Two Lima fuel terminals a couple of miles up the road
The Energy Information Administration places the LIMA petroleum product terminal 1.8 miles north-east of Fort Shawnee and LIMA SOUTH 2.1 miles out in the same direction. A tractor that loaded at either rack usually comes home to a driveway or a lot on this side of Allen County, so tell us which address it sits at now and we will arrange collection there.
Tank work leaves its own paperwork: tank test dates, rack access cards, any hazmat endorsement tied to the unit. Put those with the title and registration before you contact us, and add photos of the cab, the frame rails and the fifth wheel so the description and the pictures line up.
SOUTH LIMA, WEST LIMA and the tank plant
Two rail yards on the North American Rail Network, SOUTH LIMA at 3.3 miles and WEST LIMA at 3.4 miles, both lie north-east of the village. A day cab that shuttled loads to those sidings can stay parked wherever it was last dropped; give us the yard or street location and the name of whoever can open the gate.
Only 1.5 miles north-east, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center - Lima as a military installation. If your truck hauled machinery or oversize pieces near that site, note the trailer type it pulled and any permits it carried along with it, so the listing reaches us complete.
Quarries and a liquid bulk terminal south of town
LIMA PLANT, a crushed-stone quarry the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists 5.9 miles north-east, and Weber Materials, Ltd, another quarry 13.8 miles to the west on the same agency’s records, both send aggregate out by truck. Dump trucks and tri-axles from that work are welcome; send the VIN, the body make and the axle layout with your first message.
To the south, AIP Logistics appears on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics list as a liquid bulk terminal 8.5 miles from Fort Shawnee. If a tanker of yours is parked at a terminal lot down there, you do not have to move it; tell us whose property it is on so pickup is cleared with them first.
Thirty carriers on the village’s federal register
Thirty active carriers are based here according to FMCSA’s carrier census, and 21 of them list general freight; four haul metal sheets, coils and rolls, four move motor vehicles and three carry machinery and large objects. Whichever of those your rig did, the registration and the title in your name are the two papers we ask about first.
That same federal census splits the local carriers into 14 interstate and 16 intrastate operations, with 10 running private fleets for their own goods. The three biggest operations in FMCSA’s census field 15, 10 and 10 power units. Owners selling one tractor out of a small fleet should send each unit’s VIN separately so every truck gets its own conversation.
Per FMCSA’s census, drivers for these carriers number 45 working within 100 miles and 33 going beyond that, and the eight carriers reporting mileage show a median of 29,147 miles per truck a year. If your unit spent its time on short regional runs, the service records from a nearby shop are the history we would like to see.
What the 2024-2026 inspection stops recorded here
FMCSA roadside inspection records cover 29 Fort Shawnee trucks stopped from September 2024 through August 2026; half sit at or below model year 2012 and 58.6 percent carry ten or more years. Whatever year yours is, the model year, engine and transmission belong in your first message.
If a recent inspection report is in the glove box, photograph it along with the odometer and the door data plate. Those three pictures answer the questions we would otherwise send back to you one at a time.
Contractors in the village, hog and grain farms around it
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put 1,210 jobs in Fort Shawnee in 2023, 117 of them in construction, a 9.7 percent share; County Business Patterns from the same bureau records 13 construction establishments. A contractor retiring a dump truck or a flatbed from that trade can have it collected from the job yard or the home lot.
Hogs lead the list for Allen County’s 897 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, ahead of corn and soybeans. A grain truck or livestock hauler parked behind a barn is fine where it stands; send directions to the field entrance and a phone number for whoever will be on the farm.
The questions we get asked in Fort Shawnee
- Will you pick up a tanker sitting by LIMA SOUTH, off the Lima fuel racks?LIMA SOUTH sits 2.1 miles north-east of Fort Shawnee on the Energy Information Administration’s list, and we collect from that side of town. Let us know who controls the lot so access is agreed before the visit.
- Is a tri-axle that hauled stone out of Weber Materials something you take?Weber Materials, Ltd lies 13.8 miles west of the village per the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and dump trucks from quarry work like that are on our list. Send the VIN, body make and axle count to start.
- What details matter for a 2012 tractor registered in Fort Shawnee?A 2012 model year matches the median across 29 Fort Shawnee trucks in FMCSA roadside inspection records, so it is a familiar year to us here. Give us the engine, transmission and odometer reading along with the VIN.
- Can a hog or grain hauler be collected straight from an Allen County farmyard?Allen County’s 897 farms, counted in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, are where we collect grain trucks from, right at the barn. Include the road name, which barn or field gate the truck is beside, and who will meet us.