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Fishkill · Dutchess County · New York

Sell your semi truck for cash in Fishkill the easy and convenient way

Fishkill sits a couple of miles north of two stone and gravel pits, with fuel terminals a few miles to the west, and the trucks that work here haul aggregate, machinery, lumber and refuse around that compact corner of Dutchess County.

Selling a truck in Fishkill? Tell us about it and we'll take it from there.

Two pits, one road south

Quarry and gravel trucks from the pits below Fishkill

Fishkill Quarry, a crushed-stone operation on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, lies 2.2 miles south of town, and the Century Aggregates Fishkill Mine, a sand and gravel site, is 2.5 miles out in the same direction. A dump truck or tri-axle that cycles between those two pits is often parked at the pit gate or a nearby contractor yard rather than at the owner’s house, so give us the exact spot and the name of whoever controls access.

Further north, Clinton Point Quarry & Mill sits 6.4 miles from Fishkill according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration. If your truck loaded stone there, tell us which site it worked and send photos of the body, the frame rails and the tag axle, along with the VIN and the plate, so the truck we arrange to collect is the one in the pictures.

Fuel docks westward

West of Fishkill, the Energy Information Administration lists the Roseton petroleum product terminal 5 miles away and the Newburgh terminal at 6.9 miles. Global, a liquid bulk terminal the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places 6.8 miles west, sits on that same bank. A tractor that pulled fuel trailers out of these sites can be sold with or without its trailer; tell us which you want to include.

On the near side, New Hamburg is a liquid bulk terminal 4.7 miles north-west in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics listing, and the Danskammer Plant rail yard is the same distance on the North American Rail Network. Keep any terminal access records or inspection sheets with the truck, since they show us where it has worked without anyone having to guess.

General freight, machinery and lumber haulers on the local register

General freight is the commonest line among Fishkill’s 156 active carriers, 52 of them, on FMCSA’s carrier census. In the same FMCSA census, another 31 carry machinery and large objects, 25 haul logs, poles, beams and lumber, and 24 move garbage and refuse. That spread means we hear from owners of box trucks, lowboys, log trailers and roll-off rigs alike, and each is welcome here.

Of those 156 carriers, 131 run intrastate only and 25 cross state lines, the federal census records, while 121 operate as private fleets hauling their own goods. A private fleet truck usually carries the company’s name on the title, so the person signing must be someone with authority to sign for that business.

Drivers who keep their routes close to Fishkill

Drivers working for Fishkill carriers split 323 within a 100-mile radius and 176 beyond it, by FMCSA’s census. Among the 34 carriers that reported mileage to FMCSA, the median sits at 10,000 miles per truck a year. A truck that stays close to home is usually within reach of the yard it runs from, which makes arranging collection straightforward.

The three leading local fleets run 19, 13 and 11 power units, with 16, 13 and 11 drivers, per FMCSA’s carrier census. Whether you run one truck or a dozen, send the VIN, plate and a few photos of each unit and we can go through them together.

Warehouse and construction jobs around Fishkill

Nearly one Fishkill job in five, 620 of 3,269 in 2023, was in transportation and warehousing according to the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts. Construction accounted for 177 jobs and manufacturing for 62 in that LEHD tally. Straight trucks and tractors that served distribution buildings or building sites around town all fit what we take on.

Out in Dutchess County, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 620 farms, and milk, equine and deer top the county’s list. A livestock hauler, a horse van or a milk tanker from a farm outside Fishkill is just as much in scope as a quarry truck; tell us the farm’s road and whether a large vehicle can turn in at the gate.

Four miles from Fishkill, at 29 Marshall Rd, Wappingers Falls, stands the Wappingers Falls office of the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles. If the title is missing, that state DMV office is the place to apply for a replacement before the sale, and the agency’s DMV offices handle the request.

Bring the registration and your photo ID with you when you go. Once the new title is in hand, send us a photo of the front of it along with the registration so the names and the VIN can be matched before collection.

New York’s clean truck regulations and your sale

New York has adopted the Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) Regulation, and its enforcement is paused, according to the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation. The Heavy-Duty Low NOx Omnibus (HD Omnibus) Regulation is in the same position, with enforcement also paused.

Fishkill owners can sell a diesel tractor or straight truck to us without any action under either rule. Send the model year and engine details with your photos, and keep the emissions label legible in at least one picture.

The questions we get asked in Fishkill

  • My tri-axle sits at the quarry below Fishkill; will you pick it up from the pit itself?Fishkill Quarry is 2.2 miles south of town on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and a truck parked there or at the gravel site next door can be collected where it sits. Name the person who unlocks the quarry gate and say which days the pit is working.
  • Does a refuse packer from a small Fishkill hauling outfit qualify for sale to you?FMCSA’s carrier census lists 24 Fishkill carriers hauling garbage and refuse, and their packers and roll-offs are trucks we take. Photograph the packer body, the cab and the plate, and include the VIN with them.

Sell your truck in Fishkill

Fishkill sits between the stone pits to its south, the Clinton Point quarry to its north and the fuel terminals at Roseton and Newburgh to the west.