Pits on the mesa
Sand and gravel pits east and west of the mesa
Just 6.1 miles east of Crouch Mesa, the Bloomfield Processing Facility appears in Mine Safety and Health Administration records as a sand and gravel operation. Dump trucks, belly dumps and the tractors that pull end-dump trailers out of a pit like that are trucks we buy, and we collect them from the yard where they sit between loads. Tell us which pit the truck runs from and whether a gate code or a site contact is needed to reach it.
Seven miles the other way, 7.2 miles west on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, is CR #2, another sand and gravel operation. If your truck splits its week between the two pits, give us the address where it is usually parked rather than the site it last worked, and we plan the pickup there.
Further out, 23.4 miles west, the Waterflow Pit is recorded by the Mine Safety and Health Administration as an industrial-mineral mine. A haul truck based near Waterflow does not need to be driven to Crouch Mesa before a sale; send the VIN, a few photos of the cab, frame and tires, and the location, and we arrange collection at Waterflow.
Fuel and the oilfield
The Bloomfield terminal and oil and gas work
According to the Energy Information Administration, a petroleum product terminal named Bloomfield stands 10.2 miles east of the mesa. Tractors that pull fuel tankers in and out of a terminal like that are on our list, along with the tank trailers if you want to sell the pair together; say so up front and send photos of both units.
Of the 866 jobs the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts place in Crouch Mesa for 2023, 239 sit in mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction, a 27.6 percent share. Water haulers, vacuum trucks, winch trucks and pickups with service bodies come out of that kind of work, and for any of them the title in your name and the current registration are the two papers to find first.
If the truck was used on lease roads or well sites, keep any service records or site inspection sheets you still have. They tell us how the truck was equipped and what it hauled, which saves a round of questions once we see the photos.
Mesa payrolls
Construction and hauling jobs on Crouch Mesa
Construction holds 266 of those 866 jobs, or 30.7 percent, by the 2023 count in the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts. Concrete mixers, flatbeds, water trucks and the dump trucks that feed job sites around San Juan County are all trucks we purchase from owners, whether one truck or several.
The same LEHD figures put 189 jobs, 21.8 percent, in transportation and warehousing, and another 69, or 8 percent, in wholesale trade. Day cabs, sleepers and box trucks used for delivery routes out of the mesa fit what we buy. Have the VIN and the odometer reading ready when you contact us; the rest of our questions start from those two numbers.
If you run a small fleet and want to sell more than one unit, list each truck with its VIN and where it is parked. Trucks spread between a yard in Crouch Mesa and a pit outside town can be collected from each spot.
Cattle and sheep
Livestock trucks from San Juan County ranches
San Juan County holds 2,877 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and its top lines there are cattle, sheep and horses. Cattle haulers, stock trailers pulled by a tractor, and flatbeds that move hay and feed around those operations are trucks we take from ranch owners.
A ranch truck is often parked well off pavement, so tell us the road it is on and whether a tow rig can reach it in wet weather. If the title sits in a ranch or family name rather than yours, mention that early so the right person signs.
Register entries
What the state’s heavy-duty engine and ZEV rules mean for a San Juan County sale
New Mexico’s register lists the Advanced Clean Trucks rule as in force; it sets a medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicle requirement with reporting and compliance terms. Selling a diesel truck you own in Crouch Mesa still runs through the usual title transfer, so the papers we ask for stay the same.
Also in force under the same register is the Heavy-Duty Omnibus rule, covering exhaust emission standards for heavy-duty engines. Neither rule changes what a Crouch Mesa owner needs for a sale to us: the title in your name, the registration, and photos of the truck.
The questions we get asked in Crouch Mesa
- Can you pick up a belly dump that never leaves the Bloomfield Processing Facility yard?The Bloomfield Processing Facility is 6.1 miles east on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and we collect from there. Name the person at the pit who can let a tow rig through and the days the pit is open.
- Do you buy fuel tractors that run to the Bloomfield terminal?The Energy Information Administration places the Bloomfield petroleum product terminal 10.2 miles east, and tractors that pull tankers there are trucks we buy. Send photos of the tractor and, if you are selling it too, the tank trailer.
- What should I have ready to sell an oilfield truck from San Juan County?With 239 Crouch Mesa jobs in oil and gas extraction and mining on the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts, many trucks here come off well sites. Have the title, the registration, any service records, and photos of the cab, frame and tires.