If your truck belongs to a company like that, have the registration in the business name and the title together before you call us, so the seller on paper is the person we speak to.
Of those 257, the federal census counts 212 as intrastate operations and 44 as interstate. A tractor that stays inside New York is usually parked at a shop or a yard close to home when we arrange collection, so give us that address and a contact who can hand over the keys.
New registrations keep arriving: FMCSA’s records show 19 carriers starting up here in 2025 after 11 in 2024. A new operator selling a first truck needs the same three things as a long-standing fleet, which are the title, the current registration and clear photos of all four sides and the cab.
General freight is the cargo listed by 117 local carriers in the FMCSA census, with 46 hauling machinery and large objects, 30 carrying logs, poles, beams and lumber, and 27 collecting garbage and refuse. Tell us which of these your truck did and what body it carries, whether a dry van, a lowboy, a log bunk or a packer, and we can ask the right questions first.
For a refuse packer or a log truck, the body and the chassis may have separate paperwork. Gather the chassis title along with any manuals or service records for the body, and photograph the body controls and the plate on the hoist or packer as well as the cab.
Machinery haulers often run a tractor and lowboy as a pair. Say whether you are selling the tractor alone or the trailer too, and have a title or registration ready for each unit you want collected.
Whatever year your truck is, the VIN plate photo and the model year on the title are what we check first.
Note the odometer reading when you photograph the dash so the figure on our paperwork matches what is on the truck.
Fleet sizes vary widely in the federal carrier census, from one operation with 666 power units and 516 drivers to others with 160 and 89 units.
Rail, ramps and bases
Yards and terminals within a few miles
The North American Rail Network places the Mohawk rail yard 5.7 miles west of town and the Mechanicville yard 6.4 miles north-east. A drayage tractor that works between those yards can be collected at the yard gate or at your shop, whichever is easier to reach.
About 6.6 miles north-east sits the Albany, NY - Mechanicville intermodal ramp, which the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists along with the Albany Port District 13 miles south. If your day cab has pulled containers on those runs, mention any chassis or trailer you also own so we can plan for one trip.
Two military installations appear in Bureau of Transportation Statistics listings west of town: Schenectady ANG MAP at 5.9 miles and NAVRESCEN Schenectady at 6.4 miles. If your truck is parked on a restricted site, arrange gate access before the collection date.
Hemstreet Park Pit, a sand and gravel operation, lies 7.3 miles east, and the Cohoes Mine and Mill sits 8.5 miles south-east, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration. A dump truck or tractor that works a pit can be collected on site if the operator allows it, so ask about access hours in advance.
Construction accounts for 66 of the 1,150 jobs counted here in 2023 by the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts, and Saratoga County holds 100 construction establishments in County Business Patterns. Send photos of the dump body, the tailgate and the hydraulic controls along with the cab when you contact us.
The Schenectady motor vehicles office for title questions
If the title is lost or still shows a lienholder, that New York State Department of Motor Vehicles office is where a replacement or a lien release gets processed.
Bring the registration and photo identification when you visit, and if a business owns the truck, bring proof that you can sign for it. Once the title is in hand, send us a photo of the front and back.
Dairy, horse farms and wholesale trade
Saratoga County has 604 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with milk, equine and corn as the leading products. A milk tanker, livestock hauler or grain truck from one of those farms is often parked in a barnyard, so tell us whether the lane can take a tow rig.
Wholesale trade holds 233 of the local jobs, a 20.3% share, in the Census Bureau’s LEHD figures for 2023. Box trucks and tractors serving wholesale warehouses tend to sit at a loading dock between runs; give us the dock address and the hours someone is on site.
The questions we get asked in Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek
- Do you collect trucks from rail yards or pits?The North American Rail Network puts the Mohawk yard 5.7 miles west, and the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Hemstreet Park Pit 7.3 miles east; we collect wherever the truck is parked once the site allows access.
- Can I sell a refuse or log truck?Garbage and refuse hauling is listed by 27 local carriers and lumber by 30 in FMCSA’s census, and those trucks are on the list we buy; send photos of the body and chassis with the title.