AKRON and TALLMADGE terminal tankers, south of the lake
The Energy Information Administration places the AKRON petroleum product terminal 4.3 miles south-west of Silver Lake, close enough that a tanker based in the village could load there and be home within the same shift. If your tractor pulled fuel from that terminal, list the trailer type it ran with and keep any loading-rack or hazmat paperwork with the title.
A second site, the TALLMADGE petroleum product terminal, lies 6.7 miles to the south-east on Energy Information Administration records. A truck that split its work between the two racks may be parked at either end of that route when you call; give us the street address of the yard where it sits now, plus a contact who can let us in.
Rail on the Akron side
HILL and BRITTAIN yards south of the village
On the North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the HILL rail yard is 4.8 miles south-west of Silver Lake and BRITTAIN is 6.3 miles due south. Day cabs that shuttle boxes or flatbeds between those two yards and nearby docks are trucks we buy outright.
If your tractor did yard-to-yard moves around Akron, photograph the cab, the fifth wheel, the frame rails and each tire, then send them along with the VIN. A clear picture set lets us ask about the truck itself rather than the routes it covered between HILL and BRITTAIN.
Sand and gravel pits a short haul from Silver Lake
Hugo Sand Company Incorporated operates a sand and gravel pit 5.9 miles east of the village, according to Mine Safety and Health Administration listings. Dump trucks and tri-axles that hauled from that pit often stay parked near the scale or at a contractor’s yard, and we can collect from either spot once you tell us which.
D & K Materials, Inc., another sand and gravel operation in the Mine Safety and Health Administration register, sits 8.9 miles to the south-east. For a dump body or a tri-axle that worked those pits, note the box length and whether a tarp system is fitted, and have the registration card ready alongside the title.
A lost Ohio title is replaced at the Akron Clerk of Courts
Ohio titles are handled by the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles through County Clerk of Courts title offices, and the one serving Silver Lake is the Summit County Clerk of Courts Title Office. The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles office search places that counter 3.9 miles from the village, at 1030 E. Tallmadge Ave., Akron, 44310, as listed by the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
If the title for your truck has gone missing, request a duplicate at that Tallmadge Avenue office before we schedule a collection, and bring photo ID. Should a lender still be shown on the old certificate, ask the lender for its lien release letter at the same time so the new Ohio title arrives clear.
Payrolls inside the village
Village jobs and the trucks that serve them
Inside Silver Lake’s own limits, LEHD job counts for 2023 record a workforce of 278, a small figure for a village whose working trucks mostly earn their keep beyond its borders. A box truck or pickup hauler registered at a home address here is one we can collect from the driveway it is parked in.
For a small local business truck, the paperwork set is short: the title, the current registration, and any service records you kept. Send those with a few photos, and if the truck is garaged rather than on the street, mention the door height so we bring the right equipment.
Corn, beans, beef
Corn, soybeans and cattle across Summit County farms
Summit County, the county around Silver Lake, has 413 farms on USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and corn, soybeans and cattle top its list of products.
A Summit County grain truck or cattle hauler may be parked in a barn or on a field edge off a farm lane when you reach out. Tell us the farm road, whether the ground is firm enough for a tow vehicle, and whether the truck carries farm plates, since the Ohio title still has to transfer with it.
Camp Ravenna to the east, Transflo to the north-west
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists the NG Camp Ravenna Joint Military Training Center 19.5 miles east of Silver Lake and the Transflo CSXT liquid bulk terminal 24.9 miles to the north-west. A truck working out toward either site does not need to come back to the village before you sell it.
Give us the exact location of the truck, whether it sits inside a gate, and who holds the key. For a tanker that loaded at the Transflo CSXT transload, mention the last product it carried so the collection can be arranged around the tank.
The questions we get asked in Silver Lake
- Will you collect a dump truck that is parked at a sand pit east of Silver Lake?Hugo Sand Company Incorporated, 5.9 miles east on Mine Safety and Health Administration listings, is the sort of site we collect from. Send the address, the gate contact and the title, and we arrange the pickup on site.
- My tanker loaded at the AKRON petroleum terminal; which papers go with it?For a tanker tied to the AKRON petroleum product terminal, 4.3 miles south-west per the Energy Information Administration, send the VIN, photos of tractor and trailer, the Ohio title and registration, and any hazmat paperwork you kept.