and the name of whoever holds the gate key.
Further along the same heading, the North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, places the Doyle rail yard 7.8 miles out. If your tractor pulls between that yard and the riverport, a photo of the VIN plate and one of the odometer let us start on the right truck from the first message.
Racks beyond the riverport
Two petroleum terminals eight miles out
The Energy Information Administration records a petroleum product terminal called Owensboro at 8 miles east of town and the Owensboro River Terminal at 8.7 miles. Tank trucks and the tractors that pull fuel trailers from those racks are part of what we buy around Sorgho.
Should the tanker still sit inside a terminal fence, we arrange the collection with the site rather than asking you to move it. Have the tank’s inspection certificates and the tractor’s service log together and send them alongside the photos.
A town where three in four jobs move freight
Of the 321 jobs located in Sorgho during 2023, about three quarters (244) fell under transportation and warehousing, according to the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts. For a seller that usually means a working tractor, a straight truck or a yard tug rather than a single pickup.
With that much of the local payroll in hauling and storage, many trucks here belong to small operators with one or two units. Gather the registration, the cab card and any lease papers before you call, so we can tell who signs for the truck.
Grain and leaf
Corn, soybeans and tobacco around Sorgho
Around Sorgho, Daviess County holds 974 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with corn, soybeans and tobacco ranked as the top three. Grain trucks, tandem dumps and the farm semis that run beans to the riverport all fit what we collect from this part of the county.
A farm truck often stays in an equipment shed or at the edge of a field between harvests. Give us directions to the building and tell us whether the ground there is soft after rain, so the pickup is planned for the right access.
Docks and gravel westward
Henderson’s river docks and the Audubon pit
Heading west, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists Henderson County Riverport as a port 20 miles away and a liquid bulk terminal under the same name at 24.8 miles. Trucks that work those docks can be collected where they sit; send the address of the yard and a contact who can let us in.
Between the two, Audubon Sand & Gravel appears in Mine Safety and Health Administration records 21.7 miles west of Sorgho. Dump trucks and end-dump tractors hauling aggregate from that operation are welcome, and the mine’s site pass or any haul records you kept help show where the truck has been working.
The Daviess County Clerk in Owensboro
Kentucky titles vehicles through the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, which hands that work to county clerk offices. According to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, the office serving Sorgho is the Daviess County Clerk, 5.8 miles from town at 212 St. Ann Street, Owensboro, 42301, in the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s clerk listing.
If the title is lost, or still shows a lender whose loan has been closed, take the lien release and your ID to that clerk’s counter and ask for a replacement first. When the title is in hand, photograph both sides and send it with the truck photos.
The questions we get asked in Sorgho
- My day cab sits on a lot at Owensboro Riverport; does it have to come into Sorgho first?Owensboro Riverport is 5.3 miles east of town on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics list, and we collect from there directly. Tell us which lot it is on and who can open it.
- Which clerk’s office replaces a missing Kentucky title for a Sorgho truck?According to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, the Daviess County Clerk handles titles for this county, 5.8 miles away at 212 St. Ann Street, the Owensboro office where you bring your ID and any lien release.