A gravel pit up the road and two yards out west
Up the road 2.7 miles to the north-east, Evans Gravel loads sand and gravel, by the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s register of mines. Dump trucks and tri-axles that load at a pit that close usually sit at the pit or at the owner’s house between jobs, and either spot works for a collection. Send us the address, a photo of the body and bed, and the VIN off the door frame.
Two rail yards appear on the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics: CLARE, 3.6 miles north-west, and LINWOOD, 4.9 miles due west. A day cab that shuttles between those yards and nearby shippers is the kind of tractor we collect from Dry Run driveways. Have the title in the owner’s name and the current Ohio registration in the cab when we arrive.
Tanker gates between Dry Run and the river
A liquid bulk terminal stands 3.6 miles north-west, and a second sits 5.8 miles west, both on Bureau of Transportation Statistics listings. Tractors that pull tankers out of those gates can be sold with or without the trailer; tell us which, and photograph the fifth wheel and the trailer’s plate if it goes too.
Nine miles out, the Energy Information Administration places the CINCINNATI NORTH petroleum product terminal, 9.2 miles to the north-west. Fuel haulers often keep tank inspection and hazmat paperwork in a binder; put that binder with the title so the truck’s history travels with it.
The port and the Gest Street ramp
For the river, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics records the port of Cincinnati 9.7 miles west of Dry Run, and the Gest Street rail intermodal ramp at 11.2 miles. A sleeper or day cab that has pulled chassis from Gest Street can stay parked in the city when you call; give us the lot address and the name of whoever holds the gate key.
Container work leaves a trail of interchange receipts and service invoices. Scan or photograph the most recent ones and send them alongside the odometer reading; with those two in hand, most of our questions before a pickup is booked are already answered.
Freight, car hauling, lumber and beverage outfits based in Dry Run
Sixty-four carriers based here are active in FMCSA’s carrier census; 35 of them cross state lines, 29 stay inside Ohio and 29 run private fleets hauling their own goods. Whichever group yours belongs to, have the USDOT number ready, since that ties the tractor to the registration we check.
General freight is listed by 34 of those Dry Run carriers in the FMCSA census, motor vehicles by 10, logs, poles, beams and lumber by 9, and beverages by 8. Car haulers, log trucks and beverage trailers each come with their own equipment, so tell us what is mounted on the frame and what is a separate trailer.
On fleet size, the three biggest local operations in FMCSA filings list 42, 37 and 32 power units. An owner selling several units at once can send one list of VINs with a yard address for each, and we plan the collections from that list.
Radius, mileage and the 2024-2025 registrations
Carriers here report 258 drivers working within 100 miles of base and 155 going beyond it, according to the FMCSA census. Local-radius tractors tend to be at the yard in the evening, while over-the-road units may be out of state; tell us where the truck will be on the day you want it gone.
The median truck covers 20,000 miles a year across the 19 Dry Run carriers that reported mileage to FMCSA. Write the current odometer figure on the photo of the dash so the reading and the picture agree.
In FMCSA’s carrier census, 10 new carriers registered here in 2025 and 4 in 2024. A newly authorised owner-operator closing up can still sell the tractor; bring the title, the registration and the paperwork that shows the authority.
Dry Run tractors checked at the roadside, 2024 to 2026
FMCSA roadside inspection records from 28 August 2024 to 26 August 2026 cover 50 trucks from Dry Run carriers, with a median model year of 2018.5 and 24 percent of them ten or more model years old. Any model year in that spread qualifies; the year on the title is what we put on the paperwork.
Keep the inspection reports from those stops. If yours was pulled over in that window, include the report with the photos so the record of the truck is complete.
Contractors, payrolls and corn and cattle ground
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put 585 jobs in Dry Run in 2023, and County Business Patterns lists 66 construction establishments in its area. Contractors’ dump trucks, flatbeds and box trucks are usually kept at a shop or a job site; either address works for the pickup.
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counted 322 farms across Hamilton County, growing corn and soybeans and raising cattle above anything else. A grain truck or livestock hauler parked in a barn lot can be collected from the farm itself; describe the access road and whether the gate will be open.
The questions we get asked in Dry Run
- My dump truck is parked at the gravel pit north-east of Dry Run. Will you load it straight from the pit lot?Evans Gravel is 2.7 miles north-east of town on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and we collect from pit lots like that one. Get the operator’s permission for us to enter and send us the gate details.
- I pulled tankers out of the terminals west of town. Do I need to sell the trailer too?The liquid bulk terminals at 3.6 and 5.8 miles out, listed by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, are served by tractors and trailers that are often owned apart. Tell us whether the trailer is yours and whether it goes with the tractor, and we handle each on its own title.
- What should I have ready for a truck that hauled containers from Gest Street?Gest Street’s intermodal ramp lies 11.2 miles west on Bureau of Transportation Statistics listings; for a tractor that worked it, have the title, Ohio registration, VIN and odometer reading together, plus photos of the cab and fifth wheel.