Cement, limestone and gravel around Yellow Springs
A dump truck or mixer that loads there is often parked at the plant yard or back in the village at night, so tell us which of the two places we will find it and who holds the key.
Cedarville Limestone, a crushed-stone quarry the Mine Safety and Health Administration places 7.1 miles south-east, sits on the other side of the village from the cement plant. Quarry trucks pick up a coating of fine stone dust, so send clear photos of the VIN plate and the door sticker along with wide shots of the cab and the box.
Two sand and gravel operations, Enon Sand & Gravel at 7.3 miles and Barrett Paving Materials Inc at 7.5 miles, both lie north-west of town according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration. If your tri-axle or tractor has spent its seasons running between those pits and paving jobs, put the title and the registration card in one envelope before you call us.
On the Bureau of Transportation Statistics list of military installations, Springfield Beckley is 4.6 miles north-east of the village and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is 8.5 miles west. A truck that delivers onto either one may sit inside a gate that needs a pass, so give us a parking spot outside the fence or the name of someone who can sign us in.
West toward Dayton, the Energy Information Administration records two petroleum product terminals at 14.2 and 14.3 miles from Yellow Springs. For a fuel tractor or a tank straight truck from that run, keep the hazmat placard records and any tank test certificates with the title, and mention which terminal it loaded at.
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 11 active carriers in Yellow Springs, 6 of them authorised for interstate work and 5 holding intrastate authority only. An interstate tractor will usually carry its own USDOT number on the door, and we ask that you tell us whether that number stays active after the truck leaves your hands.
FMCSA’s carrier census also shows 6 of the 11 registered as private carriers hauling for their own business. If your truck belongs to a business rather than to you personally, the signer on the title should be the person listed as an officer of that business, so have that name ready when we talk.
The same FMCSA census shows the three biggest local fleets running 13, 12 and 9 power units, with 11, 18 and 4 drivers. A fleet selling two or three units at once can send a single list of VINs, odometer readings and where each truck is parked, and we will plan one visit around it.
Machinery, freight and farm supplies out of the village
Five Yellow Springs carriers list general freight and five list machinery or large objects as cargo, the federal carrier census shows, with four hauling farm supplies and three paper products. A lowboy tractor that has moved equipment comes with questions about its trailer, so tell us whether the trailer is part of the sale or stays with you.
Drivers working for these carriers split 50 within a 100-mile radius and 39 beyond it in FMCSA’s census, and five carriers report a median of 60,417 miles per truck a year. Those figures cover both day cabs and sleepers, so say which yours is and send a photo of the odometer with the dash lit.
For a grain truck or livestock hauler kept in a barn lot or down a farm lane, send us the farm address and a note on how a rollback can reach the spot.
Farm trucks in Greene County are sometimes titled to a family member or the farm business rather than the driver. Check whose name the title carries before we arrange anything, and if a signer has passed away, the state’s title agency can tell you which papers move it into the right name.
Jobs, contractors and a missing title
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put 2,138 jobs in Yellow Springs in 2023, and 313 of them, a 14.6 percent share, sit in manufacturing. Box trucks and straight trucks that serve local plants usually carry their service records in a shop file, and copying that file for us answers most questions about the truck before they are asked.
If a contractor’s truck has lost its title along the way, the state’s title agency issues the duplicate, and you should apply for it before the pickup date rather than after.