Yards north and south
Pickup at the Sharonville and Ivorydale rail sites
The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, places the Sharonville rail yard 3 miles north-east of Lockland and the Ivorydale yard 3.8 miles to the south-west. A day cab that shuttles between those two yards may well be parked at one of them when you call. Give us the yard name and the gate contact, and we arrange the collection there rather than asking you to move the tractor.
Container work in this corner of Hamilton County runs through the Cincinnati, OH - Sharonville intermodal ramp, which the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists 3.2 miles north-east, and the Queensgate Yard ramp 8.6 miles south-west. If your tractor has pulled boxes off either ramp, have the VIN, the title and the registration card together before you reach out, and send photos of the cab, the frame and the fifth wheel.
Rack and tank lanes
Petroleum and liquid bulk stops near Lockland
Cincinnati North, a petroleum product terminal listed by the Energy Information Administration, lies 4.3 miles south-west of town. Tractors that load at a fuel rack like that one often carry hazmat paperwork and inspection records; keep those with the truck so the history travels with it when we pick it up.
Two liquid bulk terminals appear in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics list within 8 miles: Heniff Transportation, 7.3 miles south-east, and Liquid Transfer Terminals, Inc., 8 miles to the south. If a tank trailer is part of the sale, tell us which terminal it last served and whether the tractor and trailer are titled separately, since each title goes with its own unit.
The port of Cincinnati, OH sits 6.6 miles south-west on Bureau of Transportation Statistics records. A truck that works the riverfront docks can be collected from a dock lot just as easily as from a driveway on Lockland’s streets; just tell us who controls access.
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 10 active carriers in Lockland, split evenly with 5 running interstate and 5 intrastate, and 4 of them operate as private fleets hauling their own goods. A private-fleet truck usually carries the company’s name on the registration, so the person who can sign the title should be the one who contacts us.
General freight is the cargo listed by 6 of those carriers in the FMCSA census, with 3 hauling machinery and large objects, 2 carrying beverages and 2 moving chemicals. Lowboy tractors, beverage box trucks and tankers all fit what we buy, so tell us the body type and the trailer it pulled when you write.
Fleet sizes in the same federal census run from 63 power units with 31 drivers down to 7 power units with 7 drivers, with a 14-unit, 8-driver operation in between. Selling several units at once works the same way as selling one; list each VIN with its title holder and we handle them as one collection.
Lockland carriers report 35 drivers working within 100 miles and 23 going beyond that radius, according to FMCSA’s carrier census. A truck on the shorter loop is likely parked at its home base most nights, which makes it simple for us to reach; a long-haul unit may be out of state, and we can collect it wherever it stops.
Across 5 reporting carriers, the FMCSA census puts the median at 4,000 miles per truck a year. Write the odometer reading down next to the VIN; those two figures are the first things we ask for.
Construction, wholesale and plants
Dump trucks, flatbeds and equipment haulers from job sites are part of what we collect, and a truck parked on an active site just needs a contact who can let us in.
Wholesale trade holds 346 of those LEHD jobs, manufacturing 273 and transportation and warehousing 211. Box trucks and straight trucks from warehouses and plants qualify the same way a tractor does: send the title, the registration and a few clear photos, and tell us where the truck is parked.
Titles and bridges
Titles and clearance around town
If the title is missing, the state’s title agency issues a replacement, and starting that request before the sale means the paperwork is ready on the day we come. A cleared lien should have a release from the lender kept with the title.
The National Bridge Inventory from the Federal Highway Administration lists 11 bridges in Lockland, with none posted for load and none under 14 feet. That gives a tow truck or lowboy a clear route to collect a tractor parked anywhere in town.
Farming is part of the wider county too: USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 322 farms in Hamilton County, with corn, soybeans and cattle at the top. A grain truck or cattle hauler kept on a county farm is collected from the farm itself.
The questions we get asked in Lockland
- Can you pick up a tractor sitting at the Sharonville ramp near Lockland, or must I bring it home first?The Sharonville ramp is 3.2 miles north-east of Lockland on Bureau of Transportation Statistics records, and we collect from there. Give us the lot operator’s contact so the gate is open when we arrive.
- Do you take tankers that worked the Cincinnati North fuel terminal?Tankers from Cincinnati North, 4.3 miles south-west according to the Energy Information Administration, are part of what we buy. Send the tractor and trailer VINs, both titles and any inspection records you kept.