Two yards, one fruit
Trucks parked by the apple rail yards
On the North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Apple Yard lies about 0.1 miles south-east of South Wenatchee and a second yard called Apple sits about 0.1 miles due south. If your tractor or box truck has spent its days shuttling loads to and from those tracks, it is probably parked within sight of them now, and that is where we would meet it.
Give us the street or lot where the truck stands and the name of whoever holds the key or the gate code. A yard edge in South Wenatchee is an easy spot for us to reach, so there is no need to move the truck across the river first.
Photograph the cab, the frame rails, the tires and any body or deck it carries, and write down the VIN from the door jamb. Those few pictures and that one number answer most of the questions we would otherwise send back.
ARP crusher sites
Crushers and pits around the valley
ARP Portable Crusher #1, a sand and gravel operation on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s register, is about 0.9 miles north-west of town, and the same operator’s ARP Palisades site is listed roughly 11.6 miles east. Dump trucks, end dumps and belly dumps that feed sites like these are among the trucks we buy, along with the tractors that pull them.
If your dump truck is still parked at a pit or crusher rather than at home, tell us which one and who manages the site. We arrange the collection with the person who controls access, and you do not need to be standing there when it happens.
Have the registration and any service log for the dump body or hoist ready alongside the title; for a truck that has hauled aggregate, those records show us what it was set up to do.
Quincy plateau run
Quincy and the mineral haul east
Out on the plateau east of the river, roughly 23.6 miles from South Wenatchee, stands the Quincy WA Plant, which the Mine Safety and Health Administration records as an industrial-mineral mine. Trucks that cross the river toward Quincy for that work can be sold from wherever they finish the day, whether that is a shop in Wenatchee or a yard out on the plateau.
Tell us the town and the cross street, and say whether the truck is hooked to a trailer. If it is, let us know whether the trailer is part of the sale or stays behind with you.
Orchards, horses and hives
Stock, hive and feed trucks off valley farms
Chelan County counted 712 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and horses, cattle and honey led its list of farm products. Stock trucks, flatbeds and the straight trucks that move hives or feed around those places are welcome here, as are the tractors that pull livestock trailers.
A farm truck often lives in a barn or at the end of a ranch lane rather than on a paved lot. Describe the access, whether the ground is gravel or grass and whether a gate is locked, and we will plan the pickup around it.
If the truck is titled to a farm business rather than to you personally, send us the name on the title so the paperwork is drawn up correctly from the first step.
Eastmont Avenue counter for lost paperwork
Lost titles here go through the Washington State Department of Licensing, and its nearest vehicle and vessel licensing office, EAST WENATCHEE VEHICLE/VESSEL SUB., is at 105 Eastmont Ave, East Wenatchee, 98802, about 1 mile from South Wenatchee by the Department’s own listing. That is the place to request a replacement if the original has gone missing.
If you already hold the title, check that the name on it matches yours and that any lien shown has been released. Bring that, the current registration and a photo ID to the sale, and tell us early if a lender still appears on the paper.
Paused engine standards and Ecology’s guidance
The Washington Department of Ecology adopted California’s advanced clean trucks regulation and the heavy-duty low NOx omnibus standards, and the department’s own guidance says enforcement of both is paused. For a seller in South Wenatchee, that guidance sits in the background; it does not change what we ask for when you sell a truck.
A separate guidance update from the department covering those rules remains in force. If your truck carries an engine label or emissions paperwork, photograph it with the rest so the engine family is on record.
The questions we get asked in South Wenatchee
- My truck is parked by Apple Yard. Does it need to move before you collect it?Apple Yard is about 0.1 miles south-east of town on the North American Rail Network, close enough that we come straight to it. Name the siding or lot and whoever can open it for our driver.
- My title went missing; which office in the Wenatchee area reissues it?The Washington State Department of Licensing handles it, and its EAST WENATCHEE VEHICLE/VESSEL SUB. office at 105 Eastmont Ave is about 1 mile away by the Department’s listing. Request the replacement there, then send us a photo once it arrives.
- Do you buy dump trucks that work the gravel sites?ARP Portable Crusher #1, under a mile north-west on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s register, is the kind of site our dump trucks come from. Tell us the truck’s body type and where it is parked.
- Can I sell a livestock or hive truck from a farm outside town?Chelan County’s 712 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture are listed mainly for horses, cattle and honey, and trucks from those places are welcome. Describe the lane and gate so we can reach it.