General freight, packers and lumber from Suffern
Suffern’s 134 active carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census include 74 that name general freight among the loads they haul out of the village. If your box truck or tractor has spent its working life on mixed freight runs out of the village, we buy it where it is parked. Send the VIN, the registration and a set of photos of the cab, the frame and the body with your first message.
Refuse is the second line in that same federal census, with 19 Suffern carriers hauling garbage, refuse and trash. Roll-off and rear-loader owners should mention the body make and whatever hoist or packer service records they keep when they first get in touch.
Among the carriers in that census, 18 list machinery and large objects, and 13 list logs, poles, beams and lumber. Lowboys, flatbeds and the tractors that pull them fit that work; tell us the trailer stays with the sale or not, and photograph the deck and the tractor separately.
Owner-operators and private fleets in the village
Of the active Suffern carriers in FMCSA’s census, 96 are listed as private carriers moving their own goods. A contractor or wholesaler selling one of those trucks should have the title in the company’s name ready, along with someone who can sign for the business.
FMCSA’s register splits the village almost evenly, with 67 carriers operating interstate and 66 staying intrastate. Either way the paperwork we ask for is the same, a clear New York title or the company’s registration and the truck’s keys.
One Suffern carrier listed with FMCSA runs 18 power units and 21 drivers, the next 11 power units with 4 drivers, and another 7 power units with 3 drivers. Whether you are selling one truck from a fleet of that size or your only rig, tell us how many units you want to move and we will plan collection for each.
Hillburn to Haverstraw: where Suffern trucks work
Drivers working for Suffern carriers mostly stay close: the carrier census lists 317 drivers operating within 100 miles of home and 72 going beyond that radius. That usually means the truck is parked in or near the village when you are ready to sell, which is where we pick it up.
Forty-two Suffern carriers report annual mileage to FMCSA, and their median truck logs 7,579 miles a year. Write the current odometer reading down when you contact us; it is a neutral figure we record on every truck, nothing more.
Two crushed-stone quarries appear in Mine Safety and Health Administration records east of town: West Nyack Quarry about 9.4 miles away and Haverstraw Quarry & Mill about 10.5 miles out. A dump truck or tri-axle that has been hauling stone from either site can be collected from the yard where it sits, provided someone can open the gate.
Rail yards and the bridge on Chestnut Street
The North American Rail Network places the Hillburn rail yard 1.2 miles north-west of Suffern and the North Croton yard 14.2 miles east. If your tractor sits on a lot near the Hillburn tracks, give us the exact entrance so the recovery truck goes to the right gate.
Of nine bridges the National Bridge Inventory records in Suffern, none is load-posted and one clears under 14 feet: Route 202 over Chestnut Street, at 12 feet 5 inches. Tell us if a tall box truck or a raised dump body is parked on a street that runs under it, so the pickup route avoids that crossing.
Title help and New York’s truck rules
A lost title in Suffern is replaced through the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles office at 45 South Route 9W, West Haverstraw, about 10.4 miles from the village. Start the duplicate request there before we collect, and tell us if a lender is still listed on the title so the lien release can be arranged.
For a Suffern owner weighing New York’s Advanced Clean Trucks and Heavy-Duty Low NOx Omnibus rules, the state’s environmental conservation department shows enforcement of both paused. Neither one changes what you need to sell a truck to us: the title, the keys and the registration.
Jobs, terminals and farms near Suffern
Census Bureau LEHD job counts for 2023 put 4,055 jobs in Suffern, with 113 in construction, 106 in wholesale trade and 96 in manufacturing. Owners of a service body, a stake truck or a delivery van from one of those trades can send photos of the upfit along with the chassis, since the equipment is part of the truck we look at.
Fuel comes into the region through the Cortland Manor petroleum product terminal, 16.4 miles north-east, and the Bronx terminal 24.5 miles south-east, both listed by the Energy Information Administration. A fuel tanker or lube truck parked near either can stay there; name the facility and a contact on site.
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 18 farms in Rockland County, with honey the top product listed. A farm pickup with a dump bed or a small flatbed that works those properties is a commercial truck we buy too; have the title and a few photos of the bed ready.
The questions we get asked in Suffern
- Can you collect a tractor sitting on a lot by the Hillburn tracks?Hillburn’s yard sits 1.2 miles north-west of Suffern on the North American Rail Network, and we collect from lots there as they are. Give us the lot’s street entrance off the Hillburn side and a phone number for its gatekeeper.
- Which DMV office handles a duplicate title for a Suffern truck?The closest New York State Department of Motor Vehicles office is at 45 South Route 9W in West Haverstraw, about 10.4 miles away. Apply for the duplicate there and let us know when it is on its way.
- Is there a low bridge to watch for when a box truck leaves Suffern?Route 202’s bridge over Chestnut Street clears 12 feet 5 inches in the National Bridge Inventory, the only Suffern crossing under 14 feet. Tell us the truck’s height and where it is parked, and the pickup route is planned around that bridge.
- Will you take a garbage packer or roll-off off a Suffern hauler’s hands?In FMCSA’s carrier census, garbage, refuse and trash is a listed cargo for 19 Suffern carriers, and packers and roll-offs from that work are on our buying list. Send the VIN, the body make and photos of the hopper and the cab.