FMCSA’s carrier census shows 23 active motor carriers based in Etna, 13 of them running interstate and 10 staying inside Ohio. If your tractor crossed state lines under your own authority, have the registration and the title together when you call; we start with those two papers.
Of those Etna carriers, 16 list general freight as a cargo they haul, according to the same FMCSA carrier census, while five list beverages and five list paper products. A box truck or a day cab that ran pallets for a distributor fits what we purchase; tell us the body type and the length of the box so we know what to send for it.
Four of the Etna operations on FMCSA’s census are private fleets, hauling their own goods rather than freight for hire. If your business is closing out a truck it used for its own deliveries, the person who signs the title is the one we need to hear from, along with the address where the truck is parked.
The biggest fleet on file in Etna runs three power units with two drivers, and the next two each run two power units with four drivers, per FMCSA’s carrier census. Owners at that size usually sell one truck at a time, so send the VIN, the odometer reading and a few photos of the cab, frame and tires, and we work from there.
Etna added two new carriers in 2025 and one in 2024, the FMCSA census records. A newer operator who registered a truck recently should still have the purchase paperwork close at hand; keep the title, the registration and any lien release in one folder so the sale is not held up looking for them.
Of the 370 drivers on Etna’s carrier records, 320 work inside a hundred-mile radius and 50 go beyond it, FMCSA’s carrier census shows. Tell us whether your Etna truck sits at a home lot, a yard or a customer’s dock, and we plan the collection around that spot.
Five Etna carriers reported their annual mileage to FMCSA, and the median among them is 20,000 miles per truck. Write the current odometer figure down from the dash before you contact us and include a photo of it; that single reading saves a round of back and forth.
Rail yards and bulk terminals off the west side
If your truck has been shuttling loads to those yards and is parked out there now, give us the yard address and a contact who can let us in.
Liquid bulk moves through Norfolk Southern TBT, 13.8 miles west, and Transflo CSXT, 15.4 miles west, both listed by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A tractor that pulled tank trailers between those terminals belongs on our list; tell us whether the trailer goes with it or stays behind.
Drivers who loaded fuel there can send us the tractor’s VIN and photos the same way, wherever the truck happens to be parked.
Brookside Mine, a sand and gravel operation 9.7 miles north-east of town, is on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list of active sites. Dump trucks and tri-axles that hauled aggregate from a pit like that are trucks we purchase, and photos of the bed and the hoist help us see what you have.
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics places Defense Supply Center Columbus 11.4 miles west and Rickenbacker 16.9 miles south-west. If your truck runs contract loads onto either base, mention it, and tell us whether the truck is kept inside a gate we would need an escort to reach.
A contractor selling a work truck should include the service records with the photos, since those records tell us what the truck has been used for without a long conversation.
Around Etna, farms grow corn and soybeans and raise hogs; Licking County had 1,532 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture. Grain trucks and livestock haulers that work those fields are welcome here, and a truck sitting at a farm lane can be collected right where it is if you send us the address.
If you are selling a truck that belonged to a local employer rather than to you, ask whoever holds the title to sign it, and send us their name along with yours.
Ohio titles are issued through the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles, and in Licking County the closest counter is the Licking County Clerk of Courts Title Office at 316 South Township Road, Pataskala, 43062, about 2.9 miles from Etna. If the title is lost, that office is where to request a duplicate before the sale.
The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles routes title work through County Clerk of Courts title offices. Bring identification and the VIN to the Pataskala counter, and if a lender is still listed on the title, bring the lien release as well.