Gravel, crushed stone and the Hauser yard
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists ICA Portable Crusher, a sand and gravel operation, 6.1 miles north of Coeur d’Alene, with a crushed-stone quarry called Crusher and a sand and gravel Washplant both 7.4 miles north. A dump truck or end-dump tractor kept at one of those sites can stay put; give us the site name and whoever holds the gate key, and we arrange the collection with them.
Out to the north-west, 8.9 miles from town, the North American Rail Network maintained by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics shows the Hauser rail yard. If your tractor shuttled loads to or from that yard and is parked near it now, send the address and a few photos of the cab, frame and tires so we know what to expect when we get there.
Two hundred and eighty-three carriers in one lake town
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 283 active carriers based in Coeur d’Alene, and 131 of them list general freight among what they carry. Box trucks, straight trucks and sleeper tractors from that work are all on our list; have the title in your name and the current registration to hand before you call.
Lumber is a big part of the mix here: 46 local carriers in the federal motor carrier census haul logs, poles, beams or lumber, while 76 move machinery and large objects and 30 carry motor vehicles. Log trucks, lowboys and car haulers each have their own equipment to describe, so tell us about the trailer or the bed along with the tractor.
Of those carriers, the FMCSA census records 148 operating interstate and 135 intrastate only, and 204 run as private fleets moving their own goods. A private-fleet truck that belonged to a contractor or a mill office is sold the same way as any other; we just need whoever is named on the title to sign.
One-truck owners and the bigger outfits
One fleet based here runs 129 power units and 94 drivers, according to FMCSA’s carrier census, and two more run 38 and 26 power units. Selling several trucks at once from a yard that size works the same as selling one: list each VIN, and say which trucks share a lot.
Federal carrier census filings show 930 drivers here working within 100 miles of home and 342 going farther afield. For the 84 carriers that report mileage to FMCSA, the median comes to 12,500 miles per truck a year. Either way the truck may be at a jobsite, a shop or a driveway when you decide to sell; tell us which, and we plan around it.
New registrations keep arriving: FMCSA’s carrier census shows 25 new carriers starting here in 2025 and 18 in 2024. If you bought a truck to start your own authority and are now stepping back from it, bring the purchase paperwork along with the title; it helps us confirm the chain of ownership.
Model years seen at Coeur d’Alene roadside stops
Across 262 Coeur d’Alene trucks stopped between September 2024 and August 2026, FMCSA roadside inspection records give a median model year of 2018. Those Kootenai County roadside checks, as FMCSA logged them, found 37.4 percent of trucks at ten model years or older.
Newer or older, we buy them, and a past inspection report belongs in the folder that goes with the truck. If you have the roadside inspection paperwork or service records, scan or photograph them and send them alongside the VIN.
Around town, the National Bridge Inventory counts 24 bridges and lists none of them as load-posted and none under 14 feet of clearance. Tell us if the truck sits at the end of a narrow private road or behind a low carport, since that is what shapes the pickup, not the public bridges.
Contractors, mills and wheat farms around Coeur d’Alene
Construction accounts for 1,488 jobs in Coeur d’Alene in the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023, with manufacturing at 1,320 and wholesale trade at 774. For Kootenai County builders, the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns tallies 367 construction establishments. Flatbeds, dump trucks and service bodies from contractors’ yards are welcome; note any upfit such as a crane or toolbox when you describe the truck.
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 968 farms across Kootenai County, with wheat, cattle and equine at the top of the list. A grain truck or livestock hauler kept on a farm outside town can be collected from the farm itself; give us directions to the barn or shed and the name of whoever will be there.
The questions we get asked in Coeur d'Alene
- My Idaho title has gone missing; how do I sell the truck without it?Ask the state’s title agency for a duplicate before the sale, in the name already on the title. Tell us when you contact us, and we can talk through the paperwork while the duplicate is on its way.