Cayuga Mine and the haul toward the lake
Cayuga Mine, which the Mine Safety and Health Administration records as an industrial-mineral mine, lies under six miles north-west of Northeast Ithaca, at 5.7 miles. Dump trucks, tractors and service rigs that run in and out of a mine gate like that one are the kind of equipment we buy here. If yours has worked that site, say so in your first message and send a clear photo of the data plate with the VIN.
A truck tied to a mine often stays parked near the work rather than at a home address. Tell us the exact spot, whether it is a yard off the mine road or a lot closer to town, and whether a carrier can reach it without a gate pass, so collection can be planned around the site’s own access rules.
Gravel trucks between Dryden and the university pit
Two sand and gravel operations sit within eight miles of town on Mine Safety and Health Administration listings: University Gravel Products 7 miles south-east and Dryden Pit 7.7 miles east. Tri-axle dumps, end dumps and water trucks are the usual companions of a pit, and any of them can be sold to us from where it stands.
Gravel work means the truck may be sitting at the pit, at a contractor’s yard in Dryden, or at a driveway back toward Ithaca. Give us whichever address is current, the body type and its length, and photos of the box, the cab and the frame, and we will plan the pickup to that location.
Route to the propane terminal
Propane hauling out of Harford Mills
Head 13.7 miles east from Northeast Ithaca and you reach Harford Mills LPG Terminal, which the Energy Information Administration lists as a petroleum product terminal. Bobtails and tank trucks that load propane at a terminal like Harford Mills and deliver across the county fit what we purchase.
For a tank truck, keep the tank’s inspection and test records with the title and registration. Send those papers with a photo of the tank’s data plate when you first get in touch.
Milk trucks and grain haulers
Milk, corn and cattle on the back roads
Around Northeast Ithaca, Tompkins County counted 487 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with milk, corn and cattle listed as the top products. Milk tankers, grain trucks, livestock haulers and farm-plated straight trucks all come off operations like those, and we buy them directly from the farm.
A farm truck usually waits in a barnyard or field lane between seasons. Let us know whether the lane is firm enough for a carrier, whether the truck carries farm plates or standard registration, and where the title is kept, since farm titles often sit in a family file rather than a cab.
A Third Street counter for missing titles
A missing title is replaced through the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, whose Ithaca office stands at 301 3rd St, Ithaca, 2.6 miles from Northeast Ithaca. The agency also takes replacement requests through its DMV offices statewide and through its online title page.
If the title is gone, start that replacement before you contact us, and tell us it is in progress. Have the registration, the VIN and any lien release from a lender ready alongside it.
Neighbourhood payrolls
Local employers and the paused diesel rules
Northeast Ithaca held 703 jobs in 2023, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts show, with pits, a mine and farms all within eight miles of town. Contractors, delivery outfits and owner-operators based here can all sell a truck to us, whether it is one unit or several.
For a Tompkins County diesel owner, enforcement of the Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) Regulation and the Heavy-Duty Low NOx Omnibus (HD Omnibus) Regulation both stand paused in New York, by the state’s environmental agency’s own notice. Neither rule stops a Tompkins County owner from selling a diesel truck to us, so keep whatever emissions paperwork came with the vehicle alongside the title.
The questions we get asked in Northeast Ithaca
- Do you buy trucks that work the gravel pits near Dryden?Dryden Pit, 7.7 miles east on Mine Safety and Health Administration listings, and University Gravel Products to the south-east are both pits whose dump trucks and water trucks we buy. Share the VIN, a few pictures of the body and the pit or yard where it sits.
- Will you collect a farm truck from a field outside town?Tompkins County’s 487 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture are mostly milk, corn and cattle operations, and we collect from barnyards and farm lanes. Tell us how a carrier reaches the truck and whether the ground is firm.
- Can I sell a propane bobtail that loads at Harford Mills?Harford Mills LPG Terminal, 13.7 miles east on Energy Information Administration records, serves the kind of bobtails and tank trucks we purchase. Keep the tank’s test records with the title.