Sell your semi truck for cash in Cortez the easy and convenient way

Of those 170 Cortez carriers, FMCSA’s carrier census shows 68 listing general freight and 50 listing machinery and large objects. A box truck or a tractor from the general freight side is usually parked at a home yard in town, while a lowboy tractor from the machinery side may be sitting wherever the last piece of equipment was dropped. Tell us which kind you have and give us the address where it sits now.

Grain, feed and hay appear on 37 carrier registrations and logs, poles, beams and lumber on 34, according to the same FMCSA census. Hay haulers and log trucks from around Cortez often stay out at a ranch or a landing rather than in town. Send a pin or directions to the spot, plus a few photos of the cab, frame and the bed or bunks, and we plan the collection from there.

The FMCSA census splits Cortez carriers into 109 that stay inside Colorado and 61 that cross state lines, and 111 of them run as private fleets moving their own goods. If your truck belonged to a private fleet, such as a contractor or a farm hauling its own loads, the title may be in a business name; have whoever signs for the business ready to sign the title.

Drivers on these Cortez registrations work mostly close to home: FMCSA’s carrier census lists 308 who stay within 100 miles and 220 who go beyond it. A truck that crosses into a neighbouring state may carry interstate registration and a USDOT number, so have the registration card and the DOT number handy when you contact us.

Among 50 carriers that report it to FMCSA, the median truck covers 13,053 miles a year. Note the odometer reading when you send photos, together with the VIN plate, so the first conversation starts with the truck’s own numbers.

At the top end, a 40-truck outfit with 33 drivers and two 36-truck outfits with 33 and 28 drivers are the largest Cortez operations on file in FMCSA’s carrier census. Selling several units from a yard that size works the same as selling one: list each VIN, mark which titles are clear, and we collect from the yard rather than asking you to move anything.

FMCSA’s carrier census also logs 10 new carriers registering in Cortez in 2025 and another 10 in 2024. If you started a small operation in the last two years and now want to sell its truck, the title and the paperwork from the purchase are what we need first, together with the operating authority details if you hold your own.

Between late August 2024 and late August 2026, inspectors stopped 146 trucks belonging to Cortez carriers, and FMCSA roadside inspection records put their median at the 2014 model year. Tell us the year, make and model up front; those three details let us match the truck to the right questions.

Just over half of that Cortez group, 55.48 percent by the FMCSA roadside inspection records, carried a model year a decade or more back.48 percent of those trucks were ten or more model years old. Whatever year yours is, keep the inspection reports and service records you have in one folder and hand them over with the keys at collection.

Wholesale trade holds 131 of the 5,433 Cortez jobs that the Census Bureau’s LEHD counts recorded for 2023, with construction at 98 and manufacturing at 77. A delivery truck from a wholesale or manufacturing shop is likely parked at the business lot; let us know who can hand over keys there during working hours.

The Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns tallies 64 construction establishments, the builders and site contractors whose dump trucks and lowboys work the Cortez area. Dump trucks and equipment haulers from those builders tend to wait at a job site or contractor yard, so give us the gate details and a phone number for whoever manages access.

About 13.5 miles east of Cortez, the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists CO Crusher, a sand and gravel operation. If your truck works out of that pit, we can collect it on site; just confirm with the operator that a pickup vehicle can enter, and tell us when.

USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 1,017 farms in Montezuma County, with cattle, wheat and equine as the leading categories. Stock trucks, grain trucks and tractors pulling horse or livestock trailers from those farms often sit on the ranch itself, and that is where we come for them.

For a farm truck, the title is sometimes in a family member’s or the ranch’s name. Check whose name is on it before you call, and if the title has gone missing, start the replacement with Colorado’s title agency so the paperwork is in hand when we arrive.

• My hay hauler sits out on a Montezuma County ranch past Cortez. Is the ranch itself a place you collect from?Montezuma County has 1,017 farms according to USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and many trucks from them stay on the land. We collect from the ranch; send directions and the name of someone who can open the gate.
• Our Cortez company runs a fleet. Can we hand over a whole yard of units in one deal?Fleets of 36 and 40 power units are among those FMCSA’s carrier census registers in Cortez, and selling several units works from one list. Send every VIN with its title status and the yard address.
• The truck works at the gravel pit east of Cortez. Will you collect it at CO Crusher?CO Crusher, a sand and gravel operation the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists about 13.5 miles east of town, is a site we can collect from. Clear the visit with the operator first and tell us who will meet us.
• What papers does a Cortez seller need on hand when you arrive?With 109 of Cortez’s 170 carriers working only inside Colorado per FMCSA’s census, most trucks here carry a Colorado title and registration; have both, the keys, and any inspection or service records in one place.