Rock and gravel haul
Aggregate trucks from the Vado and Toro sites
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Vado Quarry, a crushed-stone operation, 16.8 miles south-east of Picacho Hills, and a sand and gravel site under the same Vado Quarry name 20.5 miles out on that same heading. A dump truck or end-dump tractor that has hauled rock out of Vado can be collected at the pit, at a yard in Las Cruces or in your driveway on the hill; just tell us which.
North-east of town, at 19.3 miles, Toro Aggregates appears on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list as another crushed-stone quarry. If your truck has run loads from Toro, send us the VIN, a photo of the door plate and pictures of the bed and the cab so we can see the truck as it stands today.
Vado Pit, a sand and gravel operation that the Mine Safety and Health Administration places 20.5 miles south-east, sits beside the Vado Quarry pit. Owners who moved material between these two Vado sites and the job sites around Las Cruces can sell the truck wherever it is now parked, with the gate contact’s name ready for us.
Milk, cotton and cattle trucks across the Mesilla side
Below the hills, 1,990 farms operate across Doña Ana County according to USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with milk, cotton and cattle as the top three commodities. A milk tanker tractor, a cotton module hauler or a cattle pot rig from those farms is a truck we purchase, and it can stay at the dairy or the gin yard until we arrive.
For a truck kept on a farm outside Picacho Hills, write down the road directions to the shed or barn where it sits, alongside the farm’s mailing address. Add the registration card and any service records kept in the cab, and the paperwork for a farm unit is ready.
Las Cruces MVD
A missing title goes to the Wyatt Dr field office
Six miles from Picacho Hills, the New Mexico Motor Vehicle Division runs NM MVD Field Office - Las Cruces- Wyatt at 308 Wyatt Dr, Las Cruces, 88001. If the title for your truck has gone missing, that MVD field office is where a replacement is requested, and starting it before you contact us keeps the sale moving.
The title should carry the name of whoever is signing for the truck. When a lender is still listed, the New Mexico Motor Vehicle Division needs that lien released on the record; bring the release letter along with your license when you visit the Wyatt Dr office.
South-west of the hills
Picking up beside the NG Las Cruces installation
NG Las Cruces, a military installation listed by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, lies 4.3 miles south-west of Picacho Hills. A civilian-owned truck parked in a lot or a home yard near that installation can be picked up there; let us know about any gate or access rule before the day.
Owners on the west side who work out of town can leave the truck at home in Picacho Hills and handle the sale by phone. Give us a neighbour or family member who can hand over the keys, and keep the title and registration together in one envelope for them.
Engine and zero-emission rules on New Mexico’s books
The New Mexico state register lists Advanced Clean Trucks, the Medium- and Heavy-Duty Zero-emission Vehicle Requirement, Reporting and Compliance rule, as in force. A diesel truck already titled in Doña Ana County can still be sold to us from Picacho Hills as it is.
Heavy-Duty Omnibus, the state’s Exhaust Emission Standards for Heavy-Duty Engines, is in force as well according to the New Mexico state register. Sellers with a question about how either regulation touches their own truck can ask when they call, and we will point them to the published text.
The questions we get asked in Picacho Hills
- Do you take farm trucks from the valley?Doña Ana County’s 1,990 farms, counted in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, are led by milk, cotton and cattle, and tankers, haulers and livestock rigs from those farms are trucks we purchase.