Sell your semi truck for cash in St. Louis the easy and convenient way

The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, places the 23rd Street yard 0.6 miles south-east of downtown and the Chouteau yard 0.8 miles to the south. A day cab that drays boxes between those two yards and the riverfront is often parked within sight of either one, so give us the street and cross street where it sits and we will collect it there.

North-east of the city centre, about 4.1 miles out, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists the St. Louis rail intermodal ramp. For a tractor that has pulled containers off that ramp, send the VIN, a photo of the door sticker and the registration card first, since those three let us confirm the unit before anything else is asked.

Energy Information Administration records show two petroleum product terminals close in: one named ST LOUIS, 3.4 miles east, and one named SAINT LOUIS, 3.8 miles south-east. If your tractor has pulled tank trailers in and out of those gates, keep the terminal loading cards and any annual inspection sheets with the title. They show where the truck has worked.

A liquid bulk terminal 3.6 miles south-east also appears in Bureau of Transportation Statistics listings, at the same distance as the St Louis Air Force Station. When a truck is parked inside a fenced terminal or near a secured installation, tell us who holds the gate key and which hours a driver can get in, so the pickup is arranged with the site.

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics puts St. Louis City Port 2.3 miles north-east of downtown. Flatbeds and dump trucks that carry loads to and from the docks there can stay where they are; we come to the river rather than asking you to bring the truck across town.

Freight hauled near the port covers several types: of the 1,278 active carriers based in the city in FMCSA’s carrier census, 782 list general freight, 170 paper products, 144 motor vehicles and 136 metal sheets, coils and rolls. If your truck carried coils or car haul loads, photograph the deck, the chains or the car-hauler ramps along with the cab, so what we see lines up with the job it did.

Interstate authority is held by 677 carriers based in the city and intrastate-only authority by 601, while 456 run private fleets, according to FMCSA’s carrier census. If your truck operated under someone else’s DOT number and has since been signed over to you, have the signed title or lease release ready before you contact us.

New registrations keep arriving: FMCSA’s census counts 94 new carriers registered in the city in 2025 and 85 in 2024. An owner-operator who started recently and is now closing down can sell with the same papers anyone else needs, a clean title in your name and a current registration.

Drivers working inside 100 miles number 9,034 in the census filed with FMCSA, against 4,976 who go beyond that radius. The median truck among 347 local carriers reporting mileage to FMCSA covered 24,695 miles in a year, so write the current odometer reading on your first message and we will have it from the start.

Of 239 bridges inside the city limits in the National Bridge Inventory, 77 are load-posted and 8 have less than 14 feet of clearance. If your truck is parked on a street that only reaches the main roads under one of those, tell us, so the collection route is planned before the driver sets out.

The lowest listed in the National Bridge Inventory is the Eads Bridge structure over the 1st Street underpass, at 8 ft 5 in. A box truck or tractor stored near the Laclede’s Landing streets beneath it should have its exact location and the nearest open approach included in your message.

The Missouri Department of Revenue lists its Downtown STL license office at 1208 Washington Ave, about 1.5 miles from the city centre. If your Missouri title has gone missing, that office handles the duplicate, and the sale can go ahead once the replacement title is in your hands.

FMCSA roadside inspection records for 2,100 trucks inspected between August 2024 and August 2026 give a median model year of 2019, with 28.8% being ten or more years old. Whatever the model year, send the registration, any service records you keep and photos of all four sides with your first message.

The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023 put the city at 229,379 jobs, with 17,172 in manufacturing, 8,544 in wholesale trade, 7,812 in construction and 6,676 in transportation and warehousing. Straight trucks, roll-offs and dump trucks that serve those sites around the city are among what we buy, so tell us the body type and its maker along with the chassis.

County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau count 365 construction establishments and 25 warehousing establishments in St. Louis city. If your dump truck or flatbed is kept at a contractor’s yard, give us the yard’s address and a contact there who can let our driver in.

• My truck is parked beside the Chouteau rail yard, so does it have to come downtown first?It stays put: the North American Rail Network puts the Chouteau yard 0.8 miles south of downtown, and we collect from where the truck is parked there.
• Where do I replace a lost Missouri title in St. Louis?The Missouri Department of Revenue’s Downtown STL office at 1208 Washington Ave, 1.5 miles from the city centre, issues duplicates; bring proof of identity and the VIN.
• My tractor is stored inside a fuel terminal east of the riverfront, and is a pickup from inside the gate possible?It is: the Energy Information Administration lists the ST LOUIS petroleum product terminal 3.4 miles east, and we arrange the pickup with whoever controls the gate.