Menzel, Getchell, High Rock
Sand pits up the road, crushed stone at High Rock
Menzel Lake Gravel, a sand and gravel operation the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists 7.9 miles north of Three Lakes, and Getchell Pit, 8.4 miles north on the same federal register, both sit up the road from town. A dump truck or end-dump tractor that has spent its shifts between those two pits is likely parked at a yard near them or at the owner’s place in Three Lakes, and either spot is fine for collection.
Heading the other way, Heidelberg Materials High Rock Quarry appears in Mine Safety and Health Administration records as a crushed-stone quarry 9.6 miles south. If your truck hauled stone out of High Rock, tell us which body it carries and whether the bed or pup trailer goes with it, and have the title and current registration in one folder before we talk.
Photos settle most first questions about a quarry truck: the cab, the frame from both sides, the bed, the tires and the dash with the odometer showing. Send them with the VIN and we can work out the collection around the pit gate or your driveway.
Rail and seaport, Snohomish side
Delta rail yard and the Everett seaport
Ten miles west, the North American Rail Network maintained by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the Delta Yard rail yard 10.1 miles from Three Lakes. Day cabs that shuttle loads between that yard and local customers often finish the day in Everett rather than at home, so give us the address where the tractor actually sits.
Everett is listed by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics as a strategic seaport 11.7 miles west of town. A tractor that pulled freight off the Everett docks can be collected wherever it is parked; if it sits inside a gated terminal lot, name a contact who can let us in.
Whichever direction your routes ran, bring the paperwork that travels with the truck: the Washington title, registration, any annual inspection reports and service invoices you kept. If the title has gone missing, the state’s title agency issues a replacement, so put that request in before you call.
Base contracts
Marysville and Jim Creek on the federal list
Among military installations, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics records Marysville 14.6 miles north-west of Three Lakes and Jim Creek 17.1 miles north. Contractors whose trucks served either site sometimes keep them on a separate yard; tell us which one and whether a pass is needed to reach it.
If the truck carries site permits, decals or a log of base deliveries, keep those papers with the title and registration. They help us understand where the truck worked, and nothing about them holds up a sale.
Construction jobs and contractor trucks around town
Of the 208 jobs the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts located in Three Lakes for 2023, construction held 88, or 42.3 percent. Contractors here run dump trucks, flatbeds and utility bodies, and those are often parked at a jobsite or a home shop rather than a terminal.
Builders, excavators and site crews add up to 274 construction establishments on the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns rolls for the area around Three Lakes. If your company is winding down equipment or replacing one truck, list each unit with its VIN, body type and where it is parked, and we can plan one visit for several trucks.
Dairy leads the farm output of Snohomish County, where USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture tallied 1,418 farms whose top products were milk, then cattle, then corn. A farm truck, grain hauler or livestock rig from a county farm is collected at the farm, so describe the access road and any gate.
Inspections and crossings
Roadside checks and the seven bridges near Three Lakes
FMCSA roadside inspection records from August 2024 to August 2026 cover 257 trucks inspected around Three Lakes, with a median model year of 2018 and 35.8 percent of them ten or more model years old. Whatever year yours is, the model year and the VIN on the title are the two details we ask for first.
On the roads into town, the National Bridge Inventory kept by the Federal Highway Administration lists 7 bridges, with none load-posted and none under 14 feet of clearance. A tow or a lowboy pickup can reach most addresses near Three Lakes on those crossings; tell us if the truck is down a private lane.
Washington’s Clean Vehicles Program adopted California’s Advanced Clean Trucks and Heavy-Duty Low NOx Omnibus rules, and state Ecology guidance lists enforcement of both as paused. Either way, keep your emissions paperwork with the title so the truck’s records stay in one place.
The questions we get asked in Three Lakes
- Can you pick up a dump truck still parked at Menzel Lake Gravel or Getchell Pit?Menzel Lake Gravel and Getchell Pit are 7.9 and 8.4 miles north on Mine Safety and Health Administration listings, and we collect from the pit yard or wherever the truck sits. Pass along the name of whoever holds the pit gate key and when that yard opens.
- Who replaces a missing Washington truck title for an owner in Three Lakes?For a truck titled in Washington, the replacement comes from the state’s title agency. Start that request, then contact us with the VIN and registration so the rest can be arranged while it is processed.
- Does the truck have to come to Everett for you to see it?Everett’s seaport is 11.7 miles west of Three Lakes by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, but the truck stays where it is. We come to your address in or around Three Lakes.
- Which details should a Three Lakes contractor send us at the outset?Around Three Lakes, construction made up 42.3 percent of 2023 jobs in the Census Bureau’s LEHD counts, so many trucks here are contractor units. Send the VIN, body type, photos of the cab, frame and bed, and the address where it is parked.