Gravel at BCE Materials and the yards either side of town
A dump truck or tri-axle that has worked that pit may still be parked near the scale house or at the owner’s home lot; give us whichever address it sits at and we will arrange collection there.
Two rail yards bracket the town on the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics: Portsmouth, 9.8 miles north-west, and Ironton, 12.2 miles south-east. If your tractor has shuttled loads to either yard, tell us which one and send photos of the cab, frame and fifth wheel together with the VIN.
Downriver at Ironton, 12.8 miles south-east, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics records a liquid bulk terminal. Owners of a tractor that pulled tankers in and out of it can list the trailer types it hauled, which helps us match the right questions to the truck.
Keep any loading-site paperwork, inspection reports or service records with the truck when you contact us. Without them, describe the routes it ran between Franklin Furnace and the Ironton dock and we will ask about the rest.
Ten active carriers are based in Franklin Furnace according to FMCSA’s carrier census, and seven of them run intrastate only while three cross state lines. Four of the ten operate as private fleets carrying their own goods, so a truck from one of those outfits may be titled to a business rather than a person; have the company’s signer ready.
General freight and machinery or large objects each appear on three carriers’ filings in that same FMCSA census, with farm supplies and garbage or refuse on two apiece. A roll-off, a lowboy tractor or a flatbed from any of those lines is a truck we buy, and the registration card plus the title is what we need to start.
One new carrier registered in Franklin Furnace during 2025, the federal carrier census shows, against none in 2024. If your authority is recent and the truck is still on its first local title, tell us so the paperwork matches the operating name.
Single tractors to a six-unit outfit
The biggest operation listed for town in FMCSA’s census holds 6 power units and 12 drivers; the next runs 4 units with 2 drivers, and another is a one-truck, one-driver business. Whether you are selling one tractor or several from a yard like those, send a list of VINs and where each unit is parked.
Of the drivers on Franklin Furnace carriers’ filings, 17 stay inside a hundred-mile radius and 6 range farther, per FMCSA records. A short-haul truck is usually home in Scioto County at collection time, while a long-range unit may be out on a run, so tell us when it is back.
Manufacturing payrolls and Scioto farm ground
Box trucks and tractors that served plant docks around town are welcome; have the registration and recent service notes on hand.
Out across the county, Scioto County carries 585 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and soybeans, corn and equine operations lead the list. Grain trucks, livestock haulers and horse-trailer tractors parked on a farm can be collected from the field lane; tell us which barn or gate to find it at.
Ohio titles are issued by the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles through County Clerk of Courts title offices, and the one serving Franklin Furnace is the Scioto County Clerk of Courts Title Office at 602 7th Street, Room 210, Portsmouth 45662, 11.1 miles away. A seller missing a title applies for a duplicate there before we complete the purchase.
Bring photo ID and the VIN to that Portsmouth counter, and if a lender still shows on the record, bring the lien release as well. Once the duplicate is in hand, send us a photo of both sides along with your truck photos.
Ready-mix and clay pits past twenty miles
Tow Path Ready Mix, a sand and gravel operation, lies 21.1 miles north-west of town on Mine Safety and Health Administration listings, and Cedar Heights Clay, an industrial-mineral mine, is 23.5 miles north-east. Mixer trucks and dump trucks from those sites can be picked up at the pit gate or wherever the owner keeps them.
Tell us the exact site name and gate location when the truck is parked at one of those pits, and confirm who on site can hand over keys. Photos of the drum or body, the chassis plate and the odometer let us move straight to scheduling.