Two hundred ten carriers around a small courthouse town
FMCSA’s carrier census lists 210 active carriers based in and around Taylorsville, a town the Census Bureau puts at 1,496 residents. If you own one of those trucks, it is probably parked at a farm, a shop lot or your own driveway rather than a terminal, and that is where we arrange to collect it.
Of those 210 operations, 155 are private fleets hauling their own goods, according to the same FMCSA census, and 166 stay inside Kentucky while 44 cross state lines. An intrastate owner selling a single tractor or straight truck needs the Kentucky title, the registration and the keys; an interstate owner should also pull together the USDOT number and any annual inspection reports.
Declared cargo, Taylorsville
Freight, heavy equipment and the grain trade
General freight is the cargo most often declared by Spencer County carriers, 62 of them in the FMCSA census, with machinery and large objects close behind at 51. Lowboys, tilt decks and the tractors that pull them fit what we buy, so list the trailer separately if you are selling it alongside the power unit.
Thirty-one local carriers tell FMCSA they move grain, feed and hay, and another 30 carry farm supplies. A grain hopper or a feed body truck can be photographed right where it sits between loads; send pictures of the body, the cab, the tires and the VIN plate, and note the body make if it is stamped anywhere.
Aggregate pits off the Taylorsville road west
The Mine Safety and Health Administration records Bullitt County Stone Company and Smith Farm Mine, both crushed-stone quarries, about 17.6 miles west of Taylorsville. Dump trucks and tri-axles that have hauled aggregate out of those pits are trucks we purchase; tell us the axle setup and the bed length when you get in touch.
A little farther out on the same heading, Arcosa Brooks Plant #1682 appears in Mine Safety and Health Administration listings as an industrial-mineral mine 19.7 miles west. If your truck worked that site, keep any site safety or maintenance sheets with the title so the paperwork travels with it.
North and northwest
Rail ramps and the Ohio River port
Twelve and a half miles north, the Shelbyville Mix Center rail yard is listed on the North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A day cab that shuttles to that yard is usually back in Spencer County at night, so give us the address where it parks.
Toward Louisville, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the Appliance Park intermodal ramp 19.6 miles northwest of town, the Buechel ramp at 21 miles and the Louisville-Jefferson port at 20. Container chassis haulers and drayage tractors working those gates can be collected from a Louisville lot or from home in Taylorsville, whichever suits you.
Distances and miles
Short hauls and local radius driving
Spencer County’s driver count in FMCSA’s carrier census is weighted toward short work: 266 drivers stay within a 100-mile radius and 125 go beyond it. For a local-radius truck, your service log and the odometer reading at the time you contact us answer most of our first questions.
Taylorsville’s middle truck logs 12,630 miles a year, the median FMCSA reports across 43 Spencer County carriers that filed mileage. State the figure on your own odometer plainly when you write to us; it is one line on the form, not a judgement about the truck.
From a lone tractor up to a fifteen-unit Spencer County operation
The biggest operation on Taylorsville’s FMCSA roster runs 15 power units and 13 drivers, the next 12 units with 5 drivers, and a third 7 units with 8 drivers. A fleet owner retiring several trucks at once can send one list of VINs and we work through them together.
Seven new carriers registered with FMCSA here in 2025, after 14 in 2024. If you started hauling recently and are selling the truck you began with, the title in your name and a current registration card are what we need to begin.
Soybeans, cattle and tobacco country
Across Spencer County, the USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 578 farms, with soybeans, cattle and tobacco the leading products. Livestock haulers and farm trucks often sit in a barn lot between seasons; tell us whether the gate takes a tow rig and we plan the collection around it.
Beside the farm count, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts show 1,128 jobs located in the area in 2023. Whether your truck served a farm or one of those employers, have the title and registration together before we schedule the visit.
The questions we get asked in Taylorsville
- My Kentucky title is missing; which Taylorsville office reissues it?The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet handles titles through county clerk offices, and the Spencer County Clerk is at 2 West Main Street, Taylorsville, 40071, about 0.3 miles from the centre of town. Apply for the duplicate there before we collect the truck.
- Can my truck stay in a soybean or cattle barn lot near Taylorsville until pickup?Spencer County’s 578 farms, counted in the USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, are exactly where many local trucks sit, and we come to the truck. Send the farm address and a note on gate access.
- Is a tri-axle that hauls Bullitt County stone something you purchase?Bullitt County Stone Company and Smith Farm Mine, 17.6 miles west in Mine Safety and Health Administration records, keep dump trucks busy, and those trucks are on our list. A Taylorsville owner can open with the VIN plate photo and the bed length.
- What should a Taylorsville owner send first?Taylorsville sellers should begin with the VIN, the odometer reading, photos of cab and body, and a picture of the Kentucky title showing whose name is on it.