Two rail yards and a container ramp to the south
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the Irondale intermodal ramp 1.8 miles south of Twin Lakes. A day cab that shuttles boxes off that ramp may spend its nights in a yard near the tracks rather than at your house, so tell us the street and cross street where it sits and who holds the gate key.
Two rail yards, both labelled NORTH, appear 2.2 and 3 miles south of town in the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. If your tractor worked drayage around them, have the VIN, the title and the current registration in one folder before you contact us; those three answer most of what we ask first.
A second container ramp, listed as Denver, CO, lies 4 miles south-east of Twin Lakes on Bureau of Transportation Statistics records. Chassis and container work between the two ramps keeps a truck close to home, which usually means a short trip for our driver and an easy address to give us.
Tankers that serve the terminals east of town
The Energy Information Administration lists a petroleum product terminal tied to a roofing and asphalt division 2.3 miles south-east of Twin Lakes, and another, named DENVER, 3.6 miles east. Tank trucks and asphalt haulers loading at sites like those are trucks we buy; send photos of the tank, the cab and the plate along with the title.
Sunco appears twice in Bureau of Transportation Statistics listings as a liquid bulk terminal, at 3.2 and 3.4 miles east of town. If your tanker is parked at a terminal lot rather than on your own property, tell us whose ground it is on so the collection can be arranged with the people who control access.
For a tractor that pulled tank trailers between those terminals, list what it pulled and keep any inspection reports or service records together. Paperwork like that tells us where the truck has worked without a long phone call.
Job sites north of Irondale and the dump trucks that serve them
Building work filled 678 of the 3,485 Twin Lakes jobs that the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts recorded for 2023, close to one in five at 19.5 percent. Dump trucks, flatbeds and mixer chassis that serve those crews are welcome here, whether the truck is on a job site or in a driveway.
Wholesale trade held 225 jobs, or 6.5 percent, and manufacturing 62, or 1.8 percent, in the same LEHD figures. Box trucks and straight trucks running deliveries for wholesalers fit what we purchase; photograph the body, the liftgate if there is one, and the door sticker with the VIN.
If a construction truck is still on a site when you decide to sell, give us the site address and a contact on the ground. We collect from where the truck stands, so it does not need to come back to Twin Lakes first.
Wheat, corn, cattle
Grain and cattle trucks from the county’s farms
Across Adams County, 877 farms grow wheat and corn or raise cattle as their leading products, as tallied in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture. Grain trucks, livestock haulers and farm tractors working those operations are trucks we buy, including ones parked out on the farm itself.
A farm truck often carries farm plates or has sat between harvests, so check that the title is in the name of the person selling and say if the registration has lapsed. A lapsed registration does not stop a sale; a missing title needs sorting before collection, so mention it early.
Give us the farm’s road address or a pin dropped from your phone’s map along with the mailing address. A field gate or a shed number helps our driver find the truck on a wheat or cattle place.
Part E and Part F of Colorado’s truck regulation
Colorado’s Air Quality Control Commission lists the Advanced Clean Trucks Rule as in force, published as Part F of its clean cars and trucks regulation in the Colorado Code of Regulations. If you are replacing a diesel tractor around Twin Lakes, the one you sell us needs only its title, its keys and an address where we can reach it.
Part E of that same regulation, the Heavy-Duty Low NOx Rule, is also in force according to the Colorado Code of Regulations. Whatever you plan to buy next, keep the outgoing truck’s service records with it; they travel with the sale and save questions later.
The questions we get asked in Twin Lakes
- My tractor is parked near the Irondale ramp, not at home. Will your driver pick it up from that yard?Irondale’s intermodal ramp sits 1.8 miles south of Twin Lakes on Bureau of Transportation Statistics records, and we collect from yards like that. Send us the lot address and the name of whoever controls the gate.
- I run a dump truck for construction crews in Twin Lakes. Would you buy a dump truck from me?Construction made up 678 of the 3,485 jobs in Twin Lakes in 2023 according to the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts, and dump trucks serving that work are trucks we purchase. Photograph the bed, the cab and the door sticker, then send them with the title details.
- What paperwork should I have ready for a tanker from the Sunco terminals?Sunco’s two liquid bulk terminals lie 3.2 and 3.4 miles east of town per the Bureau of Transportation Statistics; for a tanker that loaded there, have the title, the registration and any tank inspection reports ready.
- With Advanced Clean Trucks and Low NOx in force, can a Twin Lakes owner still sell a diesel tractor?Colorado’s Code of Regulations shows the Advanced Clean Trucks Rule and the Heavy-Duty Low NOx Rule both in force, and we still buy diesel trucks from owners in Twin Lakes; have the title in your name and tell us where the truck is parked.