Toward the coal mine
Haul roads toward El Segundo
Coal comes out of El Segundo, which the Mine Safety and Health Administration places 17.7 miles east of Crownpoint. A tractor or dump truck that has run between town and that mine site can be collected wherever it is parked, whether that is a yard in Crownpoint or a lot nearer the mine. Give us the street address or a clear description of the turnoff so the pickup crew can find it.
If your truck has served the El Segundo operation, mention it in your first message and include any site paperwork you kept, such as gate passes, safety checks or service logs. Those papers, along with the VIN and an odometer photo, let us ask about your truck rather than about the route it ran.
Stock trailers, cattle and sheep around Crownpoint
Around Crownpoint, ranching sets the pattern: USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 1,664 farms across McKinley County, with cattle, sheep and horses at the top of the list. Ranch trucks and tractors that pull livestock trailers between pastures and sale barns are the kind of equipment we buy here.
A ranch truck often sits at a homestead or a corral rather than in town. Tell us which road it is on and whether a tow rig can reach it in dry weather, and send photos of the cab, the frame, the tires and the hitch so the picture you send matches what we see on arrival.
Horse and sheep outfits sometimes run older single-axle trucks alongside a newer pickup. Whatever the setup, the documents we ask for stay the same: the title in the seller’s name, the current registration and any service receipts you have kept.
Fifty-six roadside stops
Median 2014: the trucks stopped around Crownpoint
Between November 2024 and August 2026, FMCSA roadside inspection records cover 56 trucks tied to Crownpoint, and their median model year is 2014. That puts the typical local truck roughly in the middle of the last decade and a half of production.
About 84 percent of those 56 inspected trucks were ten or more model years old, according to the same FMCSA roadside inspection records. A truck of any model year is welcome; what helps most is the VIN, the year and make, and an honest list of anything replaced over the years.
If your truck was among those pulled in for an inspection, keep the inspection report with the title. It gives a dated record of the truck’s equipment, which saves a round of questions later.
A duplicate title by way of Gallup
Titles in this state are handled by the New Mexico Motor Vehicle Division, and its nearest office to Crownpoint is NM MVD Field Office - Gallup, at 1710 E Aztec Ave, Gallup, 87301, about 34.6 miles from town. If the title has gone missing, that MVD field office is where a duplicate is requested.
Start that replacement before you contact us if you can; the sale goes through on a title in the seller’s name. If a lender still holds a lien, have the release letter ready, and bring the registration card along to Gallup so the clerk can match the VIN.
Selling for a family member or an estate takes extra papers, such as a power of attorney or letters of administration. The Gallup office of the New Mexico Motor Vehicle Division can tell you which forms apply before the drive.
Clean truck law
Zero-emission and Omnibus rules in New Mexico
The New Mexico Register lists Advanced Clean Trucks, the medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicle requirement, as in force, alongside the Heavy-Duty Omnibus exhaust emission standards for heavy-duty engines.
Both rules are written for medium- and heavy-duty trucks and their engines. A Crownpoint owner deciding whether to keep a tractor or sell it can read exactly what each rule covers in the state’s own register text, then send us the VIN and engine details with the rest of the truck’s paperwork.
One truck or a few
Jobs, haulers and selling a truck in Crownpoint
Some 1,217 people worked in Crownpoint in 2023, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts (LODES) show. Owner-operators and small outfits working out of a town that size often run one or two trucks, and a single truck is a sale we handle in full.
When you reach out, list the make, model, model year and VIN, add photos from all four sides and of the dash, and say where the truck is parked. With the title, registration and any service records in hand, the paperwork side of the sale is ready.
The questions we get asked in Crownpoint
- Will you collect a truck parked out near the El Segundo mine?El Segundo is 17.7 miles east of Crownpoint by the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s listing, and we collect trucks at the location you give us, near the mine or in town. Send the address or directions to the gate.
- Can I get a duplicate title in Gallup if I sell from Crownpoint?The New Mexico Motor Vehicle Division’s NM MVD Field Office - Gallup, at 1710 E Aztec Ave, Gallup, 87301, sits 34.6 miles from Crownpoint and handles duplicate titles.
- Do you buy ranch trucks used for cattle and sheep?Cattle, sheep and horses lead McKinley County’s 1,664 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and the trucks that serve those ranches are ones we buy. Tell us where the truck is kept and send photos.
- Do you take Crownpoint trucks built before 2014?Trucks inspected around Crownpoint have a median model year of 2014 in FMCSA roadside inspection records, with about 84 percent ten or more years old, and we buy trucks of every model year.