Quarry beside the river
A quarry and a salt mine inside a mile of the village
Only 0.6 miles west of the village, across the Grand River, sits the Grand River Operation, which the Mine Safety and Health Administration records as a crushed-stone quarry. A tri-axle or end-dump that has hauled stone out of that quarry may still be parked on a gravel lot nearby, and that is fine: give us the street address or the gate it sits behind, and we arrange the pickup there.
Morton Salt Fairport Mine, an industrial-mineral mine about 0.8 miles north-west of town on Mine Safety and Health Administration records, puts a second mine within walking distance of Third Street. If your tractor or bulk trailer worked that site, a note of which loads it carried and the name on the title are the two things to send first, together with photos of the cab, the frame and the plate.
Painesville and the Collinwood yards to the south-west
About 1.7 miles south-east of the village, the PAINESVILLE rail yard appears in the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A day cab that has moved freight to and from that yard is close to home; tell us the VIN and the odometer reading and we can start from there.
Further out, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the Cleveland, OH - Collinwood Yard intermodal ramp 19.9 miles south-west, and the same North American Rail Network shows the COLLINGWOOD yard at 19.4 miles. A container chassis tractor that is based near those ramps rather than in Fairport Harbor can stay where it is; give us the lot and a contact who can open it.
Terminal haul
Tankers to the Norfolk Southern TBT terminal
Eighteen miles south-west of the harbor, along the lakeshore toward Cleveland, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics puts Norfolk Southern TBT, a terminal handling liquid bulk. Tractors that pull tankers to a terminal like that are part of what we purchase, so mention the trailer type and whether the trailer is part of the sale or stays behind.
Any tank inspection sheets or maintenance logs you kept for a rig on that run should be scanned before you contact us. They sit beside the title and registration as the paperwork we ask to see, and having them on hand keeps the questions short.
Further pits
Pits east at Thompson and south at Arms
East along the lake country, Thompson Mine is an industrial-mineral mine 12.8 miles from the village, and the Mine Safety and Health Administration also records Arms Sand & Gravel, a sand and gravel operation 20.9 miles south. A dump truck or water truck kept at either site can be collected on site, provided someone can let us in and the keys are with it.
For a truck kept at one of those pits, send a clear photo of the data plate along with the door, the dash and the body. We compare the plate with the title, and the pickup at Thompson or at the Arms site is then booked.
Who works in Fairport Harbor and what the county grows
Of the 552 jobs counted in Fairport Harbor for 2023, 167 were in manufacturing, a 30.3 percent share on the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts (LODES). Box trucks and straight trucks that served a plant here are as welcome as heavy tractors; tell us the body type and the length of the box.
Lake County had 243 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with soybeans, corn and cattle at the top of the list. A grain truck or livestock hauler from one of those farms can be picked up in the yard where it is kept, and a title in the farm’s name is fine as long as the person signing can sign for the farm.
The questions we get asked in Fairport Harbor
- My dump truck is still parked at the Grand River quarry west of the village; will you pick it up from that lot?The Grand River Operation is 0.6 miles west of Fairport Harbor on Mine Safety and Health Administration records, and we collect from sites like it; tell us the gate, the contact on site and where the keys are.
- I kept my rig at the harbor but cannot find its Ohio title anywhere; can the sale still go ahead?In Ohio a replacement comes from the state’s title agency, so apply there before the sale and send us a photo of the receipt or the new title once you have it.
- Will you take a grain or cattle truck from a Lake County farm near Fairport Harbor?Lake County’s 243 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture grow soybeans and corn and raise cattle, and grain and livestock trucks from those operations are trucks we purchase; send photos and the VIN to start.