Albuquerque is a construction town. Construction is the biggest employer among the trades that use trucks inside the city, ahead of manufacturing and the warehouses. The cement comes from the Tijeras plant at the east end of the pass. Two in three of the city's carriers work New Mexico only.
So the Albuquerque semi truck is a mixer running off Tijeras cement, and a tandem dump truck out of the Wright pit in the South Valley. A day cab drays boxes off the South Valley ramp. A machinery hauler and a garbage truck work the city, and a sleeper works the long lanes out of the Rio Grande valley.
Lost title in Albuquerque
New Mexico replaces a lost title at a Motor Vehicle Division field office, and Albuquerque has four. They are 9651 Eagle Ranch Road NW, 4575 San Mateo Boulevard NE, 3211 Coors SW and 11500 Menaul Boulevard NE. The title transfer and the excise tax go in together. The lien and the brand are on the New Mexico page.
An Albuquerque truck has worked at altitude in dry air and shows it in the turbo, the cooling system, the rubber and the paint. Photograph the engine bay with the cab, the frame rails and the body, and tell us whether it stayed in the valley or ran the long lanes.
Weight limits in Albuquerque
New Mexico sets its gross by axle spacing to a figure above the federal 80,000 pounds, grandfathered on the interstates too, and the New Mexico page has the table. The city keeps no bridge list of its own on the federal inventory, so the Albuquerque part is the truck's own axles. A nine-axle rig at the top of the table and a dually that never saw a scale are two trucks and one offer.
Tell us where the truck is in Albuquerque, in the South Valley, up on the west side off Coors or out toward Tijeras, and send photos and the title.