Gravel at the edge of town
The Mine Safety and Health Administration records a sand and gravel operation named Lacey just 1.3 miles north of the city, with the Nisqually Pit 4.2 miles east. Dump trucks and end-dump tractors that cycle between those pits and local job sites are often parked right at the pit gate, so tell us which gate and who holds the key.
Farther out, Kennedy Creek Quarry lies 15.3 miles west and Columbia Granite 18.7 miles south-east, both crushed-stone quarries on the Mine Safety and Health Administration list. If your rock truck stays at one of those quarries between shifts, we collect it there; send the VIN, a photo of the door sticker and the title holder’s name before we set a date.
Ramps and rail yards west of Lacey
According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the Seaport rail intermodal ramp is 4.8 miles west of Lacey. A day cab that drays boxes off that ramp can be picked up from the drayage lot where it sleeps, so give us the lot address and a name at the gate.
Two yards on the North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, frame Lacey: Tumwater, 5.4 miles west, and Skookumchuck, 8.7 miles south. Tractors working those yards usually carry Washington registration and a recent annual inspection report, and both papers belong in the cab when we arrive.
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics also lists a liquid bulk terminal 22.5 miles north-east of Lacey. Tank tractors from that run go on our list too; photograph the tank placard area, the cab and the tires, and keep the terminal’s site paperwork with the title.
Lacey’s haulers, private fleets and movers
Of the 179 Lacey carriers active in FMCSA’s carrier census, 141 keep to Washington roads and 38 hold interstate authority. For an intrastate truck, the title and registration sit with Washington’s title agency, so have both papers in hand before you call.
Of those carriers, 105 are private fleets hauling their own goods, again per FMCSA’s census. In that census general freight leads the cargo list at 93 carriers, with household goods and motor vehicles at 25 each and garbage and refuse at 21. Moving vans, car haulers, roll-off and rear-loader trucks all fit what we take; tell us the body type and the chassis make when you call.
One fleet registered here lists 133 power units and 151 drivers in FMCSA’s census, and two others list 20 power units each. The same census logged 10 new carriers in 2025 and 9 in 2024. Whether you run one truck or a dozen, send a list of VINs and we will handle them as one collection.
Model years on the roadside log
FMCSA roadside inspection records cover 222 trucks from Lacey carriers checked between August 2024 and August 2026. Half of those Lacey trucks were built in 2018 or later, and 38.3 percent date back ten years or more, per the same FMCSA roadside inspection records.
Among 39 carriers reporting mileage, the median truck covered 15,000 miles a year in FMCSA’s census figures, and drivers working within 100 miles of base number 400 against 163 who go farther. Write the current odometer reading on a slip of paper and photograph it beside the dash so the reading and the VIN arrive together.
Warehouse jobs, builders and Thurston dairies
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023 place 30,261 jobs in Lacey, with 1,553 in transportation and warehousing, 1,128 in construction and 1,120 in wholesale trade. A box truck or straight truck from a Lacey distribution job sells the same way as a tractor: title, registration and keys in one place.
Lacey’s builders number 170 construction establishments, beside 10 warehousing ones, in the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns. Thurston County holds 1,108 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with milk, propagative material and cattle as the top products, so we also collect milk tankers, nursery flatbeds and livestock haulers from farm lanes across the county.
The questions we get asked in Lacey
- Will you collect a dump truck that stays parked at the Nisqually Pit east of Lacey?A pit-side pickup is fine with us. The Mine Safety and Health Administration places the Nisqually Pit 4.2 miles east of Lacey, and we drive out to it; just arrange gate access with the pit operator.
- Is a milk tanker from a Thurston County dairy a truck you take?Milk tankers are welcome. USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture lists milk as the county’s top farm product across 1,108 farms, and we collect tankers from the farm itself.