Tijeras cement and the gravel pits toward Placitas
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the Tijeras Plant & Quarry, a cement plant, about 8.2 miles south-west of Sandia Knolls. Dump trucks, bulk cement tankers and mixers that haul out of that site often sit at a home yard up here between loads, so tell us the street and whether a loaded trailer is still hooked up before we arrange collection.
North-west toward Placitas, the Mine Safety and Health Administration also records a sand and gravel operation 16.6 miles off. If your truck has hauled aggregate on that run, send photos of the bed, the hoist and the axles alongside the cab, and keep any scale tickets or haul logs together with the title.
West into the city
Asphalt, fuel and crushed stone on the Albuquerque side
Holly Asphalt, which the Bureau of Transportation Statistics records as a liquid bulk terminal, is roughly 19 miles west of town. Asphalt tankers and distributor trucks that load there are part of what we buy; if yours carries a heated tank, note the tank’s last certification date and have that paperwork with the registration.
Two petroleum product terminals appear in Energy Information Administration records under the Albuquerque name, at 18.9 and 20.5 miles to the west. A fuel tanker based in Sandia Knolls that runs to either one can be collected from your driveway or from the terminal lot, whichever is easier for you; just say which when you first contact us.
Salls Portable Quarry Equip., a crushed-stone quarry, is about 20.8 miles west according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Portable crushing work means lowboys and heavy tractors moving between sites, so if your tractor is parked at a job rather than at home, give us that location and a contact who can open the gate.
Rails and the base
Rail freight off the Abajo yard, and work at Kirtland
The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, places the ALBUQUERQUE-ABAJO rail yard about 20.9 miles west of Sandia Knolls. Day cabs that shuttle freight off that yard are trucks we take; send the VIN and an odometer photo first and the rest of our questions follow from those.
Kirtland Air Force Base lies 15.3 miles south-west, as the Bureau of Transportation Statistics shows it. Contractors in the hills who run box trucks or flatbeds onto the base can sell those trucks to us too; if a unit carries base decals or gate passes, remove them or tell us so we can plan around them.
Dairy, cattle and horse hauling around the East Mountains
Milk, cattle and horses head the farm list for the area, and USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 964 farms across Bernalillo County. A milk tanker, a livestock hauler or a stock trailer tractor from one of those operations fits what we purchase, and photos of the tank or the trailer floor help us understand the setup.
Horse and cattle trucks around Sandia Knolls are often kept on a ranch rather than a paved lot. Describe the approach for us, whether a dirt lane or a pasture gate, and mention the gate code or who holds the key.
Sandia Vista on Menaul, the MVD counter for the knolls
Titles in this state come from the New Mexico Motor Vehicle Division, which handles them through its MVD field offices. The New Mexico Motor Vehicle Division lists NM MVD Field Office - Albuquerque - Sandia Vista, at 11500 MENAUL BLVD NE ste F1, Albuquerque, 87112, about 12.6 miles from Sandia Knolls.
If the title is missing or still names a lienholder, sort that out at the Sandia Vista office before we collect. Bring the registration, your photo ID and any lien release letter, and keep a copy of the new title for your own records once it arrives.
New Mexico’s clean truck standards, in force today
Advanced Clean Trucks, which sets a zero-emission requirement for medium- and heavy-duty sales across New Mexico, is in force for owners up in Sandia Knolls as everywhere else in the state. It sets reporting and compliance duties on new vehicle sales, and selling a truck you already own to us remains straightforward.
Alongside it, the state’s Heavy-Duty Omnibus rule sets exhaust emission standards for heavy-duty engines and is also in force. Keep the engine’s emission label legible and include a photo of it, so the engine family is on record when we look at your truck.
The questions we get asked in Sandia Knolls
- Will you come up into the East Mountains to collect a truck?Sandia Knolls sits about 8.2 miles from the Tijeras Plant & Quarry by the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s listing, and we collect from homes, yards and job sites across these hills, so give us the address and how the truck is reached.
- My title went missing up on the knolls; which Albuquerque counter reissues it?The New Mexico Motor Vehicle Division’s NM MVD Field Office - Albuquerque - Sandia Vista is at 11500 MENAUL BLVD NE ste F1, about 12.6 miles from town; take your ID and registration there.
- Do you buy fuel and asphalt tankers that load in Albuquerque?Holly Asphalt and two petroleum product terminals lie 18.9 to 20.5 miles west in Bureau of Transportation Statistics and Energy Information Administration records, and tankers that serve them are trucks we purchase; send tank paperwork with your photos.
- Can I sell a livestock or milk truck from a Bernalillo County farm?Milk, cattle and horses lead the county’s farm output in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and trucks hauling for those farms are ones we buy, collected from the ranch where they are kept.