Quarry hauling
Stone from south of town and the Waterville pit
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Precision Aggregates II, a crushed-stone quarry 4.6 miles south of Bowling Green, and the Waterville Stone Quarry 8.8 miles to the north-west. A dump truck or end-dump tractor that runs loads out of either one may still be parked at the pit when you decide to sell; give us the quarry name and who controls the gate, and the collection is planned around that site.
Dry bulk is the cargo listed by 12 of the local carriers on FMCSA’s carrier census, the kind of freight that leaves a quarry scale. If your truck worked those runs, photograph the box or trailer, the cab and the VIN plate, and have the title in your name ready, since those three things answer most of what we ask first.
Container work between the North Baltimore ICTF and Toledo
Fourteen miles south-west, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the Northwest Ohio ICTF intermodal ramp at North Baltimore, and it lists a second ramp at Toledo 18.2 miles north. Day cabs that shuttle containers between those ramps and nearby warehouses are tractors we purchase; tell us which ramp the truck served and send the registration with your photos.
Two rail yards named Ford and Cargill sit 12.8 and 13.6 miles north of town on the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A tractor parked in a yard lot up there can be collected where it stands, so send the street address and a phone number for whoever can let us onto the lot.
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 80 active carriers based in Bowling Green, with 44 hauling general freight, 16 hauling machinery and large objects and 15 moving motor vehicles. A car hauler, a lowboy and a dry van tractor are all trucks we purchase, so list the trailer type alongside the tractor when you write to us.
Split by authority, the same FMCSA census shows 42 Bowling Green carriers kept inside Ohio, 38 crossing state lines and 34 private fleets hauling goods they own. If your truck has run for a private fleet, keep any service records the company handed over together with the title and send copies along with your photos.
The largest fleet on the FMCSA census here runs 152 power units with 141 drivers, the next 35 power units and the third 19. Selling a few units from a fleet that size works the same as selling one: send each VIN, each title and where each truck is parked.
Odometers, radius and the 2020 median on Wood County rigs
Across 35 carriers reporting to FMCSA, the median truck logs 14,056 miles a year, and the census splits drivers into 302 working within 100 miles and 322 going beyond it. Whether your truck stayed near Bowling Green or ran long, have the odometer reading ready with the VIN when you contact us.
Roadside stops logged by FMCSA between late August 2024 and late August 2026 checked 81 trucks from Bowling Green carriers, whose median model year was 2020, with 27.2 percent of them ten or more model years old. Tell us the model year and engine when you write, and both figures are just details on the title we look at.
Factory jobs, building crews and farms
Manufacturing accounts for 3,228 of the 16,861 jobs in Bowling Green, 19.1 percent, in the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023, beside 284 wholesale jobs and 162 in transportation and warehousing. Box trucks and tractors that ran parts between plants are part of what we purchase, and a parts route rarely needs more than the title and photos to describe.
County Business Patterns, published by the Census Bureau, lists 45 construction establishments, and the LEHD figures put 150 construction jobs in town. A dump truck, flatbed or water truck from a building crew can be collected from the job site or the contractor’s yard, so tell us which.
Wood County holds 1,151 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with soybeans, corn and milk at the top. Grain trucks and milk tankers parked on a farm are collected from the farm itself; give us the road name and say whether the truck sits near a lane we can reach.
Roads and fuel
Bridges, the fuel terminal and the airport
Inside Bowling Green, all 9 bridges in the Federal Highway Administration’s National Bridge Inventory carry no load posting, and not one clears less than 14 feet. That clearance matters for a tall tractor or a loaded carrier on the way out, and we route the collection with it in mind once you tell us the street.
The Energy Information Administration lists a petroleum product terminal at Toledo 18.9 miles north-east, and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists a military installation at the Toledo airport 16.2 miles north-west. A fuel tanker or service truck that worked either site is one we purchase; bring any site access cards or inspection paperwork you have with the title.
The questions we get asked in Bowling Green
- My dump truck sits at Precision Aggregates south of Bowling Green. Does it have to come off the quarry first?Precision Aggregates II sits 4.6 miles south of Bowling Green on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and we collect the truck at the quarry. Name the quarry contact who controls the scale-house gate and we set the visit up with that person.
- Do you buy car haulers here?Fifteen Bowling Green carriers list motor vehicles as cargo on FMCSA’s carrier census, and car haulers are among the trucks we purchase. Send photos of the tractor, the trailer decks and the VIN plate.
- Our grain truck is parked on a Wood County soybean and corn farm. Is the farm lane a workable pickup spot for you?USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 1,151 farms across Wood County, and we collect trucks on farms as a matter of course. Give us the farm address and the lane the truck sits on.
- Which papers should a Bowling Green owner gather before writing to you?With 80 active carriers on FMCSA’s census in Bowling Green, the trucks we hear about vary, so start with the VIN, the title in your name, the registration and photos of the cab, frame and tires.