Middlefield’s plant floors and the trucks that serve them
Of the 3,209 jobs located in Middlefield in 2023, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts place 1,475 in manufacturing, close to half of the local total. If your truck has spent its working life shuttling between plants on the edge of town, tell us which loading docks it backed into and we can plan a pickup at the yard where it is parked now.
Wholesale trade adds 161 positions and transportation and warehousing another 120, according to the same LEHD figures from the Census Bureau. A box truck or tractor tied to one of those warehouses usually sits on company ground between runs, so send the street address and a gate contact along with the VIN.
Have the registration card and any shop invoices you kept in the cab when you reach out. Those two papers, plus clear photos of each side, answer most of what we would otherwise ask by phone.
Owners of a private-fleet straight truck or tractor can sell it to us directly; we only need the title holder to sign.
General freight is the cargo line most of them list, with 38 carriers on the federal census choosing it, while 13 haul machinery and large objects, 9 carry logs, poles, beams and lumber, and 6 move grain, feed or hay. A flatbed, lowboy or log trailer setup is welcome, and so is a grain body; tell us what is mounted on the chassis so the pickup crew brings the right equipment.
Intrastate work outweighs the interstate kind in town: FMCSA lists 43 carriers operating only inside Ohio against 25 crossing state lines. A truck that never left the state still needs its Ohio title in hand, and a USDOT number on the door is something to mention when you contact us.
Local driving and the miles each tractor logs
Drivers working out of Middlefield split almost evenly by distance, with 116 staying inside a hundred-mile radius and 101 going past it, per the FMCSA carrier census. Either way, the truck is most likely parked at a home yard in Geauga County when you are ready to sell, and that is where we collect it.
Among 21 carriers that reported mileage to FMCSA, the median tractor logged 10,096 miles a year. Read the odometer off the dash and put that number in your first message alongside the VIN, since both appear on the title transfer.
Roadside inspection records kept by FMCSA cover 46 trucks from local carriers checked between October 2024 and August 2026, and their median model year is 2012. A 2012 tractor is squarely in the middle of the local fleet, and we buy it the same as a newer one.
Just under 59 percent of those inspected trucks were ten or more model years old, according to the FMCSA roadside records. Older units are part of what we purchase, so list the year, make and model in your message and attach the last inspection report if it is still in the glove box.
Gravel pits west of town, rail yards farther out
Arms Sand & Gravel lies 6.8 miles west of Middlefield and Best Sand - Chardon 8.7 miles north-west, both listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Dump trucks and end-dump tractors that worked those pits can be picked up on site if the operator allows access; say so when you send photos.
The North American Rail Network, maintained by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, places the Painesville rail yard 20.7 miles north-west and the Lordstown CSX Autoload yard 22.1 miles south-east. A day cab that has run drayage to either yard can be collected wherever it is parked between the two.
To the south-west, the Energy Information Administration lists the Aurora petroleum product terminal 17.4 miles out, and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics puts NG Camp Ravenna Joint Military Training Center 18.2 miles south. If your tanker or service truck is based near either, give us the nearest cross street.
Around Middlefield, milk and horses lead the farm list
Around Middlefield, Geauga County holds 1,133 farms, and USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture names milk, equine and soybeans as its top products. A milk hauler, livestock rig or grain truck from one of those farms is something we buy; tell us whether it is titled to the farm or to you personally.
Builders are part of the local mix too: County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau records 45 construction establishments in the county. Dump trucks, crane trucks and flatbeds from those firms often sit at a job site rather than a yard, so share the location the day you contact us.
Replacing an Ohio title through the Clerk of Courts
The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles issues vehicle titles, and its County Clerk of Courts title offices handle a duplicate when the original has gone missing. For a truck registered in Middlefield, that means the Geauga County Clerk of Courts title office.
Bring your photo ID and the VIN when you apply for the duplicate, and check whether a lienholder is still listed. Once the replacement is in your name, send us a photo of it and we can arrange the pickup.
The questions we get asked in Middlefield
- Will you collect a dump truck at a gravel pit?Arms Sand & Gravel, 6.8 miles west on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, is the kind of site we collect from when the operator gives access. Tell us the pit’s name and where the truck is parked.
- Is a 2012 tractor too old to sell?A 2012 model year matches the median of 46 Middlefield trucks in FMCSA roadside inspection records, and we buy trucks of every model year. List the year, make and model when you contact us.