Yardley’s rail yards and the Spokane container ramp
Yardley Yard lies 2.4 miles west of Millwood, and a second yard entry under the Yardley name sits 2.7 miles out, both listed in the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A day cab that shuttles boxes between those yards and customers around Spokane is usually parked close to them between runs, so give us the street address of the lot it sits in.
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics also places a rail intermodal ramp at Spokane, 2.1 miles west of town. For a tractor that has pulled chassis off that ramp, the VIN, the odometer reading and a few clear photos of the cab, the frame and the fifth wheel are what we ask for first.
Fuel to the southwest
Two petroleum terminals just past the city line
According to the Energy Information Administration, the SPOKANE WA terminal and the SPOKANE DISTRIBUTION TERMINAL both stand 2.2 miles southwest of Millwood. Tank trucks and tractors that load at those racks are trucks we collect from owners here, and keep the inspection reports and service records from fuel hauling with the truck.
If your tanker is still parked at a terminal yard rather than at home, tell us so when you get in touch. We collect from where the truck stands, and knowing whether a site needs a gate pass or an escort lets us arrange the visit with whoever runs the yard.
Gravel east and southwest
Sullivan Road pits and the haul trucks that leave them
Four miles east on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list is the Sullivan Road Facility, a sand and gravel operation, with Wash Plant #1 a further 13.4 miles away to the southwest. Dump trucks, end dumps and belly dumps that run aggregate out of pits like these are trucks we purchase from owners.
A gravel truck is often left at the pit or at a contractor’s yard rather than on a Millwood street. Send the location, a note on whether a loader or a lowboy is needed to reach it, and photos of the bed and the hoist alongside the cab.
Mills and warehouses
Who Millwood’s employers are
Manufacturing accounts for 13.9 percent of the town’s 1,045 jobs in the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023, construction for 6.8 percent and wholesale trade for 5.6 percent. Straight trucks, flatbeds and box trucks that move goods for those employers are the kind we take on.
Construction work here leaves flatbeds, dump trucks and service bodies parked on job sites, and LEHD’s wholesale share points to delivery vans and reefers kept at loading docks. Whichever yours is, the title, the current registration and any maintenance logs you hold will cover nearly every question we ask.
Grain, beef and horses
Harvest rigs parked north and east of the Valley
Out beyond Millwood, Spokane County holds 2,386 farms, and wheat, cattle and horses lead its production in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture. Grain trucks, cattle haulers and horse-trailer tractors from those operations are all trucks we will look at.
A farm truck may sit in a machine shed or at the edge of a field for months between harvests. Tell us the farm road it is on and whether the ground is firm enough for a tow truck to reach it, and send photos taken in daylight.
East Sprague licensing desk
Spokane Valley Licensing and the replacement certificate
SPOKANE VALLEY LICENSING, INC., at 9405 E Sprague Ave, Spokane, 99206, is one of the Washington State Department of Licensing’s vehicle and vessel licensing offices, and it is 2 miles from Millwood. If the title to your truck has gone missing, that office can take the application for a replacement.
The Washington State Department of Licensing also explains the replacement process for a lost title or registration on its own website. Start that early, keep the receipt, and tell us the title is on its way so we can line everything else up in the meantime.
Advanced Clean Trucks paperwork for a Spokane Valley tractor
Washington’s Department of Ecology lists the Advanced Clean Trucks rule, adopted through the state’s Clean Vehicles Program, among its heavy-duty measures; for now, enforcement is on hold. The Heavy-Duty Low NOx Omnibus, the state’s medium- and heavy-duty vehicle emission standards, is in the same position, with enforcement paused.
An update to Ecology’s guidance for Advanced Clean Cars II, Advanced Clean Trucks and the Low NOx Omnibus remains in force alongside those two pauses. For a Millwood owner, the engine label and the model year on the registration are the two details to send us about the truck’s emission equipment.
The questions we get asked in Millwood
- Will you collect a tanker that is parked at one of the Spokane terminals?The two petroleum terminals the Energy Information Administration lists sit 2.2 miles southwest of Millwood, and we collect from where a truck is parked, terminal yards included. Tell us the site and who controls the gate.
- My Millwood truck’s title is lost; which licensing office is nearest?SPOKANE VALLEY LICENSING, INC., 9405 E Sprague Ave, Spokane, 99206, is a Washington State Department of Licensing vehicle and vessel licensing office 2 miles from town, and it handles replacement title applications.
- Do you buy dump trucks that haul gravel out of the Sullivan Road pit?Sand and gravel trucks from the Sullivan Road Facility, 4 miles east on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, are trucks we purchase. Send the location, the VIN and photos of the bed and the cab.
- Does Washington’s Low NOx Omnibus stop me selling a Millwood tractor?Enforcement of the Low NOx Omnibus and of Advanced Clean Trucks is paused, according to the Department of Ecology’s notice for Washington. For a Millwood truck, a photo of the engine label and the model year on its registration are what to send.