Scioto Sand & Gravel and the pits beyond it
Scioto Sand & Gravel, a sand and gravel operation two miles north of Prospect, appears in the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s mine listings. A dump truck or end-dump tractor that has spent its days at that pit is often still parked on the property or in a driveway on the edge of the village, and that is where we would collect it. Send the plate number, the VIN and a few photos taken where it sits.
Farther out, the Mine Safety and Health Administration records two crushed-stone quarries roughly twelve and a half miles away in opposite directions: the Columbus Region Plant to the south and the Marion Plant to the north. A tri-axle that alternates between them may be kept at either end of that run, so tell us which yard it sleeps in and whether a loader is needed to clear a path to it.
Upper Sandusky, an industrial-mineral mine, lies 23.4 miles north in the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s records. If your truck hauls from there, have its Ohio registration and any service records gathered together before we arrive at the lot.
Two Marion rail yards a mile apart, plus a ramp
The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, places a CSX yard at Marion 9.5 miles north of Prospect and a Norfolk Southern yard just beyond it at 10.1 miles. Day cabs that shuttle loads to either yard often finish their shift in Marion rather than back home, so tell us the town the tractor is parked in, not just the town you live in.
Northeast of the village by 12.2 miles, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists the Ohio Valley Intermodal Facility at Marion as a rail intermodal ramp. A tractor that has pulled containers off that ramp can be picked up at your terminal or your home; a clear photo of the door sticker with the VIN saves a phone call later.
Fuel route south
The Columbus petroleum terminal run
South of Prospect by 24.4 miles, the Energy Information Administration identifies a petroleum product terminal at Columbus. Tank trucks and tractors that run fuel up from that terminal to farm and village customers are trucks we buy, including the ones registered to small family operations.
For a fuel tractor, have the title, the current registration and any tank or inspection paperwork you keep in the cab ready in one folder. Tell us whether the trailer goes with the tractor or stays behind, and we will plan the collection around that.
Prospect’s bean, corn and hog farm trucks
Around Prospect and across Marion County, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 596 farms, with soybeans, corn and hogs leading their output. Grain trucks, hopper tractors and livestock haulers kept in a barn or machine shed between harvests are welcome, and we collect from the farm itself.
Around Prospect, a grain truck may carry the farm’s name on its title instead of yours. Before we come out, check whose name is on the Ohio title, and if a spouse or partner is listed, have them available to sign. Photos of the bed or the trailer, along with the cab, help us match the truck to your description.
Builders’ trucks in a village of seven contractors
Seven construction establishments are tallied for Prospect by the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns. Each one may hold a dump truck, a flatbed or a service body titled in the company’s name, and we buy from businesses as readily as from individual owners.
When a contracting firm sells, the person signing the title needs authority to sign for the company. Bring a letter or resolution naming that person, plus the registration and whatever maintenance log the shop has kept.
A duplicate title from the Marion clerk’s office
Prospect sellers deal with the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles, whose titles are issued over the counter at County Clerk of Courts title offices. For Prospect owners, the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles lists the nearest as the Marion County Clerk of Courts Title Office at 222 West Center Street, Marion, 43302, 9.7 miles from the village.
If the title has gone missing, request a duplicate from that Center Street office first, before you contact us. If a lender is still shown on the title, find the lien release as well, so the transfer can be completed on the day we collect.
The questions we get asked in Prospect
- My dump truck stays at Scioto Sand & Gravel, just up the road from Prospect - will you pick it up from the pit?Scioto Sand & Gravel is two miles north of the village, and a truck parked at a pit or quarry is collected where it stands. Tell us who to contact on site and whether the gate is locked.
- I farm soybeans and hogs outside Prospect - would you take my grain truck and my hog trailer tractor?Marion County’s 596 farms, counted in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, run grain and livestock trucks of every kind, and we buy them from the farm where they are kept. Keep the Ohio title and the farm registration in the cab for our driver to see.
- My tractor overnights at a Marion rail yard rather than at my house in Prospect - can you meet it there?The CSX and Norfolk Southern yards at Marion are about ten miles north of Prospect, and we collect from the yard or terminal where the tractor is parked. Send the yard’s street address and a contact who can open the gate for our driver.