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Gallup · McKinley County · New Mexico

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

Gallup sits in McKinley County with a rail yard, a fuel terminal and a gravel pit all close to downtown; the trucks registered here haul general freight, vehicles and heavy machinery across the high desert.

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

The Gallup rail yard and the Wingate fuel terminal

Gallup’s own rail yard lies 1.1 miles to the north-west, on the North American Rail Network that the Federal Railroad Administration maintains with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A tractor that shuttles freight to and from that yard is likely parked somewhere close to it, so give us the street address or the yard gate it sits behind and we can arrange the collection there.

Just 1 mile north, the Energy Information Administration lists the Wingate petroleum product terminal. If your truck loads at Wingate, keep the terminal’s site access paperwork and any inspection sheets together with the title and hand them over at the sale.

Photos help as much as paperwork for a yard or terminal truck in Gallup: send the cab, the fifth wheel, the frame and each axle’s tires, plus a clear shot of the VIN plate. With those in hand we can match the truck to its registration before anyone heads out to Wingate or the rail yard.

Gravel and the depot

West to the gravel pit, east to the old depot

West of town, the Mine Safety and Health Administration records Tampico Pit, a sand and gravel operation 7.5 miles out. Dump trucks and end-dump tractors that work a pit like Tampico can stay right where they are parked; tell us whether the site has a locked gate and who on the crew can let us in.

Fort Wingate Depot Activity, a military installation the Bureau of Transportation Statistics puts 8.9 miles east of Gallup, is a separate stretch of road along the same corridor. If your truck is parked out toward the depot, note any access rules for the area before we schedule the pickup.

McKinley County’s 41 construction firms, tallied in the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns, sit alongside the haulers in this list. If your truck belonged to one of those contractors, have the business name on the title match the seller’s paperwork, or bring a signed letter from the company authorizing the sale.

Freight, car hauling and machinery out of Gallup

FMCSA’s carrier census counts 90 active carriers in Gallup, with 48 of them hauling general freight, 21 moving motor vehicles, 18 carrying machinery and large objects and 11 doing driveaway or towaway work. Car haulers, lowboys and dry vans are all on the list of what we buy here, so tell us the body type and trailer setup when you reach out.

Of those carriers, the same federal census shows 50 operating interstate and 40 staying within New Mexico, while 54 operate as private fleets hauling their own goods. A private-fleet truck is often titled to the parent business, so check whose name is printed on the title before you contact us.

Driver records in FMCSA’s census put 157 Gallup drivers within a 100-mile radius and 145 beyond it. If your truck is out on a long route right now, you can still start the sale; send the VIN and the registration and we will plan around where it will be parked next.

From a single tractor up to twenty-seven power units

Gallup’s top three fleets in the FMCSA carrier census field 27, 21 and 14 power units against 13, 20 and 12 drivers. A small operation selling one or two tractors out of a fleet that size can list each by VIN, and we handle them as separate trucks with separate titles.

New registrations in FMCSA’s carrier census added 8 Gallup carriers in 2025 and 4 in 2024. A newer owner-operator who financed the tractor should have the lender’s lien release on hand, or the payoff contact, ready before the title is signed over.

Half the trucks among 35 Gallup carriers filing mileage with FMCSA cover under 14,694 miles in a year, and half cover more. Write down the current odometer reading along with the VIN when you contact us; those two figures answer most of our first questions.

Across the 46 Gallup trucks checked at roadside from August 2024 through August 2026, FMCSA roadside inspection records put the middle model year at 2017. We buy every model year, so give us the year, make and model straight off the registration.

A share of 43.48 percent of those 46 Gallup trucks were ten or more model years old, the same FMCSA roadside inspection records show. If you have the most recent inspection report for your truck, include a copy; it confirms the VIN and the plate in one sheet.

Bridges and roads

Bridge clearances between Gallup and the pickup

The National Bridge Inventory from the Federal Highway Administration lists 74 bridges around Gallup, 3 of them load-posted and 2 with less than 14 feet of clearance. When you give us the pickup address, mention the road the truck sits on so we can route a carrier past those structures.

The National Bridge Inventory’s lowest Gallup bridge carries Sundance Road over an unnamed waterway at 10 feet 2 inches of clearance. If your truck is parked anywhere along Sundance Road, tell us which side of that crossing it is on.

Work, ranching and paperwork in McKinley County

The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023 show 14,619 jobs in Gallup, including 395 in construction, 364 in wholesale trade, 201 in manufacturing and 166 in transportation and warehousing. Trucks from any of those trades qualify, whether a wholesale delivery box truck or a contractor’s flatbed.

McKinley County reported 1,664 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with cattle, sheep and horses at the top. A ranch truck or stock hauler sitting out on county land can be collected where it is; tell us the ranch road and any gate code ahead of time.

A lost New Mexico title is replaced through New Mexico’s state title agency before the sale closes. Order the duplicate early if you cannot find yours, and keep the current registration with it.

The questions we get asked in Gallup

  • My truck is parked at the Wingate terminal north of town. Must it be hauled into Gallup before you take it?The Energy Information Administration places the Wingate terminal 1 mile north of Gallup, and we collect from there. Tell us who controls the gate so we can arrange entry.
  • Our dump truck loads gravel at Tampico Pit west of Gallup. Can you pick up a dump truck at the pit?Tampico Pit is a sand and gravel operation the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists 7.5 miles west of Gallup, and the truck can stay there. Send photos and the VIN, and name a contact on site.
  • Will a low bridge near Gallup be a problem for the pickup?Sundance Road’s crossing, at 10 feet 2 inches in the National Bridge Inventory, is the lowest bridge listed near Gallup. Give us the exact address and we plan the route around it.
  • My truck is titled to my ranch business. Which papers does a McKinley County ranch need to sign?McKinley County’s 1,664 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture include many titled to a business name. Bring the title in that name and a signed authorization from whoever can sign for the ranch.

Sell your truck in Gallup

From the Gallup rail yard and the Wingate terminal to Tampico Pit, Fort Wingate and the ranches of McKinley County, we collect trucks wherever they work around Gallup.