Rock hauled from a mine north of town and pits to the east
Cayuga Mine, an industrial-mineral mine 5.3 miles north of Northwest Ithaca, appears in the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s mine records. We buy tractors and dump bodies that work at Cayuga Mine. Send us the VIN, a few photos taken in daylight and the yard address, and tell us whether it is parked at the mine gate or at home.
South-east of town, 8.8 miles out, the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists University Gravel Products as a sand and gravel operation, and it places Dryden Pit 11.4 miles to the east. Tri-axle dumps and end-dump trailers loaded at pits like those are trucks we buy. If the unit stays at a pit between jobs, give us the site name and a contact who can open the gate on the day of collection.
Propane and fuel
Propane loaded east of town, fuel loaded west of it
Harford Mills LPG Terminal, 17.2 miles east, and Watkins Glen Terminal, 21.8 miles west, are both listed by the Energy Information Administration as petroleum product terminals. Bobtails and tank trucks that load at either one fit what we take in. Have the registration and any tank inspection paperwork in the cab so we can match the tank to the chassis.
A fuel truck that splits its weeks between the Harford Mills side and the Watkins Glen side may be at either end when you call. Tell us which terminal it last loaded at and where it will be parked, and we will arrange the collection at that spot rather than asking you to move it.
The Kendaia yard toward Seneca
Kendaia, a rail yard 24.5 miles north-west, is recorded in the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Day cabs that shuttle loads between a yard like Kendaia and the hills around Ithaca are part of what we buy, as are the flatbeds and van trailers behind them.
If the truck is kept closer to Kendaia than to town, say so up front. The pickup is planned around where the tractor actually sits, and an accurate address saves a second trip for both of us.
Barns and back lots
Milk, corn and cattle hauling out of Northwest Ithaca
Around Northwest Ithaca, the farms of Tompkins County number 487 in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and milk, corn and cattle are listed as the leading products there. Milk tankers, grain trucks and livestock haulers that run those farm roads are trucks we purchase, along with the farm’s own straight trucks.
A farm truck often lives in a barn or a back lot rather than a yard. Write down the farm road, which building it is in and whether a loader is needed to clear the way, and photograph the plate and VIN tag before we come out.
A lost title and the DMV office 1.7 miles away
For an owner on the north-west side, the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles keeps its Ithaca office at 301 3rd St, Ithaca, a 1.7-mile trip from Northwest Ithaca by that agency’s own listing. Should the title be missing, the replacement comes from the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles through its DMV offices, and that Third Street office is the closest one to start at.
Have the owner’s name exactly as it reads on the registration, plus any lien release if the truck was financed. With the title, registration and keys in one envelope, the handover in your driveway or yard is short.
Jobs beside regulations
Who works here and the state’s clean-truck regulations
Northwest Ithaca has 2,225 residents, while the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts (LODES) put 2,540 jobs there in 2023, set beside a resident count a little lower. Service trucks, box trucks and delivery units that support those workplaces are welcome here too.
New York’s Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) Regulation has enforcement paused, according to the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation. The Heavy-Duty Low NOx Omnibus (HD Omnibus) Regulation is listed by that department with its enforcement paused as well. Northwest Ithaca owners selling a diesel tractor today can tell us the engine year and leave the rule questions with us.
The questions we get asked in Northwest Ithaca
- Do you buy dump trucks that haul from Cayuga Mine or the gravel pits?Cayuga Mine sits 5.3 miles north and University Gravel Products 8.8 miles south-east, both per the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and dump trucks and trailers working those sites are trucks we buy. Text us the VIN, a handful of daylight photos and the pit or yard it sits in.
- The title to my dump truck went missing in the barn; where in Ithaca do I go?The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles has its Ithaca office at 301 3rd St, Ithaca, 1.7 miles from town, and replacement titles are handled through its DMV offices.
- Will you collect a milk tanker or grain truck from a farm?Tompkins County’s 487 farms, counted in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, list milk, corn and cattle first, and we collect farm trucks where they are kept. Give us the farm road and building.
- My tank truck is parked out by Watkins Glen; will you go there for it?Watkins Glen Terminal is 21.8 miles west in the Energy Information Administration’s terminal list, and we come to wherever the truck is parked, there or at Harford Mills.