Hauling product out of the Lorain gate
Toward the lake, 9.2 miles north-east of Pheasant Run, sits the Lorain petroleum product terminal named by the Energy Information Administration. A tractor that pulls a fuel tanker in and out of that gate may be sitting at a yard near the lake shore rather than in town, so tell us the street address where it is parked and we will plan the collection around that spot.
Drivers who haul out of a fuel terminal such as the one at Lorain usually have loading tickets and tank inspection sheets tucked in the cab. Put those with the title before we arrive; they show the tractor’s work without a long phone call.
Asphalt east of town
The Owens Corning roofing and asphalt site
East of Pheasant Run by 14.2 miles, according to the Energy Information Administration, stands a petroleum product terminal run by the roofing and asphalt division of Owens Corning. Hot-asphalt tankers and the day cabs that pull them belong on the list of trucks we buy, and so do the straight trucks that move roofing material out of a plant like it.
If your tractor spent its seasons hauling to that roofing site, photograph the tank, the fifth wheel and the cab interior in daylight, and note the VIN from the door jamb. Sending those first lets us ask about your truck rather than about the route it ran.
Elyria and Fairlane, the rail yards on either side
On the North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the Elyria rail yard lies 12 miles north-east of town. Drayage tractors and container chassis that shuttle freight off that yard can be collected where they are parked, whether that is a lot by the tracks or a driveway back in Pheasant Run.
A second yard, Fairlane, appears 16 miles to the north-west in that same North American Rail Network listing, which leaves the town sitting between two rail points. If a day cab of yours works both, have the registration and any service invoices together, since a tractor running between those two yards may carry paperwork from each side.
Stone from the quarry
Dump trucks and flatbeds near Cleveland Quarries
The Mine Safety and Health Administration records Cleveland Quarries as a dimension-stone quarry 14.7 miles north-west of Pheasant Run. Cut stone leaves a quarry on flatbeds and in dump bodies, and both kinds of truck are ones we purchase from owners around here.
A flatbed that hauls quarried blocks is often kept at the pit or at a contractor’s lot instead of at home. Give us the location, tell us whether a tow vehicle can reach it on a gravel road, and say which body or trailer goes with the sale so nothing is left out at pickup.
Harvest hoppers and livestock rigs parked in barns and field lanes
Around Pheasant Run the farm economy is soybeans, corn and cattle; USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 894 farms across Lorain County and ranks those three first. Grain trucks with hoppers or dump beds, cattle haulers and the tractors that pull livestock trailers all come off ground like this.
A farm truck may only leave the barn at harvest, so it often sits in a shed or a field lane between seasons. Tell us which farm building it is in and whether the lane is passable. Keep the title handy too; whoever is named on it is the person who signs it over.
Middle Avenue, Elyria
Where a Lorain County title is replaced
Ohio titles are issued by the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles through County Clerk of Courts title offices, and for this town that means the Lorain County Clerk of Courts Title Office at 226 Middle Avenue, Elyria 44035. The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles puts that counter 10.9 miles from Pheasant Run, which makes it the stop for a duplicate if the original has gone missing.
Bring photo identification and the VIN when you ask the clerk for a replacement, and if a lender’s lien was ever recorded, carry the release letter as well. With a clean title in hand, the rest of the sale is signing it over to us at the truck.
The questions we get asked in Pheasant Run
- Is a pickup in Pheasant Run itself something you handle?Pheasant Run is where we come, along with the yards around it, including the Lorain fuel terminal 9.2 miles north-east by the Energy Information Administration’s listing. Tell us the address and we arrange the pickup there.
- If the title has vanished, does the Elyria clerk on Middle Avenue issue the duplicate?The Lorain County Clerk of Courts Title Office at 226 Middle Avenue in Elyria, 10.9 miles away according to the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles, issues duplicate titles for owners in this county.
- Are grain trucks and cattle haulers from local farms on your list?Lorain County’s 894 farms, counted in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, grow soybeans and corn and raise cattle, and the grain trucks and livestock haulers that serve them are trucks we purchase.
- Beyond the title, what goes in the folder you hand our driver at the truck?For a truck from around Pheasant Run, have the Ohio title, the registration, any service records and clear photos of the cab, frame and body, plus the VIN, so we can confirm everything at the truck.