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Algodones · Sandoval County · New Mexico

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

Algodones sits on the Rio Grande corridor between Bernalillo and Pena Blanca, where gravel pits, asphalt terminals and a handful of small hauling outfits keep dump trucks, flatbeds and tractors moving.

Selling a truck in Algodones? Tell us about it and we'll take it from there.

The Placitas pit and the quarries toward Rio Rancho

The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists PLACITAS, a sand and gravel operation 6.9 miles south-west of Algodones, and Salls Portable Quarry Equip., a crushed-stone quarry 15.7 miles out in the same direction. A dump truck or end-dump tractor that has hauled aggregate between those sites may be parked at a pit gate or a home yard when we collect it, so tell us which one and whether a loader is on site.

North-west of town, the Mine Safety and Health Administration also lists Mesa Verde Humates, LLC, an industrial-mineral mine 19.5 miles away. For a truck kept out at a mine, send photos of the plate, the VIN tag and the cab, and say which road reaches it.

Binder and fuel loads

According to the Energy Information Administration, ROSARIO ASPHALT is a petroleum product terminal 17.1 miles north-east of Algodones, and its ALBUQUERQUE terminal sits 18.5 miles south-west. Tankers and tractors that load at either one can be picked up wherever they park between runs; give us that address and a phone number for whoever holds the keys.

Holly Asphalt, a liquid bulk terminal also 18.5 miles south-west, appears on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics list of freight facilities. For a tractor that pulls an asphalt or fuel trailer, tell us whether the trailer goes with it, and have the registration for each unit in hand when you call.

Algodones outfits that keep their wheels in-state

Only 3 of the 16 active Algodones carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census are authorised to cross state lines, leaving 13 that work inside New Mexico alone. FMCSA’s census also shows 5 of them hauling their own goods as private fleets rather than for hire. A truck from one of these operations usually sits at the owner’s shop or yard in town, and that is where we come to look at it.

General freight is the most common cargo, listed by 10 of those carriers in the same federal census, followed by machinery and large objects at 7, metal sheets, coils and rolls at 4, and dry bulk commodities at 3. Flatbeds, lowboys and step-decks fit that mix, as do dry vans and bulk trailers; tell us the trailer type with the tractor’s VIN.

From a single tractor to a full yard of them

Among Algodones carriers, FMCSA registration records put the biggest at 57 power units with 35 drivers, while the next two each report 6 power units and 6 drivers. An owner of one tractor and an operation retiring several units are handled the same way: list each VIN, its title status and where it sits.

Put the odometer reading for your Algodones truck in the first message, beside the VIN and a photo of the dash.

Short-haul drivers and the jobs in town

Of the drivers working for Algodones carriers, 42 stay inside a hundred-mile radius and 22 go further, per FMCSA’s carrier census. A short-radius day cab is likely to be home most evenings, which makes a yard pickup simple to arrange once you give us the address.

In 2023 there were 236 jobs sited within Algodones itself, going by the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts (LODES). Whether your truck belongs to a business here or to a driver who lives in town, the seller simply needs to be the person named on the title, or carry signed authority from that owner.

Herds and growers

Cattle, horses and mushroom growers around town

Across Sandoval County, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 709 farms, and cattle, equine and mushrooms lead its list of what they raise. Livestock haulers, horse-trailer tractors and farm flatbeds kept on a ranch near Algodones can be collected right there; tell us how the gate opens and whether the lane takes a long truck.

If a ranch truck has been registered under a farm name rather than a person, bring the paperwork showing who can sign for that operation. Service records or receipts help too, though a truck with none is still one we look at.

Bernalillo MVD

Bernalillo’s field office for a missing title

A replacement title for a truck kept in Algodones comes from the New Mexico Motor Vehicle Division, and its closest MVD field office is NM MVD Field Office - Bernalillo, 829 S Camino del Pueblo, Bernalillo, 87004, a 5.7-mile drive south. If your title is missing, that office is where a replacement starts; bring photo ID and the VIN.

Advanced Clean Trucks and Heavy-Duty Omnibus are both in force in New Mexico as rules for new trucks and engines. For a seller in Algodones the list stays short: the title in the owner’s name, current registration and clear photos.

The questions we get asked in Algodones

  • Will you come to a gravel pit near Algodones to collect my dump truck?PLACITAS, the sand and gravel operation 6.9 miles south-west of town on the Mine Safety and Health Administration list, is the kind of site we collect from. Tell us which pit gate the truck waits behind and who there can hand over the keys.
  • Do you buy trucks that only run within New Mexico?Thirteen of the 16 Algodones carriers in FMCSA’s census are intrastate only, and their tractors, dump trucks and flatbeds are all trucks we buy.
  • Can I sell a tanker that loads at the asphalt terminals?Rosario Asphalt to the north-east and Holly Asphalt to the south-west both handle liquid loads near Algodones, and a tanker or the tractor that pulls one can be sold to us; tell us whether the trailer is included.

Sell your truck in Algodones

We buy trucks in Algodones and along the Rio Grande from the Placitas gravel pits up to Pena Blanca and down toward Bernalillo and Albuquerque.