A mile from the rails
Selling a truck near the HOBSON yard
The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, places the HOBSON rail yard 1 mile south-west of Middleport. A tractor or straight truck that shuttles loads to and from that yard is often parked within sight of it, so give us the street or lot where it stands and we will arrange collection there.
Trucks tied to rail work around HOBSON tend to be day cabs and flatbeds kept close to home. Before you call, find the VIN plate on the door jamb, photograph the cab, the deck and each axle, and note the odometer reading so the first conversation is about your truck and nothing else.
Aggregate along the river road
Gravel haulers working the Portland Plant and Reedsville Pit
East of town, the Mine Safety and Health Administration records two sand and gravel operations: the Portland Plant, 15.8 miles out, and the Reedsville Pit, 19.3 miles away. Dump trucks and tri-axles that run aggregate from those sites back toward Middleport are trucks we buy, wherever they happen to be parked when you reach us.
If your dump truck spends its days at the Portland Plant or the Reedsville Pit, it may be easier for us to collect it at the pit gate than at your house. Tell us which site, whether a loader can reach it, and whether the bed and hoist are on the title as one unit or listed separately.
Grain, dairy and cattle rigs off Middleport’s back roads
Across the hills around Middleport, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 472 farms in Meigs County, with cattle, corn and milk listed as the leading products. Livestock haulers, grain trucks and bulk milk tankers from those farms are all trucks we will look at.
A farm truck that has sat in a barn between harvests still sells on the same terms as a road tractor. Pull together the registration, any farm plate paperwork, and service receipts you kept, and send pictures of the body or tank as well as the chassis so we see the whole unit.
Builders and employers in a small river town
Middleport counted 540 jobs in 2023 on the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts, and County Business Patterns, also from the Census Bureau, lists 4 construction establishments here; their box trucks, stake beds and small dumps are part of the local fleet we buy from.
For a contractor in Middleport, selling one truck out of a small yard is straightforward. Let us know whether the truck is titled to you or to your business, who signs for the company, and whether any lien holder still needs to release the title.
Where a Middleport seller replaces a lost certificate
Ohio titles are issued by the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles through County Clerk of Courts title offices, and for Middleport that is the Meigs County Clerk of Courts Title Office. Its Pomeroy counter, on the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles’ office search, sits at 115 E. Memorial Dr Suite B, Pomeroy, 45769, about 3.2 miles from town by the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles’ listing, and a seller whose certificate has gone missing can request a duplicate there before the sale.
Bring photo identification and the VIN when you visit the Pomeroy clerk, and if the truck is owned by a business, bring proof that you can sign for it. Once the duplicate is in hand, the title, the keys and a current registration are what we need at pickup.
The questions we get asked in Middleport
- Can you collect my dump truck at the Reedsville Pit instead of in Middleport?The Reedsville Pit is 19.3 miles east of Middleport by the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s location, and we collect trucks at the site where they work. Give us the gate details and a contact there.
- Where near Middleport does someone get a duplicate Ohio certificate for a truck?The Meigs County Clerk of Courts Title Office in Pomeroy, 3.2 miles from Middleport, handles titles for the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles. Request a duplicate there, then contact us with the VIN.
- Will you take a bulk milk tanker or a cattle hauler off a Meigs County farm?Meigs County’s 472 farms, counted in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, list cattle, corn and milk as their top products, and the tankers, grain trucks and livestock haulers that serve them are trucks we buy.
- My truck sits beside the HOBSON rail yard; can you collect it from there?HOBSON, the rail yard 1 mile south-west of town on the North American Rail Network, is close enough that collection there is simple. Send the exact location and we will plan the pickup around it.