Fuel and bulk
Petroleum terminals and liquid bulk north and east of downtown
The Energy Information Administration lists a petroleum product terminal at Aurora, 3.6 miles east, and another 3.9 miles north-west of the city centre. If your tractor pulled fuel tankers between those two racks, tell us which trailer it ran with and whether the trailer is part of the sale or stays behind.
Two Sunco liquid bulk terminals sit 4.4 and 4.6 miles north-west, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A tractor parked inside a terminal fence can be collected there; send us the gate contact and the hours the yard is open so the pickup can be booked with whoever controls access.
Rail and containers
Sand Creek, Pullman and the Irondale ramp
On the North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the Sand Creek yard lies 4.5 miles north-west and the Pullman yard 4.6 miles west. Day cabs that drayed boxes off those yards often sit in nearby lots between moves, so give us the street address rather than the yard name.
Container work here also runs through two intermodal ramps that the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places 4.4 miles west and, at Irondale, 6.5 miles west. For a drayage tractor, have the title, the current Colorado registration and the VIN plate photo ready before you call.
Denver carriers by cargo and operating range
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 6,343 active carriers based in Denver, with 3,160 of them hauling general freight. Whether yours is one tractor or several, list each unit by VIN, year and make in the first message so we can look at each truck on its own photos.
Machinery and large objects appear on 631 carrier registrations, motor vehicles on 584 and household goods on 582, per FMCSA’s carrier census. Lowboys, car haulers and moving vans all fit what we buy here; photograph the body or deck as well as the cab.
Of those Denver carriers, FMCSA’s census marks 5,197 as intrastate and 1,144 as interstate, and 3,047 are private fleets hauling their own goods. A private-fleet truck is titled to the business, so the person who signs the title needs authority to sign for that company.
Model years and miles on Denver tractors
Across 3,649 trucks inspected at roadside between August 2024 and August 2026, FMCSA roadside inspection records show a median model year of 2019, with 31.95% of them ten or more model years old. Any model year can be sold; note the year, engine and transmission in your first message.
Drivers working within 100 miles number 25,228 and those working beyond it 16,163, by FMCSA’s carrier census. The median truck covered 15,000 miles a year across the 939 Denver carriers that reported mileage to FMCSA, so a current odometer photo helps us match your truck to its records.
New registrations keep arriving too: 406 carriers started in 2025 and 367 in 2024, the FMCSA carrier census shows. If you bought a truck to start out and are now stepping away, a truck still under a loan can be sold once the lender’s payoff letter is in hand.
Construction, wholesale and warehouse jobs in Denver County
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023 put 36,726 jobs in transportation and warehousing and 30,437 in wholesale trade, out of 557,853 in total. Box trucks and tractors from distribution work are welcome; tell us whether the truck carries a liftgate or reefer unit.
Construction holds 23,054 jobs in those same 2023 LEHD counts, and County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau records 1,699 construction establishments and 71 warehousing ones. Dump trucks, mixers and flatbeds from contractors’ yards are collected from the yard itself, so give us the yard address and a contact on site.
Mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction account for 6,074 jobs in the LEHD figures. Haul trucks and service units from that work can be listed with their body type and any equipment mounted on the chassis.
Colorado rules
Clean truck regulations in force in Colorado
Colorado’s Air Quality Control Commission lists the Advanced Clean Trucks Rule, part of the Colorado Clean Cars and Trucks Regulation, as in force. When you contact us about a diesel tractor, the title and registration are still the two documents we start with.
The same commission also lists the Heavy-Duty Low NOx Rule as in force. If your truck has an emissions label on the engine or door jamb, a clear photo of it lets us confirm the engine family without asking you to look it up.
The questions we get asked in Denver
- My tractor sits near the Irondale ramp west of the city; can you collect it there?Yes, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the Irondale intermodal ramp 6.5 miles west of Denver, and we collect from wherever the truck is parked, so send the address and who can unlock it.
- Our Denver private fleet holds the title in the company name; which person signs it over?FMCSA’s carrier census lists 3,047 private fleets in Denver, and for each the title is in the business name, so an officer or someone the company authorises signs it over.
- Which clean truck rules does Colorado list as in force?Colorado’s Air Quality Control Commission lists the Advanced Clean Trucks Rule and the Heavy-Duty Low NOx Rule as in force; send a photo of the engine’s emissions label with your other pictures.