North and south of the township
Tank work at Brecksville, Akron and the Cleveland lakefront
The Energy Information Administration lists a petroleum product terminal at Brecksville, 3.2 miles north of Richfield, and a second at Akron, 12.3 miles to the south-east. If your tractor pulls tank trailers between those two sites, tell us which yard it sits in and whether a gate code or escort is needed to reach it.
Further north, two liquid bulk terminals appear in Bureau of Transportation Statistics listings: Transflo CSXT at 16.9 miles and Cleveland Terminal at 17.5 miles. If your tank tractor loads at either Cleveland site, send the VIN, a photo of the door plate and the registration card, and we can plan a collection at the terminal lot or at your home in Richfield.
Motor and Hill
Motor yard to the north-east, Hill yard to the south-east
Two rail yards bracket the township on the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics: Motor, 10.2 miles north-east, and Hill, 12.8 miles south-east. Day cabs that shuttle loads to and from those yards often finish a shift parked beside them, and we can pick a truck up from either side of town.
When the tractor has worked yard moves at Motor or Hill, photograph the cab, the fifth wheel, the frame rails and each axle, and keep the title with the truck. That set of photos and the title is what we ask for before arranging the trip out to the yard.
Registered on Richfield addresses
Who runs trucks from Richfield, by cargo and fleet size
FMCSA’s carrier census shows 46 active carriers registered in Richfield, 21 of them running interstate, 25 intrastate only, and 19 operating as private fleets hauling their own goods. A private fleet unit is titled to the business that owns it, so have the company officer who signs titles ready when you contact us.
General freight is the leading cargo, carried by 23 of those carriers in the federal census, followed by machinery and large objects at 9, metal sheets, coils and rolls at 5, and motor vehicles at 5. A flatbed or step-deck that has hauled coil or machinery should come with its securement gear listed, so say which chains, binders and tarps go with the trailer.
Fleet sizes here run from small to mid-sized: the three biggest operations on the FMCSA register field 65 power units with 70 drivers, 37 units with 27 drivers, and 26 units with 23 drivers. If you are selling several trucks from one of those yards, send a list of VINs together and we will plan one visit around all of them.
Out and back
Richfield mileage, driver range and model years
Thirteen Richfield carriers reported mileage on FMCSA’s census, and their median tractor covered 32,000 miles in a year. Have the current odometer reading and the most recent service invoice to hand when you call us.
Of the drivers counted on the federal carrier census, 217 stay within 100 miles of base and 235 go beyond it. A long-haul unit may be out of state when you decide to sell; tell us where it will be parked at the end of its next run and we arrange the collection there.
Between late August 2024 and late August 2026, inspectors stopped 99 trucks belonging to Richfield carriers, and FMCSA roadside inspection records put their median model year at 2023, with one in ten (10.1 percent) at least a decade old. Whatever the year of yours, the model year and VIN on the title are the first two things we confirm.
Jobs by sector
Distribution and wholesale work around Richfield
Transportation and warehousing account for 1,800 of the 7,449 jobs located in Richfield in 2023, a 24.2 percent share, on the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts. Those LEHD counts give wholesale trade another 1,048 Richfield jobs, a 14.1 percent slice. Box trucks and tractors from distribution buildings like these can be collected from the dock lot once the site manager knows we are coming, so give us a name to call on the day.
The same LEHD counts place 308 construction jobs and 222 manufacturing jobs in town, and County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau records 32 construction establishments. Dump trucks and roll-offs from a contractor’s yard need the title in the company’s name and the plate still on the truck, which keeps the pickup simple.
Roads and quarries
Clearances, the eastern sand pits and Summit County fields
Richfield’s 13 bridges on the National Bridge Inventory include no weight-posted span and no deck lower than 14 feet, across the whole township. For a lowboy or a tall dry van parked in town, give us the street address and we will route a tow or a driver straight to it.
East of town the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Hugo Sand Company Incorporated at 15.8 miles and Beck Sand & Gravel, Inc. at 18.3 miles, both sand and gravel operations. A dump truck or end-dump trailer that hauls from those pits can be collected at the pit gate if the operator agrees, so ask before you give us that address.
Corn, soybeans and cattle lead the 413 Summit County farms that USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture tallied around Richfield. Grain trucks and livestock haulers kept on a farm outside Richfield are collected from the farm itself; tell us which barn or field gate the truck is parked behind.
The questions we get asked in Richfield
- The tank tractor stays at the Brecksville fuel terminal between loads; is that a place you will collect from?Brecksville’s petroleum product terminal is 3.2 miles north of Richfield in Energy Information Administration listings, and we can collect from that lot. Give us the terminal contact who controls the gate so the visit is cleared in advance.
- Our Richfield business keeps its own private trucks rather than hiring them; whose signature goes on the title?Nineteen of Richfield’s 46 active carriers on FMCSA’s census are private fleets, and their trucks are titled to the business. The company officer authorised to sign titles puts their name on it, with a letter or resolution showing that authority.
- My Richfield truck’s title was misplaced during a move; where does a duplicate come from?Ohio titles are reissued by the state’s title agency, so apply there for a duplicate before the sale. Tell us when you have applied, and we can start on the photos and the VIN check while it is processed.
- Will you take a flatbed that has been hauling coil and sheet metal out of Richfield?Five Richfield carriers in FMCSA’s census haul metal sheets, coils and rolls, and their flatbeds are trucks we buy. List the securement gear that goes with the trailer and send photos of the deck.