Tulane to the ranches
Flatbeds, lowboys and hay haulers on the Moriarty roster
A Moriarty tractor pulling dry vans or mixed loads fits the largest group in town: FMCSA’s carrier census shows general freight on 41 of 73 active carrier registrations. Tell us the trailer it usually pulls and the axle setup, and leave the registration in the cab for our visit.
Machinery and large objects appear on 21 of those carrier registrations in the federal census, with grain, feed and hay on 20 and farm supplies on 17. A truck that moves equipment or feed between ranches here is often parked at a yard or a barn rather than in town, so send us the gate address and a note on how a lowboy or rollback reaches it.
Ten new carriers registered in Moriarty in 2025, against two in 2024, by FMCSA’s count. A newer operation selling its first truck should gather the title, the current registration and any service invoices before calling; those three papers answer most of what we ask.
Fifty-six intrastate outfits and thirty private ones
Of the town’s 73 carriers, 56 run intrastate only and 17 cross state lines, according to the federal carrier census. For an in-state truck, the New Mexico registration and title are the documents we check first, so keep both together with the keys.
Thirty of Moriarty’s carriers are private fleets hauling their own goods, FMCSA records show. A farm or business truck sold out of one of those fleets should come with a signed note from whoever holds authority to sell it, alongside the title.
Across the 22 Moriarty carriers that gave FMCSA a mileage figure, the median truck logs 10,000 miles a year. Write the odometer reading down and photograph the dash with the VIN plate so the figures you send match what we find.
Big lots, lone rigs
Twenty, eighteen or a single Moriarty tractor
The three biggest operations in town run 20, 18 and 8 power units, with 9, 9 and 4 drivers respectively, per the FMCSA census. If you are retiring several units from a yard that size, list each VIN and its location on the lot, and we can plan one collection around the whole group.
Single-truck owners make up the rest of the Moriarty roster. One tractor is a complete sale on its own: send photos of the cab, frame, fifth wheel and tires, and say whether it sits on pavement or dirt.
Along the interstate
Fuel terminal, cement quarry and Kirtland to the west
East of Moriarty by 15.3 miles, Energy Information Administration records place a petroleum product terminal carrying the town’s own name. If your tanker or fuel truck has been loading there, tell us so; the terminal’s location helps us decide where to meet the truck.
West along the interstate, the Mine Safety and Health Administration records the Tijeras Plant & Quarry, a cement plant 20.3 miles away. Dump trucks and mixers that have worked that site are trucks we purchase, and a list of attachments and body type saves a round of questions.
Kirtland Air Force Base is 24.8 miles west of Moriarty in Bureau of Transportation Statistics records. A truck kept near the base or in Albuquerque can be collected there; give us the street address rather than driving it back east.
Clearance on Martin Road
Thirty bridges and one low underpass
Within reach of town the National Bridge Inventory lists 30 bridges, none of them load-posted, and only one structure there clears less than fourteen feet: the interstate span over Martin Road, at 13ft 7in in that same federal inventory.
If your truck is parked off Martin Road, mention it when you book. We route the pickup so a tall load or a recovery truck avoids that underpass.
A duplicate from the field office on Tulane Avenue
The New Mexico Motor Vehicle Division handles titles, and its NM MVD Field Office - Moriarty sits at 109 Tulane Avenue, Moriarty, 87035, just 0.3 miles from the center of town. If the title is missing, a duplicate from that field office is the first step before we collect.
Bring the VIN, your driver’s license and any lien release to the Tulane Avenue counter. A title that still shows a lender needs that release recorded at the MVD before we collect.
Ranch country and a manufacturing payroll
In 2023 the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put 1,250 jobs in Moriarty, with 99 of them, 7.9 percent, in manufacturing. Box trucks and flatbeds serving those employers are part of what we buy; note the body length and any lift gate.
Around Moriarty, 577 farms operate across Torrance County in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with corn, sheep and horses as the leading products. Livestock haulers, grain trucks and stock trailers’ tractors from those places are welcome; tell us whether the truck is at a ranch gate or a paved lot.
The state register lists New Mexico’s Advanced Clean Trucks rule and its Heavy-Duty Omnibus engine standard as in force. Moriarty owners can still sell a truck they already run under either rule.
The questions we get asked in Moriarty
- If my title is lost, where in Moriarty do I replace it?The NM MVD Field Office - Moriarty, at 109 Tulane Avenue, is 0.3 miles from town and issues duplicates for the New Mexico Motor Vehicle Division. Walk in with the VIN off the door jamb and your license, and ask for a duplicate in the registered owner’s name.
- Will you collect a truck from a ranch outside town?Torrance County’s 577 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture are where many local trucks are kept, and we come to the truck. Send the gate address and how a tow rig gets in.
- Do you buy trucks that haul feed or hay?Twenty Moriarty carriers list grain, feed and hay in FMCSA’s carrier census, and those trucks are ones we buy. A photo of the bed or trailer hitch plus the name on the title gets the conversation started.
- Can I sell a truck that has been working at the Tijeras quarry?The Tijeras Plant & Quarry, 20.3 miles west in Mine Safety and Health Administration records, is a site whose dump and mixer trucks we purchase. Tell us the body type and attachments.