Up the river road
Ironton’s terminal and rail yard
A tractor that has pulled tank trailers in and out of that terminal can be collected from wherever it is parked now, whether that is a yard by the terminal or a driveway in the village.
About 8.3 miles north-west, the Ironton rail yard appears on the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Day cabs that shuttle freight between that yard and Lawrence County shippers tend to sit close to it between loads. Send photos of the cab, the frame and the fifth wheel, plus the VIN, and we can start from there.
Gravel trucks from BCE Materials country
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists BCE Materials Inc, a sand and gravel operation, 24.5 miles north-west of the village. Dump trucks and end-dump tractors that load at a pit like that often stay parked out on site rather than back in town. Tell us the gate location and the hours someone can let us in.
County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau records 19 construction establishments in the area, and the LEHD job counts put 112 jobs in construction here in 2023. If your dump truck or flatbed worked for one of those outfits, have the title and the current registration in hand before we talk.
FMCSA’s carrier census shows 51 active carriers based here, 31 of them interstate and 20 intrastate, with 30 running private fleets for their own goods. Whichever group your truck belongs to, the paperwork we need is the same: title, registration and any service records you kept.
General freight is the cargo listed by 30 of those carriers in FMCSA’s census, with 16 hauling machinery and large objects, 8 carrying logs, poles, beams and lumber, and 8 moving metal sheets, coils and rolls. A coil tractor, a lowboy rig or a log truck from this corner of Lawrence County fits what we purchase, so say what the trailer setup was when you reach out.
The same FMCSA records show 6 new carriers registered in 2025 and 3 in 2024. FMCSA’s fleet figures list one operation at 94 power units and 107 drivers, then two smaller outfits with 10 and 7 trucks. A single owner-operator truck and a batch from a fleet are both handled one VIN at a time.
Driving range and inspection figures
Drivers here split into 101 who stay within 100 miles and 152 who go further, per FMCSA’s carrier census. Long-haul or local, list the odometer reading with your photos.
Have your latest inspection report on hand if you kept it; it shows us the VIN and the axle setup.
Warehousing, factories and county farms
Of the 1,227 jobs counted here in 2023 by the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts, 369 were in transportation and warehousing, or 30.1 percent, alongside 223 in manufacturing and 73 in wholesale trade. Box trucks and straight trucks that have run between those warehouses and plants qualify, and they can be collected from a loading dock as easily as a lot.
Lawrence County had 429 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with cattle, soybeans and corn at the top of the list. A grain truck or livestock hauler kept on one of those farms can stay there. We come out to it; send directions to the barn or the field gate with your photos.
A clean title in your name is what makes a sale here straightforward.
Registration papers and the VIN plate photo round out what we ask for from every South Point seller.