Tijeras Canyon
Cement and quarry hauling south-east of the foothills
Tijeras Plant & Quarry, a cement plant the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists 8.9 miles south-east of Sandia Heights, sits on the far side of the mountain from the homes on the slope. Bulk cement tankers, pneumatic trailers and the tractors that pull them are trucks we buy. When you write to us, name the trailer type and whether it is part of the sale or stays with you.
Ten miles west, on the Mine Safety and Health Administration roster, Salls Portable Quarry Equip. is recorded as a crushed-stone quarry. Dump trucks and end-dump combinations that have hauled crushed stone from a portable operation like that may be parked at a job site rather than a yard. Give us the site address and a contact who can let a driver in, and the collection is arranged around that person.
Pit toward Placitas
Sand and gravel north-west toward Placitas
Placitas, a sand and gravel operation 8.4 miles to the north-west by the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s records, is the closest mine site to Sandia Heights. Tandem dumps, transfer trucks and belly-dump tractors that work out of a gravel pit are all on our list. Tell us the bed length and the axle setup in your first message so the pickup is planned for the right equipment.
A gravel truck that is still in the pit, or at a contractor’s lot off the road toward Placitas, can stay where it is. Send photos of the cab, the frame, the bed and the tires, plus the VIN and an odometer photo, with your first message.
Valley fuel racks
Fuel and asphalt terminals west in Albuquerque
The Energy Information Administration places two petroleum product terminals named Albuquerque west of Sandia Heights, one at 8.6 miles and another 11 miles to the south-west. A day cab that has pulled a fuel tanker off either rack, and the tank trailer itself, can be sold to us together or on their own. Say which you are selling and gather the title and registration for each unit.
Holly Asphalt appears in Bureau of Transportation Statistics terminal listings as a liquid bulk terminal 8.7 miles west. Heated asphalt tankers and their tractors fit what we purchase. Send any tank test certificates or inspection reports you hold along with the photos; they show what the trailer has carried.
Abajo tracks south-west
Rail-served freight at Albuquerque-Abajo
Southwest of the foothills, the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics carries two entries for the Albuquerque-Abajo rail yard, at 11.8 and 12.1 miles. Tractors that move freight to and from those tracks are often left on a lot near the yard between loads. Give us that lot’s address and who holds the gate key.
If you live up in Sandia Heights but your truck is parked down by Abajo, there is no need to bring it home first. We go to the truck, and the paperwork, the title and the signatures can be handled from your house.
Foothill trades
Contractors on the slope and Bernalillo dairy country
Sandia Heights holds 237 jobs in 2023 according to the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts (LODES), and County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau puts construction establishments at 38. Contractors with a flatbed, a stake-bed or a service-body truck parked at home on the slope can sell it from the driveway; send a photo showing how the truck sits so we know what our driver will find.
Dairy leads Bernalillo County’s 964 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, ahead of cattle and then horses. Livestock haulers, horse-trailer tractors and feed trucks from those operations are welcome. Have the title in the name of the person or business selling, and the current registration, ready when we talk.
NMAC engine standards
State clean-truck rules in force
The state’s own register lists the Advanced Clean Trucks zero-emission requirement and the Heavy-Duty Omnibus exhaust standards as rules in force in New Mexico. Owners in Sandia Heights selling a truck already plated and on the road can still sell it to us.
If you have the engine family label or the emissions sticker from under the hood, a clear photo of it helps us identify the engine on your truck. Add it to the photos of the cab and frame.
The questions we get asked in Sandia Heights
- My dump truck is on a job by the Tijeras cement plant, south-east over the mountain. Will your driver go out there?Tijeras Plant & Quarry is 8.9 miles south-east of Sandia Heights on the Mine Safety and Health Administration list, and we come to the truck wherever it is parked out there. Name the job site and whoever holds the keys to the gate there.
- Where do I deal with a lost title?For a truck titled from a Sandia Heights address in Bernalillo County, the duplicate title is issued by the state’s title agency. Apply for it as soon as you decide to sell, and let us know the application is in when you first contact us.
- Do you buy the tank trailer as well as the tractor?With two Albuquerque fuel terminals and Holly Asphalt all within 11 miles west of Sandia Heights on the Energy Information Administration and Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists, tractor-and-tank pairs are common here, and we buy either one or both. Send the VIN for each unit.