Small carriers, mostly staying in Colorado
Only 13 of Monument’s 126 active carriers hold interstate authority on FMCSA’s carrier census; the other 113 keep their trucks on Colorado roads. If your truck has stayed on Colorado roads, have its Colorado title and current registration together before you call, since those two papers settle most of what we ask first.
A landscaper hauling its own mulch or a supplier delivering its own stock counts as a private fleet, and the federal census tags 83 Monument outfits that way. A contractor or supplier in Monument selling a truck that carried its own materials should tell us what the business does and what body or bed is mounted on the chassis, and we can picture the unit before the photos arrive.
Nine new carriers registered here in 2025 and five in 2024, according to the same FMCSA records, and the biggest operation in town runs six power units with seven drivers. Selling one tractor out of a three- or four-truck yard is routine for us; name the unit by its VIN and leave the rest of the yard out of it.
Dry vans, lowboys and log decks out of Monument
General freight is the cargo most often listed by Monument carriers in FMCSA’s census, at 56 of them, followed by machinery and large objects at 33. A tractor that pulled lowboys or step decks for equipment moves is a straightforward collection; tell us whether the trailer goes with it or stays behind.
Twenty-one local carriers list logs, poles, beams and lumber, and 17 list motor vehicles, per the federal carrier census. If yours is a log truck, a flatbed with stakes or a car hauler, send photos showing the deck, the headache rack or the ramps along with the cab and the VIN plate.
Driver counts filed with FMCSA show 199 drivers working within 100 miles of Monument and 82 going farther. Across the 19 carriers reporting it, the census median sits at 11,000 miles per truck in a year. Write down the odometer reading when you photograph the dash; it is one of the first numbers we confirm.
Twenty-five inspected trucks, median year 2018
Between December 2024 and July 2026, inspectors stopped 25 trucks from Monument carriers, and the median model year among them was 2018 on FMCSA roadside inspection records. Bring any inspection reports you were handed at the roadside; they put dates and locations to the truck’s history.
Of those 25 inspected trucks, 32 percent were ten or more model years old, the same inspection records show. Whatever the year on your title, we take it as a plain fact; give us the year, make and model and keep the service records in the cab for the day of collection.
Gravel pits, the fuel terminal and the Academy
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Castle Rock Rock LLC, a sand and gravel operation 15.2 miles north of Monument, and Crusher 4, another gravel site 18.9 miles to the south. A dump truck or end-dump tractor parked at either pit can be picked up where it stands, as long as someone on site can let us through the gate.
South-east of town, 22.2 miles away, the Energy Information Administration records the Colorado Springs petroleum product terminal. Fuel haulers sold from there should come with the tank’s test and inspection paperwork, which we ask about alongside the title.
USAF Academy Site 2 lies 5.4 miles south and the Farish Memorial Recreational Annex 9.8 miles south-west, both listed as military installations by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. If your truck sits behind a base gate, arrange access in advance or move it to an address off the installation before pickup.
Factory and building jobs around Monument
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put 4,235 jobs in Monument in 2023, and manufacturing accounts for 738 of them, 17.4 percent. Box trucks and straight trucks that ran parts or finished goods for a plant can be sold by the business that owns them; have the company name on the title match the person signing.
Wholesale trade adds 114 jobs and construction 57 on those same LEHD counts, while County Business Patterns lists 103 construction establishments in the area. A builder’s flatbed, crane truck or water truck should be described by its body and its working equipment, with a photo of each.
Stock trailers and hay haulers on El Paso County ranches
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 1,207 farms in El Paso County, and cattle, horses and alpacas lead the list. A stock truck, a hay hauler or a tractor that pulled a livestock trailer can be collected straight from the ranch; give us the gate code and where on the property it is parked.
Farm trucks are often titled to a family member or a ranch business rather than the driver, so check whose name the Colorado title carries before we schedule a visit. If two owners are listed, both will need to sign.
The questions we get asked in Monument
- My tractor never left Colorado - does an intrastate-only history matter to you?Most Monument carriers are the same: FMCSA’s census shows 113 of 126 registered for intrastate work only. An intrastate truck with a Colorado title and registration is exactly what we buy.
- The truck is parked at a gravel pit outside town. Must I haul it off the pit to a town address first?Castle Rock Rock LLC sits 15.2 miles north and Crusher 4 18.9 miles south, per the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and we collect from either site. Give us the name of whoever opens the pit gate on collection day.
- Does Colorado have clean truck rules I should know about?Both the Heavy-Duty Low NOx Rule and the Advanced Clean Trucks Rule are in force in Colorado, adopted by the state’s Air Quality Control Commission. Neither stops you selling a truck you already own; tell us the engine make and year so we have the full picture.
- It’s a ranch truck titled to my family’s operation. Who has to sign for it?El Paso County has 1,207 farms on USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and plenty of their trucks are titled to a ranch business. Whoever is named on the title signs, and we handle the rest of the paperwork with them.