Reeds yard, Todhunter and the Middletown tracks
Two rail yards bracket the north side of Monroe: Reeds at 1.4 miles and Middletown at 3.4 miles north-west, both mapped on the North American Rail Network that the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics maintain. If your tractor shuttles freight off either set of tracks, tell us which yard it works from and whether it is parked inside a fenced lot, so the collection can be planned around the gate.
Todhunter Terminal, a petroleum product terminal the Energy Information Administration lists 2 miles north-west of town, and the Lebanon RP truck terminal 7.8 miles east are the two fuel points nearest Monroe. A tanker tractor that loads at either one can be sold from where it sits; send the VIN, the registration and a few photos of the cab, frame and fifth wheel to start.
Gravel pits north-west and south-east of town
Watson Gravel’s Middletown Plant, 4.2 miles north-west, and the L & I Pit & Mill, 8.2 miles south-east, both appear as sand and gravel operations in Mine Safety and Health Administration records. Dump trucks and tri-axles that haul from those pits often sit on site between loads, so give us the pit name and a contact who can let us in.
Butler County’s builders show up in County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau, which counts 18 construction establishments in Monroe. If a contractor’s dump truck or flatbed is leaving the yard, have the title in the company name ready along with any service records kept by the shop.
Warehouse, plant and wholesale work in Monroe
Of 11,460 jobs located in Monroe in 2023, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put 3,294 in transportation and warehousing, or 28.7 percent. Box trucks, yard tractors and day cabs from the town’s distribution buildings are trucks we buy; the warehouse address is enough for us to find the unit.
Manufacturing holds 1,319 jobs and wholesale trade 1,117 in that same LEHD release, while construction accounts for 1,135. County Business Patterns separately lists 5 warehousing establishments in town. A straight truck that delivers for a wholesaler can be collected at the loading dock if the dock manager knows we are coming.
Freight, machinery, paper and beverage loads
General freight is the listed cargo for 100 of Monroe’s 114 active carriers in FMCSA’s census, with 24 hauling machinery and large objects, 23 moving paper products and 19 carrying beverages. Flatbeds and step-decks from machinery hauls, and van tractors from paper and beverage routes, are all on the list of what we take.
Eighty of Monroe’s carriers run interstate, 31 run intrastate and 30 operate private fleets, according to the federal carrier census. Across those companies, FMCSA records 390 drivers working within 100 miles of base and 614 beyond it, so a truck may be parked out of state when you decide to sell; tell us where it is.
Three of the fleets registered in town run 233, 210 and 103 power units with 177, 86 and 55 drivers, by FMCSA’s count. Ten new carriers registered here in 2025 and eight in 2024, and for 49 carriers reporting mileage the census median is 53,704 miles per truck a year.
Roadside checks and clear bridges near Reeds
Roadside inspection records from FMCSA cover 357 trucks from Monroe carriers checked between August 2024 and August 2026; the median model year was 2020, and 16.8 percent were ten or more years old. Whatever the year of yours, a clear photo of the VIN plate and the odometer answers most of our first questions.
Monroe’s 16 bridges, as the National Bridge Inventory kept by the Federal Highway Administration records them, carry no weight postings, and none of them leaves under 14 feet for a trailer to clear. A tall van or a loaded lowboy can be driven or towed out on local roads, so pickup can be arranged at a home driveway as easily as a yard.
Grain and hog trucks from Butler County farms
Butler County’s 888 farms grow mostly corn and soybeans and raise hogs, by USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture. Grain trucks and livestock haulers that run between those fields and town are welcome; the title and registration are what we need first.
Farm trucks are often titled to a family member or a farm business rather than the driver. If the name on the title is not yours, or the title is lost, a duplicate comes from the state’s title agency before the sale, and we can walk you through which papers to bring.
The questions we get asked in Monroe
- Our day cab sits at Reeds yard north of town. Must I bring it down to Monroe before you collect?The Reeds yard is 1.4 miles north of Monroe on the North American Rail Network, close enough that we simply pick the day cab up at the yard. Send the yard contact’s name so the gate is open when we arrive.
- Will you take a dump truck that works the Watson Gravel pit?Watson Gravel’s Middletown Plant is a sand and gravel operation 4.2 miles north-west of town in Mine Safety and Health Administration records, and dump trucks from it are trucks we buy. Have the title and any service records with you.
- My truck is out on a long run from its Monroe base. Does that stop a sale?FMCSA lists 614 drivers from Monroe carriers working beyond 100 miles of base, so trucks here are often away from town. Give us the lot or terminal where it will stop next, and the pickup is set up at that spot.