Sell your semi truck for cash in Kenton the easy and convenient way

Of the 57 active Kenton carriers on FMCSA’s census, general freight is the cargo named by 38. If your tractor or straight truck belongs to one of those small Hardin County outfits, have the title and current registration in the same name before you call us, so the paperwork matches the owner we deal with.

Of those 57, the federal census shows 26 authorised for interstate work, 30 working intrastate only and 28 operating as private fleets hauling their own goods. Tell us which of those describes your truck; a private-fleet unit and a for-hire tractor carry different authority papers, and knowing which one is yours keeps the questions short.

New authority keeps arriving too: FMCSA records show 6 carriers registered in Kenton in 2024 and 5 more in 2025. If you started up recently and are now selling a truck, a copy of your USDOT number and the bill of sale from when you bought the truck is the right place to begin.

Hardin County holds 715 farms whose leading products are corn, soybeans and hogs, per USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture. Hopper-bottom tractors and grain trucks that work those fields often sit in a barn lot between harvests, so give us the farm address and say whether a wheel loader or a clear lane is available at pickup.

In the carrier census, 11 Kenton carriers list grain, feed and hay as cargo, and another 11 list dry bulk commodities. A seller with a pneumatic tanker or a dump trailer should send photos of the trailer as well as the tractor, and list which of the two they want to sell.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Duff Quarry #1, a crushed-stone pit 15.7 miles south-west of Kenton, and the Upper Sandusky Plant, another crushed-stone operation 21.9 miles east. Tri-axle dumps and end-dump tractors parked at either site can stay there; send us the gate contact and the hours the yard is open.

Further east, MSHA records place an industrial-mineral mine at Upper Sandusky 23.6 miles out and Scioto Sand & Gravel 24.6 miles away. If your truck hauled for one of these, any scale tickets or service records you kept from that work help us understand how the truck has been used.

The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, shows the Harpster rail yard 20 miles east of Kenton and the Honda Autoload yard 22.4 miles south. A day cab that shuttles between those yards and local plants can be collected at whichever terminal it was last parked.

Eleven Kenton carriers name motor vehicles as cargo in FMCSA’s census. If you are selling a car-hauler tractor, tell us whether the trailer goes with it and send the trailer’s own title and plate number alongside the tractor’s.

Manufacturing fills 923 of Kenton’s 3,594 jobs, a 25.7 percent share, in the Census Bureau’s 2023 LEHD job counts. Box trucks and tractors that serve those plants are often parked at a loading dock, so tell us the dock address and who on site can release the keys.

Those same LEHD figures show 141 wholesale trade jobs and 104 in transportation and warehousing. County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau records 15 construction establishments, and contractors selling a dump or flatbed should have the registration and any annual inspection sheet ready to photograph.

According to FMCSA’s census, the biggest Kenton-based fleet runs 65 power units with 52 drivers, and the next two run 18 and 12. Whether you are selling one truck from a fleet that size or the only one you own, a list of VINs and plate numbers lets us look at each unit before collection.

Drivers working within 100 miles of base number 60 in the federal carrier census, against 132 who go beyond it. Among the 18 carriers that report mileage to FMCSA, the median is 14,306 miles per truck each year. Have the odometer reading handy when you contact us.

Just one of the 5 Kenton bridges in the National Bridge Inventory carries a load posting, and none clears less than 14 feet. Tell us the street your truck is parked on so the recovery truck is routed around that posted span.

• Will you collect a hopper truck from a Hardin County corn farm?Hardin County’s 715 farms, counted in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, are where many of these trucks live, and we collect from the farm. Send the township road and the name of whoever can open the barn.
• My tri-axle is still at the Duff stone pit south-west of Kenton; is that a problem?Duff Quarry #1 sits 15.7 miles south-west of town on MSHA’s list, and a truck parked there can be collected on site. Let the quarry office know a recovery truck is coming and share their number with us.
• Which papers does a Kenton owner-operator gather first?Kenton sellers who register with FMCSA should have their USDOT number, plus the title, registration and VIN for the truck. Photos of the cab, frame and tires round out what we need to start.