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

When you get in touch, tell us which trailer the tractor normally pulls and whether you are selling the pair together.

Machinery and large objects show up on 33 Dayton carrier registrations and general freight on 30, again by FMCSA’s carrier census. A lowboy tractor that moves combines and headers between Columbia County farms is as welcome here as a grain truck. Photograph the fifth wheel, the deck if it goes with the sale, and the VIN plate, and send those first.

Private fleets account for 88 of Dayton’s registrations, while only 19 carriers are marked interstate against 83 intrastate, according to FMCSA’s carrier census. Many of these trucks belong to a farm or a family operation rather than a for-hire outfit. If your truck is registered to the farm, have the name on the title match the person or business signing the sale.

Drivers working within 100 miles of base number 190 on FMCSA’s carrier census, against 53 who go further. Twenty Dayton carriers report mileage, and the median works out to 3,333 miles per truck a year by that same census. A truck that spends harvest between the field and the elevator can usually be found right on the farm, so give us the farm address and the gate it sits behind.

Owners with several units can sell one truck or the whole yard at once. List each VIN and where each unit is parked, and we can plan one visit instead of several.

The rest of Dayton’s 102 carriers on FMCSA’s carrier census run smaller fleets than those three. Selling a single truck works the same way: a VIN, a few photos, the location, and the title in hand or a plan for replacing it.

Washington State Department of Licensing titles go through vehicle and vessel licensing offices, and Dayton’s is the COLUMBIA COUNTY AUDITOR AUTO LICENSE office at 115 E Main St Ste 3, Dayton, 99328, 0.3 miles from the center of town. If the title for your truck has gone missing, that is where to apply for a replacement before the sale.

Bring your registration and identification to that auditor’s licensing counter, and if the truck is owned by a farm business, bring proof you can sign for it. The Washington State Department of Licensing publishes its lost-title steps online, and having the replacement started means the sale is not waiting on paperwork.

Dump trucks and end-dump tractors serving pits like that one are trucks we purchase; if yours is parked at the pit, tell us who controls access so the collection can be arranged with them.

Out at Central Ferry, 23.5 miles north-east, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics records a liquid bulk terminal on the river. To the south-west, the North American Rail Network shows the WALLA WALLA rail yard 24.7 miles from Dayton. Wherever along that stretch the truck is parked, we come to it, so give us the exact spot.

Around Dayton, 299 farms are counted in Columbia County by USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, which ranks wheat first, then cattle and equine. Stock trailers, hay trucks and grain tractors all serve that mix. If your truck hauled cattle or horses, mention the trailer setup so we know what to bring for the pickup.

Contractors with a dump truck or a flatbed they no longer need can send us the VIN and photos the same way a farm can.

Washington’s Clean Vehicles Program adopted the California Advanced Clean Trucks regulation, and enforcement of it is paused. The state has also paused enforcement of its Heavy-Duty Low NOx Omnibus emission standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles.

An update to the regulatory guidance for Advanced Clean Cars II, Advanced Clean Trucks and the Heavy-Duty Low NOx Omnibus rules is in force. None of this changes what you need to sell a truck from Dayton: the title, the VIN and photos.

• Do you take hay and livestock trucks as well as grain trucks?USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture ranks wheat, cattle and equine as Columbia County’s top farm products, and we take the trucks that haul all three. Send the VIN, photos and the trailer details.
• Can I sell several trucks from a farm fleet at once?Dayton fleets on FMCSA’s carrier census run up to 18 power units, and selling several together works fine. List every VIN and where each unit sits.