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

Up the road north-east of Grants, 24.7 miles out, the Lee Ranch Coal Mine appears in Mine Safety and Health Administration records as an active coal operation. A truck that hauled at Lee Ranch and still sits on mine property can be collected right there; just tell us who controls the gate at the site.

West of town, a crushed-stone quarry named CR #1 sits 23.1 miles out on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list. Dump trucks and tractors from quarry work often stay parked near the pit between jobs; send us the location as a pin or a road description and photos of the bed, frame and cab so we can plan the trip out.

Mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction accounted for 298 of the 3,252 jobs located in Grants in 2023, 9.2 percent, according to the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts. If your truck served one of those operations, send any site inspection sheets you kept along with the title.

Of the 40 active carriers that call Grants home in FMCSA’s carrier census, a dozen put general freight on their cargo list. Another 8 haul machinery and large objects on the same FMCSA census; if yours pulled a lowboy, tell us the trailer setup when you write.

Six carriers here list grain, feed and hay, and six more list logs, poles, beams and lumber, by FMCSA’s carrier census. Flatbeds and log trucks are often kept at the ranch or the yard rather than in town, and that is fine; we collect from wherever the truck is parked.

Thirty-one of the 40 carriers run intrastate only and 9 cross state lines, while 22 operate as private fleets hauling their own goods, according to FMCSA’s carrier census. A private-fleet truck usually carries the owner’s business name on the title, so have the person who can sign for that business on hand.

The largest operation registered in Grants runs 122 power units with 65 drivers, and the next two run 8 trucks each, per FMCSA’s carrier census. Selling several units at once works the same way as selling one: list the VINs and where each truck is parked.

Drivers here split between local and long work: FMCSA’s carrier census counts 73 drivers within 100 miles and 131 beyond it. If your truck does the long work, it may be out on the road when you decide to sell; tell us where it will be parked when it comes off its last run.

Among the 9 carriers that report mileage, the median truck covers 35,731 miles a year on FMCSA’s carrier census. Have the current odometer reading and your registration ready; those two answer most of our first questions.

Cibola County holds 520 farms, and cattle lead the list ahead of horses and sheep in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture. Stock trailers and hay haulers that serve those ranches are trucks we buy, and we can collect them off a ranch road if you tell us how to reach the gate.

If the title for a ranch truck has gone missing, New Mexico’s state title agency handles replacement titles, and it is best to start that request before the sale. Photos of the cab, the VIN plate and the bed help us while the paperwork catches up.

The National Bridge Inventory lists 26 bridges in Grants, none of them load-posted, and only one with clearance under 14 feet. The National Bridge Inventory shows that one carrying I-40 East over Coolidge at 10 feet 0 inches; a tall truck parked near it needs a route that avoids passing underneath.

When you send the pickup address, mention whether the truck sits on the Coolidge side of the interstate. Knowing that lets us route the carrier around the low crossing on the first try.

A dozen construction firms operate around Grants, by the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns tally. Their dump trucks, flatbeds and service bodies are welcome here; send the body type and the VIN together.

Per the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023, construction held 52 jobs in Grants and wholesale trade held 79. Delivery and box trucks from wholesale routes sell the same way as heavy tractors: title, registration and a set of photos.

• My dump truck is parked out at the crushed-stone quarry west of town. Does the truck have to be hauled into Grants before you collect it?CR #1 is 23.1 miles west of Grants on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and we collect from the quarry itself. Let us know who controls site access so the pickup is arranged with them.
• Can I sell a truck that hauled coal at Lee Ranch?Lee Ranch Coal Mine is 24.7 miles north-east of town by the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s listing, and trucks from that work are ones we buy. Send the title, the VIN and photos of the frame and bed.
• Is the interstate underpass at Coolidge a problem for pickup?The National Bridge Inventory puts that I-40 East crossing at 10 feet 0 inches, the only one of Grants’ 26 bridges under 14 feet. Give us the parking spot and our carrier plans a path that stays clear of the Coolidge underpass.
• My ranch truck’s title is lost; where does a Grants owner get a new one?Cibola County trucks are titled through New Mexico’s state title agency, which issues replacements. Start that request early and send us photos of the truck while it is processed.