Gravel on the east edge of town
The Mine Safety and Health Administration records Cotton Pit & Plant, a sand and gravel operation, just 1.2 miles east of Port Hadlock-Irondale. A dump truck or end-dump trailer that has worked that pit is likely parked close to home, so give us the street address and we will collect it from the yard or driveway where it sits.
Thorndyke Pit lies 10.5 miles south, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration. The Mine Safety and Health Administration also lists two crushed-stone quarries farther out: Penny Creek Rock Products 16 miles to the south-west and Rock Plant 17.2 miles to the north-east. If your truck is still at one of those sites, tell us which one and who can open the gate on the day we come for it.
Machinery, timber and farm loads
Of the 59 active carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, 20 list machinery and large objects as cargo, 17 list logs, poles, beams and lumber, 14 list general freight and 9 list farm supplies. Lowboys, log trucks and flatbeds all fit what we buy, so tell us the body type and the trailer it pulls along with the VIN.
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 188 farms across Jefferson County, with cattle, propagative material and tomatoes at the top of the list. A farm truck or livestock hauler from one of those operations can be sold from the property itself; send photos of the cab, the bed and the tires, plus the registration.
Fifty-seven of the carriers here run intrastate and only 2 cross state lines, while 39 are private fleets hauling their own goods, per the federal carrier census. If your truck has spent its working life on Jefferson County roads for your own business, your title and Washington registration are the two papers we ask for first.
Drivers tied to these carriers mostly stay close: the FMCSA census shows 120 working within 100 miles and 22 going beyond it. Among the 8 carriers reporting mileage, the median sits at 7,250 miles per truck, a figure the same census records. Have the odometer reading handy when you call.
Fleets vary in size. FMCSA lists one local fleet with 31 power units and 13 drivers, another with 10 units and 10 drivers, and a third with 8 of each. Selling several units at once is fine; send a list of VINs and where each truck is parked.
Whatever the year on yours, keep any roadside inspection reports and service records together with the title. Those sheets let us read the truck’s history alongside the photos you send.
Jobs, builders and the title
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put 758 jobs in Port Hadlock-Irondale in 2023, and construction accounted for 82 of them, or 10.8 percent. A contractor’s dump truck or service body can be sold straight from the job yard.
If the title has gone missing, a duplicate comes from the state’s title agency, and it is best requested before we schedule a pickup. A title still carrying a lender’s name needs a lien release from that lender; tell us early so the paperwork is ready when the truck is.
Guidance published for Washington’s Clean Vehicles Program lists enforcement of the Advanced Clean Trucks rule, adopted under the state’s Clean Vehicles Program, as paused. That state guidance also lists enforcement of the Heavy-Duty Low NOx Omnibus standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles as paused.
An updated regulatory guidance note covering those rules is in force, per that same state publication. None of it stops you selling a diesel tractor or straight truck registered here, so bring the registration and we handle the rest.