Forty-one carriers on the census rolls
If yours is one of them, have the USDOT number to hand when you call, along with the title in the name it is registered under, so the paperwork lines up with the registration on file.
Of those carriers, 28 report general freight to FMCSA and 18 report machinery and large objects, while 7 carry farm supplies and 6 haul logs, poles, beams or lumber. A tractor that pulled a lowboy or a flatbed loaded with equipment is the kind of unit we buy here, and so is a log truck; send photos of the deck, the trailer coupling and the cab together.
The same census splits operations into 30 interstate carriers, 10 intrastate carriers and 30 private fleets hauling their own goods. A private fleet selling a truck it bought for its own work should send the title along with the name of the person who can sign for the company.
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Subtropolis, a crushed-stone quarry 5.2 miles north of East Palestine, and Honey Creek Pit, another crushed-stone quarry 7 miles north. A dump truck or tri-axle that has worked those pits can stay parked at the yard; give us the gate contact and the hours the site is open.
West of town, Solomon’s Mines Inc. runs a sand and gravel operation 13.4 miles out, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration. If the truck sits at a pit rather than at your home, tell us which one and who on site can show it to our driver, and keep the title with you rather than in the cab.
Buckeye Transfer, a liquid bulk terminal 9.4 miles west, appears in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics listing, as does TransMontaigne Partners LLC, a liquid bulk terminal 15.2 miles south. A tanker tractor that has served either one should come with its inspection records and the registration card, so its history is on paper.
Two petroleum product terminals named by the Energy Information Administration sit within 15 miles: Youngstown, 14.7 miles to the north-west, and East Liverpool, 14.8 miles to the south. Wherever the tractor is now parked between those points, we collect it there; send the street address and a phone number for whoever holds the keys.
Haselton yard and the local bridge clearances
Day cabs that shuttle loads to and from a rail yard are trucks we take, and a short list of the trailers it pulled helps us understand the unit before we see it.
Within East Palestine, the National Bridge Inventory records 7 bridges, with none posted for load and none under 14 feet of clearance. That leaves our pickup route open for a tall sleeper or a loaded lowboy, so tell us the truck’s height and whether a trailer stays attached.
Among carriers reporting to FMCSA, 56 drivers here work within 100 miles and 58 run beyond that radius. If your truck spends its weeks out of state, it can be collected at a terminal or yard elsewhere; just send the location along with the VIN.
Across 20 carriers that reported both trucks and miles, the median works out to 7,348 miles per truck a year in the federal carrier census. The three biggest local fleets in that census hold 14, 13 and 12 power units, with 8, 2 and 8 drivers. A fleet letting go of several units at once can send one list of VINs and titles, and we plan the collections together.
New registrations stay small in the FMCSA rolls: 2 carriers registered in 2024 and 1 in 2025. A newer operator selling a first truck needs the same things as a long-standing one, which are the title, the registration and a set of clear photos.
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023 show 986 jobs in East Palestine, with 143 in manufacturing, or 14.5 percent, and 51 in construction, or 5.2 percent. A contractor’s dump truck or a plant’s straight truck can be sold from the job site or the shop lot where it sits.
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 1,129 farms across Columbiana County, with milk, corn and soybeans at the top of the list. A grain truck or a milk hauler kept in a farm shed is one we collect from the farm itself, so give us the lane, the barn and any gate code.
The questions we get asked in East Palestine
- Will a low bridge in town block the pickup?East Palestine’s 7 bridges in the National Bridge Inventory include none under 14 feet and none load-posted, so a tall tractor or a loaded trailer can be reached by our driver.