Sell your semi truck for cash in Continental the easy and convenient way

Continental has 17 active motor carriers on FMCSA’s carrier census, and 11 of them list general freight as a cargo they carry. If yours is a van or flatbed tractor that has hauled mixed loads out of the village, tell us the trailer type it usually pulled and the unit’s VIN when you first get in touch.

On FMCSA’s carrier census, grain, feed and hay appear on the books of 7 carriers based in the village, and farm supplies and machinery on 6 each. A hopper-bottom tractor, a straight truck with a grain box or a lowboy setup for equipment all fit what we buy here; send photos of the cab, the frame and whatever body or fifth wheel it carries.

Six of the village’s carriers are private fleets that haul their own goods, the FMCSA census shows, beside 13 that run interstate and 4 that stay inside Ohio. If the truck belongs to a farm or business rather than a for-hire outfit, have the name on the title match the seller, or bring the paperwork that shows who can sign for the business.

The three biggest operations based in Continental run 6, 5 and 5 power units, with between 4 and 6 drivers each, per the federal carrier census. We buy one tractor or several from an outfit that size, so list every unit you want gone with its VIN and where each one sits.

Across 11 reporting carriers, the median truck in Continental logs 11,700 miles a year, a figure FMCSA’s census collects from carrier filings. Have the current odometer reading and the registration ready for each truck; together they answer most of our early questions.

FMCSA’s carrier census counts 24 drivers working from the village inside a hundred-mile radius and 19 who range farther. A truck that is out on a long run can be sold once it is back; tell us the yard or farm lot where it will be parked.

Around the village, Putnam County holds 1,471 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with soybeans, corn and hogs as the leading products. Grain trucks and livestock haulers parked on a farm can be collected right from the farmyard; give us the road address and say whether the lane is open to a tow truck.

If a straight truck or tractor here spends most of the year parked between harvests, it still sells the same way. Send the title, a few clear photos and the spot where it stands, and point out any farm plates so we know which registration applies.

Defiance’s rail yard lies 13.7 miles north-west of the village and Ford Park’s yard 24.3 miles south-east, both on the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A tractor that has run loads to either yard can be picked up wherever you keep it now, without bringing it back to Continental first.

South-west toward Van Wert, the Van Wert Terminal liquid bulk facility sits 20.7 miles from Continental in Bureau of Transportation Statistics listings. Tank tractors that served that terminal are trucks we purchase; tell us the trailer it usually pulled and keep any inspection reports with the title.

Heading west, the Amrize Paulding Plant, a cement plant, lies 18.2 miles from Continental, and Scott Quarry, a crushed-stone operation, 22.5 miles, both listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Dump trucks and bulk tractors that hauled from those sites are welcome; send photos of the bed or trailer as well as the cab.

The Ridge Township Quarry and Mill, 20.6 miles south-west on Mine Safety and Health Administration records, adds another stone site to that corner of the map. Six construction businesses operate in the area according to the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns, so a dump or mixer truck may be parked at a contractor’s yard rather than at home; tell us which, and who can let us in.

Ohio titles are issued through the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles by County Clerk of Courts title offices, and for Continental that is the Putnam County Clerk of Courts Title Office at 245 East Main Street Suite 106, Ottawa, 45875, about 13 miles from the village. A lost title is replaced there, so request a duplicate before you list the truck with us.

Where a bank or lender still appears on that Ohio certificate, the signed lien release travels with it to the sale. The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put 219 jobs in Continental in 2023, and many of the trucks here belong to small employers, so when a business owns the truck, the person signing needs to be someone the title or company papers name.

• Our grain hauler sits on a Putnam County farm a few miles outside Continental. Can it be loaded from the farmyard?Putnam County’s 1,471 farms, counted in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, are where many local trucks stay parked, and we collect from the farm itself. Give us the road address and say whether the lane has a gate.
• We run a five-truck farm fleet. Can you take every unit?Continental’s three biggest carriers each run 5 or 6 power units on FMCSA’s carrier census, and a fleet of that size can be sold together. Send each unit’s VIN and parking spot in one message.