Collinwood, the tank terminal and the trucks that serve them
Seven miles west of the village, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the Norfolk Southern TBT liquid bulk terminal, and the EIA lists a petroleum product terminal called CLEVELAND at fourteen miles in the same direction. A tank tractor that has loaded at either spot is something we buy, so tell us which terminal it worked and send photos of the tractor and any trailer you plan to sell with it.
COLLINGWOOD rail yard sits 8.3 miles out, according to the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, and the Collinwood Yard intermodal ramp is listed by BTS just past it at 8.6 miles. A day cab that has pulled boxes off that ramp can stay right where it is parked in Gates Mills or near the yard; give us the address and we arrange the pickup there.
For a tractor that shuttled containers on the Collinwood run, start with the VIN, the make and model year, and a clear shot of the odometer. Those three things let us ask the right follow-up questions about your truck instead of general ones.
A second rail yard below the village
MAPLE HEIGHTS INTERMODAL is 11.7 miles south-west of Gates Mills on the North American Rail Network. Drivers who split their week between that yard and Collinwood often keep the tractor at home in between, and home is a fine place for us to collect it.
If the truck is in a driveway on a village lane, tell us whether a tow vehicle can turn around near it and whether anything blocks the approach. That one note saves a second visit and keeps the collection simple for you.
Eleven miles east, two sand pits
Best Sand and Arms: tri-axles out of the east
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Best Sand - Chardon, an industrial-mineral mine, 11.2 miles east of town, and Arms Sand & Gravel a mile further out at 12.2 miles. Tandem dump trucks, tri-axles and roll-offs that have hauled from those pits are squarely in what we purchase.
With a dump truck, photograph the body, the hoist and the chassis plate along with the cab, and tell us whether the bed stays with the truck. Mention which pit it ran from, Best Sand or Arms, so we know the sort of work it did before we talk.
The Goldengate Plaza title office in Mayfield Heights
Ohio titles are issued by the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles through County Clerk of Courts title offices, and for this village the nearest is the Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts Title Office at 1585 Goldengate Plaza Suite 1585, Mayfield Heights, 44124, about 2.2 miles away. If the title is missing, that office is where a duplicate is applied for.
Bring the registration and your ID to Goldengate Plaza, and if a lender once held the truck, have the lien release with you as well. Once the title is in your name and clear, we can complete the purchase without waiting on anything else.
Village spans
Five bridges, one with a posted load limit
In the National Bridge Inventory kept by the Federal Highway Administration, five bridges are recorded in and around Gates Mills, and one of them carries a posted load limit. None of the five is listed under a fourteen-foot clearance.
When you tell us where the truck is, mention which road it sits on. Knowing the route lets us bring a tow rig that suits the posted span and reach the truck without detours.
Builders and horse barns
Builders, horse farms and the jobs around them
LEHD job counts from the Census Bureau show 668 jobs located in Gates Mills in 2023, and County Business Patterns, also from the Census Bureau, counts eight construction establishments. Contractors here run flatbeds, box trucks and small dumps, and any of them can be sold to us from the job site or the shop yard.
Across the wider county, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture records 104 farms in Cuyahoga County, with tomatoes, cut flowers and equine as the leading lines. Horse haulers, stake-beds and nursery trucks from those Cuyahoga operations are all on our list; have the title and registration ready when you reach out.
The questions we get asked in Gates Mills
- My tractor hauls out of the Collinwood Yard ramp but lives in my Gates Mills driveway. Which spot do you collect from?Collinwood Yard is 8.6 miles west of Gates Mills on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics list, and we collect from whichever spot the tractor is sitting, the driveway included. A photo of the Gates Mills driveway approach and the street address are all we need to plan it.
- My title went missing; which Cuyahoga office handles a Gates Mills duplicate?The Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts Title Office at 1585 Goldengate Plaza Suite 1585, Mayfield Heights, is about 2.2 miles from the village and issues Ohio titles for the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
- Do you buy dump trucks that ran from the Chardon sand pits?Best Sand - Chardon and Arms Sand & Gravel, 11.2 and 12.2 miles east on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, are the kind of pits our dump-truck sellers work from, and those trucks are ones we purchase.