Haul roads out of town
Between a quarry and a coal mine
South-west of Milan, roughly 21.2 miles out, the crushed-stone pit called CR #1 is on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s register. A dump truck or end-dump tractor that has spent its shifts on that run can be sold from the quarry yard itself if that is where it is parked; tell us the gate arrangements and who can let us in.
Roughly 23.7 miles to the north-east, Lee Ranch Coal Mine appears in the same Mine Safety and Health Administration listing. If your truck works the mine or sits on a lot near it, send photos of the cab, the frame and the plate along with the VIN, and say whether a site pass is needed to reach it.
Across Milan’s workforce, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023 put 96 of 886 jobs, a 10.8 percent share, in mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction. If your truck served one of those employers under contract, have any service log or site inspection sheet you kept ready when you contact us.
Milan carriers by load
Lumber, freight and well water out of Milan
Twenty-three active carriers are based in Milan according to FMCSA’s carrier census, and eight of them list logs, poles, beams and lumber among their cargo. A log truck or flatbed that carries poles and beams is one we buy; have the title and current registration in the same folder before you call.
General freight is listed by seven of those carriers, while liquids and gases and well water are each listed by four, per the same FMCSA census. Water trucks and tankers are part of what we collect, so tell us the tank’s capacity and the chassis VIN, and photograph both the tank and the cab.
Seventeen of the town’s carriers run intrastate and six interstate, FMCSA’s carrier census shows, and 19 operate as private fleets hauling their own goods. A private-fleet truck sold by a business needs the title in the company’s name and someone authorised to sign it, so settle who that is before the pickup is booked.
One larger fleet and a few small outfits
In FMCSA’s carrier census, the biggest operation based in Milan runs 31 power units with 52 drivers; the next two run nine and six units, each with two drivers. If you are thinning a fleet of any of those sizes, list the units by VIN in one message and we can arrange collection of several trucks together.
On driving range, FMCSA’s records count 47 drivers working inside a hundred-mile radius of their base and 43 going beyond it. A truck that runs long routes may be parked out of state when you decide to sell; give us its current address rather than bringing it home first.
New registrations have been sparse, with FMCSA’s carrier census recording one new carrier in Milan in 2025 and none in 2024. An owner-operator closing up a single-truck authority can still sell the truck to us with the title, registration and a photo ID.
Grants field office
A lost title, sorted out in Grants
Titles in this state are handled by the New Mexico Motor Vehicle Division, and its NM MVD Field Office - Grants sits at 1016 Nimitz Dr, Grants, 87020, about 4.3 miles from Milan. If the title is lost or still shows an old lien, that MVD field office is where a replacement or lien release is sorted out before the sale.
Bring the registration, your ID and any lien release letter to the Grants field office when you apply, and keep a copy of whatever the New Mexico Motor Vehicle Division issues. Once the title is in your name and clear, send us a photo of the front and back so the details match the truck.
Open roads to the yard
Six local bridges with no posted limits
The National Bridge Inventory from the Federal Highway Administration lists six bridges around Milan, and none of them carries a posted load limit. That leaves our tow and transport trucks free to reach a yard here without detours for weight.
Clearance is not an obstacle either: the National Bridge Inventory records no bridge in the Milan area below a fourteen-foot clearance. Tall loads such as a box truck or a tractor with a sleeper can be collected on the roads you already use, so just give us the street address and any gate code.
Stock and hay hauling
Livestock haulers on the ranches near town
Ranching runs across the area: USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 520 farms in Cibola County, with cattle, equine and sheep as the leading categories. A livestock hauler, stock truck or flatbed used for hay and feed on those ranches is a truck we collect from the ranch itself.
Around town, the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns records three construction establishments. If your truck is a ranch or contractor vehicle titled to a business, have the business’s registration and the signer’s ID ready, and send photos taken where the truck is parked.
Rules in force statewide
Zero-emission and engine standards a Milan owner should know
New Mexico has adopted Advanced Clean Trucks, its Medium- and Heavy-Duty Zero-emission Vehicle Requirement, Reporting and Compliance rule, and that rule is in force. Milan owners selling a diesel tractor or straight truck can still sell it to us; the rule sets requirements for new vehicle sales.
Alongside it sits the Heavy-Duty Omnibus, the state’s Exhaust Emission Standards for Heavy-Duty Engines, and it is also in force. For a sale in Milan, have the engine’s model year and the VIN plate photographed so the truck’s details are clear from the start.
The questions we get asked in Milan
- My end-dump sits at the crushed-stone quarry out past Milan - does it have to come into town first?CR #1 is listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration about 21.2 miles south-west of Milan, and we can collect from there. Name the person who holds the quarry gate key and we set the pickup with them.
- I haul well water around Milan in my own tanker - would you take that truck?Four Milan carriers list well water among their cargo in FMCSA’s carrier census, and water trucks are among the trucks we collect. Send the VIN, the tank capacity and photos of the tank and cab.
- Can you collect a truck from a ranch outside town?USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 520 farms in Cibola County, and we come to the ranch where the truck is parked. Give us directions and the name of whoever will be there.