Sell your semi truck for cash in Preston the easy and convenient way

Milk leads the commodity list for Franklin County’s 727 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, followed by wheat and corn. A truck that has spent its seasons on dairy and grain runs in the valley around Preston is most likely parked on a farm yard or beside a shed, not at a terminal, so give us the farm road address and a phone number for whoever is there when we come to load it.

Grain, feed and hay is listed as a cargo by 42 of the Preston-area carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, and farm supplies by 35. If your truck has pulled a grain trailer or a hay flatbed, tell us whether the trailer goes with it, and send a photo of each unit with its VIN plate so the two are kept straight on the bill of sale.

Private fleets, hauling their own goods, make up 64 of the operations in FMCSA’s carrier census for this area. If the truck is titled to the farm or a family business rather than to you personally, have the name on the title and someone who can sign for that entity ready before pickup.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Little Mountain Gravel Pit 4.4 miles south-east of Preston and Ransbottom Pit 4.6 miles in the same direction, both sand and gravel operations. Dump trucks and belly-dump tractors that worked those pits can be collected from the pit yard itself if the operator allows it; tell us who holds the gate key.

Bear River Zeolite Company, an industrial-mineral mine, sits 5.9 miles east of town on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s register. Further out, the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Treasure Canyon Mill #2, a crushed-stone quarry 18.5 miles north-east, and the Malad Plant, a mineral processing plant 19.1 miles west. If your truck hauled out of any of these, a note of which site it served and the registration card are the two things that help us most at the start.

FMCSA’s carrier census shows 103 active carriers in the Preston area, 73 of them authorised for interstate work and 30 that stay inside Idaho. An interstate truck may carry apportioned plates and permits from more than one state, so pull the cab card and any IFTA paperwork together before you contact us.

General freight is the most common cargo on the Preston list, claimed by 55 carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, with machinery and large objects named by 42. Lowboys, step-decks and the tractors that pull them are trucks we buy here; send photos of the deck, the axles and the hitch along with the cab.

Six new carriers registered in 2024 and six more in 2025, according to the federal motor carrier census. If you are one of those newer operators and the truck still carries a lien from its purchase, have the lender’s name and payoff contact ready so the title can be released at sale.

Roadside inspection records kept by FMCSA cover 68 trucks from this area inspected between September 2024 and August 2026, with a median model year of 2018 and 38 percent ten or more years old. Whatever year your truck is, the VIN tells us the model and engine, so put it at the top of your first message.

Among 42 carriers that reported annual mileage to FMCSA’s carrier census, the median is 15,000 miles per truck. Note the odometer reading in a clear photo of the dash; along with the VIN, it answers most of what we would otherwise ask.

FMCSA’s census also puts 171 drivers on runs within 100 miles of their base and 169 working beyond that radius. If your truck is out on a long run when you decide to sell, tell us where it will be parked when it returns to Franklin County and we will collect it there.

Three fleets in FMCSA’s carrier census for Preston run 27, 15 and 13 power units, with 26, 13 and 13 drivers. A fleet owner retiring several units can list them together; send one VIN list and one set of titles, and we will arrange to load them from the same yard.

Manufacturing accounts for 398 of the 2,620 jobs counted here in the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023, about 15.2 percent, with 121 in wholesale trade and 53 in transportation and warehousing. A truck that has served a plant or a wholesale depot in town is often parked on that business’s lot; check that we can get in to load it.

County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau records 53 construction establishments for this area, and LEHD puts 51 jobs in construction. Contractors selling a dump truck or a flatbed between jobs should send the title, the current registration and photos taken in daylight from all four sides.

• My dump truck sits at a pit south-east of Preston; does it have to come into town first?Little Mountain Gravel Pit and Ransbottom Pit, 4.4 and 4.6 miles south-east of town on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, are close enough that we collect from the pit yard; tell us who can open the gate.
• Will you take a hay or grain hauler off a Franklin County dairy?With 42 Preston-area carriers hauling grain, feed and hay in FMCSA’s carrier census, those trucks are a regular part of what we buy here; send the VIN, the title and photos of the truck and its trailer.
• The title is in the farm’s name rather than mine; who signs it?Farm and business ownership is common around Preston, where 64 of the operations in FMCSA’s carrier census are private fleets; have the person authorised to sign for the farm or business sign the title at pickup.
• Which papers go with a Preston truck licensed to cross state lines?Interstate authority covers 73 of the 103 active Preston carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, so bring the title, the cab card for apportioned plates and any permits issued to the truck.