Tankers loading at the racks south-east and west of Tallmadge
The Energy Information Administration places a petroleum product terminal named Tallmadge 2.9 miles south-east of town, and another, listed as Akron, 3.3 miles to the west. If your tanker loads at either rack, tell us which one and what product it carried, and keep the tank’s test and inspection paperwork in the cab with the title.
A tank truck that sits between runs at a terminal lot can stay there for collection. Give us the lot address, the name of whoever controls the gate at the Tallmadge or Akron site, and photos of the barrel, the valves and the cab, and we arrange the pickup around that terminal’s rules.
Brittain and Hill yards on the west side
Brittain yard lies 3.1 miles south-west of Tallmadge and Hill yard 3.4 miles west, both on the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Day cabs that shuttle loads to and from those yards are trucks we purchase.
If your tractor is parked near Brittain or Hill rather than at your house, send the street location and a photo of the VIN plate. Have the registration and the title in your name ready, since those two documents are what the collection driver checks before the truck leaves the yard.
Dump trucks from the pits east of town
Two sand and gravel operations appear in Mine Safety and Health Administration records near Tallmadge: D & K Materials, Inc., 5.6 miles east, and Hugo Sand Company Incorporated, 6.6 miles north-east. Tri-axle dumps and end-dump tractors that haul from pits like these are on our list.
County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau show 52 construction establishments here, and the LEHD job counts place 469 construction jobs in Tallmadge for 2023. Should your dump truck sit at a job site or a pit rather than at home, tell us which one, and send pictures of the bed, the hoist and the cab so we know what we are collecting.
Who hauls out of Tallmadge on the federal carrier census
FMCSA’s carrier census lists 61 active carriers in Tallmadge: 29 run interstate, 32 stay within Ohio, and 22 are private fleets hauling their own goods. On that federal census, general freight is the cargo 34 of them report; 11 list machinery and large objects, 9 motor vehicles, and 8 driveaway or towaway work.
Car carriers, lowboys and flatbeds sit alongside the dry vans in that list. The three biggest fleets on the FMCSA census run 150, 44 and 31 power units, so whether you own one tractor or are thinning a yard of thirty, send us the unit numbers and VINs together and we quote each truck.
New registrations keep arriving, with 5 carriers added in 2024 and 3 in 2025 on that same federal census. If you started up recently and are now selling, the title, the registration and your DOT number are what we ask you to have on hand.
Inspection-year spread and annual mileage for the local fleet
Across 75 trucks from Tallmadge carriers checked between September 2024 and August 2026, FMCSA roadside inspection records give a median model year of 2021, and 14.7 percent were ten or more model years old. We take trucks from both ends of that range.
Twenty-three carriers here report mileage to the FMCSA census, and their median is 22,500 miles per truck a year. Read us the odometer when you first get in touch, along with the VIN and the engine make, and we work from those three numbers.
The same federal census records 88 drivers here working within 100 miles and 306 driving beyond that radius. If your truck is out on a long run when you decide to sell, tell us where it will be parked next and we can collect it there instead of in Summit County.
Plant floors, loading docks and the corn and cattle of Summit County
Of 8,665 jobs located in Tallmadge in 2023, the Census Bureau’s LEHD counts put 1,080 in manufacturing, 622 in transportation and warehousing, and 484 in wholesale trade. Box trucks and straight trucks that deliver between plants and loading docks are part of what we buy, and a plant’s lot is a fine place for us to pick one up.
Summit County holds 413 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with corn, soybeans and cattle at the top. A grain truck or livestock hauler parked on a farm outside town can be collected from the farm itself; send directions to the barn or shed where it is kept.
Roads to your yard
Bridges, clearances and Camp Ravenna
The National Bridge Inventory from the Federal Highway Administration lists 5 bridges in Tallmadge, and none carries a load posting or a clearance under 14 feet. A tow or a lowboy reaching a truck in town meets no posted bridge limits on that inventory.
NG Camp Ravenna Joint Military Training Center lies 18.8 miles east, per the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. If your truck is stored near the base or anywhere out that way in Portage County, tell us the exact spot and who can let our driver in.
The questions we get asked in Tallmadge
- My tanker sits on the Tallmadge terminal lot south-east of town. Would your driver pick it up from that lot?The Energy Information Administration places that terminal 2.9 miles south-east of town, and a truck on its lot can be picked up where it stands. Give us the gate contact and we schedule around the terminal’s access rules.
- I haul with a dump truck from the sand pits east of Tallmadge. Is a gravel dump something you purchase?Mine Safety and Health Administration records list D & K Materials 5.6 miles east and Hugo Sand 6.6 miles north-east, and dump trucks working pits like those are on our list. Photograph the hoist, the bed floor and the VIN plate and send them over.
- Before I call about my Summit County truck, what paperwork goes in the folder?For a Tallmadge truck, have the Ohio title in your name, the current registration, the VIN, the odometer reading and a few photos of the cab, frame and tires. Put any maintenance logs from Summit County shops in the same folder.
- My truck is one of the older ones in Tallmadge. Is a ten-year-old tractor on your list?FMCSA roadside inspection records give Tallmadge trucks a median model year of 2021, with 14.7 percent ten or more years old, and we buy trucks from every model year in that spread.