Ramps and air base
Rickenbacker freight seven miles out
Head west from Lithopolis for 7.3 miles and you reach the Columbus, OH rail intermodal ramp that the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists, with RICKENBACKER INTERMODAL half a mile beyond it at 7.7 miles on the North American Rail Network. A day cab that shuttles containers off those ramps is a truck we collect, and it may well be parked near the yard rather than in town, so give us the street address where it actually sits.
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics also places the Rickenbacker military installation 6.7 miles west and NG Rickenbacker at 7.1 miles. If your tractor or box truck has hauled onto either site, mention it when you first contact us and keep any gate or delivery records together with the title.
On the North American Rail Network, the WATKINS ROAD yard is 9.3 miles to the north-west. Owners whose trucks move between Watkins Road and the Rickenbacker ramps can send us photos of the cab, frame, fifth wheel and tires from wherever the truck finished its last shift.
Tank and gravel work
Bulk liquid terminals and a gravel plant
Transflo CSXT, a liquid bulk terminal, is 9.6 miles north-west of Lithopolis, and Norfolk Southern TBT is 10.6 miles in the same direction, both according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A tractor that has pulled tank trailers out of those transload sites belongs on our list; tell us whether the trailer goes with it or stays behind.
South Columbus Sand and Gravel Plant, which the Mine Safety and Health Administration records 9.6 miles west of town, draws dump trucks and tri-axles. If yours has hauled aggregate from that plant, have the registration and any service records ready, and tell us whether it is parked at the pit or at home in Lithopolis.
Seventeen small fleets in Lithopolis
FMCSA’s carrier census lists 17 active carriers based in Lithopolis, with 12 of them authorised for interstate work, 5 kept to intrastate hauls and 3 running as private fleets. Whichever group you belong to, the USDOT number on your cab helps us confirm the truck’s registration before we arrange the pickup.
General freight is the cargo 14 of those carriers declare to FMCSA’s carrier census, while refrigerated food, machinery and large objects, and meat each appear on 3 filings. A reefer unit, a lowboy setup or a dry van tractor from any of these outfits is something we buy; list the trailer or body type in your first message.
Fleet size stays small here: the carrier census shows three Lithopolis operations running 5, 5 and 3 power units, with 6, 5 and 4 drivers. An owner retiring one unit out of five can sell just that truck, and we pick it up from the yard where the others keep working.
Four Lithopolis start-ups since 2024
Three new carriers in Lithopolis registered with FMCSA in 2024 and one more in 2025, according to the carrier census. If you started a trucking business in one of those years and are now letting a truck go, the title and the current registration are the two documents we ask for first.
Owners who financed a truck when they started out should check with their lender before contacting us; any lien recorded on the title has to be released. Send us the lienholder’s name along with the VIN, and we will work out the release with you.
Payrolls in the village
Work that keeps trucks moving around Lithopolis
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put 484 jobs in Lithopolis for 2023, and 56 of them, or 11.6 percent, fall in transportation and warehousing. A transportation worker in town who owns a truck outright can sell it to us directly from the driveway or the employer’s lot.
Four construction businesses operate out of Lithopolis on the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns tally. A dump truck, flatbed or service body truck tied to one of those businesses is one we collect; photos of the bed or body, the plate and the VIN plate tell us what we are looking at.
Grain trucks on the farms around Lithopolis
Around Lithopolis, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 1,082 farms across Fairfield County, with corn, soybeans and hogs listed as the leading products. Grain trucks, livestock haulers and farm tractors used for road hauling are all trucks we buy from growers here.
A farm truck often carries farm plates or sits in a barn between harvests. Tell us where on the property it is parked and how we reach it, and keep the title in the name of whoever is selling, whether that is you or the farm itself.
Duplicate certificates from the clerk of courts
Titles in this area go through the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles, and the Fairfield County Clerk of Courts Title Office at 12945 Stonecreek Dr, Pickerington, 43147 is 7.8 miles from Lithopolis. That office is one of the County Clerk of Courts title offices the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles lists, and it is closed holiday weekends.
If the title is missing, bring identification and the VIN to the Pickerington office and request a duplicate before you set a pickup date. Once the replacement is in hand, send us a photo of the front and we can schedule the collection.
The questions we get asked in Lithopolis
- Do you collect trucks parked out by the Rickenbacker yards?The Columbus, OH intermodal ramp is 7.3 miles west of Lithopolis on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics list, and we collect trucks parked there, in town, or anywhere in between. Give us the address where the truck sits.
- Which clerk handles a replacement certificate if the truck’s paperwork went missing in Lithopolis?The Fairfield County Clerk of Courts Title Office at 12945 Stonecreek Dr in Pickerington is 7.8 miles away and handles titles for the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles. Request the duplicate there before booking a pickup.
- Will you buy one truck out of a five-unit fleet?Two Lithopolis carriers run 5 power units each on FMCSA’s carrier census, and selling a single unit from a fleet that size is common for us. Send the VIN and title for the one truck you are letting go.
- Will you pick up a hog trailer tractor or grain truck from a farm outside Lithopolis?Fairfield County has 1,082 farms growing corn and soybeans and raising hogs, per USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and their grain trucks and livestock haulers are trucks we buy. Say which barn or field lane the truck is parked on.