Container tractors between Rickenbacker and the Columbus ramp
Drive 5.1 miles north-east out of South Bloomfield and you reach the RICKENBACKER INTERMODAL rail yard, as mapped on the North American Rail Network from the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A day cab that shuttles boxes between that yard and Pickaway County warehouses can be collected wherever it is parked, whether that is a lot near the yard gate or a driveway in town. Give us the street address and note any gate code or yard pass needed to reach it.
Just past the yard, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists the Columbus, OH rail intermodal ramp 5.5 miles out in the same direction. If your tractor has pulled containers off that ramp, have the title, the current registration and the VIN ready before you contact us, plus clear photos of the cab, the frame and the fifth wheel. Those three documents settle most of what we need to ask.
Sand, gravel and stone north and south of town
Records from the Mine Safety and Health Administration put the South Columbus Sand and Gravel Plant 5.6 miles north of town and the Circleville sand and gravel operation 9.5 miles south. Dump trucks and tri-axles that cycle between those two pits are trucks we buy. Tell us which operation yours hauled for, and send a photo of the body and the hoist along with the cab.
Farther up toward the city, the Columbus Plant crushed-stone quarry sits 12.2 miles north, again per the Mine Safety and Health Administration. A truck that has spent its shifts on quarry roads may be parked on site between jobs; if so, tell us who to call for access so the pickup can be arranged on the operator’s terms, not ours.
Contractors make up 19 construction establishments in South Bloomfield under the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns. Contractors who keep a mixer, a roll-off or a flatbed in a fenced yard here can sell one unit without bringing it anywhere; we load it where it stands.
Liquid bulk off the CSX line
Twelve point four miles north, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists Transflo CSXT, a liquid bulk terminal. If your tractor pulled a tank trailer out of that terminal, tell us whether the trailer is part of the sale or stays with you, since we handle tractors and trailers as separate items.
Keep any terminal paperwork, hazmat endorsements on file for the unit and tank inspection certificates together in one folder. Those records travel with the truck to its next owner, and having them in hand when you call means the questions you get are about the tractor itself.
Hometown fleets
General freight, beverages, reefer and refuse out of South Bloomfield
FMCSA’s carrier census lists 10 active carriers in South Bloomfield: 6 hauling general freight, 1 beverages, 1 refrigerated food and 1 garbage, refuse and trash. The same FMCSA census shows 4 of them registered for interstate work, 6 staying intrastate, and 1 running as a private fleet. Whichever of those lanes your truck worked, the same three things apply: title, registration and photos.
The three biggest operators in the town’s FMCSA carrier census run 9 power units with 9 drivers, 2 power units with 2 drivers, and 1 power unit with 2 drivers. A one-truck owner-operator and a nine-truck outfit sell to us the same way; a fleet selling several units can send one list of VINs and we will work through it unit by unit.
On driving radius, that same census records 5 drivers working within 100 miles of base and 16 who go beyond it. A sleeper that is out on the road when you decide to sell can be collected once it is back in Pickaway County, so tell us when it is due home.
How South Bloomfield trucks fare at the roadside scale
Roadside stops logged in FMCSA roadside inspection records from September 2024 to August 2026 put 46 South Bloomfield trucks in front of inspectors, and half of them were built in 2018 or later. Put the model year, make and engine in your first message; with those three details we can match your truck to the right questions.
Those same roadside inspection records show 34.8 percent of the 46 trucks inspected at ten or more model years old. Whatever year yours is, send the odometer reading and any service records you have kept, since a maintenance log is something the next owner will ask to see.
Hoppers and milk tankers on Pickaway County farmsteads
Grain trucks, hopper tractors and milk tankers that work those farms are parked out at the farmstead more often than in town, and we can collect from a barn lot as easily as from a paved yard.
If the truck is titled to the farm operation rather than to you personally, have whoever signs for the farm ready to sign the title. Where a title has gone missing, ask the state’s title agency for a replacement and start that request before the truck is collected.
Signing over the title
South Bloomfield employers held 420 jobs in 2023 by the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts. For a seller here, the paperwork is short: the signed title, the registration, and a lien release if a loan was ever recorded against the truck.
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics marks the NG Rickenbacker installation 6.5 miles north-east and Rickenbacker 7.1 miles out on the same bearing. If your truck is parked on a lot near either, tell us the nearest public road so we can plan the approach before the pickup.
The questions we get asked in South Bloomfield
- Can a tri-axle sitting at the South Columbus pit be picked up there?The South Columbus Sand and Gravel Plant 5.6 miles north and the Circleville operation 9.5 miles south, both on Mine Safety and Health Administration records, are places we can collect from once the operator agrees to the visit. Tell us who manages access.
- Whom does a Pickaway County owner ask when a truck title has disappeared?Pickaway County sellers request a replacement title from the state’s title agency. Mention the pending replacement in your first message about the truck so the pickup can be lined up around its arrival.
- Do you buy refuse and beverage trucks as well as freight tractors?FMCSA’s carrier census lists South Bloomfield carriers hauling garbage, beverages and refrigerated food alongside general freight, and trucks from each of those lines are ones we purchase.