A third of Bryan’s jobs are on factory floors
Of the 6,799 jobs located in Bryan in 2023, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts place 2,353 in manufacturing, which is 34.6 percent of the total. If your tractor or straight truck has been running parts, finished goods or packaging between Bryan plants, it is likely parked at a plant lot or a yard on the edge of town, and we can collect it from there once you give us the address and someone who can let us in.
Wholesale trade accounts for 262 jobs in the city, according to the same LEHD figures, and construction for 171. A box truck or day cab from a Bryan distributor should come with its title in the owner’s name and its current registration, and a short note of which accounts or routes it covered helps us understand what the truck was set up to do.
Coil, machinery and farm supplies on Bryan’s carrier rolls
Bryan is home to 62 active motor carriers on FMCSA’s carrier census, with general freight declared by 29 of that group. Eleven declare machinery and large objects, ten declare metal sheets, coils and rolls, and nine haul farm supplies. Tell us which of those loads your truck pulled and what trailer it ran with, and photograph the fifth wheel, the frame and the deck or trailer coupling along with the cab.
By the same federal census, 35 Bryan carriers operate across state lines, 27 stay inside Ohio, and 37 are private fleets moving their own company’s goods. A private-fleet truck often has its maintenance file kept by the company rather than the driver, so ask the shop or the office manager for the service records before you contact us.
Three of the bigger operations in town run 41, 24 and 16 power units, with 26, 24 and 26 drivers respectively, per FMCSA’s census. If you are retiring several units from a fleet that size, send us a list of VINs and where each one is parked, and we will work through them together rather than one call at a time.
Miles, routes and model years in Williams County
The median truck from the 28 Bryan carriers that reported mileage to FMCSA’s carrier census covers 14,894 miles a year. Have the odometer reading ready when you get in touch, along with the VIN; most of our other questions follow from those two numbers.
Drivers working for Bryan carriers split between 109 who stay within 100 miles and 134 who go beyond it, as FMCSA’s census records them. A sleeper that spends its weeks out of state may be parked somewhere other than Bryan when you decide to sell; tell us where it sits and we will arrange the pickup there.
FMCSA roadside inspection records covering September 2024 to August 2026 show 44 trucks from Bryan carriers inspected, with a median model year of 2014 and 68 percent of them ten or more years old. Whatever year your truck is, bring its inspection reports if you have them; they give us the truck’s record in the carrier’s own paperwork.
Williams County fields, barns and milk routes
Williams County has 813 farms, and USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture names soybeans, corn and milk as its leading products. Grain trucks, milk tankers and farm-supply rigs from this county are often kept in a barn or machine shed outside town, and a pin drop or road name is enough for us to find one.
A farm truck that has been passed down in a family sometimes has a title still in a parent’s or a farm partnership’s name. Sort that out before the sale: the state’s title agency issues replacement and transfer titles, and having the right name on the document is what lets the sale close.
Rail yards, gravel and cement around Bryan
The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, shows the Montpelier rail yard 8.1 miles north-west of Bryan and the Defiance (NDR) yard 15.9 miles to the south-east. If your truck has been shuttling loads to either yard, it can stay where it is; let us know which side of town it is on.
A sand and gravel operation 12.1 miles west and the Amrize Paulding Plant, a cement operation 20.3 miles south, both appear in Mine Safety and Health Administration records. Dump trucks and bulk haulers that serve pits and plants like these should come with their title and registration, plus photos of the bed, hoist and tailgate so we can see the body as well as the chassis.
The questions we get asked in Bryan
- My dump truck is parked at the sand and gravel pit west of town. Must I tow it off the gravel site and into Bryan?That pit sits 12.1 miles west of Bryan on Mine Safety and Health Administration records, and we come out to it. Tell us who controls the site so the collection is arranged with them.
- I haul for one of the private fleets in town. Can I sell a truck the company owns?FMCSA’s census lists 37 private fleets in Bryan, and a sale from one of them goes through whoever holds the title, usually the company itself. Ask the owner or office manager to contact us, or pass along their name and the VIN.
- My grain truck’s title is in my late father’s name. How do I put it right before selling?Williams County has 813 farms on USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and a farm truck there can carry a title in a relative’s name. The state’s title agency handles the transfer; get the title into the seller’s name, then contact us with the VIN.