Kenmore’s carriers are mostly small and local
FMCSA’s carrier census shows 76 active carriers based in Kenmore, and 63 of them run intrastate while only 13 cross state lines. A tractor or straight truck from this town has most likely spent its working life inside Washington, so the registration and title you hand over should both carry a Washington address.
Of those 76 outfits, 39 are private fleets hauling their own goods rather than freight for hire, according to the same federal census. If your truck belonged to a contractor or a supplier who moved only their own materials, tell us what it carried and which yard it lived in; that is enough for us to plan the collection.
Fleet sizes in Kenmore run from a single truck up to 88 power units with 88 drivers, followed by outfits of 54 and 18 units, per FMCSA registrations. Whether you are selling one rig or several from a yard of that size, list each VIN and where each one is parked.
General freight, lumber, machinery and moving vans
General freight is the cargo 35 Kenmore carriers list with FMCSA, the most common entry in the town’s filings. Dry vans, box trucks and day cabs pulling them make up most of what we see from here, and a clear photo of the cargo box or trailer coupling alongside the cab helps us match the truck to its paperwork.
Seven local carriers register to move logs, poles, beams and lumber, eight haul machinery and large objects, and seven move household goods, according to the carrier census kept by FMCSA. Log trucks, lowboys and moving vans from these trades are all trucks we buy; bring any bunk, ramp or liftgate details with the photos.
The federal census also records 4 new Kenmore carriers registering in 2025 and 3 in 2024. If you started up recently and are now selling, the purchase paperwork from when you bought the truck is useful to have ready alongside the title.
Construction and wholesale jobs around the lake
Construction accounts for 419 of Kenmore’s 3,767 jobs in 2023, an 11.1 percent share in the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts, and County Business Patterns lists 87 construction establishments. Dump trucks, flatbeds and service bodies from building sites are often parked at a job or a contractor’s lot, and we can collect from either once you give us the address and a gate contact.
Wholesale trade adds 251 jobs and transportation and warehousing 156, while manufacturing holds 87, per those same LEHD figures. Delivery trucks from the wholesale side tend to sit at a loading dock between runs, so let us know the dock hours when you get in touch.
Across King County, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 1,604 farms, with milk, cattle and foliage plants leading the list. A livestock hauler, milk tanker or nursery truck kept on a farm outside town can be picked up right where it is stored.
From the Kenmore shore to Balmer, Terminal Thirty and the fuel racks
The North American Rail Network places Balmer Yard 9.5 miles south-west of Kenmore. Further on, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists the Terminal 30 intermodal ramp at 12.1 miles and the Seattle International Gateway ramp at 12.6 miles. Container chassis tractors and drayage day cabs that shuttle boxes off those ramps are welcome; send the VIN and odometer reading first.
Shell’s Seattle Terminal sits 12.6 miles away and the Harbor Island product terminal 12.7 miles away, both south-west of town on Energy Information Administration listings. If your tanker loaded at either rack, keep its tank test certificates and any loading-rack records with the title so we see where it worked.
Cement in Seattle, crushed stone to the east
Two mineral sites lie 13.4 miles out in opposite directions: the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the Seattle Plant, a cement plant, to the south-west, and Heidelberg Materials High Rock Quarry, a crushed-stone operation, to the east. Bulk cement tankers, mixers and end dumps working that run are trucks we purchase.
A dump truck or transfer rig that hauled from High Rock may still be staged near the quarry rather than in Kenmore itself. Give us the pickup location and who holds the keys, and the sale can go ahead without you moving it.
Inspection stops and yearly mileage for the Kenmore fleet
Between October 2024 and August 2026, inspectors stopped 29 trucks registered to Kenmore carriers, and FMCSA’s roadside files give 2015 as the middle model year among them. Those FMCSA roadside records put 69 percent of the same group at ten or more years old, and trucks of every vintage are part of what we buy here.
For 14 local carriers reporting mileage to FMCSA, the median comes to 17,847 miles per truck a year. Write the current odometer reading down before you call, along with the model year and engine, since those are the first details we ask for.
FMCSA filings also show 136 Kenmore drivers working within 100 miles of base and 136 working beyond it. A truck that is out on a longer route when you decide to sell can be collected wherever it ends up parked.
The questions we get asked in Kenmore
- My rig sits by Balmer Yard in Seattle rather than at home in Kenmore - does it have to come back up the lake first?Balmer Yard sits 9.5 miles south-west of Kenmore on the North American Rail Network, and we collect from there or any other lot. Name whoever runs that Seattle lot and the collection gets set up with that person directly.
- Where does a Kenmore owner go for a duplicate of a missing Washington truck title?Kenmore trucks registered in Washington get a duplicate title from the state’s title agency. Start that request before the sale, and keep the registration handy in the meantime.
- How do Washington’s Clean Vehicles Program rules touch a Kenmore diesel sale?Washington’s Clean Vehicles Program lists enforcement of the Advanced Clean Trucks rule and the Heavy-Duty Low NOx Omnibus standards as paused. When you contact us about a Kenmore diesel, include its engine model year with the VIN.
- Can a dump truck staged at High Rock Quarry, east of Kenmore, be collected on site?High Rock Quarry is 13.4 miles east of Kenmore on Mine Safety and Health Administration listings, and we come to the truck there. Pass along the name of someone at High Rock who can let the pickup driver through.