Placitas pit, Pena Blanca
Sand and gravel pits on either side of Placitas
A sand and gravel operation carrying the Placitas name sits 6.6 miles to the west on Mine Safety and Health Administration records. Tandem dumps and end dumps that haul from that pit often go home at night to a lot or a driveway in the village, so tell us which it is and how a lowboy would get in.
Pena Blanca, another sand and gravel site in MSHA listings, lies 19.6 miles north-east. If your aggregate truck splits its weeks between the two pits, give us the VIN, the odometer reading and photos of the bed, the hoist and the frame rails, and say where it will be parked on collection day.
Belly dumps and side dumps from either pit are on the list too. Bring the trailer into the same message as the tractor if you want both gone, and say which title belongs to which unit.
Quarry and cement haulers to the south-west and south
Salls Portable Quarry Equip., a crushed-stone quarry on the federal mine register kept by MSHA, is 15.3 miles south-west of Placitas. A truck that worked crushing spreads there may still sit on a quarry lot, so name the site, the gate hours and a person who can let a driver in.
Further south, the Tijeras Plant & Quarry is a cement plant 17.6 miles away according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Bulk pneumatic tankers and ready-mix trucks tied to cement work fit what we purchase; photograph the drum or the tank, the cab and the VIN plate, and keep the title and current registration together before you reach out.
Asphalt and fuel terminals south-west and north-east
Holly Asphalt, a liquid bulk terminal on Bureau of Transportation Statistics records, stands 17.1 miles south-west of Placitas. Asphalt tankers and distributor trucks loading there can be sold from wherever their owner keeps them between paving jobs, whether that is a contractor yard or a ranch property off the highway.
The Energy Information Administration lists an Albuquerque petroleum product terminal 17 miles south-west and the Rosario Asphalt terminal 18.7 miles north-east. For a fuel or asphalt tractor that served either one, gather the tank test and inspection papers alongside the title and send them with your photos, since that paperwork shows us the unit’s working history.
Village builders
Contractors and small employers in Placitas
Fifteen builders and other construction establishments show up for Placitas in the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns. Builders and excavating outfits in a community this size usually run a single dump truck, a flatbed or a service body, and any of those can be picked up from the shop, the job site or the owner’s home.
Placitas had 218 jobs in 2023 in the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts. A one-truck owner here deals with us directly: send the make, the model year, the VIN and a few clear photos, and tell us whether a lender is shown on the title so the lien release is lined up before the pickup.
Cattle, horses, mushrooms
Stock, horse and mushroom haulers in Sandoval County
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counted 709 farms in Sandoval County, with cattle, equine and mushrooms as the leading products. Stock haulers, horse-trailer tractors and refrigerated box trucks from those operations are trucks we take around Placitas.
A ranch truck often never leaves the property it serves. We collect from the barn or the corral, so describe the access road, any cattle guard or gate code, and whether the truck is titled to you personally or to the ranch.
Engine rules
New Mexico clean truck rules a Placitas owner should know
New Mexico’s Advanced Clean Trucks requirement is in force in the state’s administrative code, as is the Heavy-Duty Omnibus exhaust standard for heavy-duty engines. A tractor you already own in Placitas can still be sold to us whatever its model year.
If you are deciding what to do with an older diesel while those state rules stand, photograph the engine family label with the rest of the truck. That puts the engine certification in front of us from the first message and saves a second round of questions.
The questions we get asked in Placitas
- I hauled cement from Tijeras but now live out of state. Can the truck stay where it is?Tijeras Plant & Quarry lies 17.6 miles south of Placitas in Mine Safety and Health Administration listings, and the truck can stay wherever it is parked near it or near Placitas. Give us the address and a local contact, and handle the paperwork from where you live now.
- What do I do if the title for my ranch truck is lost?Ranch trucks are common across Sandoval County’s 709 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and lost titles turn up among them. Apply to the state’s title agency for a duplicate, and tell us when you first contact us so we can plan around it.