Aggregate south of town
Gravel pits on the south edge of Peralta
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Cordova Pit, a sand and gravel operation 2.7 miles south of Peralta, and Orona, another one 3 miles south. A dump truck or end-dump that has run aggregate out of either pit can stay parked there or at your yard in Peralta; send us the address, the VIN and a contact who can open the gate.
Further out, the Mine Safety and Health Administration records Los Padillas Pit, an industrial-mineral mine 9.5 miles north, and Mountain States Crusher GCP 3164, a crushed-stone quarry 11 miles west. If your tractor or dump body has worked between those sites, tell us which ones, and photograph the bed, the hoist and the cab so the photos match what you describe.
Tank racks, rail ramp
Fuel racks up the valley, rail yard at Belen
Two petroleum product terminals listed by the Energy Information Administration, both under the Albuquerque name, sit 11.1 and 11.4 miles north of Peralta. A tank tractor that has loaded at either can be collected from wherever it is kept between runs; tell us whether it is still coupled to a trailer, and which one you are selling.
Belen’s rail yard, 13.5 miles south-west, appears in the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics also lists the Albuquerque intermodal ramp 15.3 miles north. For a day cab that has shuttled containers to that ramp, lead with the VIN and the odometer reading, then the registration.
Toters and lowboys
Freight, lowboys and mobile-home toters
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 32 active carriers in Peralta; 16 of them haul general freight, 7 carry machinery and large objects, 4 move mobile homes and 3 list utility work. Whether yours is a lowboy tractor, a toter that has pulled manufactured homes or a utility body truck, the paperwork we ask for is the same: title, registration and any service records you keep.
Of those 32, the federal census puts 9 in interstate operation and 23 intrastate, and 16 run private fleets that carry their own goods. A private-fleet truck sold from a Peralta business needs the title in the business’s name and someone able to sign for that business.
Small fleets, short registrations
The three biggest operations in Peralta’s FMCSA records run 11 power units with 6 drivers, 7 power units with 2 drivers, and 2 power units with 2 drivers. An owner of a fleet that size can sell one unit or several at once; list each VIN and say which trucks are parked together so collection can be planned as one trip.
Only a handful of operators are new to Peralta: 2 registered in 2025 and 1 in 2024, going by FMCSA’s carrier census. If you started hauling recently and are now selling the truck you began with, keep the purchase papers and the lien release, if there was a loan, with the title.
Mileage and reach of Peralta’s trucks
Across 10 Peralta carriers that report mileage in FMCSA’s carrier census, the median truck covers 18,820 miles a year. Give us your own odometer reading in a clear photo of the dash, so the figure on the title paperwork and the one we record agree.
In the same FMCSA carrier census, 25 Peralta carriers report drivers working within 100 miles of base. A truck that stays that close to Valencia County is most likely parked at home or at a nearby yard when we collect it, so tell us which of those it is.
Job sites and horse farms
Construction payrolls and tomato greenhouses nearby
Construction holds 139 of Peralta’s 384 jobs in 2023, a 36.2 percent share in the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts, and the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns tallies 19 construction establishments for the area. A flatbed, dump or service truck that has worked those job sites may still be parked on one; let us know the site address and who controls access.
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 978 farms in Valencia County, with equine, potted flowering plants and tomatoes at the top of the list. A straight truck or horse-hauling tractor kept on a farm off a dirt lane can be collected there; tell us about the lane and the gate in your first message.
Duplicate titles too
Signing a New Mexico title from Peralta
Hold off signing the New Mexico title until the sale is agreed, and leave the purchaser lines empty until we fill them in together. If the title from the state’s title agency has gone missing, apply to that agency for a duplicate before the pickup is booked, and tell us it is on the way.
Keep the current registration in the cab of the Peralta truck, with the keys and any lien release, so whoever meets us at the yard or pit has everything in one place. If the truck is titled to a business, the person who signs needs authority to sign for it.
The questions we get asked in Peralta
- Our dump truck sits at the Cordova or Orona pit outside Peralta, so must we haul it out before pickup?Cordova Pit lies 2.7 miles south of Peralta and Orona 3 miles south, both listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and we collect from either. Give us the pit operator’s contact so the visit is set up with whoever holds the gate key.
- After misplacing my Peralta rig’s title, where should I apply for a fresh copy?A missing New Mexico title is replaced by the state’s title agency, which issues the duplicate. Request it, tell us when you applied, and we can arrange everything else while it is in the post.
- I haul mobile homes out of Peralta. Do you buy toter trucks?Four of Peralta’s 32 active carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census move mobile homes, and their tractors are trucks we buy. Send the VIN, the registration and photos of the cab and deck.