Gravel on Dry Fork
Dry Fork Sand & Gravel and the Watson plant
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Dry Fork Sand & Gravel 3 miles south-east of Harrison and the Watson Gravel Dry Fork Plant 3.2 miles south. A tandem dump or tri-axle that hauls from either pit may be parked at the plant itself when we come for it, so give us the gate the driver uses and who can let us in.
Sand and gravel loads leave both plants for job sites, and the County Business Patterns survey from the Census Bureau counts 55 construction establishments around Harrison. If your dump body or mixer is registered to one of those contractors, have the registration and the title in the same name before pickup, or tell us whose name is on each.
Valley Junction yard and the asphalt and fertilizer terminals
Valley Junction, a rail yard 6 miles south of town on the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, is the nearest rail point; Queensgate in Cincinnati is 15.6 miles south-east. A day cab that shuttles freight to either yard can stay where it is parked: send the yard address and a photo of the VIN plate.
The Energy Information Administration lists the North Bend asphalt terminal 9.6 miles south and the Cincinnati petroleum product terminal 13.9 miles south-east. Watco Terminal and Port Services and Growmark Fertilizer, both liquid bulk terminals, sit 13.5 and 13.8 miles out according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. If your tractor pulled tank trailers into those gates, include any tank or hazmat inspection paperwork with the photos.
Log trailers, lowboys and roll-offs based out of Harrison
FMCSA’s carrier census shows 84 active carriers based in Harrison; 40 list general freight, 20 list machinery and large objects, 10 haul logs, poles, beams and lumber, and 9 carry garbage and refuse. A lowboy from the machinery side, a log trailer rig or a roll-off from the refuse side all fit what we collect, so tell us the body type when you first get in touch.
Of those 84, the same federal census marks 63 as interstate and 21 as intrastate, and 60 run as private fleets moving their own company’s goods. For a private-fleet truck, have the business owner or an officer sign the title, since the truck is usually titled to the company rather than the driver.
New registrations appear in FMCSA’s census too: 9 Harrison carriers started in 2025 against 1 in 2024. A truck from a newly opened outfit can be sold just the same; bring the title, the current registration and the USDOT number it ran under.
Harrison fleets, their drivers and their miles
The three biggest fleets based in town run 36, 25 and 21 power units, with 19, 22 and 22 drivers, according to FMCSA’s carrier census. A fleet that size can sell several units together; a list of VINs and where each truck is kept lets us plan one trip instead of several.
Drivers working within 100 miles number 222 across Harrison’s carriers, while 154 go farther, in FMCSA’s registration figures. A truck on a long run may be out of state when you decide to sell, so tell us its home terminal and when it will be back in Hamilton County.
Among the 39 carriers reporting mileage to FMCSA, the median is 10,000 miles a truck a year. Have the odometer reading ready with the VIN; those two numbers start every conversation we have.
Harrison tractors pulled in for federal inspection
Roadside inspection records kept by FMCSA cover 102 Harrison trucks inspected between September 2024 and August 2026, and their median model year is 2020. FMCSA’s inspection records also put 19.6 percent of them at ten or more model years old. A 2020 tractor or a far older dump truck goes through the same steps with us: title, registration, then any service records you kept.
If a recent roadside inspection report is in the cab, add it to the photos. It shows the truck’s VIN, plate and carrier on one sheet, which saves a round of questions.
Harrison’s factory jobs and the corn and cattle farms around it
Harrison counted 5,788 jobs in 2023 on the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts, and 1,440 of them, 24.9 percent, were in manufacturing. The same LEHD job counts give wholesale trade 487, construction 155 and transportation and warehousing 79. Box trucks and straight trucks that deliver for those plants and warehouses are as welcome as tractors; a photo of the box interior and the liftgate helps.
Corn, soybeans and cattle lead the 322 Hamilton County farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture. A grain truck or livestock hauler kept on a farm outside town is collected from the farm, so give us the road and which barn or lot it sits in.
The National Bridge Inventory lists 8 bridges in Harrison, none load-posted and none under 14 feet of clearance, so a loaded tractor and our carrier can reach most yards in town on the usual roads. Mention a narrow gravel lane or field gate when you write to us.
The questions we get asked in Harrison
- Will you collect a dump truck from the Dry Fork gravel plants?The two Dry Fork plants listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration are 3 and 3.2 miles from Harrison, and we collect from either site. Send the plant address and the name of whoever opens the gate.
- Our Harrison company runs its own trucks; which person signs the title for one?Harrison has 60 private fleets on FMCSA’s carrier census, and most title trucks to the company. An owner or officer of that company signs, and the registration should match the name on the title.
- What should I have ready before pickup in Harrison?Harrison trucks inspected at roadside carry a median model year of 2020 on FMCSA’s records, and whatever yours is, we ask for the same things: the title, the current registration, the VIN, the odometer reading and photos of the cab, frame and body.
- The title for my Harrison truck is missing; can you still collect it?Ohio’s title agency issues duplicate titles, and the truck needs one in the seller’s name before we collect it from Harrison. Start that request first and send the photos while it is processed.