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Steubenville · Jefferson County · Ohio

Sell your semi truck for cash in Steubenville the easy and convenient way

Steubenville sits on the Ohio River in Jefferson County, with two rail yards and a fuel terminal within four miles of town and a string of liquid bulk terminals upriver toward Wellsville. The trucks we buy here pull coil, machinery and general freight along that riverbank.

Selling a truck in Steubenville? Tell us about it and we'll take it from there.

Yards and terminals beside the river

The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, places the Steubenville rail yard 2.9 miles south-east of town and the Gould yard 3.6 miles south-east. If your tractor shuttles loads to those sidings, give us the street address where it is parked and we plan the collection there.

On the Energy Information Administration’s list, a petroleum product terminal named Steubenville stands 3.3 miles north-east. If you hauled fuel from that site, keep any loading tickets and site passes in the cab folder with the title; they show where the tractor has worked.

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Wellsville and the bulk terminals to the north

About 15.7 miles north, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics records a Marathon Petroleum Corporation liquid bulk terminal, and at 18.1 miles a TransMontaigne Partners LLC terminal. If your tanker or tractor is kept near one of those gates rather than in Steubenville, it stays put; tell us who controls the lot so pickup can be arranged with them.

Close by, the Energy Information Administration lists the Wellsville asphalt terminal 15.8 miles north, while the Mine Safety and Health Administration shows the Wellsville Facility mineral processing plant at 15.5 miles. Southwest of town, the Mine Safety and Health Administration also registers the Uniontown Stone crushed-stone quarry 23.3 miles out. Dump trucks and asphalt haulers tied to those sites should come with clear photos of the bed, the frame rails and the VIN plate.

Sixty-nine carriers on the Ohio bank

FMCSA’s carrier census counts 69 active carriers based in Steubenville: 51 cleared for interstate work, 18 that stay inside Ohio, and 41 that are private fleets hauling their own goods. Whichever of those your operation is, bring the USDOT number along with the title, since it ties the truck to the authority it ran under.

Cargo listings in that census show 41 carriers hauling general freight, 11 carrying machinery and large objects, 7 moving metal sheets, coils and rolls, and 6 carrying motor vehicles. Flatbed tractors with coil racks, lowboy setups and car haulers all fit what we purchase, and a photo of the trailer coupling helps as much as one of the cab.

Steubenville added 7 newly registered carriers in 2025 after 3 in 2024, according to that FMCSA census. If you started an outfit recently and are now selling the unit, the purchase paperwork and current registration are usually all the history we ask for.

Short hauls, long hauls and annual miles

Drivers on Steubenville carriers split 277 operating within 100 miles and 102 going beyond it, per FMCSA’s carrier census. For the 24 carriers that reported mileage to FMCSA, the median works out to 10,686 miles a truck each year. Note the current odometer reading before you call, along with the VIN.

At the top end, FMCSA’s census shows one Steubenville fleet with 32 power units and 32 drivers, then fleets of 12 and 10 power units. A small owner with one tractor and a fleet clearing out several units go through the same steps with us: titles in hand, keys located, and each truck’s location listed separately.

What inspectors logged on Jefferson County roads

Roadside inspection records from FMCSA cover 76 trucks checked between September 2024 and August 2026 for carriers here, with a median model year of 2018.5. Among those 76 inspected trucks, FMCSA’s records put 30.26 percent at ten model years or older.

Whatever the year on yours, the registration card and any service records you have kept make the conversation shorter. Read the model year straight off the title so the description matches the document we will sign.

Bridges and the route to the truck

Steubenville has 11 bridges on the National Bridge Inventory, with no load postings among them and a single structure below 14 feet. That low one carries Market Street and the West Virginia spur over State Route 7, the railroad and the Ohio River, with 7 feet 6 inches beneath it in the National Bridge Inventory’s record.

If your truck is stored somewhere reached only by passing under that structure, mention it when you give us the address. A short note on the approach saves our driver from finding the clearance on arrival.

Contractors, wholesalers and Jefferson County farms

The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put 10,015 jobs in Steubenville for 2023, with 302 in construction, 176 in wholesale trade, 124 in transportation and warehousing and 82 in manufacturing. County Business Patterns from the same bureau adds 55 construction establishments. Dump trucks, flatbeds and box trucks from those trades are welcome; have the title signed by the name printed on it.

Out across Jefferson County, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture records 541 farms, with corn, soybeans and horses at the top. Grain trucks and livestock haulers parked on a farm lane can be collected right there, so send a pin or directions to the barn.

The questions we get asked in Steubenville

  • The tractor sits by the Gould yard south-east of Steubenville; does it have to come into the city first?The North American Rail Network places the Gould yard 3.6 miles south-east of Steubenville, and we come out to the truck there. Tell us whose lot it sits on and who can open the gate.
  • Would you buy a coil-hauling flatbed tractor based in Steubenville?FMCSA’s carrier census lists 7 Steubenville carriers moving metal sheets, coils and rolls, and coil-hauling tractors are part of what we buy. Send photos of the tractor, the trailer and the VIN plate.
  • Our truck stays up by the Wellsville asphalt terminal; will collection happen at that spot?Wellsville’s asphalt terminal sits 15.8 miles north of Steubenville on the Energy Information Administration’s list, and collection happens wherever the truck is parked. Send the Wellsville address along with the name of whoever holds the keys there.
  • Which papers should a Steubenville seller gather before getting in touch?With 69 active carriers in town on FMCSA’s census, most sellers here have a USDOT number to hand; bring it with the title, the registration, the VIN and the odometer reading, plus any service records.

Sell your truck in Steubenville

From the Steubenville and Gould rail yards to the terminals at Wellsville and the farms of Jefferson County, we collect trucks wherever they are parked along this stretch of the Ohio River.