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A tractor or straight truck from one of these outfits has usually spent its working life inside Washington, so the registration and title you hold should both carry Washington paperwork. Keep them together with the truck when we arrange collection.

Of those 37 carriers, 24 run as private fleets, hauling their own goods rather than freight for hire, according to the same FMCSA census. If your truck belonged to a farm, a contractor or a shop of that kind, tell us what it carried for the business and send the service records you kept in-house; that history is often the clearest picture of the truck we will get.

Fleet sizes stay small here: the three biggest Longbranch operations in the federal census run 12, 5 and 2 power units, with 7, 6 and 3 drivers. One-truck and two-truck owners make up most of the rest, and we deal with them directly, one vehicle at a time.

General freight is the cargo class most Longbranch carriers declare, with 19 listing it on their FMCSA registration, while 10 haul logs, poles, beams or lumber. A log truck or a self-loader working out of Longbranch is a truck we will look at, so photograph the bunks, stakes and any loader along with the cab and the VIN plate.

Seven local carriers tell FMCSA they move grain, feed or hay, and another seven carry machinery and large objects. Lowboys, flatbeds and hay trucks from these operations are often parked at a farm or yard rather than a paved lot; give us the gate details and where on the property the truck stands so the pickup crew can reach it.

On new entrants, the federal carrier census records one Longbranch carrier registered in 2025 and none in 2024. If you are winding down a truck you bought when you started out, the title in your name and the most recent registration are the two papers to find first.

Thirty-six Longbranch carriers report drivers working within 100 miles of home, and 28 report drivers going beyond that range, per FMCSA’s census figures. For a truck kept close to home, tell us the road it is parked on and whether a lowboy can turn around at the spot.

FMCSA’s carrier census puts the median at 50,000 miles per truck a year, taken across 13 Longbranch carriers that report it. Note the odometer reading when you first contact us and include a photo of the dash; that single figure answers many of our early questions.

Whatever the model year of yours, the inspection reports themselves are useful to us. If the truck has been stopped at a Washington scale or roadside check, keep the report with the title, and send a copy when you describe the truck.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Dupont Pit, a sand and gravel operation 9.1 miles south-east of Longbranch, and a second pit at Lacey 11.2 miles south. Dump trucks and end dumps that have run aggregate from either one are welcome; tell us which pit the truck served and what body it carries.

To the south-west, 13.4 miles out, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the Seaport rail intermodal ramp. Eastward, the North American Rail Network shows the Union Station rail yard at 15.6 miles and the BAY yard at 16.3 miles, so tell us whether a day cab that has shuttled containers to those ramps is parked in Longbranch or over in Tacoma.

Fuel and bulk liquids sit just past the rail yards: the Energy Information Administration records two Tacoma petroleum product terminals 15.8 miles east, and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists Truck-Rail Handling Inc, a liquid bulk terminal, at 16.2 miles. If your tractor or tanker has loaded at those terminals, say which ones and keep any tank inspection paperwork with the title.

Contractors’ dump trucks, flatbeds and service bodies are often kept at a job site or shop yard, and we collect from either, so give us the address where the truck will be and a phone number for whoever holds the key.

Stake trucks, livestock haulers and farm straight trucks from those operations are all trucks we buy; a farm-plated truck still needs a title in the seller’s name, which the state’s title agency can replace if it has gone missing.

The Washington Department of Ecology’s guidance update lists enforcement of the Advanced Clean Trucks rule, as adopted in the state’s Clean Vehicles Program, as paused. Ecology’s publication also shows enforcement paused for the Heavy-Duty Low NOx Omnibus standards, the state’s medium- and heavy-duty vehicle emission rule.

That guidance update itself is in force, and it is the document to read if you want the current status of those rules in Washington. None of it changes what we need from you to buy a diesel truck here: the title, the registration and photos of the truck where it stands.

• Will you collect a truck parked outside town?Longbranch trucks are collected where they stand: a farm, a gravel lot or a contractor’s yard in or around town. Send the address and a note on access for a large tow vehicle.