Gravel and stone a few miles west of Los Lunas
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists two Mountain States Crusher sites 5.2 miles west of town, a crushed-stone quarry and a sand and gravel operation. Dump trucks and end dumps that load at those gates often stay parked near the pit between jobs, so tell us whether yours sits at the quarry or at home and we will collect it from that spot.
Orona, a sand and gravel operation 6.5 miles east, and Los Padillas Pit, an industrial-mineral mine 11.3 miles north, both appear in Mine Safety and Health Administration records as well. If your truck has hauled aggregate from either one, have the title, the current registration and a few photos of the bed and the cab ready when you call.
Belen’s rail yard and the Albuquerque terminals
South of town by 10.8 miles, the North American Rail Network maintained by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the Belen rail yard. A tractor that shuttles loads to and from that yard can be picked up in Belen itself; give us the street address and the name of whoever can let us onto the lot.
Two petroleum product terminals sit 15 miles to the north-east in Albuquerque, according to the Energy Information Administration, and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics puts the Albuquerque rail intermodal ramp at 18.7 miles out. Tank tractors and container chassis that work those sites are trucks we buy; send the VIN, the odometer reading and any service records you keep for the unit.
Valencia County haulers on the federal census
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 255 active carriers in Los Lunas, 171 of them intrastate and 84 crossing state lines, with 86 running private fleets for their own goods. Whichever group you belong to, the paperwork we ask for is the same: the title in your name or your company’s, the registration and your USDOT number.
General freight is the cargo listed by 152 of those carriers in the FMCSA census, followed by grain, feed and hay at 46, machinery and large objects at 39, and logs, poles, beams and lumber at 35. Flatbeds, lowboys, hay haulers and dry vans all fit that mix, and photos of the trailer coupling and deck help us understand which one you are selling.
Sixteen new carriers registered here in 2024 and another 16 in 2025, per the FMCSA carrier census, and the three biggest local fleets run 16, 14 and 8 power units. If you are an owner-operator with one truck or a small fleet selling several, tell us how many units and where each one is parked.
Local runs, long runs and model years
Drivers in the FMCSA census split between 210 working within 100 miles of base and 317 going beyond it. A truck that comes home every night is usually easy to reach in a yard or driveway in Los Lunas; one on long hauls may be out of state, so let us know when it will be back in Valencia County.
The 84 carriers reporting mileage to FMCSA show a median of 20,563 miles per truck a year. Have the current odometer reading handy when you get in touch, along with the engine make and the transmission type.
Across 66 trucks stopped between September 2024 and August 2026, FMCSA roadside inspection records give a median model year of 2009.5, with 66.7 percent of them ten or more years old. Whatever year your truck is, the title and the VIN plate are what we start from.
Freight jobs, builders and tomato farms south of Albuquerque
Of the 8,143 jobs located in Los Lunas in 2023, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put 1,245 in transportation and warehousing and 774 in construction, with 180 in manufacturing. Box trucks, tractors and dump trucks tied to that work can be collected from the job site or the company yard, whichever suits you.
Los Lunas holds 85 construction establishments against just 3 in warehousing, by the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns. If your truck belongs to a contractor, bring the company’s authorization to sign along with the title so the sale is completed in one visit.
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 978 farms in Valencia County, with equine, potted flowering plants and tomatoes leading the list. Flatbeds, livestock haulers and farm trucks parked out on a ranch are fine; give us directions to the gate and tell us whether the ground is passable for a tow.
Spans and approaches
Roads and bridges into Los Lunas
Ten bridges serve the area in the National Bridge Inventory kept by the Federal Highway Administration, and none of them is load-posted or under 14 feet of clearance. A full-height tractor or a loaded dump truck parked in town can be reached without routing around low or restricted spans.
For a truck parked off a rural road outside town, send a pin or a nearby cross street. Along with that, send photos of the approach, the truck from all four sides and the dash with the key on.
The questions we get asked in Los Lunas
- Must I haul my dump truck in from the Mountain States Crusher pit before you take it?The Mine Safety and Health Administration puts the Mountain States Crusher quarry and gravel site 5.2 miles west of town, and we collect from pits like that. Name the quarry contact who controls access, and we clear the visit with that person.
- Will you collect a tractor I keep at the Belen rail yard south of Los Lunas?Belen’s rail yard sits 10.8 miles south in the North American Rail Network, close enough that we can come to the truck where it is parked. Send the address of the lot and a contact on site.
- Which papers should a Los Lunas carrier gather first?With 255 carriers on FMCSA’s census in Los Lunas, the papers that move each sale here are the title, the registration, the VIN and your USDOT number. Add pictures of the frame rails, tires and cab interior taken in daylight.
- Do you buy farm trucks from Valencia County ranches?Valencia County holds 978 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and trucks from those places are ones we buy. Give us directions to the farm and say where on the property the truck stands.