Terminals and a lake port a few miles north-west of Curtice
The Energy Information Administration places the OREGON petroleum product terminal 4.7 miles north-west of Curtice, with the TOLEDO terminal at 6.5 miles in the same direction. A tank truck or fuel hauler that loads at either one is usually parked close to home between runs, so send us the street address where it sits and we will arrange collection there.
Lake freight moves through Toledo-Lucas County Port, which the Bureau of Transportation Statistics puts 6.8 miles from Curtice toward the north-west. Tractors that shuttle cargo off the lakefront often carry gate passes and port paperwork; keep those with the title and registration, and include photos of the cab, the frame and the fifth wheel when you first get in touch.
Homestead switching
Homestead, Lakefront Docks and the Toledo ramp
Two yards on the North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, sit north-west of Curtice: HOMESTEAD at 5.6 miles and LAKEFRONT DOCKS at 6.5 miles. A day cab that has worked yard moves out there can be picked up at the yard or at your place, whichever you name.
West of town, 11.2 miles out, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics records the Toledo, OH rail intermodal ramp. If your tractor pulled containers off that ramp, give us the VIN and the odometer reading at the start, and tell us whether a chassis or trailer goes with it.
Dolime and aggregate
Quarry trucks south and west of town
South of Curtice by 7.4 miles, Graymont Dolime (OH) Inc. operates the crushed-stone quarry that the Mine Safety and Health Administration has on file. Dump trucks and aggregate haulers from a site like that may be parked at the pit itself; let us know if a gate code or site contact is needed to reach the truck.
Wylie and Sons, a second crushed-stone operation the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists 10.6 miles west, is another place local dump trucks spend their days. Have the title in the seller’s name, the current registration, and any service records you kept, and the sale moves on paperwork rather than on questions.
Lumber, utility and grain loads on Curtice rigs
FMCSA’s carrier census shows 14 active carriers based in Curtice; 10 of them run only within Ohio and 4 cross state lines, and 10 are private fleets hauling their own goods. A private fleet selling a single unit needs the same things an owner-operator does: the title, the registration, and someone who can sign.
General freight is the cargo listed by 7 of those Curtice carriers in the FMCSA census, with 4 naming logs, poles, beams and lumber, 4 naming utility work and 3 naming grain, feed and hay. The same census counts 19 drivers working within 100 miles and 9 beyond, so many of these trucks come home each night and can be collected from a yard or driveway in town.
Fleets here are small: the three with the most equipment in FMCSA’s census carry 4, 3 and 2 power units. If you are selling more than one truck from a fleet that size, list each VIN and tell us where each unit is parked.
Grain haulers and contractor trucks around Curtice
Around Curtice the land is farmed: Ottawa County had 590 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with soybeans, corn and cattle at the top. A grain truck or livestock hauler that only moves at harvest is often stored in a barn or machine shed, and we can collect it from the farm.
Building trades have a foothold too, with 3 construction establishments around Curtice in the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns. Contractors parting with a dump truck, flatbed or service body can send photos and the VIN, and tell us whether the bed, crane or tool boxes stay with the truck.
The Port Clinton courthouse and a missing Curtice title
Titles in Ohio are handled by the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles through County Clerk of Courts title offices. For Curtice, that means the Ottawa County Clerk of Courts Title Office at 315 Madison Street Courthouse Room 106A, Port Clinton, 43452, which the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles places 23.5 miles from town.
If the title is missing or still names a lienholder, start with that office in Port Clinton before you contact us, and bring the lienholder’s release. Once the courthouse hands you a title in your own name, a Curtice truck is ready to sign over.
The questions we get asked in Curtice
- Can my dump truck be collected straight from the Graymont pit south of Curtice?Graymont Dolime’s quarry 7.4 miles south of town, as the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists it, is the kind of site we collect from; tell us the gate arrangements and a contact on site.
- Which courthouse office replaces a Curtice owner’s lost Ohio title?The Ottawa County Clerk of Courts Title Office at 315 Madison Street in Port Clinton, 23.5 miles away by the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles’ listing, issues titles for the county.
- Is a soybean or corn hauler from an Ottawa County farm something you take?Ottawa County’s 590 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture grow soybeans and corn and raise cattle, and the grain and livestock trucks that serve them are ones we buy, collected from the farm.
- My tractor works the Toledo-Lucas County docks; does it have to come back to Curtice first?Toledo-Lucas County Port, 6.8 miles north-west of Curtice in Bureau of Transportation Statistics records, is close enough that we can collect at the port or at your home address.