Log trucks and lowboys around Grangeville
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 121 active carriers based in Grangeville, and 52 of them list logs, poles, beams and lumber as cargo they carry. If yours is a log truck with a self-loader or a set of bunks, tell us what is mounted on it and whether the trailer goes with the tractor so we can plan the collection around the whole rig.
Machinery and large objects appear on 51 Grangeville carrier registrations in the same FMCSA census. A tractor that pulls a lowboy or a detachable gooseneck to job sites is one we buy here; send photos of the deck, the ramps and the hitch alongside the cab, and note where the trailer is parked if it lives somewhere other than the tractor.
General freight is listed by 46 local carriers, the FMCSA census shows, and day cabs and straight trucks hauling it are trucks we buy too. Whatever the body, have the title and current registration in hand before you call; those two papers answer our first questions.
Prairie farms
Grain, hay and the Idaho County farms
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture puts 696 farms in Idaho County, with wheat, hogs and equine at the top of its list. Grain trucks and hay haulers that serve those operations sit in sheds and farmyards for part of the year, and we collect from the farm itself; give us the road name and a gate contact rather than moving the truck to town.
Thirty-seven Grangeville carriers register grain, feed and hay as a cargo with FMCSA. If your truck hauls wheat at harvest and stands idle in winter, that seasonal pattern is fine to mention; what helps us most is the VIN, the odometer reading, and clear photos of the box or hopper and the hoist.
Grangeville outfits hauling their own loads
Of the 121 carriers in FMCSA’s census, 70 are private fleets hauling their own goods rather than freight for hire. A contractor, sawmill crew or ranch that owns a truck for its own work can sell it to us directly; the person signing the title should be the one named on it, or bring the paperwork that shows authority to sign for the business.
The three biggest Grangeville fleets registered with FMCSA run 15, 13 and 11 power units, with 6, 9 and 11 drivers respectively. Operations of that size often retire more than one unit at once, and we can look at several trucks in one visit if you list each VIN and where each one is parked.
New registrations stay few: FMCSA’s census shows 3 new carriers in Grangeville in 2024 and 1 in 2025. An owner-operator closing out a small authority can still sell the truck to us with the title in their own name; keep the registration and any annual inspection reports together with it.
In state, out of state
Idaho County roads and out-of-state miles
Grangeville carriers split 72 intrastate to 49 interstate in FMCSA’s census, and their drivers number 145 working within 100 miles of base against 112 who go farther. A truck that stays in Idaho will usually be at a yard or home address in the county when we come for it, so tell us that address up front.
Across 52 local carriers that report it, FMCSA’s census puts median annual miles per truck at 11,801. Write the current odometer reading down before you contact us and keep service records together, since they let us confirm the truck’s history without a second trip.
For a truck that spends its weeks out of state, let us know where it will be parked when you are ready to sell. It does not need to come back to Grangeville; we arrange the collection at the yard or lot where it sits.
Between October 2024 and July 2026, 44 Grangeville-based trucks were stopped for inspection, and in those FMCSA roadside inspection records their median model year is 2010, with 56.8 percent built a decade or more earlier. Older and newer model years are both trucks we buy, so give us the year, make and model in your first message.
If your truck went through one of those roadside inspections, the inspection report is useful paperwork to keep with the title. Along with registration and photos of each side of the cab, it gives us a fuller picture of the truck before we arrange collection.
Crushed stone, job sites
Construction work and the gravel crusher
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Camas Gravel Crusher #1, a crushed-stone quarry, 0.2 miles north-west of Grangeville. Dump trucks and end-dump tractors that load at a site like that are part of what we take on; if your truck is parked at or near the pit, tell us so access can be arranged with whoever runs the gate.
County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau show 44 construction establishments, and the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023 put 91 of the town’s 1,685 jobs in construction and 101 in manufacturing. Mixers, flatbeds and service trucks from that work all qualify; send the VIN and photos of any mounted equipment with the cab shots.
Title, lien release, logs
Papers a Grangeville seller gathers first
A truck sold from Grangeville needs a title in the seller’s name, and if that title is missing, the state’s title agency is the office that issues a replacement. Start that request before you contact us, and tell us where it stands so we can plan around it.
Alongside the title, gather the registration, any service or inspection records you have kept, and a lien release if the truck was ever financed. With those together, the sale of a Grangeville truck comes down to photos, a location and a collection date.
The questions we get asked in Grangeville
- My log truck sits at a landing up a forest road outside Grangeville; will you pick it up from the landing?With 52 Grangeville carriers hauling logs and lumber in FMCSA’s census, collections from timber ground are routine for us; give us directions to the landing and tell us whether the road is open to a tow truck.
- My wheat-harvest grain truck near Grangeville only moves a few weeks a year; is a seasonal farm truck something you take?USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture lists wheat first among Idaho County’s 696 farms, and grain trucks from those farms are trucks we buy; send the VIN, the odometer reading and photos of the box and hoist.
- The Idaho title for my Grangeville truck has gone missing; who issues the replacement?For a Grangeville truck titled in Idaho, the state’s title agency issues the replacement; apply there first, and tell us when you expect it so we can schedule around it.
- My company has three trucks to sell. Can you look at them together?Grangeville’s three biggest fleets in FMCSA’s census run 11 to 15 power units each, and we handle multi-truck sales like those in one visit; list each VIN and where each truck is parked.