Trains and trailers
Walla Walla’s rail yard, just east of Garrett
Just 2.4 miles east of Garrett, on the North American Rail Network maintained by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, lies the Walla Walla rail yard. A tractor that shuttles loads to and from that yard is often parked close by between runs, so give us the street address where it sits rather than a home address across the valley.
Trucks that work a rail yard usually spend their day on short hops, coupling and dropping trailers. Tell us whether yours is a day cab or a sleeper, what it pulled to the Walla Walla yard, and whether a trailer stays with it, so we know what we are coming out to collect.
Wheat, corn, horses
Grain hoppers and horse trailers around Garrett
Around Garrett and across the rest of Walla Walla County, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 894 farms, with wheat, corn and equine listed as the leading products. Grain hoppers, end dumps and straight trucks with farm beds are all on our list, and so are the horse haulers and stock trailers that go with the equine side of the county.
A farm truck from out here may sit in a machine shed or at the edge of a field for part of the year. Send us the location, a few photos of the cab, frame and bed, and say whether it can be reached by a tow truck after harvest or only in dry weather.
Garrett sellers and the Main Street auditor’s office
Washington titles are issued through the Washington State Department of Licensing, which handles a lost title through its vehicle and vessel licensing offices. The nearest one listed by the Department of Licensing is the Walla Walla County Auditor Auto License office at 500 W Main St, Walla Walla, 99362, about 2.6 miles from Garrett.
If the title has gone missing, start the replacement there before we arrange collection, and bring the registration and your identification. A truck still carrying a lienholder on its title also needs the lien release, so look for that letter while you are gathering the rest.
Washington’s clean-truck standards and a Garrett sale
Washington adopted the California advanced clean trucks regulation through its Clean Vehicles Program, and the state’s Department of Ecology guidance records that enforcement of it is paused. The Department of Ecology publication also shows the state’s medium- and heavy-duty engine standards, known as the low NOx omnibus rule, on hold.
A separate Ecology update to the regulatory guidance for those rules is in force. For a Garrett seller, the useful step is simply to note the engine make and model year from the data plate and include them with the photos you send.
Keys, VIN, photos
What to gather in Garrett before collection day
Have the VIN, the title or the replacement application from the Walla Walla County Auditor, and the keys in one place. Service records and any inspection reports help us understand how the truck was used around the wheat fields and the rail yard.
Photos taken in daylight from all four corners, plus the dash and the data plate, answer most of our questions before anyone heads out to Garrett. If the truck is behind a locked gate on farm ground, tell us who holds the key.
The questions we get asked in Garrett
- Can you pick up a tractor parked beside the Walla Walla yard east of Garrett?The Walla Walla yard is 2.4 miles east of Garrett according to the North American Rail Network, and we collect from yards, lots and farms nearby. Give us the exact address and any gate details.
- My Garrett truck’s title is lost; is the Walla Walla County Auditor the place to replace it?The Walla Walla County Auditor Auto License office at 500 W Main St, about 2.6 miles away, is one of the Washington State Department of Licensing’s vehicle and vessel licensing offices and handles title replacement.
- Do you buy farm trucks used for wheat and corn?Wheat and corn top the crop list for Walla Walla County’s 894 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and the grain trucks and hoppers that serve them are trucks we buy.
- Do the Ecology clean-truck rules stop a Garrett owner from selling a diesel tractor?Ecology’s guidance shows enforcement of the advanced clean trucks and low NOx omnibus rules paused in Washington, and you can sell your Garrett truck to us without settling anything about them first.