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

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the port at New Orleans 4.6 miles west of the city centre, a short haul for the day cabs and chassis that shuttle boxes off the wharves. If your truck is parked inside a terminal gate, tell us who controls that gate and whether a pass is needed, and we will arrange the pickup with them.

South along the river, PBF Chalmette Refinery is listed by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics as a liquid bulk terminal 8.5 miles out, and the Energy Information Administration records a petroleum product terminal at Meraux at that same 8.5 miles. A tractor that has pulled tankers between those two sites can be collected where it sits; send the VIN, the plate and photos of the cab, the frame and the fifth wheel first.

Two rail yards sit south-west of town on the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics: Gentilly at 4.6 miles and Gulf Gateway Terminal at 5.2 miles. Drayage tractors that cycle between those yards and the wharves are trucks we purchase, and a sleeper that left the yard circuit for longer lanes is too.

An intermodal ramp 8.1 miles south-west of New Orleans appears in Bureau of Transportation Statistics listings as well. For a tractor that has pulled containers off that ramp, have the title in hand and the registration current, and keep any service records together in one folder; those three items answer most of what we ask before collection.

FMCSA’s carrier census counts 690 active carriers in New Orleans, with 472 hauling general freight, 94 carrying metal sheets, coils and rolls, 82 moving logs, poles, beams and lumber, and 79 handling machinery and large objects. Flatbeds and step-decks out of the coil and lumber trades belong on the list alongside van tractors; tell us the trailer type when you first contact us.

Of those carriers, 419 run intrastate only and 270 cross state lines, while 193 are private fleets hauling their own goods, according to the same FMCSA census. Registration differs between the two kinds of operation, and a truck plated only for Louisiana work still sells the same way: send the registration card with the title.

New registrations reached 77 in 2025 after 48 in 2024, the FMCSA census shows. If you are one of those newer owner-operators closing out a first truck, the paperwork is the same short list: title, registration, a photo of the odometer and the VIN plate.

Across 471 trucks inspected at the roadside between August 2024 and August 2026, FMCSA roadside inspection records put the median model year at 2020, with 29.9 percent ten or more model years old. Whatever the year on your title, the model year and engine details from the VIN plate let us identify the truck before we talk logistics.

Among 107 carriers that reported mileage, the median was 21,464 miles per truck in FMCSA’s carrier census, and the same census lists 2,218 drivers working within 100 miles and 1,285 beyond it. Local trucks are often parked at a yard or a home lot rather than out on a lane; tell us the address where it sits today.

The National Bridge Inventory from the Federal Highway Administration lists 510 bridges around New Orleans, of which 27 carry a posted load limit and 8 have under 14 feet of clearance. When you tell us where the truck is parked, mention any height or weight restriction on the street leading to it, and we will route the collection around it.

The lowest of the eight, at 10 feet 11 inches in the National Bridge Inventory, is the LA 39 structure over the N O P B rail line at Claiborne Avenue. A tall box truck or a tractor with a stacked trailer parked near Claiborne should be pointed out to us, along with the nearest open approach.

Of 192,799 jobs in New Orleans in 2023, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts place 7,720 in transportation and warehousing, 5,005 in manufacturing, 4,137 in construction and 3,409 in wholesale trade. Box trucks from distribution, straight trucks from plant work and service bodies from the trades are all trucks we buy; describe the body as well as the chassis.

County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau records 395 construction establishments in Orleans Parish, and LEHD figures list another 1,378 jobs in mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction. Dump trucks, flatbeds and roll-offs from that contractor base are welcome; if the truck carries an upfit such as a crane or a hoist, photograph it and list it.

• My truck sits on a lot near the NG Jackson Bks installation; will you pick it up from there?We will: the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists the NG Jackson Bks installation 7.7 miles south-west of New Orleans, and for a truck on a lot near it we need the street address and anyone who must let us in.
• Do you buy trucks from the Orleans Parish farms?We do: USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 48 farms in Orleans Parish, with honey and vegetable seeds at the top of the list, and a farm truck from one of them is collected from the farm like any other.
• I live on the West Bank across the river; is my truck still within reach?It is: with the West Bank military installation listed 9.4 miles south-west of the city by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, we come to the truck wherever it is parked on that side of the river.