Sell your semi truck for cash in Aberdeen the easy and convenient way

Brown County’s 1,073 farms grow corn and soybeans and raise cattle, going by USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture. A tandem grain truck or a hopper tractor that spent harvest moving loads off those farms may still be parked in a shed or a yard outside Aberdeen, and we collect it from the farm itself.

Of the Aberdeen carriers listed in FMCSA’s carrier census, 60 mark grain, feed and hay as a cargo they carry, and 43 mark dry bulk commodities. If your tractor pulled a hopper or a belt trailer for one of those operations, tell us whether the trailer goes with it, and send a photo of each unit with its VIN plate.

For a farm truck, the title may be in the name of the farm, a partnership or a family member who has since handed over the operation. Check whose name is printed on it before you call; that person, or someone holding their signed authority, signs it over to us.

FMCSA’s carrier census lists 146 active carriers in Aberdeen: 98 run interstate, 48 stay inside South Dakota, and 83 are private fleets hauling their own goods rather than for hire. A private-fleet truck is often titled to the business that owns the cargo, so have that company’s officer ready to sign.

Seventy-six of those carriers list general freight and 46 list machinery and large objects, according to the same FMCSA census. A lowboy tractor that moved implements or equipment between Aberdeen and the surrounding counties is one we buy; note the fifth-wheel setup and any wet kit when you describe it.

New registrations in Aberdeen numbered eight in 2025 and six in 2024 on FMCSA’s carrier census. If you are one of those owner-operators and are now stepping out, keep your USDOT number details handy, since they help us match the truck to the authority it ran under.

Across 323 trucks inspected between August 2024 and August 2026, FMCSA roadside inspection records put the median model year at 2019, and 30 percent were ten or more model years old. Whichever side of that line your truck falls on, give us the model year, engine and VIN at the start.

At the top end, FMCSA’s census shows one Aberdeen fleet with 398 power units and 505 drivers, a second with 190 units and 125 drivers, and a third with 42 units and 47 drivers. If you manage a fleet like those and are retiring several tractors at once, send a list with each unit’s VIN and where it is parked, and we will work through them together.

Sixty-nine Aberdeen carriers report annual miles to FMCSA, and their median comes to 23,333 miles per truck. Write down the current odometer reading from the dash when you send photos, so the figure we work from is the one on the truck today.

Aberdeen carriers report 1,562 drivers working within 100 miles and 537 going farther, per FMCSA’s carrier census. A local day cab likely sleeps in town at night, while a long-haul sleeper may be somewhere along a route when you decide to sell; tell us where it will be on the day we arrange collection.

If the truck is out on the road with a hired driver, give us a contact who can meet us with the keys and has access to the registration card. Signing the title can be done by the owner separately, wherever the owner is living.

Two miles and a tenth west of town is the Aberdeen rail yard, mapped on the North American Rail Network that the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics maintain. Trucks that shuttle grain or freight to a railhead spend their days on short runs, so many sit parked close to it between loads; give us the yard or lot address where yours is kept.

A petroleum product terminal stands 2.4 miles west of Aberdeen, as listed by the Energy Information Administration. A fuel tanker or a tractor that pulled tank trailers out of that terminal is something we purchase, and any site access records or tank inspection paperwork you have should come with it.

The Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns counts 122 construction establishments, and the LEHD job counts for 2023 show 632 construction jobs in Aberdeen. Dump trucks, mixers and service bodies from those crews are on our list; bring the registration and any service records the company kept.

Manufacturing accounts for 2,194 of Aberdeen’s 16,474 jobs in the Census Bureau’s 2023 LEHD job counts, with 557 in wholesale trade and 273 in transportation and warehousing. A straight truck or box truck used for plant deliveries can be collected at the loading dock, provided someone there knows we are coming.

• Can you pick up a grain truck sitting on a Brown County farm?Brown County holds 1,073 farms on USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and we collect from the farm where the truck is parked. Send the farm address and tell us whether the yard is reachable after rain.
• Do you buy trucks that worked out of the fuel terminal west of Aberdeen?The Energy Information Administration lists a petroleum product terminal 2.4 miles west of the city, and tankers and tractors that served it are trucks we purchase. Include photos of the tank’s data plate with the rest.
• My Aberdeen farm partnership holds the title; which of us signs?With 83 private fleets among Aberdeen’s carriers in FMCSA’s census, titles held by a business or partnership are common here; the person named on the title, or someone with signed authority from the partnership, signs it to us.
• I run a hopper trailer behind my tractor. Will you take both?Sixty Aberdeen carriers list grain, feed and hay in FMCSA’s census, so a tractor and hopper pair is familiar to us; tell us whether you are selling both units, and send each VIN.