Builders and crews around Summit View
Of the 2,345 Summit View jobs the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts recorded for 2023, construction held 826, or 35.2 percent. If your truck is a dump truck, a mixer or a flatbed that moved between Pierce County job sites, tell us the body type and the axle setup when you first get in touch, and send a photo of the plate on the door jamb so we can read the VIN.
That same 2023 LEHD tally puts 71 jobs in transportation and warehousing, 84 in wholesale trade and 62 in manufacturing. Box trucks and straight trucks from delivery and supply work around Summit View are trucks we buy too; have the Washington title in the name of whoever is selling, and the current registration, ready before pickup.
Selling several units from one Summit View contractor yard? List each truck with its VIN and where it sits, and we can collect them together from the yard rather than one at a time.
Gravel hauling south-east and north of town
Thun Field Pit, a sand and gravel operation about 4.2 miles south-east of town, appears in the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s records. A tandem or tri-axle that hauls aggregate out of there can be collected at the pit gate or at your shop; tell us which, and name someone who can let us in.
About 4.5 miles north, Canyon Resources is another sand and gravel operation on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list. For a truck that has worked out of that site, gather the service records you kept, any annual inspection reports, and photos of the bed, the hoist and the cab, then send them with the VIN.
You do not need to move a dump truck off a gravel site to sell it to us; give us the site name, the gate hours and a phone number for whoever holds the keys.
Rail sidings at Frederickson, containers up at PCT
Just 3.6 miles south-west of Summit View lies the Frederickson yard, a rail yard on the North American Rail Network that the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics maintain. Day cabs that shuttle loads to and from the Frederickson rail sidings are part of what we purchase; send the VIN, the odometer reading and a photo of the fifth wheel.
At 8.2 miles north, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists the Pierce County Terminal (PCT), a rail intermodal ramp. If your tractor pulled containers off that ramp, tell us whether it has a sleeper or a day cab, and mention the axle configuration, so we arrive with the right equipment to move it.
Tankers and the tideflats terminals
Arrow Reload Washington Inc., 8.3 miles north-west, and Truck-Rail Handling Inc, 8.4 miles north-west, are both liquid bulk terminals in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics listings. A tank truck or a tractor that pulled tank trailers between those docks and Summit View can be sold from wherever it is parked; give us the address and say whether the lot needs an escort.
Port of Tacoma’s Marshall Avenue Auto Facility, a roll-on/roll-off terminal, sits 8.4 miles north according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. If a car hauler from that run is parked on port property, let us know whose lot it is on so the pickup can be arranged with them, and have the title and registration on hand.
Flower growers, cattle and hemp in the county
Cut flowers and cultivated greens lead the Pierce County farm list in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, ahead of cattle and hemp, across 1,347 farms. A farm truck, a stake bed or a cattle hauler from one of those operations is something we will look at; send photos of the bed or the box along with the cab.
Check the name on the Washington title before we schedule collection; the owner shown there is the one who signs it over to us.
Ecology’s paused heavy-duty truck rules
Washington’s Department of Ecology publication on its Clean Vehicles Program lists enforcement of the Advanced Clean Trucks rule as paused, and the Heavy-Duty Low NOx Omnibus standards under WAC 173-423-081 as paused too. Its update to the regulatory guidance for those rules is listed as in force.
None of that stops you selling a diesel truck in Summit View. Send the engine make and model year alongside the VIN of your Summit View truck, and keep any emissions paperwork from Pierce County service visits with the title.
The questions we get asked in Summit View
- The dump truck is still parked at Thun Field Pit; can it be collected there rather than at my Summit View address?Thun Field Pit is about 4.2 miles south-east of Summit View in the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s records, and we collect from the site. Tell us the gate hours and who has the keys.
- Do you buy tractors that worked the Pierce County Terminal?The Pierce County Terminal ramp, 8.2 miles north according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, is a working stop for day cabs and sleepers, and tractors from that ramp are trucks we buy. A first message with the VIN, the odometer reading and photos of a PCT-run tractor gets things moving.
- What paperwork should I have for a Pierce County farm truck?Among Pierce County’s 1,347 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, many trucks are titled to the farm or a relative. Have the Washington title signed by the owner named on it, plus the current registration.