Sand and gravel southward
Gravel plants on the road toward Old Town
Plant # 8, a sand and gravel operation 11.5 miles south of Bremen, appears in the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s records, as does Hocking Valley Concrete Inc, another sand and gravel site 13.2 miles south. Dump trucks and mixers that cycle between those pits and job sites are the kind of trucks we collect from a yard, a driveway or the pit itself. Tell us the address where the truck is parked and whether a tow rig can get in beside it.
Twelve miles south, the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics shows the Old Town rail yard. A tractor that has shuttled loads to that yard can be sold from wherever it last stopped. Send photos of the cab, the frame and the plate on the door, and have the VIN written down before you call.
Quarry faces, a strip pit
Quarries to the north-east, a strip mine to the south-east
Two crushed-stone quarries, the Fultonham Plant at 18.6 miles and a second operation at 20 miles, sit north-east of Bremen on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list. A tri-axle or end-dump trailer rig that has worked those faces is welcome here; if it carries a quarry permit sticker or a weigh-ticket book, keep those in the cab for us to see.
To the south-east, CCU Athens Strip is a coal mine twenty miles out, according to the same federal mine-safety agency. Off-road and haul trucks from a strip operation often stay on site, so tell us which gate to use and who holds the keys, and we plan the collection around the mine’s hours.
Fuel and rail north
A fuel rack at Heath, rails at Newark West
The Energy Information Administration records a petroleum product terminal at Heath, 22 miles north of Bremen. Tankers and fuel delivery straight trucks that load there can be listed with us even if the tank is still mounted; mention the tank’s capacity and the last inspection date printed on its plate.
Newark West, a rail yard about two dozen miles north, shows on the North American Rail Network. If your tractor runs drayage to that yard, a set of clear photos of both sides and the odometer is what we need first, and the rest of the questions follow from those.
Ten USDOT numbers in town
Lumber, coil and machine loads out of Bremen
FMCSA’s carrier census lists 10 active carriers based in Bremen, eight of them hauling general freight, four moving machinery and large objects, three carrying logs, poles, beams and lumber, and three handling metal sheets, coils and rolls. Flatbeds with chains and binders, lowboys and log trailers are all trucks we buy, with or without the trailer attached.
Of those ten, FMCSA’s census shows three cross state lines, seven stay within Ohio, and five haul their own goods as private fleets. The two biggest fleets on that register hold six power units and four power units, each with as many drivers. Whether you own one tractor or several, have the USDOT number on hand so we can match each truck to its registration.
FMCSA’s register shows Bremen adding a pair of carriers during 2025 and zero the year before. A newer owner-operator who has decided to sell can start with the same items as anyone else: title, registration card, and any service receipts kept in the glovebox.
Factory floors on Bremen’s payroll
Manufacturing holds nearly half the jobs in Bremen
Of 466 jobs counted inside Bremen for 2023 by the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts, 219 sit in manufacturing, close to half at 47 percent. Box trucks and tractors that serve factory docks are part of what we pick up; note the body length and liftgate, if it has one, when you describe the truck.
Builders are present too: the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns counts 12 construction establishments for the area. A contractor’s dump truck, flatbed or service body truck can be sold on its own while the rest of the equipment stays at work, so tell us which unit is going and where it is parked.
Grain bins and hog barns
Hopper bottoms and stock trailers off Bremen farms
Around Bremen the farm economy is large: 1,082 farms operate across Fairfield County according to USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with corn, soybeans and hogs at the top of the list. Grain trucks, hopper-bottom tractors and livestock haulers from those farms are trucks we buy, parked at the barn or the field edge.
Farm trucks often sit between seasons, so a farm-plated straight truck with a grain body is no trouble for us. Have the title in the farm’s or your own name, and if the plate is an agricultural one, say so when you first contact us.
A clerk’s counter over in Lancaster
Ohio titles are issued by the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles through County Clerk of Courts title offices, and Bremen’s nearest is the Fairfield County Clerk of Courts Title Office at 982 Liberty Drive, Lancaster 43130, about 12.5 miles away. That office posts that it is closed on holiday weekends, so plan a trip for a regular weekday.
If the title is missing, that Lancaster clerk’s office can issue a duplicate before the sale; bring photo ID and the VIN. If a lender is still listed on the certificate, ask the lender for a lien release first, since the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles title will show that lien until it is cleared.
The questions we get asked in Bremen
- Can you pick up a dump truck parked at Hocking Valley Concrete or a nearby pit?Plant # 8 and Hocking Valley Concrete Inc, both sand and gravel operations within about thirteen miles south of town on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, are the sort of sites we collect from. Give us the site address and the gate contact, and we come to the truck.
- My title went missing - where in Lancaster do I get another one before selling?The Fairfield County Clerk of Courts Title Office at 982 Liberty Drive in Lancaster, 12.5 miles from Bremen, handles titles for the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles. It is closed on holiday weekends.
- Do Bremen log trucks and steel-coil rigs qualify?Three Bremen carriers haul logs, poles, beams and lumber, and three haul metal sheets, coils and rolls, in FMCSA’s carrier census, and those trucks are on our list. Send photos of the tractor and the trailer or bunks, and the VIN.
- Can I sell a farm truck that is registered on agricultural plates?Fairfield County’s 1,082 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture run plenty of farm-plated grain and livestock trucks, and we buy them. Have the title ready and tell us the plate type.