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Youngstown · Mahoning County · Ohio

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Youngstown sits on the Mahoning River in Mahoning County, Ohio, ringed by rail yards, fuel terminals and stone quarries, and the trucks that work it haul steel coil, machinery, finished vehicles and general freight in and out of the valley.

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

Trucks that serve Haselton and the two fuel racks

The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, places the Haselton rail yard 2.9 miles south-east of downtown Youngstown. If your tractor has been shuttling loads to and from Haselton, give us the street address and the name of whoever can let us onto the lot.

Two petroleum product terminals named Youngstown appear in Energy Information Administration listings, one 3 miles west of the city and one 4.5 miles south. Tank tractors and fuel straight trucks based near either one are welcome here; have the title, the current Ohio registration and any tank test certificates in one folder before we arrive.

Out at Lordstown, the Lordstown NS Autoload yard sits 12.1 miles west of Youngstown on the North American Rail Network. Car haulers that have loaded finished vehicles there can be collected from that side of the county, so tell us whether the rig is at home or in a staging lot near Lordstown.

Stone and bulk

Aggregate haulers and tankers south-east of the city

Mine Safety and Health Administration records show two crushed-stone quarries south-east of town: Honey Creek Pit at 12.3 miles and Subtropolis at 13.7 miles. Dump trucks and aggregate tractors that run those quarry roads can stay right where they are parked; send photos of the bed, the hoist and the cab so we know which body is on the chassis.

Buckeye Transfer, a liquid bulk terminal the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists 15 miles south of Youngstown, rounds out the bulk sites nearby. For a tanker that worked Buckeye Transfer, note the trailer setup and whether the tractor comes alone or with its tank, and keep its service history together with the title.

A military installation the Bureau of Transportation Statistics names Youngstown lies 11.6 miles north of the city. If your truck sits on or near that base side of the county, check gate access in advance so pickup goes without a hitch.

Steel coil, machinery and Mahoning Valley carriers

Youngstown is home base for 520 active motor carriers on FMCSA’s carrier census, and the three biggest of them run 611, 213 and 200 power units by that same census. By that FMCSA census, 320 of them list general freight, 96 haul machinery and large objects, 75 move motor vehicles and 60 carry metal sheets, coils and rolls; whether yours is a coil-rack flatbed or a dry-van tractor, tell us which of those loads it carried.

Of those Youngstown carriers, 299 hold interstate authority and 219 run intrastate only, while 278 operate as private fleets hauling their own goods, according to the same FMCSA census. A private-fleet owner selling one unit should bring the company title and a letter showing who may sign for the business.

The FMCSA carrier census also records 40 new Youngstown carriers registering in 2024 and 35 in 2025. If you started up in either year and are now selling, your registration paperwork is recent; keep the USDOT number handy when you reach out.

Short runs, long runs and the trucks on them

Drivers working for carriers here split almost evenly: 1,587 stay within 100 miles and 1,585 travel beyond it, by FMCSA’s carrier census. That means a local day cab and a long-haul sleeper are both ordinary trucks for us to collect in Youngstown.

A typical Youngstown truck logs about 13,004 miles a year, the median across 180 local carriers that reported annual mileage to FMCSA’s carrier census. Write down the odometer reading on the day you contact us along with the VIN.

FMCSA roadside inspection records for 921 trucks checked between August 2024 and August 2026 give a median model year of 2021, with 23.8 percent of them ten or more years old. Whichever model year yours is, photograph the VIN plate and the door sticker so the build details are clear.

Low clearances on the way out of downtown

Of the 115 Youngstown structures in the National Bridge Inventory, three clear less than 14 feet and a single one carries a posted weight limit. The lowest in the National Bridge Inventory is Spring Common Avenue over the Mahoning River and the Front Street rail line, at 13 feet 10 inches.

Tell us the height of a tall box truck or a loaded car hauler parked near Front Street, as the National Bridge Inventory figure for Spring Common Avenue shapes the route our driver plans out of downtown. A trailer height and a gross weight figure from the registration are enough.

Steel-valley plants, contractor yards and dairy farms

Manufacturing accounts for 3,037 of Youngstown’s 26,997 jobs in the Census Bureau’s 2023 LEHD job counts, ahead of wholesale trade at 1,332, construction at 1,124 and transportation and warehousing at 325. Box trucks and tractors serving plants and wholesale warehouses in town usually stay parked at the business, so name the site contact who will hand over the keys.

Contractors run 136 construction establishments in the area, a figure taken from the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns. Dump trucks, flatbeds and roll-offs from a contractor’s yard can be picked up from that yard; list any attached equipment, such as a plow mount or a crane, so we load the right trailer.

Mahoning County holds 661 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with milk, soybeans and corn listed as the top products. Grain trucks and milk tankers from those farms are collected right at the farm lane, and a title held by a farm partnership needs every listed owner’s signature.

The questions we get asked in Youngstown

  • My Mahoning County truck title has gone missing; what should I do first?Ask the state’s title agency in Ohio for a duplicate before we schedule pickup, and keep the registration card to show the VIN in the meantime.
  • Will a tall truck have trouble with the Spring Common Avenue bridge?The National Bridge Inventory lists that crossing at 13 feet 10 inches, so give us your truck’s height and we will route around it.

Sell your truck in Youngstown

Youngstown, from the Haselton yard and the Mahoning River crossings to the Lordstown autoload and the quarries south-east of town, is ground we cover for truck pickups.