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

Of the 27 active carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, 20 list general freight, 7 list garbage, refuse and trash, and 6 list household goods. A Chevy Chase seller is as likely to have a rear-loader or a moving box as a tractor, and we look at all three. Send the VIN, the body type and a photo of the plate so the truck is identified before anything else is asked.

Four carriers in that same FMCSA census also list logs, poles, beams and lumber among what they move. If yours is a flatbed or a knuckle-boom that has carried tree work or building timber, say so and include a picture of the bed and any crane plate.

The three biggest fleets on record here run 5, 4 and 3 power units, according to FMCSA’s carrier census, with 5, 6 and 3 drivers behind them. An owner selling one truck out of four is a normal conversation for us; tell us which unit is going and whether the rest stay on the road.

Thirteen of the town’s carriers are private fleets, FMCSA records show, meaning they haul their own goods rather than freight for hire. If the truck belongs to a business rather than a person, have the name on the title match the company that signs, and bring a letter from whoever is authorised to sell it.

FMCSA’s census lists 12 interstate operations against 15 that stay inside Maryland. An intrastate truck may carry only a state registration; keep the cab card with the title so the plate and the paperwork line up at collection.

Drivers working within 100 miles number 37, and 20 more go beyond that radius, per the FMCSA carrier census. A short-haul truck here usually sleeps at a yard or a driveway near town, so give us the exact address and note any height limit or gate code before we come.

Six carriers reported mileage to FMCSA, and their median comes to 16,800 miles a truck per year. Read the odometer and photograph it with the dash lit; that single picture answers most of what we would otherwise ask by phone.

New registrations stay small: the FMCSA census shows 3 carriers added in 2024 and 1 in 2025. If you started hauling recently and are now stepping back, the title in your name and the current registration are all we need to begin.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Amrize Rockville Quarry, a crushed-stone pit 8 miles north-west, and Savage Stone 19 miles north-east. Dump trucks and tri-axles that have hauled aggregate from either one are trucks we purchase; photograph the bed, the hoist and the tailgate along with the cab.

Sand and gravel come from Amrize Kirby Road, 16.5 miles south-east, and Amrize Accokeek, 22.4 miles out in the same direction, both on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list. If your truck is parked at a pit rather than at home, tell us whose site it is so we can arrange access with them.

On the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the WASTE TRANSFER yard sits 10.9 miles north-west and the JESSUP AUTOLOAD yard 19 miles north-east. A roll-off or transfer trailer that shuttles to the waste yard can be collected where it last dropped, as long as someone can sign for it.

NAVSUPPACT Bethesda MD lies 1.4 miles north of Chevy Chase and the Fort Detrick Forest Glen Annex 2.3 miles north-east, by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A truck that has served a base contract may carry access stickers or gate passes; remove them or list them so nothing is left in the cab that should not be.

Collection does not happen on either installation. If your truck is kept near a gate, move it to a public street or a yard off base and give us that address instead.

Only 463 people worked inside Chevy Chase in 2023, going by the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts. With few workplaces in town, a truck owned here often works sites elsewhere in Montgomery County, so tell us the town it is parked in, not just your home address.

Out past the suburbs, Montgomery County still holds 583 farms growing mostly corn, soybeans and wheat, per USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture. A grain truck or farm-plated straight truck from one of them is welcome; farm tags still need a title in the seller’s name.

For Chevy Chase diesel owners, the Maryland governor’s office says the state has put its Advanced Clean Trucks Program enforcement on pause. A missing title is replaced through the state’s title agency, and starting that request before you call us keeps the sale moving once the truck is chosen.

• My refuse truck is parked near the WASTE TRANSFER rail yard. Does it have to come back down to Chevy Chase first?The North American Rail Network puts that yard 10.9 miles north-west of town, and we collect from it or from any lot nearby. Name the yard operator and someone on site who can open up for the pickup.
• Do you buy moving trucks as well as tractors?Six Chevy Chase carriers in FMCSA’s census list household goods, and their box trucks and vans are trucks we buy. Send the VIN, the box length and photos of the liftgate if it has one.
• Which office reissues a lost title for a moving van kept in Chevy Chase?A truck plated in Chevy Chase gets its duplicate title from Maryland’s title agency, not from Montgomery County. Apply there first, then send us a copy of the receipt so the rest of the sale can be set up alongside.
• With Advanced Clean Trucks on hold in Maryland, can I still sell an older diesel from Chevy Chase?Enforcement of that program is on pause according to the Maryland governor’s office, and diesels of any model year are on our list. Send the engine make and the model year with your photos.