Gravel south of Wooster, stone toward Holmes County
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the Wooster Plant, a sand and gravel operation, just 4.3 miles south of town, with Holmes Supply 1 another sand and gravel site 13.5 miles south. A dump truck or tri-axle that cycles between those pits and Wayne County job sites is one we collect, and it can stay parked at the pit or the yard where it last loaded; send the street address and a gate contact.
Two crushed-stone quarries appear in the same Mine Safety and Health Administration listing: Wood Quarry 11 miles south-west and D & M Rocks LLC 19.6 miles south. For a stone hauler, photograph the bed, the tailgate and the plate on the door jamb, and have the Ohio title in the name shown on the registration so the paperwork matches the truck.
Brewster, Neomodal and the terminal to the north
East of town, the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics shows the Brewster rail yard 18.4 miles out and the Neomodal yard at 22.6 miles. A day cab that shuttles boxes or loads between those yards and Wooster plants can be picked up at either yard lot, provided someone there can let us in.
North of Wooster, 22.1 miles away, the Energy Information Administration records a petroleum product terminal run by the roofing and asphalt division of Owens Corning. If your tractor has pulled asphalt or product tankers out of that terminal, list the trailer it ran with and keep any tank or DOT inspection sheets with the title.
General freight, machinery, grain and timber out of Wooster
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 196 active carriers based in Wooster; 118 of them list general freight, 48 list machinery and large objects, 38 list grain, feed and hay, and 32 list logs, poles, beams and lumber. Whether yours is a box truck, a lowboy tractor, a grain hopper rig or a log truck, tell us which of those loads it hauled when you first get in touch.
That same FMCSA registry splits the town’s carriers into 83 interstate and 110 intrastate operations, and 86 of them run private fleets hauling their own goods. A private-fleet truck sold by a Wooster manufacturer still needs the title signed by whoever is named on it, so check with your office who holds signing authority before we schedule a pickup.
New registrations keep coming, according to FMCSA: 14 carriers started in Wooster in 2024 and 15 more in 2025. If you set up your authority recently and are selling a unit, have the registration card and the bill of sale from when you bought it.
How far Wooster drivers go, and how old the trucks are
Wooster carriers report 328 drivers working within 100 miles and 639 going beyond it, in FMCSA’s carrier census, and across the 68 carriers that report mileage the median truck covers 26,099 miles a year. Long-haul or local, put the current odometer reading in your first message along with the VIN.
Between August 2024 and August 2026, FMCSA roadside inspectors stopped 244 trucks belonging to Wooster carriers, a group whose median model year is 2019 and in which 27.5 percent date back ten or more model years. Any model year is welcome; the VIN tells us the exact year, so a photo of the VIN plate saves a step.
One local fleet registers 152 power units with 70 drivers, another 114 power units with 68 drivers, and a third 79 power units with 63 drivers, per FMCSA. A fleet manager clearing several units at once can send one list of VINs and yard addresses and we will work through them together.
Factory jobs and Wayne County dairy
Manufacturing accounts for 4,966 of the 21,408 jobs in Wooster, or 23.2 percent, in the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023, beside 407 transportation and warehousing jobs and 411 in wholesale trade. Trucks that move parts and finished goods between Wooster plants are often parked at the plant dock; tell us the shipping contact who can release it.
Around Wooster, Wayne County holds 2,084 farms whose leading products are milk first, then corn, then cattle, according to USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture. A farm-plated straight truck, a grain truck or a livestock hauler parked in a barn lot is easy for us to reach; send a pin of the farm lane and photos taken in daylight.
Construction outfits and local bridges
The Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns lists 85 construction establishments and 14 warehousing establishments, and LEHD puts construction at 442 jobs in Wooster for 2023. Contractors selling a dump, a flatbed or a roll-off truck should gather the title, the current registration and any service records kept at the shop.
Of the 26 bridges the National Bridge Inventory records for Wooster, one carries a posted load limit and none has clearance under 14 feet. Name the road the truck is parked on in Wooster so the pickup can be booked for that exact spot.
The questions we get asked in Wooster
- Can my dump truck stay at the Wooster Plant pit off the south side of town for collection?The Wooster Plant sand and gravel operation sits 4.3 miles south of town on the Mine Safety and Health Administration listing, and we collect from pits like that one where the truck stands. Give us the pit address and a phone number for whoever runs the gate.
- I run a Wayne County dairy farm. Will you take a farm truck?Wayne County has 2,084 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with milk at the top of the list, and farm straight trucks, grain trucks and livestock haulers are all trucks we buy. Have the title in the farm’s or your own name and photos of the truck at the farm.
- Will you buy a 2012 tractor registered to a Wooster carrier?FMCSA roadside inspection records show 27.5 percent of the 244 Wooster trucks inspected were ten or more model years old, and we consider every model year. A photo of the VIN plate and the 2012 title are the two things to have ready.