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

Just 2.4 miles west of the Lima crossroads, the Mine Safety and Health Administration records Oak Openings as an active sand and gravel operation. A dump truck or tri-axle that hauls out of that pit is usually parked close to it or back in town between jobs, so tell us which of the two spots we should come to and whether a loader or another truck blocks the way in.

East of town, the West Bloomfield Mine is a second sand and gravel site on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, roughly 6.3 miles out. Owners who run aggregate between the two pits can send us the VIN, the registration and a few photos of the body and the cab, and we will work out the collection from the address you give.

Farther afield, the Leroy Plant crushed-stone quarry sits about 17.1 miles west and Hampton Corners Mine and Retsof Bagging, an industrial-mineral mine, about 15.8 miles south-west, both as recorded by the Mine Safety and Health Administration. If your truck spends its days at one of those gates, say so up front so the pickup is planned for that location rather than for Lima itself.

FMCSA’s carrier census counts 73 active carriers based in Lima, and 69 of them are registered for intrastate work against just 4 running interstate. For a seller that usually means the truck is kept somewhere in the Genesee Valley rather than out on a long run, which makes it simple to tell us the yard, barn or driveway where it is parked.

Private fleets account for 56 of those 73 carriers on the same FMCSA census, so many trucks here belong to a farm, a contractor or a business that hauls its own goods. If the truck is titled to the business, have whoever signs for the company ready to sign the title, and bring the registration that matches it.

Among the Lima carriers FMCSA lists, the biggest runs 24 power units with 34 drivers, and two more run 17 power units each. A fleet owner selling several units at once can send one list of VINs and plate numbers, and we will treat the group as a single collection.

General freight is the cargo class marked by 24 Lima carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, with machinery and large objects marked by 19. Box trucks, flatbeds and lowboys that move equipment around the county fit that picture; send a photo of the trailer or body with the tractor so we know the whole unit you are selling.

Twelve carriers here mark grain, feed and hay, and eleven mark logs, poles, beams and lumber, according to the FMCSA census. A grain truck or a log truck that only comes out in season may have sat in a shed for months, so tell us where it is stored and whether it can be reached by a rollback or needs to be towed out.

Mileage figures reported to FMCSA by 11 Lima carriers put the median truck at 16,291 miles a year. Have the current odometer reading to hand when you contact us, along with the VIN from the door jamb or the title.

Around Lima the farms run to milk, corn and cattle, and USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 612 farms across Livingston County. Milk haulers, feed trucks and livestock rigs from those operations are the kinds of trucks a farm here may be ready to sell.

A farm truck is often titled to the farm’s business name or to one member of the family. Check whose name appears on the New York title before we come out, and keep the registration with it, so the person who signs is the person listed.

If the truck is parked in a field or behind a barn, tell us the lane it sits on and whether the ground is firm enough for a tow truck, and send photos taken in daylight from each side.

Roadside inspections between September 2024 and August 2026 covered 43 Lima-based trucks, and FMCSA’s records put their median model year at 2020. Whatever the year of yours, the VIN tells us the build details, so send it first.

Roughly three in ten of those 43 Lima trucks, per the same FMCSA roadside inspection records, carried a model year a decade or more back. Older and newer units are both on our list; any inspection or service records you have can come with the truck so its history travels with it.

The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023 list 363 positions in Lima, with manufacturing holding 71 and wholesale trade 50. Trucks that move goods for plants and distributors are often registered to the business, so a company officer may need to sign the title.

Builders and excavators here number 15 establishments on the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns tally, alongside a village population of 2,064. A contractor selling a dump truck or a stake body can tell us which job site or shop yard holds it, and we will arrange the collection there.

A lost title is replaced through the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, and its HENRIETTA office stands at 1225 JEFFERSON RD, SUITE A 26 A, ROCHESTER, about 12.4 miles from Lima. Apply for the replacement before we schedule the pickup, and keep the registration and your ID together with it.

The same drive north passes the ROCHESTER SOUTH and ROCHESTER NORTH petroleum product terminals that the Energy Information Administration lists about 15.6 miles out, and the ROCHESTER BROOKS AVE rail yard on the North American Rail Network about 15.7 miles away. Closer in, the North American Rail Network maps LAKEVILLE YARD roughly 6.2 miles south-west of Lima. If your truck works out of any of those, give us the address there and we will come to it.

For trucks kept around Lima, the Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) Regulation is on New York’s books, though Albany has stopped enforcing it for now. For a Lima owner, the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation page on heavy-duty vehicles is the place to check the rule’s current status before a sale.

The Heavy-Duty Low NOx Omnibus (HD Omnibus) Regulation is also listed by the state. Enforcement of it is paused as well; a Lima seller still brings the title and registration as usual.

• Do you collect from the gravel pits outside Lima?Oak Openings, about 2.4 miles west, and the West Bloomfield Mine, about 6.3 miles east, are both sand and gravel sites on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list; give us the address where your truck is parked and we will come to it there.
• My title went missing; which Rochester-area DMV counter should a Lima owner visit?The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles’ HENRIETTA office, at 1225 JEFFERSON RD, SUITE A 26 A, ROCHESTER, is about 12.4 miles from Lima and handles title replacement.
• Will you buy a farm truck registered to our dairy or cattle operation?Livingston County’s 612 farms, counted in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, run largely to milk, corn and cattle, and farm trucks titled to the business are on our list; the person named on the title signs it.
• Our Lima outfit runs seventeen units; can we hand over a batch at once?Lima’s larger carriers on FMCSA’s census run 17 to 24 power units, and a fleet can send us one list of VINs so we plan a single collection.