Pits past the township line
Tri-axles that loaded at the Fairfield and Ross sand pits
Fairfield Gravel, a sand and gravel operation on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, lies about 3.5 miles north-west of Pleasant Run Farm. A tri-axle or tandem dump that has hauled aggregate out of that pit is a truck we buy, and the useful things to gather are the title, the current registration and a few clear photos of the bed, the hoist and the cab.
A little further out on the same heading, at roughly 4.4 miles, the MSHA register places Watson Gravel’s Ross Plant. If your dump truck is still parked at a yard near either pit rather than at home, tell us the yard’s name and who can let us in, and we collect it where it stands.
Owners who ran loads between these two pits often kept scale tickets or haul logs in the cab. Those are optional. A short note on which plant the truck served and what it carried is welcome before anyone heads out to Ross or Fairfield.
Container work toward Sharonville
Tractors that worked the Sharonville ramp and yard
East of town, about 7.2 miles away, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics records the Cincinnati - Sharonville rail intermodal ramp. A day cab or sleeper that has spent its shifts pulling containers on and off that ramp is the kind of tractor we take, and its VIN, odometer reading and title are the first three things to send us.
Right beside it, at 7.3 miles, the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and BTS shows the Sharonville rail yard. If a drayage tractor from that yard is now sitting in a lot off the property, give us the lot address and a phone number for the gate so the pickup can be set up with whoever runs it.
Containers also move through Queensgate Yard, a ramp that BTS puts 12.5 miles south of Pleasant Run Farm. A tractor that split its work between Queensgate and Sharonville needs no special paperwork from you; one title in your name and photos of the cab, frame and fifth wheel cover it.
Fuel and river freight
Tankers and the river port to the south
About 9.9 miles south-east sits Cincinnati North, a petroleum product terminal named in the Energy Information Administration’s terminal records. Fuel tractors and straight tankers that loaded there are welcome, and any terminal inspection sheets or service records you kept make useful companions to the photos.
Toward the Ohio River, roughly 11.3 miles south, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists the port of Cincinnati. If your truck hauled to the river docks and is parked down there now, there is no need to bring it north to Pleasant Run Farm before you sell it; we arrange to meet it at the address you give us.
Ivorydale
The Ivorydale yard and the trucks around it
Ivorydale, a rail yard in the North American Rail Network about 8.7 miles south-east, is one more stop on the rail corridor that runs past this part of Hamilton County. Box trucks and tractors that shuttled freight to that yard fit what we purchase, whether they are registered to a company or to you personally.
When the truck is titled to a business, have whoever signs for that business ready to sign the title over. When the title has gone missing, the state’s title agency issues the replacement, and you can start that request before you send us the photos.
Farm trucks and the local workforce
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 322 farms in Hamilton County, and the leading products it names are corn, soybeans and cattle. Grain trucks and livestock haulers from those farms are trucks we buy, and a farm truck parked in a barn or at the field edge can be collected right there.
For Pleasant Run Farm itself, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts show 275 jobs located in the community in 2023. If your truck sits in a residential driveway here between runs, add a note about overhead clearance or a tight turn so we bring the right equipment.
If a farm truck has been registered for agricultural use, send us a photo of that registration along with the title. Both documents together tell us whose name the truck is under and how it was plated in Ohio.
The questions we get asked in Pleasant Run Farm
- Could you pick up a tandem dump that is still sitting inside the Fairfield Gravel pit rather than at my house?Fairfield Gravel sits about 3.5 miles north-west of Pleasant Run Farm on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s register, and we collect trucks at pits like that one. Give us the pit foreman’s name and number, and the collection gets scheduled around the pit’s hours.
- Do you buy tractors that worked the Sharonville intermodal ramp?Tractors from the Sharonville ramp, which the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places about 7.2 miles east, are part of what we purchase. Your Sharonville tractor’s VIN, its odometer figure and a handful of cab and coupling photos are all we need at first.
- Would you buy a corn and soybean hauler off a Hamilton County farm?Hamilton County has 322 farms on USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with corn and soybeans among the leading products, and grain trucks from those operations are trucks we buy. Have the title ready and tell us where on the farm the truck is parked.
- Where does a Pleasant Run Farm owner go when the truck’s Ohio title has disappeared?Ohio titles are reissued by the state’s title agency, and a replacement in your name is what lets the sale go ahead. Start that request, then send us the photos and VIN in the meantime.