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Tappan · Rockland County · New York

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Tappan sits in the south of Rockland County, a town of 6,687 by the Census Bureau’s count, where quarry haulers, wholesale freight and short local routes keep a small set of trucks busy between the Hudson Valley stone pits and the terminals across the river.

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

Tappan’s own small-fleet haulers

FMCSA’s carrier census lists 27 active motor carriers registered in Tappan, and 24 of them run as private fleets moving their own goods rather than hauling for hire. If your truck belongs to a business like that, have the company’s registration and the title in the same name ready, so the paperwork matches the owner on record when we collect.

Of those 27 Tappan carriers, 16 operate intrastate only and 11 cross state lines, according to the same FMCSA census. A truck that stayed inside New York usually carries New York plates and registration alone; one that ran interstate may also have apportioned plates and IFTA records, so keep those records in the cab before pickup.

Fleet sizes stay small here: FMCSA registration shows Tappan fleets of 11, 11 and 4 power units, the first of them with 25 drivers on file. Whether you are selling one tractor out of eleven or the only truck you own, list the VIN and unit number for each so we can match every title to the right vehicle.

Dry vans, reefers and Rockland honey

General freight is the cargo most often declared, with 12 Tappan carriers listing it in FMCSA’s census; farm supplies and machinery or large objects each show up for 5. Box trucks, straight trucks and day cabs pulling dry vans are what that mix tends to put on the road, so tell us the body type and length when you first get in touch.

Refrigerated food appears on 4 Tappan carrier registrations under FMCSA. If yours is a reefer unit, photograph the trailer or body unit and its hour meter along with the cab, and keep any service log for the refrigeration unit with the truck.

Rockland County counted 18 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with honey named as its top product. A farm truck or flatbed that has carried hives or supplies around the county can be sold from the field or barn where it sits; just give us directions and a gate contact.

Quarries and rail yards up the Hudson

The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists West Nyack Quarry, a crushed-stone operation 5.7 miles north of Tappan, and Haverstraw Quarry & Mill another 10.3 miles up the same way. Dump trucks and tri-axles that hauled aggregate from either site can be collected at the yard where they are kept, and any scale tickets or site inspection sheets you hold help us understand the work the truck did.

Harmon Shops, a rail yard 12 miles north, and the Hillburn yard 12.7 miles to the north-west both appear on the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. If your tractor drayed loads to or from either yard, say which one when you contact us, and send photos of the fifth wheel, frame and tires along with the cab.

Bulk liquid terminals east and south of town

Across the Hudson, Westmore Fuel Co sits 15.3 miles east of Tappan as a liquid bulk terminal in Bureau of Transportation Statistics listings, and the Energy Information Administration records Westmore Fuels at that same spot as a petroleum product terminal. Tank trucks that loaded there should come with their cargo tank test and inspection records if you still have them.

To the south, the Energy Information Administration lists a Bronx petroleum product terminal 15.4 miles away, and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places Sprague’s liquid bulk terminal 15.6 miles out. A fuel truck parked near either one does not have to come back over to Rockland; tell us the address and who can grant access, and the pickup is planned there.

Wholesale, building jobs and short routes

Wholesale trade accounts for 889 of the 2,433 jobs located in Tappan, a 36.5 percent share in the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023, with construction at 388 and manufacturing at 161. Delivery straight trucks and stake bodies serving those employers are the kind of vehicle we collect from a warehouse dock or a job site.

Tappan holds 22 construction businesses on the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns rolls. If your dump truck, flatbed or mason body works for one of them and is parked at a job, give us the site address and a time when the lot is open.

Drivers for Tappan carriers mostly stay close: FMCSA’s census shows 62 working within 100 miles and 16 beyond that range. Across the 9 carriers reporting mileage to FMCSA, the median comes to 12,500 miles per truck a year, so have the odometer reading handy along with the VIN when you call.

The Yonkers DMV and paused clean-truck rules

A missing title is replaced through the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles; its Yonkers office at 1 Larkin Plz sits 6.8 miles from Tappan. Start the duplicate request before we schedule collection, and keep the registration and any lien release together with it.

New York’s Advanced Clean Trucks regulation and its Heavy-Duty Low NOx Omnibus rule both have enforcement paused, according to the state’s environmental agency. Tell us the engine’s model year and emissions label details so the truck’s paperwork is complete when ownership changes hands.

The questions we get asked in Tappan

  • Our tri-axle sits in a yard by West Nyack Quarry; does it have to be driven to Tappan first?West Nyack Quarry is 5.7 miles north of Tappan in Mine Safety and Health Administration listings, and we come to the truck where it is parked. Give us the yard’s street address and the name of whoever holds the key to its gate.
  • Which DMV office serves Tappan sellers who cannot find their title?Tappan sellers can request a duplicate at 1 Larkin Plz, the Yonkers office of the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, 6.8 miles from town. Apply there, and bring the replacement and your registration to the sale.
  • Our Tappan company moves its own stock in eleven trucks; will you take several at once?Private fleets make up 24 of the 27 Tappan carriers in FMCSA’s census, and we buy single units or several at once. List each VIN with the title holder’s name so every vehicle is matched to its paperwork.

Sell your truck in Tappan

From Tappan’s streets in southern Rockland County to the quarries at West Nyack and Haverstraw, the rail yards at Harmon and Hillburn, and the fuel terminals across the Hudson, we collect trucks wherever they are parked.