Fuel and rock
The terminal and the quarries around Artesia
The Energy Information Administration lists a petroleum product terminal named ARTESIA about 1.9 miles north-east of the town centre. If your tractor has been loading at that rack, tell us which trailer it pulled and send a photo of the plate on the door.
Two crushed-stone quarries appear in Mine Safety and Health Administration records south-west of town: Travelstead at roughly 5.2 miles and Ramirez and Sons RSI-2 at about 7.7 miles. A dump truck or end-dump tractor that has been parked at either pit can stay there; give us the site name, a gate contact and whether a lowboy can reach it.
Have the title in the registered owner’s name ready for a truck that worked those pits, along with any scale tickets or service records you kept from the haul between Artesia and the quarry face.
Oilfield, grain and freight outfits on the Artesia rolls
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 255 active carriers in Artesia, 104 of them interstate and 151 intrastate, with 92 operating as private fleets that move their own goods. A one-truck outfit and a large fleet sell to us the same way: VIN, photos, title, and where the unit sits.
By cargo, the same FMCSA census shows 131 Artesia carriers hauling general freight, 74 hauling oilfield equipment, 53 carrying grain, feed and hay, and 43 moving machinery and large objects. If your truck is set up with a winch, a bed or a gin pole for oilfield work, photograph that equipment along with the cab and frame.
Fifteen new carriers registered here in 2025 and eighteen in 2024, per FMCSA’s census. An operator who started recently and is now stepping back can sell a single tractor; the title and the registration in your name are what we need to begin.
Haul radius, yearly miles and model years for Artesia units
Drivers listed with Artesia carriers in the FMCSA census split 563 working within 100 miles of home and 326 going beyond it. For a local unit, the truck is probably in a yard in town; for a long-haul one, tell us whether it is home or still out on a load so we can plan collection at the right address.
Eighty-six Artesia carriers gave FMCSA a mileage figure, and the middle truck among them covered 18,326 miles in a year. Put the current odometer reading in your first message next to the VIN.
Roadside inspection records from FMCSA covered 203 Artesia-based trucks between August 2024 and August 2026; their median model year was 2012, and 67 percent were ten or more model years old. Whatever the year on your title, send it with the make and model and we start from there.
Oil jobs, builders and dairies around Artesia
LEHD job counts from the Census Bureau put 6,726 jobs in Artesia in 2023, with 701 in mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction, 753 in manufacturing, 633 in construction and 239 in transportation and warehousing. Trucks from each of those trades are welcome; say which line of work yours served when you write.
Builders around Artesia’s oil and dairy country run 42 construction establishments, going by the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns. A contractor retiring a dump truck, a flatbed or a mixer can bundle several units into one conversation; list each VIN and where each one is parked.
Eddy County’s 346 farms, per USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, lead with milk, then cattle, then cotton. A cattle hauler, a feed truck or a module truck left at a farm can be collected from the field gate; give us directions past the last paved road.
Bridges and clean-truck rules near Artesia
The National Bridge Inventory lists 10 bridges around Artesia, none load-posted and none under 14 feet of clearance. A tall load or a heavy unit on a trailer can leave town without a detour on that count, so collection planning comes down to the gate and the yard.
New Mexico’s Advanced Clean Trucks rule and its Heavy-Duty Omnibus engine standard are both listed as in force in the state register. They govern new engines and new truck sales; selling a truck you already own runs on its title and registration.
The questions we get asked in Artesia
- My tractor loads at the fuel rack north-east of Artesia; does it have to come into town?That terminal is about 1.9 miles north-east of town by the Energy Information Administration’s listing, and we collect from the yard where your truck is parked. Give us the address and a phone number for whoever holds the keys.
- Can you pick up a dump truck from Travelstead quarry?Travelstead sits about 5.2 miles south-west of Artesia in Mine Safety and Health Administration records, and the truck can be collected on site. Tell us who opens the gate and whether a trailer can turn around inside.
- Which documents should I gather before selling a truck in Artesia?With 151 of Artesia’s 255 active carriers registered as intrastate in FMCSA’s census, most trucks here carry New Mexico paperwork: have the title, the current registration and a photo ID for the owner on the title ready.