Family-Run Out of Celina, Ohio · Since 1998

Steel. Scrap. Grain.On the truck. On time.

Forty-five trucks. Thirty-one drivers. One dispatcher per account — and a phone that gets answered. Piper Trucking has hauled the Midwest for two and a half decades, and we still pick up when you call.

Tractor on the highway at dusk
USDOT 776148 · MC 347544 · INTERSTATE
27Years on the Road
45Power Units
2.1MMiles Logged in 2023
DOTSatisfactory Since 2004
CELINA · OH ◆INDIANAPOLIS ◆CHICAGO ◆DETROIT ◆GRAND RAPIDS ◆FORT WAYNE ◆CINCINNATI ◆LOUISVILLE ◆COLUMBUS ◆PITTSBURGH ◆TOLEDO ◆CLEVELAND ◆NASHVILLE ◆ST. LOUIS ◆CELINA · OH ◆INDIANAPOLIS ◆CHICAGO ◆DETROIT ◆GRAND RAPIDS ◆FORT WAYNE ◆CINCINNATI ◆LOUISVILLE ◆COLUMBUS ◆PITTSBURGH ◆TOLEDO ◆CLEVELAND ◆NASHVILLE ◆ST. LOUIS ◆
What We Haul

Three lanes.
One standard.

We don't try to be everything. We're the carrier mid-size manufacturers, scrap yards, and grain elevators across the Midwest already trust by name.

General Freight
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General Freight

Dry van and flatbed for regional manufacturers, distributors, and brokers across OH · IN · MI · KY · PA.

Dry Van · Flatbed · LTL & TL

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Scrap Metals
— 02

Scrap Metals

Heavy-haul service to scrap yards and steel mills. Side-dump and end-dump capable. Same dispatcher every load.

Open-top · End-Dump · Heavy Haul

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Grain & Ag
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Grain & Ag

Hopper-bottom service to elevators, ethanol plants, and feed mills across the Corn Belt. Harvest-season scaled.

Hopper · Ag Lanes · Seasonal Surge

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Coverage

From Mercer County
to the Corn Belt.

Headquartered three and a half hours from Grand Rapids, Chicago, and Cincinnati alike. We run the lanes that nobody else feels like running — and the ones every shipper in the Midwest needs covered.

INDIANAPOLISDETROITCHICAGOLOUISVILLEPITTSBURGHNASHVILLEST. LOUISCOLUMBUSHQ · CELINA, OHMERCER COUNTY
Active lanes On-requestHQ · Celina, OH

Lanes we run weekly

  • CELINA · OH↔INDIANAPOLIS · IN
  • CELINA · OH↔DETROIT · MI
  • CELINA · OH↔CHICAGO · IL
  • CELINA · OH↔LOUISVILLE · KY
  • CELINA · OH↔PITTSBURGH · PA
  • CELINA · OH↔NASHVILLE · TN
  • CELINA · OH↔ST. LOUIS · MO
  • CELINA · OH↔COLUMBUS · OH

Need a lane we don't list?
Call dispatch — odds are we've run it.

Why Piper

We're not the
biggest. We're
the one you call.

Mid-size Midwest shippers don't need a megacarrier. They need a real one — that picks up, shows up, and gets the load to the dock without a customer-success ticket in between.

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One Dispatcher Per Account

You get a person, not a portal. The same dispatcher learns your lanes, your shippers, and your weird-load history — and answers the phone when you call.

No call centers · No off-shore desks

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Authority & Coverage on File

USDOT 776148 · MC 347544. Active common authority since 1998. $750,000 BI&PD primary through Canal Insurance. Certificate on request, same day.

Authorized For Hire · Interstate · Non-Hazmat

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Owner-Operated. Not Outsourced.

Three generations of Pipers in Mercer County. We've been here since before email, and we plan on still being here when the kids take over.

45 power units · 31 drivers · Family LLC

Drive for Piper

Looking for a Midwest home?
We're hiring drivers.

Home most weekends. Late-model power. Same dispatcher every shift. Two–three years OTR, clean MVR, doubles-and-tankers a plus.

Got a load?
We've got the truck.

Quotes within the hour during business days. Same dispatcher every call. The number below is a real phone — and somebody on our team is going to answer it.