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

The Energy Information Administration places the Lima North petroleum product terminal about 1 mile south of the city and Lima South about 2.5 miles south-west. If your tractor has hauled fuel out of either one, send us the VIN, a photo of the cab and a photo of the fifth wheel, and tell us whether a tank trailer stays with it or goes back to the terminal.

Two West Lima rail yards, at roughly 1.1 and 1.2 miles south of town, appear in the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A day cab that shuttles freight to those tracks is often parked within sight of them; give us the lot address and the name of whoever holds the gate key, and we collect it there.

Lima Plant, a crushed-stone quarry about 1.5 miles east, is on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, as is Bluffton Stone Company about 15.5 miles north-east. Dump trucks and tri-axles that run aggregate from those pits can stay at the quarry or the shop; we pick up at either.

For a truck that has worked stone, have the title in hand along with the registration card and any service log you kept. Photos of the bed, the hoist and the tires let us see the setup before we arrive at the quarry gate.

FMCSA’s carrier census counts 191 active carriers based in Lima, with general freight listed by 122 of them, machinery and large objects by 32, motor vehicles by 23 and metal sheets, coils and rolls by 22. Flatbed tractors from the coil and machinery side and car haulers from the vehicle side belong on our list along with the dry-van units.

Of those carriers, 86 run interstate and 103 stay inside Ohio, while 83 operate as private fleets, according to the same federal census. A private-fleet truck owned by a manufacturer or contractor is titled to that business, so the person who signs for the company should be the one who sends us the title.

The FMCSA census also shows 16 new carriers registered in Lima in 2025 and 9 in 2024. If you started your authority recently and are selling the single truck you began with, the title and current registration are all we need to begin.

Lima carriers report 386 drivers working within 100 miles and 433 beyond it in FMCSA’s carrier census, and the median truck among 56 reporting carriers logs 24,029 miles a year. A long-haul tractor may be out of state when you call us; tell us where it will be parked next and we plan around that stop.

Of the 21 Lima spans recorded in the National Bridge Inventory, only one carries a load posting, and not one has clearance below 14 feet. Tell us the street where the truck is parked and whether it is on a paved lot or a gravel yard.

Inspectors stopped 171 Lima-based trucks between late August 2024 and August 2026, and FMCSA roadside inspection records put their median model year at 2019, with 27.5 percent of them a decade or more past their model year. Both newer and older units are trucks we take.

Whatever the model year, the paperwork is the same: the Ohio title in the owner’s name, the registration and any inspection reports from those roadside stops. Have the VIN plate photographed so the year on the title can be matched to the truck.

Lima counts 19,609 jobs in the Census Bureau’s 2023 LEHD job counts, with 1,139 in manufacturing, 684 in wholesale trade, 488 in construction and 395 in transportation and warehousing. Box trucks and straight trucks from those wholesale and plant routes are welcome alongside tractors.

Lima has 83 construction outfits but just 6 warehousing establishments on the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns tally. A contractor selling a dump truck or a stake bed can leave it at the yard or on the job site, as long as someone can show us the unit.

Allen County holds 897 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with hogs, corn and soybeans the leading products. Grain trucks and livestock haulers parked at a farm outside town are collected at the farm; send directions to the barn or bin where it sits.

• My tractor is parked at the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center side of town. Will your driver meet it out there?The Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center about 3 miles south-west of Lima, and we come to trucks parked in that area. If the lot needs base or gate access, tell us who can escort the driver in.
• Do you take trucks that haul liquid bulk out toward AIP Logistics?AIP Logistics, a liquid bulk terminal the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists about 13 miles south-west of Lima, is within our pickup area, and the tractors that serve it are trucks we take. Tell us whether the trailer is yours or belongs to the terminal.
• My truck is one of a larger fleet in Lima. Can you take several at once?FMCSA’s carrier census shows Lima fleets running up to 133 power units, and we handle multi-truck sales from fleets that size. Send a list of VINs and the titles for each unit, and one person to sign for the company.