Hugo Sand to the north, Rootstown to the south-east
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Hugo Sand Company Incorporated 2.5 miles north of Kent and Rootstown Sand & Gravel 4.9 miles to the south-east. A dump truck or tractor that loads at either pit may be parked at the pit itself when you sell it, so tell us which one and who on site can let us in.
Aggregate work in Portage County sits beside a construction trade that the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns puts at 55 construction establishments. If your truck has been on site work between Hugo Sand and Rootstown, have the title and the current registration in one folder before the pickup is booked.
Tallmadge, Akron and the yards to the south-west
Two petroleum product terminals appear on Energy Information Administration maps close to Kent: Tallmadge at 5.7 miles south-west and Akron at 7.4 miles west. For a tractor that pulled tank loads from those racks, photograph any inspection and service records alongside the cab, the frame and the fifth wheel.
Farther along the same south-west line, the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics shows the Brittain yard at 7.3 miles and the Hill yard at 7.6 miles. If a day cab has been shuttling to those yards and stays parked near one, give us that address instead of driving it back to Kent.
Steel coil, machinery and lumber out of Kent
Of the 112 active carriers FMCSA’s carrier census lists in Kent, 65 haul general freight, 27 machinery and large objects, 15 metal sheets, coils and rolls, and 12 logs, poles, beams and lumber. A flatbed tractor or a step-deck setup from the coil and lumber side is as welcome as a van tractor, so describe the trailer it pulled when you write to us.
Manufacturing accounts for 1,269 of the 11,798 jobs located in Kent in 2023, a 10.8 percent share by the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts, with 197 in wholesale trade and 165 in construction. When a truck has served a plant dock, note whether it is parked inside a fenced lot so we can arrange gate access ahead of time.
Short runs and interstate authority
Kent’s carriers split 52 interstate and 60 intrastate in FMCSA’s carrier census, and 48 of them run private fleets carrying their own goods. If your authority was intrastate only, your Ohio title and registration are still all the sale needs from the paperwork side.
FMCSA’s census also counts 2,608 drivers working within 100 miles of their base for Kent carriers and 917 who go beyond that, while 36 carriers reporting mileage show a median of 25,793 miles a truck. Write down the odometer reading and the VIN before you contact us; those two answers come first in every conversation.
Fifteen Kent carriers first registered with FMCSA in 2025, against seven the year before. If you started up recently and are now selling a truck you bought for the venture, keep the purchase title with it.
Model years on Kent’s roadside-checked trucks
FMCSA roadside inspection records cover 729 Kent-based trucks checked from August 2024 to August 2026; their median model year is 2021, with 10.15 percent at ten years or older. Whatever the model year of yours, send the year, make and model with your photos.
Fleet size in Kent ranges widely: the three largest operations FMCSA records run 2,152, 951 and 245 power units. If you are selling several units from a smaller operation, list each VIN separately so every truck is matched to its own title.
One posted bridge, Camp Ravenna and corn country
Kent has 19 bridges on the National Bridge Inventory, and the one that is load-posted is the only restriction a heavy truck meets here, since none falls below 14 feet. Tell us if the truck sits on a road behind that posted bridge, so the tow or the driver we send uses another route in.
Corn, soybeans and cattle lead Portage County’s 927 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture. A grain truck or livestock hauler kept on one of those farms can stay where it is; give us the farm address and a phone number for whoever is there.
East of town, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places NG Camp Ravenna Joint Military Training Center 14.8 miles away. A truck stored out toward Ravenna is collected there, with no need to bring it into Kent.
The questions we get asked in Kent
- My dump truck sits at the Hugo Sand pit north of Kent. Do you load it out from there?Hugo Sand Company Incorporated sits 2.5 miles north of Kent on Mine Safety and Health Administration listings, and we collect at the pit. Tell us who on site can open the gate.
- I hauled coil and steel. Is a flatbed tractor something you buy?Fifteen Kent carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census haul metal sheets, coils and rolls, and their tractors are on our list. Send photos of the tractor, the deck and the securement points.
- The tractor is parked by the Brittain rail yard rather than in Kent. Will the pickup happen at Brittain?Brittain is 7.3 miles south-west of Kent on the North American Rail Network, and we pick up where the truck is parked. Give us the street address and a contact.