The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the Cohoes Mine and Mill 1.8 miles north-west of Troy, across the river from the city. If your dump truck or tractor has hauled from that mill, tell us whether it now sits on the mine property or at your own yard, and name someone who can let us through the gate on collection day.
The Mine Safety and Health Administration also lists two sand and gravel operations south-east of town, Valente Pit at 4.3 miles and the West Sand Lake Pit and Mill at 7.2 miles. A tri-axle or end-dump kept out toward West Sand Lake can stay right where it is parked. Send us the road it is on, a few clear photos of the body and cab, and the VIN from the door jamb.
West Albany yards and the Hudson fuel terminals
Two West Albany rail yards appear in the North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, at 6.3 and 6.4 miles south-west of Troy. A day cab that shuttles freight to those tracks is one we collect; tell us whether it is staged at the yard or parked back at your shop.
South-west along the Hudson, the Energy Information Administration places the Sunoco Hudson Terminal 7.2 miles out and the Albany petroleum product terminal 7.6 miles away. If your tractor pulled a fuel tanker from either one, list the trailers it worked with and keep any terminal access records handy, so the sale questions stay about the truck itself.
The Watervliet Arsenal, a military installation the Bureau of Transportation Statistics puts 2 miles south-west, is close enough that some local trucks run base deliveries. If yours is parked near a secured site, give us the contact who controls entry so the pickup can be planned with them.
Box trucks and straight trucks on city delivery routes make up much of that work; if yours is one, have the registration and the current inspection sticker details ready when you call.
Machinery and large objects are listed by 66 Troy carriers in the federal census, motor vehicles by 48, and logs, poles, beams and lumber by 40. Lowboys, car haulers and log trucks all fit what we collect, so say which body or trailer the truck works with and whether it goes with the sale.
Most carriers here keep their work inside New York: FMCSA’s census records 324 intrastate operations against 70 interstate, and 275 run private fleets hauling their own goods. A company that owns a few trucks for its own business can sell one of them to us without selling the rest.
New entrants keep arriving, according to FMCSA’s register: 26 carriers registered in 2025 and 19 the year before. If you started a small outfit recently and are scaling back, the title in your company name and a signature from whoever is authorised to sign for it are what we need first.
Fleets on the road
Roadside inspection records from FMCSA cover 276 trucks inspected between August 2024 and August 2026 for Troy carriers, with a median model year of 2020. The same FMCSA inspection records put 22.8 percent of those trucks at ten or more model years old; whichever group yours falls in, the year, make and model off the title are where we begin.
Among the 82 Troy carriers that report annual mileage to FMCSA, the median works out to 10,000 miles a truck. Write the current odometer reading down before you contact us, along with any service records you keep in the cab or the office.
Driver counts in the federal carrier census show 742 Troy drivers working within 100 miles and 467 going farther. A truck that is out on a longer run can be collected wherever it finishes, so tell us the town it will be in and when it is due back.
The three biggest fleets on FMCSA’s register for Troy run 89, 65 and 58 power units. A fleet retiring several units at once can list them together with VINs and locations, and each truck is collected from where it stands.
Bridges a tall load has to clear
The National Bridge Inventory records 17 bridges in Troy, none of them posted for load limits. The National Bridge Inventory shows only one under 14 feet: the First and Second Street structure over Ferry Street eastbound, at 13 feet 11 inches.
If your truck carries a tall body, a crane or a high box and is parked near Ferry Street, mention that clearance when you give us the address, and we will plan the tow route around that structure.
Jobs, contractors and Rensselaer County farms
Of 19,063 jobs in Troy in 2023, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts place 554 in manufacturing, 502 in transportation and warehousing, 478 in construction, 174 in wholesale trade and 100 in mining and quarrying. Each of those trades keeps trucks on Troy streets, from flatbeds at factory docks to dumps on building sites.
A contractor selling a dump truck, a stake body or a utility truck should have the title, registration and any equipment manuals together, and tell us if a plow or spreader is mounted.
Across Rensselaer County, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture lists 483 farms, with milk, cattle and corn the leading products. A milk hauler, a livestock truck or a grain truck parked out on a farm lane is one we come to, so give us the farm road and a dry spot where a tow can reach it.
The questions we get asked in Troy
- Where in Troy do I deal with a lost truck title?The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles lists its Rensselaer County Mobile office at 1600 7th Ave in Troy, 0.7 miles from the city centre. Request a duplicate title there, and tell us it is on the way when you first get in touch.