Carriers on Broomfield’s FMCSA roll
FMCSA’s carrier census lists 292 active carriers based in Broomfield, and 247 of them are intrastate operations. If your truck has spent its working life inside Colorado, have the Colorado registration and title in your name ready before we talk, since those are the two papers that settle who is selling.
Of those 292 Broomfield carriers, 196 run private fleets hauling their own company’s goods, according to the same FMCSA census. A truck that belonged to a business rather than a for-hire outfit often has its paperwork filed with the company office, so ask whoever keeps the books to pull the title and any service log before you send us photos.
New registrations keep arriving: FMCSA’s census shows 12 new carriers starting in Broomfield in 2024 and 17 in 2025. If you are one of those newer outfits selling a truck you bought recently, keep the bill of sale with the title; together they show us the chain of ownership.
General freight, machinery, lumber and refuse
General freight is the cargo listed by 130 Broomfield carriers in FMCSA’s census, with machinery and large objects next at 51. Tractors that pulled van or flatbed trailers for local distribution fit what we buy, so tell us the cab type and the trailer it usually coupled to.
Thirty-five local carriers list logs, poles, beams and lumber, and 34 list garbage, refuse and trash, by FMCSA’s count of cargo classes. Roll-off, rear-loader and log trucks carry bodies that matter as much as the chassis, so photograph the body, the hoist or loader, and the plate on the door jamb.
Two of Broomfield’s three biggest fleets on the FMCSA census run 87 and 50 power units, each with a driver per truck, and a third runs 61 power units with 25 drivers. Whether you are selling one unit or several from a fleet that size, send a list of VINs first and we will work through them truck by truck.
Mines and terminals
Gravel, minerals and fuel within a dozen miles
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Nelson Mining Resource, a sand and gravel operation 9.4 miles north, and the Jeffco Gravel Mine 10.8 miles west. A dump truck or end-dump tractor parked at a pit gate can stay there; give us the site name and someone who can let us in.
Westward too, at 10.8 miles, is the Church Harvey Mine, an industrial-mineral site on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list. For a truck kept on mine property, ask the operator what a visitor needs at the gate and pass that on when you contact us.
Toward the south-east, the Energy Information Administration places the Denver petroleum product terminal 10.4 miles out and the Dupont terminal at 11 miles, while the Bureau of Transportation Statistics puts the Everist liquid bulk terminal at 10.3 miles. Fuel and tank tractors from that corridor are welcome; note which terminals the truck loaded at and include tank or trailer paperwork if it goes with the sale.
Irondale ramp and Sand Creek yard
Denver’s Irondale intermodal ramp lies 11.2 miles south of Broomfield on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics list. Day cabs that shuttle containers between that ramp and local warehouses are trucks we purchase; the VIN and the odometer reading are the first two things to send.
The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, shows the Sand Creek rail yard 11.6 miles south-east. If your tractor is parked in a drop lot near the yard rather than at home, tell us the lot and the gate hours so the pickup is planned around them.
Local roads and jobs
Bridges, workforce and how far trucks travel
Across Broomfield’s 63 bridges, the National Bridge Inventory records no load postings and no clearance below 14 feet. That means a tall or heavy unit can usually be collected from where it sits; still, tell us about any tight entrance or overhead wire at the parking spot.
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023 put 40,980 jobs in Broomfield, among them 2,920 in manufacturing, 1,909 in construction, 1,750 in wholesale trade and 797 in transportation and warehousing. County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau adds 169 construction establishments, so contractors’ dump trucks and flatbeds are part of the local mix we see.
Carriers here report 1,031 drivers working within 100 miles and 345 beyond it, according to FMCSA’s census, and 44 carriers report a median of 10,556 miles per truck. Have the odometer reading and the most recent service record ready either way; they answer most of our questions up front.
Model years and Colorado’s truck rules
Across 90 trucks inspected at the roadside between September 2024 and August 2026, FMCSA roadside inspection records show a median model year of 2020.5. Whatever the year of yours, a clear photo of the VIN plate lets us confirm it in a moment.
Colorado’s Air Quality Control Commission lists the Advanced Clean Trucks Rule and the Heavy-Duty Low NOx Rule as in force in the state’s air quality regulations. Selling a diesel tractor registered here involves the same title transfer as anywhere else in the state; keep the emissions paperwork you have with the truck’s other records.
The questions we get asked in Broomfield
- Can my end-dump stay at the Nelson pit north of Broomfield while you collect it?It can stay put: the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Nelson Mining Resource 9.4 miles north of town, and we collect from sites like that; give us the gate contact and the access hours.
- Is a refuse truck from a Broomfield hauler something you buy?It is: FMCSA’s carrier census shows 34 Broomfield carriers hauling garbage, refuse and trash, and we purchase those trucks with their bodies; send photos of the packer or roll-off hoist along with the cab.
- Will a low bridge get in the way of collecting my truck?Not on the National Bridge Inventory’s count for Broomfield, which lists 63 bridges with none under 14 feet; mention any low carport or wire at the parking spot itself.