Grain, hay and farm supply carriers around Moses Lake
FMCSA’s carrier census lists 509 active motor carriers based in Moses Lake, and 172 of them mark grain, feed or hay as a cargo they carry. If your truck has spent harvest seasons moving bales or bulk grain across Grant County, tell us the body type, whether it is a hopper, a flatbed or a dump, and send photos of the bed along with the cab.
Farm supplies show up on 130 carrier registrations in the city, and machinery or large objects on 118, according to the same FMCSA census. A tractor that has pulled a lowboy with equipment between farms is something we collect where it sits; give us the VIN, the title holder’s name and the yard or field address.
General freight is the most common cargo listed, on 255 of the 509 Moses Lake carriers in FMCSA’s census, so a plain dry van tractor fits right alongside the ag haulers. Have the title and current registration in hand before we talk.
Moses Lake haulers who stay inside Washington
Of the city’s carriers, 377 operate intrastate only and 132 cross state lines, by FMCSA’s carrier census, and 306 run as private fleets hauling their own goods. A truck that never left Washington still sells the same way: we arrange pickup at your shop, your farm or your yard in or near Moses Lake.
Drivers working within 100 miles of base number 1,155 against 503 who go beyond that radius, FMCSA’s census shows for Moses Lake carriers. For a short-haul truck based in town, tell us the address where it parks and who holds the keys.
Across 125 local carriers that report mileage, FMCSA’s carrier census puts the median at 22,010 miles per truck per year. Read the odometer and include it with your photos; together with the VIN, that figure lets us ask the right follow-up questions the first time.
Quarries, wash plants and the fuel terminal
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Portable Crusher #1, a crushed-stone quarry, and Portable Crusher #2, a sand and gravel operation, both 3.1 miles east of Moses Lake. Dump trucks and belly-dump tractors parked at a pit can stay put; send the site address and a contact who can let our driver through the gate.
West of town, the Hiawatha Wash Plant sits 8.1 miles out on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list of sand and gravel operations. If your truck is parked there between jobs, check that the title is in your name or your company’s before you contact us, and have any site access rules ready to pass along.
Only 0.3 miles north of town, the Energy Information Administration records a petroleum product terminal under the name Moses Lake WA. Fuel haulers and tank-trailer tractors that load there are trucks we buy; keep the inspection and service records with the truck so they travel with it at pickup.
Warden and Othello on the rail map
Warden’s rail yard, 15.1 miles south-east of Moses Lake, appears on the North American Rail Network that the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics maintain. A truck that shuttles grain or freight to that yard can be collected at Warden itself if that is where it stands.
Othello’s rail yard lies 21.3 miles south of the city on the North American Rail Network. Tell us which of the two yards your truck works from, or whether it parks back in Moses Lake, so our pickup goes to the right place on the first trip.
Plant, contractor and wholesale trucks in Moses Lake
Manufacturing accounts for 1,646 of the 14,497 jobs located in Moses Lake in 2023, or 11.4 percent, under the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts. Wholesale trade adds 687 and transportation and warehousing 406 in the LEHD job counts. Box trucks and tractors that serve plants and distributors here are part of what we buy; photos of the box or trailer coupling help us see the setup.
County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau records 168 construction establishments in Moses Lake, and the LEHD counts show 636 construction jobs there in 2023. A dump truck, flatbed or water truck from a building contractor needs the same paperwork as any other: title, registration and whatever service records you kept.
Dairy and feedlots
Cattle, milk and corn across the county
Grant County holds 1,238 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, where cattle lead the list ahead of milk and corn. A livestock hauler, milk tanker or grain truck working those farms can be picked up at the farm; send a pin or road directions, since rural addresses do not always map cleanly.
Inside the city itself, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts list 147 agriculture, forestry and fishing jobs in 2023, a separate figure from the USDA county farm total. If a farm truck is titled to the operation rather than to you, have whoever signs for the farm ready to sign the title.
Model years on the road and Washington’s clean truck rules
Among 349 trucks inspected in Moses Lake fleets between September 2024 and August 2026, FMCSA roadside inspection records show a median model year of 2015, with 53.3 percent ten or more years old. Whatever the year on your title, list it with the make and model when you reach out.
Washington’s Clean Vehicles Program guidance lists enforcement of Advanced Clean Trucks and the Heavy-Duty Low NOx Omnibus standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles as paused. One fleet in the city runs 240 power units with 154 drivers, according to FMCSA’s carrier census, while 27 new carriers registered in 2025 and 29 in 2024; owners of one truck or many can sell to us the same way.
The questions we get asked in Moses Lake
- Our dump truck sits at a crusher site east of Moses Lake; does it have to come into town first?Portable Crusher #1 and #2 sit 3.1 miles east of town on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and we collect from sites like those. Name the crusher and a person on site who can let our driver in.
- I hauled hay and grain out of Moses Lake for years; would you take a hopper or flatbed from that work?Grain, feed and hay appear on 172 Moses Lake carrier registrations in FMCSA’s carrier census, and those trucks are part of what we purchase. Start with the VIN, the trailer or bed setup and a few photos.
- My truck shuttles to the Othello rail yard; could your driver meet it at Othello instead of Moses Lake?Othello’s yard is 21.3 miles south of Moses Lake on the North American Rail Network, and we can collect the truck there. Tell us where on the property it is parked.
- Does it matter that my truck only ran inside Washington?Intrastate-only operation covers 377 of the 509 Moses Lake carriers in FMCSA’s census, and those trucks sell the same way as interstate ones. Have the title and current registration ready.