Freight, machinery and timber out of Arlington
Some 482 active motor carriers call Arlington home in FMCSA’s carrier census. Of those, the census shows 216 listing general freight, 113 listing machinery and large objects, and 88 listing logs, poles, beams and lumber. A log truck, a lowboy tractor or a box truck from one of those operations is the sort of vehicle we collect here; send the VIN and the cab and trailer photos with your first message.
Farm supplies appear on 58 carrier registrations in the same FMCSA census. If your truck has carried feed or fertiliser to farms around town, tell us the body type, whether it is a flatbed, a tanker or a dump, so we know which equipment to send for it.
Arlington’s carriers are mostly local, by the federal census of motor carriers: 431 run intrastate, 50 run interstate, and 320 are private fleets hauling their own goods. A truck registered only for Washington work can be sold from the yard where it sits; have the title and current registration in the owner’s name ready before pickup.
Pits and a quarry around Smokey Point
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Smokey Point Pit, a sand and gravel operation 2.6 miles north of Arlington, and Getchell Pit, another, 8.7 miles south-east. Dump trucks and end-dump tractors that load at pits like these can be collected right at the site; tell us who controls the gate and the hours it is open.
Rock Plant, a crushed-stone quarry 15.2 miles west, also appears in Mine Safety and Health Administration records. If your rig is parked out there, a photo of the bed or box and the VIN plate is enough to start, and any scale or site paperwork you kept can travel with the title.
Arlington Yard and the run to Everett
Arlington Yard lies 1.7 miles north-east of the city on the North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A tractor that shuttles freight between that yard and local shippers can stay parked where you keep it; we come to it.
Everett’s strategic seaport is 14.1 miles south-west, per the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. For a day cab that has pulled containers or breakbulk between Everett and the Arlington area, list the trailer types it pulled and have the registration and service records ready for us.
Manufacturing, building and freight work
Manufacturing accounts for 2,356 of the 11,500 jobs in Arlington, about 20.5 percent, according to the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023. Construction holds 1,437 in that LEHD tally, or 12.5 percent. Straight trucks, flatbeds and dump trucks working plant floors and job sites are vehicles we buy; tell us the body, the axle setup and the GVWR.
Those same 2023 LEHD job counts put transportation and warehousing at 1,154 jobs, 358 in wholesale trade and 418 in agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting. Whichever of those your truck served, photos of all four sides plus the odometer give us what we need to talk about it.
Milk, cattle and corn farms near Arlington
Snohomish County holds 1,418 farms, and milk leads ahead of cattle and corn among their products in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture. A milk tanker, a livestock hauler or a grain truck from one of those farms can be picked up on the farm itself, so give us the address and a note on whether the lane takes a tow rig.
If the farm truck’s title has gone missing, start the replacement with the state’s title agency before we schedule collection. Bring the VIN and proof of ownership when you apply, and send us a copy of the new title once it arrives.
Fleet sizes and miles in Arlington
Arlington’s three largest fleets run 450, 70 and 64 power units, on FMCSA’s carrier census. When a fleet is selling several trucks at once, send a list of VINs with the yard address and we can plan one visit for them.
For 102 carriers that report mileage, FMCSA’s records show a median of 18,250 miles per truck a year, and drivers split 877 within 100 miles and 511 beyond. Note the odometer and engine hours on each unit, with any maintenance logs, when you write to us.
New registrations in Arlington, as tracked in the FMCSA census, came to 29 carriers in 2024 and 22 in 2025. An operator who started recently and is now stepping back can sell a single truck the same way a long-standing fleet does: title, registration and photos.
The questions we get asked in Arlington
- Our gravel dump truck stays parked at Smokey Point Pit; does it have to come down to Arlington first?Smokey Point Pit sits 2.6 miles north of Arlington in Mine Safety and Health Administration listings, and we collect from the pit. Tell us who runs the site so the pickup is cleared with them.
- Would you take a log truck that hauls timber and lumber from Arlington?Logs, poles, beams and lumber appear on 88 Arlington carrier registrations in FMCSA’s census, and log trucks are among what we purchase. Photos of its bunks, stakes and cab, plus the VIN and Washington title, let us start on it.
- Does Washington’s Clean Vehicles Program change anything when I sell my Arlington tractor?Washington’s Clean Vehicles Program guidance lists enforcement of the Advanced Clean Trucks and Heavy-Duty Low NOx Omnibus rules as paused. Selling a truck you already own goes ahead as normal with the title and registration.
- Our day cab sits on a lot by the Everett docks; will you collect it from there?Everett’s seaport lies 14.1 miles south-west of Arlington by Bureau of Transportation Statistics figures, and we come to it. Send the Everett lot’s street address and the name of whoever holds its gate key.