Lowdermilk and the aggregate trucks near Arroyo Seco
Lowdermilk, a sand and gravel operation the Mine Safety and Health Administration records 4.6 miles north-west of El Valle de Arroyo Seco, is the closest working pit to town. Tandem dumps, end dumps and belly-dump tractors that load there are exactly the kind of equipment we collect, and plenty of them are kept in yards along the valley rather than at the pit itself.
If your dump truck is parked at the Lowdermilk site or on a lot near it, tell us who controls the gate and whether a tow rig can turn around on the ground there. Send a few photos of the bed, the hoist and the cab, along with the VIN, so we know which body and chassis we are arranging to collect.
Cerrito Pelado, the Santa Fe River Pit and the haul south
Nineteen miles south of town, the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Cerrito Pelado as an industrial-mineral mine, and a little further on, at 21.8 miles in the same direction, it places the Santa Fe River Pit, another sand and gravel operation. Owners in the valley who haul to either site often keep the truck closer to the work than to home.
That is fine with us: a tractor or dump body left near Cerrito Pelado or the Santa Fe River Pit can be collected where it stands. Give us the site name, a contact who can let a driver in, and the hours the yard is open, and we plan the pickup around those details instead of asking you to move the truck.
The New Mexico Motor Vehicle Division runs its titling through MVD field offices, and the one it lists nearest El Valle de Arroyo Seco is NM MVD Field Office - Espanola, at 1121 Santa Clara Peak Rd, Espanola, 87532, about 5.4 miles from town. If the title has gone missing, that office is where a duplicate is requested before the sale goes ahead.
Bring your registration and a photo ID when you visit Espanola, and if a lender once held the truck, bring the lien release too. Once the duplicate title is in hand, send us a clear picture of the front and back so the name on it can be matched to the seller before we schedule collection.
Stock trucks and hay rigs around the valley
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 591 farms across Santa Fe County, with cattle, corn and goats at the top of the list. Around El Valle de Arroyo Seco that means stock trucks, flatbeds for hay and feed, and grain trucks that may only come out at harvest.
A farm truck parked in a barn or out in a pasture can stay right there for pickup. Tell us whether the gate is locked, how soft the ground gets, and whether the title is in your name or a family member’s; if it belongs to an estate or a ranch partnership, say so early so the right person signs.
New Mexico’s clean truck standards and an older fleet
Two state rules are in force in New Mexico: Advanced Clean Trucks, the medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicle requirement, and Heavy-Duty Omnibus, the exhaust emission standards for heavy-duty engines. Both govern new trucks and new engines rather than the diesel already parked in your yard in the valley.
Owners near Arroyo Seco who are weighing a newer truck under those standards can sell the one they have now directly to us. Have the engine make and model year from the door sticker or the engine tag ready when you contact us, since that is what we ask about first.
The questions we get asked in El Valle de Arroyo Seco
- I keep a stock truck out on the ranch near Arroyo Seco. Must I haul it somewhere for you?Santa Fe County has 591 farms on USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with cattle leading the list, and ranch trucks around Arroyo Seco are collected where they are kept. Tell us about the gate and the ground so the right tow rig is sent.