Mines and stone
Coal, clay and limestone around Dover
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the Kimble #1 coal mine 0.7 miles south-east of Dover and the Kimble Clay, Limestone Quarry and Mill 2.7 miles to the south-west. A dump truck or tri-axle that has worked those pits is often parked at a quarry lot or a yard nearby, so give us the site name and who holds the gate key.
Two coal preparation plants show up in Mine Safety and Health Administration records within six miles: CCU Tuscarawas Strip 5.3 miles north and Stonecreek Mine 5.7 miles south. If your tractor hauled to either one, write down which plant and roughly which years, and send that with the VIN so the truck’s work history is clear before we talk.
Further out, Midvale Sand & Gravel lies 7.8 miles south-east, Massillon Materials III 8.7 miles north and Sugarcreek Operations 8.8 miles west, per the Mine Safety and Health Administration. A truck left at any of those sites can stay there; send the address and photos of the cab, frame, bed and tires, and we plan collection around the location.
Trains, day cabs and the yard southwest of downtown
According to the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the Dover rail yard lies 0.7 miles south-west of the town centre. Day cabs that shuttle loads between that yard and plants in town can be picked up where they are kept, whether that is a shop lot or a customer’s dock.
If the truck sits inside a fenced rail-served lot, tell us whose property it is and the hours someone can let us in. Have the title and current Ohio registration together in one folder so the paperwork is ready when the driver arrives.
Coil haulers, car carriers and Dover freight outfits
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 87 active carriers in Dover; 43 haul general freight, 20 carry machinery and large objects, 18 move metal sheets, coils and rolls, and 17 haul motor vehicles. Flatbed tractors, step-deck setups and car haulers all belong on that list, and we buy each of them.
Of those carriers, 56 run intrastate and 29 interstate, while 40 are private fleets moving their own goods, again by FMCSA’s carrier census. A private fleet selling one unit should send the company title, the registration and whatever service logs the shop kept, along with the name of the person who can sign.
Fleet sizes vary widely in Dover: FMCSA’s census shows one operation with 531 power units and 394 drivers, another with 78 power units and 56 more with 19 drivers between them. Whether you are retiring one tractor or a row of them, list each VIN so every truck can be matched to its title.
Driving patterns
Home by night or out past a hundred miles
Drivers working for Dover carriers split 568 within a 100-mile radius and 175 beyond it, according to FMCSA’s carrier census. Most of these trucks come home each night, so the likeliest pickup spot is a yard or driveway in or near town.
Twenty-seven Dover carriers filed annual mileage with FMCSA, and the midpoint truck among them logged 26,177 miles. Have the current odometer reading in your first message along with clear photos of the dash, so the reading on paper and the reading on the gauge line up.
FMCSA’s carrier census recorded 10 new Dover carriers in 2024 and another 10 in 2025. A newer operation selling a truck still needs the title in the company’s name; if it was never transferred from the previous owner, sort that out with Ohio’s title office before the sale.
Model years on Tuscarawas roads, clearances on Dover spans
Roadside inspection records from FMCSA cover 160 trucks inspected in the Dover area between August 2024 and August 2026, with a median model year of 2017 and 39.4 percent of them ten or more years old. Whatever the model year of yours, we buy it; tell us the year, make and model up front.
Across the 11 Dover bridges in the federal National Bridge Inventory, the weight-limit signs count is zero and so is the count of spans lower than 14 feet. Our driver can reach a truck anywhere in town on ordinary routes, so all we need is the street address and a phone number for whoever is on site.
Factories, farms and builders
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put 7,997 jobs in Dover in 2023, with 2,136 of them, or 26.7 percent, in manufacturing, 298 in construction and 184 in wholesale trade. Box trucks and tractors that serve the town’s plants and distributors are collected from the loading dock or the lot where they are parked.
Builders keep 48 construction establishments in Dover, and that tally comes from the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns release. A contractor selling a dump truck or a flatbed should gather the title, the registration and any DOT inspection sheets before calling.
Tuscarawas County held 1,154 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with milk, corn and cattle as the leading products. Milk haulers, grain trucks and livestock rigs parked on a farm can be collected there; tell us the farm lane and where on the property the truck stands.
The questions we get asked in Dover
- Our tri-axle stays at the Kimble limestone pit southwest of Dover; would you haul it from there?The Kimble Clay, Limestone Quarry and Mill sits 2.7 miles south-west of Dover by Mine Safety and Health Administration records, and we collect from a quarry lot like that one directly. Name the quarry and whoever keeps the Kimble gate key.
- We are a private fleet in Dover. Which documents does a Dover company need for selling one of its own tractors?FMCSA’s carrier census counts 40 private fleets among Dover’s 87 active carriers, and each sale needs the title in the company’s name, the current registration and a person authorised to sign for the business.
- Would you take a Dover flatbed rigged for steel coil work?Metal sheets, coils and rolls are hauled by 18 Dover carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, and those tractors and trailers are trucks we buy. Send the VIN, the odometer reading and photos of the deck and the cab.
- My truck is on a dairy farm in Tuscarawas County. Will your driver come out to the milking barn for it?USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture lists 1,154 farms in Tuscarawas County, with milk as the top product, and we pick up from farm yards across the county. Describe the lane and where the truck is parked.