Cattle pots and hay
Fourteen Santa Rosa carriers, most of them hauling for ranches
FMCSA’s carrier census shows 14 active motor carriers based in Santa Rosa, and livestock is the cargo six of them list. If yours is a cattle pot or a tractor that pulled one, tell us the trailer type and whether the tractor and trailer are sold together or apart, so the pickup is planned for the right equipment.
Four Santa Rosa carriers declare farm supplies and another four declare grain, feed and hay, in FMCSA’s carrier census as well. Flatbeds, hay trailers and the tractors that pull them belong on our list. Send photos of each piece with its VIN plate, and say which ones share a title holder.
Three local operators also list driveaway and towaway work with FMCSA. If your unit moved other vehicles for a living, include the hitch or tow setup in your photos so we know what is attached when we arrive.
Ranch rigs that stay close to Guadalupe County
Of the 14 Santa Rosa operators in FMCSA’s census, eight run as private fleets, hauling their own goods rather than freight for hire. A ranch truck or farm tractor that has only carried the owner’s stock is exactly the kind we collect; have the registration in the operating name and the title ready to sign.
FMCSA’s carrier census lists eleven of those operators as intrastate only and three as crossing state lines. For a New Mexico-only truck, the New Mexico title and current registration are usually all the paperwork the sale needs, along with any service records you kept.
In FMCSA’s carrier census, 16 of the 29 drivers attached to Santa Rosa carriers work within a hundred-mile radius, while 13 go farther. If your truck is out on a long run, tell us where it will be parked when it returns and we will plan around that yard.
Blue Hole Road
The MVD field office is under a mile from downtown
The New Mexico Motor Vehicle Division handles titles through its MVD field offices, and NM MVD Field Office - Santa Rosa is at 1085 Blue Hole Road, Santa Rosa, 88435, about 0.8 miles from the centre of town. If the title is lost or still shows a lienholder, that office is where a duplicate or a lien release gets sorted before we collect.
Bring the release letter from the lender, your ID and the VIN when you go to Blue Hole Road. Once the New Mexico Motor Vehicle Division issues the clean title, send us a photo of the front and back and we can set the collection.
Ranch country around Santa Rosa
Around Santa Rosa, Guadalupe County counts 267 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with cattle, sheep and equine listed as the leading operations. Stock trailers, horse trailers and the pickups or tractors that tow them often sit at a ranch rather than in town; give us the ranch road and gate details so we can reach the truck where it is.
When a truck has spent its working life between pastures and sale barns, the records you have may be fuel slips or a parts receipt rather than a full service book. Send what you have along with clear photos of the cab, the frame and the tires; that is enough to start.
Collection by the rails
Trucks parked near the Santa Rosa tracks
Just 0.8 miles north-west of the Santa Rosa town centre, the North American Rail Network maps a rail yard named for the town itself. A truck parked near the yard or along the roads out that way is one we can collect on site; give us a contact who can grant access if it sits inside a fenced lot.
Santa Rosa held 982 jobs in 2023, a small working town by the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts. Whatever work your truck did in town, tell us where it is kept now and whether it can be driven onto a trailer or needs a tow setup on arrival.
The questions we get asked in Santa Rosa
- My stock trailer and tractor are out at a ranch south of Santa Rosa. Do I need to bring them into town?Ranches across Guadalupe County, 267 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, are where much of this equipment lives, and we come to the truck there. Send the ranch address and gate instructions.
- My title went missing somewhere on the ranch. Which Santa Rosa office issues a replacement?NM MVD Field Office - Santa Rosa, at 1085 Blue Hole Road about 0.8 miles from town, is the New Mexico Motor Vehicle Division office that handles duplicate titles. Take photo ID and the truck’s VIN to Blue Hole Road.
- I only ever hauled my own cattle. Will you still collect a truck that never hauled for hire?Eight of the 14 Santa Rosa carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census run private fleets like that, and those trucks are ones we purchase. Have the title and registration in the operating name ready.