Gravel plants a few miles out of Rigby
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Bateman Plant 1, a sand and gravel operation, 5.3 miles east of Rigby, and the Astec Kodiak -300 plant 6.2 miles to the south-west. A dump truck or end-dump tractor that hauls from either one may be sitting at the pit when you decide to sell. Give us the pit name and the gate contact, and we arrange collection there instead of asking you to move it into town.
Two portable crushers appear in the same federal mine register: the 133 Portable Crusher, 15.9 miles south, and the 134 Crusher H-K Portable Plant, 19 miles north-east. Because a portable plant can be relocated, tell us where your truck was last parked rather than where the crusher stood when it worked there. A current photo of the VIN plate and the odometer settles most of our first questions.
Rigby’s 171 construction establishments, per the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns, sit beside 177 construction jobs that the 2023 LEHD job counts place in town. If your truck came off a contractor’s yard, bring the registration and any maintenance log the contractor kept, so the history goes with the truck.
Dairy, cattle, barley
Milk, cattle and barley loads around Rigby
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 679 farms in Jefferson County, with milk, cattle and barley at the top of their sales. Bulk milk tractors, livestock haulers and grain trucks all come out of that mix. Let us know which of those your truck pulled and whether it is parked at a farmstead, so we plan the route to the yard and not to Main Street.
Among the 249 active carriers on FMCSA’s carrier census for Rigby, 66 list grain, feed and hay as cargo and 54 list farm supplies. A truck that sits idle between harvests is still one we purchase. Have the title in the name that appears on the registration, and if the farm is held by a family trust or an LLC, tell us which name is on the paperwork.
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting account for 74 jobs here, a 2.7 percent share, in the Census Bureau’s LEHD figures for 2023. Many farm trucks in Jefferson County are owned by the operation rather than a driver, so whoever signs the title should be the person we talk to when the sale is arranged.
General freight is the most common cargo listed by Rigby carriers, 127 of them, according to FMCSA, followed by machinery and large objects at 79. Lowboy and step-deck tractors that move farm equipment and heavy machinery fit the second group. Tell us the trailer setup the tractor ran with, and whether the trailer is part of the sale.
Of those 249 carriers, FMCSA registration shows 130 working interstate, 119 intrastate and 135 running private fleets that haul their own goods. A private fleet truck usually carries the company’s name on the title; in that case an officer of the company signs, and we need to know who that is before collection.
The three largest fleets on the federal carrier census here hold 22, 22 and 21 power units. Owners selling more than one tractor from a fleet that size can send us a list of VINs together, and we work through the trucks as a group with one contact.
Model years on Rigby tractors, by the inspection log
Between August 2024 and August 2026, inspectors stopped 145 trucks based in Rigby, and FMCSA roadside inspection records give 2015 as their median model year. Those inspection records also put 56.6 percent of the trucks at ten or more years old. List the year, make and model beside the VIN in your first message so we know which Rigby tractor we are talking about.
For the 89 carriers that reported mileage, the federal carrier census gives a median of 12,000 miles per truck in a year. Short local hauls like that mean a truck may spend much of its time parked at a shop, farm or pit. A clear address and a person who can hand over the keys is what we need on collection day.
Drivers attached to Rigby carriers split between 276 working within 100 miles and 384 going farther, FMCSA’s census shows. If your truck is out on a long run when you contact us, tell us where it will be parked when it comes home.
The Idaho Falls yard and the road south
Southwest of Rigby by 13.2 miles lies the Idaho Falls rail yard, as mapped on the North American Rail Network from the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Trucks that shuttle freight to and from that yard often park in Idaho Falls rather than in Rigby; either location works for us, as long as you give the exact address.
Manufacturing employs 192 people in the Rigby area and wholesale trade 111, by the Census Bureau’s 2023 LEHD job counts. Box trucks and day cabs serving those employers may be registered to a business; bring the registration and the title, and tell us who at the business can sign.
New carriers keep registering here, with FMCSA recording 19 in 2024 and another 19 in 2025. If you started a trucking business recently and are now selling its first tractor, the title and registration from that purchase are the two documents to find first.
The questions we get asked in Rigby
- I lost the title to my farm truck. Who handles a replacement?Idaho titles are handled by the state’s title agency, and a duplicate comes from there in the name of the registered owner. If a farm LLC or trust owns the truck, the replacement is requested in that entity’s name.
- My tractor hauled to the Idaho Falls rail yard and is parked down there. Does it need to come to Rigby?The Idaho Falls yard is 13.2 miles south-west of Rigby on the North American Rail Network, and we collect the truck wherever it is parked. Share the Idaho Falls parking address along with the tractor’s VIN.