West of the springs
Quarry and mine haulers west of Soda Springs
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Husky 1, North Dry Ridge, an industrial-mineral mine about 1 mile west of Soda Springs. A truck that hauled to or from that site may be parked at a yard on the west side of town; give us the gate contact and the address and we collect it there.
Bayer Quartzite Quarry, a crushed-stone operation some 3.5 miles north-west, appears in the Mine Safety and Health Administration listing as well. If your dump truck or end-dump trailer served that quarry, photograph the bed, the hoist and the cab, and keep the registration close so it can be checked against the VIN.
Farther out, the BFB & Ballard Mines lie roughly 12.4 miles north-east, and Treasure Canyon Mill #2 sits about 23.1 miles south-west, both on record with the Mine Safety and Health Administration. A truck still parked at one of those sites can stay where it is; tell us which road reaches it.
Grain, freight and machinery carriers on Caribou County roads
Forty-six carriers based here are active, according to FMCSA’s carrier census. Of those, FMCSA’s census shows 18 authorized for interstate work and 28 stay inside Idaho, and 31 run private fleets carrying their own goods rather than hauling for hire.
FMCSA’s census also shows the spread of cargo: 18 local carriers list general freight, 16 list grain, feed and hay, 14 list machinery and large objects, and 10 list farm supplies. Whichever of those your tractor pulled, tell us the trailer type with it, since flatbeds, grain trailers and lowboys are each described differently.
Fleet sizes in town vary in FMCSA’s carrier census: one operation reports 54 power units and 43 drivers, while two others each list 11 power units. A small fleet selling several units at once can send one list of VINs and the location of each truck.
Soda Springs drivers on local and long-haul routes
Drivers registered with carriers here split between short and long runs: FMCSA’s carrier census counts 117 working within 100 miles and 62 going beyond that radius. A truck on a long route may be away from Soda Springs when you decide to sell, and we can collect it where it is parked.
Have the odometer reading and the VIN ready when you first contact us; those two numbers start every conversation about a truck.
New registrations continue too, with FMCSA’s census recording 3 new carriers in 2024 and 4 in 2025. If you started hauling recently and are now selling, bring the title in your own name and the current registration.
Barley and cattle
Cattle, barley and wheat country
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 399 farms in Caribou County, with cattle, barley and wheat at the top of the list. If your grain truck or stock trailer is parked on a farm outside town, send us the farm address and directions to the gate.
In 2023, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts recorded 2,007 jobs in the area, 457 of them in manufacturing and 252 in construction. A truck that worked a plant or a building site may come with site logs or service records; send copies along with the photos.
If a contractor here is clearing out a dump truck or a flatbed, the business name on the title has to match the person signing, so have the authorization paperwork ready.
Rail yard access
Rail yard, bridges and pickup
The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, places the Soda Springs rail yard about 0.3 miles west of the town centre. A truck parked near the yard can be collected there; tell us whether a rail crossing or a locked gate is on the way in.
Six bridges serve the area in the National Bridge Inventory, and none of them is load-posted or under 14 feet of clearance. Give us the street address of the truck and we plan the route to it from there.
Selling a Soda Springs truck needs the title signed over; if yours has gone missing, the state’s title agency issues a duplicate, and it helps to request it before the pickup is scheduled so the Caribou County truck and its paperwork are ready together.
Along with the title, keep the registration, any inspection or service records and a set of clear photos of the cab, frame and tires. If the truck is financed, tell us the lienholder so the release can be arranged.
The questions we get asked in Soda Springs
- My grain truck hauled barley off Caribou County fields; is that a truck you collect?Sixteen carriers in Soda Springs list grain, feed and hay in FMCSA’s carrier census, and grain trucks and their trailers are on our list. Send the VIN with photos of the box and the odometer reading from the cab.