Parma’s motor carriers and what they carry
FMCSA’s carrier census lists 228 active motor carriers based in Parma, and 180 of them mark general freight as cargo they haul. If your tractor or box truck spent its years on mixed freight runs around Cuyahoga County, have the title in your name and the current registration card in the cab before you call.
Coil and sheet metal show up on 35 Parma carrier registrations in the federal carrier census, with 47 listing motor vehicles and 33 listing fresh produce. A flatbed tractor set up for steel coil, a car hauler or a reefer unit are all trucks we collect here; send photos of the cab, the frame rails and the trailer connection so we can see the setup.
FMCSA registrations show 148 of the city’s carriers operating interstate, 76 operating only within Ohio, and 27 registered as private carriers. If your truck was registered to a private carrier, bring the paperwork showing the title has been transferred to you, or have the company officer who signs it ready.
PARMA and LINNVILLE yards, Cuyahoga fuel racks
The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, places the PARMA rail yard 3.4 miles north-west of town and the LINNVILLE yard 4.4 miles out in the same direction. A day cab that shuttled loads to those yards is often parked near them; give us the street address of the lot and the name of whoever holds the gate key.
Two petroleum product terminals, CUYAHOGA at 5.2 miles and CLEVELAND at 6.6 miles, both north-east of Parma, appear in Energy Information Administration listings. Tank tractors that loaded at those racks usually carry hazmat endorsements on the driver side, not the truck, so all we need from you is the title, the VIN and any terminal inspection sheets you kept.
North-east at 7 and 7.5 miles, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists the Transflo CSXT and Cleveland Terminal liquid bulk sites. If your tanker or tractor worked transloads there, tell us which site it served and where it is parked now, and we plan the pickup at that address.
Salt and docks
Cargill’s salt mine and Whiskey Island
Cargill Deicing Solutions runs an industrial-mineral mine 7.7 miles north of Parma, per the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and the same agency lists DOCK #1 WHISKEY ISLAND, a mineral processing plant, at 7.8 miles. Dump trucks and end-dump tractors that hauled road salt or bulk minerals from those sites are trucks we take.
For a truck that worked the lakefront, a short note on what it hauled and its service records help us understand its history. Photos of the bed, the hoist and the cab, taken in daylight, let us match the truck to your description before we arrive.
Bridges and the trucks on Parma streets
Parma’s 14 bridges, as filed in the Federal Highway Administration’s National Bridge Inventory, include no load-posted span and no clearance under 14 feet. Our carrier can reach a tractor parked at a home or a shop here without routing around low or weight-limited spans, so give us the exact address where it sits.
In FMCSA roadside inspection records from September 2024 to August 2026, 440 trucks tied to Parma were inspected, with a median model year of 2020 and 17 percent ten or more years old. Whatever year yours is, have the VIN and the odometer reading ready when you reach us.
Parma factories, contractors and Cuyahoga farms
Parma counted 24,153 jobs in 2023 on the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts, including 1,886 in manufacturing, 734 in wholesale trade, 675 in transportation and warehousing and 652 in construction. Box trucks, stake beds and delivery straight trucks from those businesses can be sold with a business title; have the authorised signer available on the day.
Parma-area builders number 97 construction establishments on the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns. A contractor’s dump truck or flatbed parked at a yard or job site can be collected where it stands; tell us whether a loader or tow access is needed to reach it.
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture records 104 farms in Cuyahoga County, with tomatoes, cut flowers and cultivated greens, and equine operations at the top. A farm or stable truck kept on a rural lot works too: send the title, a few photos and directions to the barn.
The questions we get asked in Parma
- My tractor sits on a lot beside the PARMA rail yard; will you collect it there?The truck can stay right where it is. The North American Rail Network puts that yard 3.4 miles north-west of town, and we collect from the lot where the truck sits. Tell us who controls access so the pickup can be arranged.
- I hauled road salt from the Cargill mine near Cleveland. Do you take dump trucks?Salt-hauling dump trucks are welcome. The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists that Cargill mine 7.7 miles north of Parma, and dump trucks from salt and mineral work are trucks we collect. Send the title, the VIN and photos of the bed and hoist.
- My truck hauled general freight from Parma into other states; can you still collect it here?Interstate trucks are collected here too. FMCSA’s carrier census counts 148 interstate carriers in Parma alongside 76 intrastate ones, and we collect trucks from both. Have the title and the most recent registration ready.