Plant floors and parts runs
Archbold’s plants, shippers and building crews
Manufacturing holds 3,063 of Archbold’s 5,514 jobs in 2023, which the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put at 55.5 percent of local work. A tractor or box truck that has shuttled parts and finished goods between plants here is the kind of truck we buy, so tell us which runs it covered and send the VIN with your first message.
Wholesale trade adds 275 jobs on the same LEHD figures, about 5 percent of the Archbold total. If your truck has made distribution runs out of a local warehouse and is still parked on a company lot, give us the lot address and a name at the gate, and the pickup is arranged with whoever holds the keys.
Construction accounts for 367 Archbold jobs, 6.7 percent, according to the LEHD counts, and County Business Patterns lists 25 construction establishments. Dump trucks, flatbeds and service bodies from those contractors qualify; photos of the body, the chassis plate and the cab let us see the setup before we talk.
Grain, beans and herds
Corn, soybeans, cattle and the haulers behind them
Corn leads soybeans and cattle across Fulton County’s 794 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture. A grain truck or livestock hauler that sits in a machine shed between harvests can be collected right from the farm; send us the road address and a note on where the truck stands on the property.
Sixteen carriers based around Archbold list grain, feed and hay as cargo in FMCSA’s carrier census, and 15 list farm supplies. If your truck hauled seed, fertilizer or feed for growers in the county, keep the title and any service records together; between them, those two papers cover most of what we ask about a farm truck.
Farm trucks are often registered in a family name or a farm business name. Check whose name is on the Ohio title before you contact us, and if the title is missing, the state’s title agency is the office that issues a replacement.
Private fleets, flatbeds and freight haulers around Archbold
A truck from one of those in-house fleets usually sells with its business title, so have someone who can sign for the company ready when we call back.
General freight is the cargo line for 37 local carriers in the FMCSA census, with 19 listing machinery and large objects. Lowboys, step decks and the tractors that pull them fit that second group; tell us the axle setup and whether the trailer goes with the tractor or stays behind.
Fleet sizes here range widely: the three biggest operators registered in Archbold run 59, 36 and 34 power units, per the FMCSA carrier census. Whether you have one truck or are clearing several from a yard, list each VIN and its location, and we work through them together.
Short haul and over the road
Local routes and longer interstate runs
Forty-eight Archbold carriers are authorized for interstate work and 20 run only inside Ohio, according to FMCSA’s carrier census. For an interstate tractor, keep the registration paperwork that came with it; for an Ohio-only truck, the title and current registration are what we need to see.
Drivers working within 100 miles of base number 237 on the FMCSA census, against 158 who go beyond that radius. A truck on a long route may be out of town when you decide to sell, so tell us where it will be parked when it is back and we collect it from there.
For the 45 Archbold carriers that report mileage, each truck logs a median 13,333 miles a year on FMCSA’s carrier census. Read the odometer and include that figure, along with a photo of the dash, when you reach out.
Inspection lane snapshot
A 2020 median model year comes out of 54 Archbold carrier trucks stopped between August 2024 and August 2026, per FMCSA roadside inspection records. Have the model year and engine make on hand when you write, since those two details sort the rest of our questions.
Thirty-seven percent of that Archbold group carried a model year ten or more years back, the roadside inspection records show. Older or newer, we buy both; if you kept your own inspection reports, send copies along with the title.
Trucks working the yards west and south of Archbold
West of Archbold by 15.7 miles sits the Montpelier yard, according to the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. If your truck has run loads to and from that yard and is parked near it now, leave it where it is parked; give us the spot and we come to it.
South of town by 16.6 miles, the North American Rail Network also lists the Defiance (NDR) yard. A tractor that has worked transfers there and sits on a lot in Defiance County can be collected where it is; just tell us who controls access to the lot.
The questions we get asked in Archbold
- Can you collect a grain truck from a Fulton County farm lane near Archbold?Fulton County has 794 farms on USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and we collect from farm lanes and machine sheds across it. Send the farm’s road address and say where on the property the truck is.
- Who signs when an Archbold farm or company owns the truck’s title?In Archbold, 41 of the 68 active carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census are private fleets, so business titles are common here. Whoever is authorized to sign for that business signs the title, and the truck is sold in the same name.
- Where does an Archbold owner go about a missing Ohio title?An Archbold owner with a missing title applies to the state’s title agency for a replacement. Tell us when you first contact us, and send the VIN and registration so we can start on everything else.
- Can you pick up a truck parked by the Montpelier rail yard instead of in Archbold?Montpelier’s rail yard is 15.7 miles west of Archbold on the North American Rail Network, and we pick up there just as we would in town. Send the Montpelier address and the name of whoever opens that lot.