Pits by the town
Courtney Pit and the crusher west of Yacolt
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Courtney Pit, a crushed-stone quarry, 2.8 miles north-west of Yacolt, and a second crushed-stone site, Permanent Jaw Crusher # 2, just 3.3 miles to the west. Dump trucks and end-dump tractors that shuttle rock out of those two sites are the kind of equipment we buy. If yours is parked at a pit gate rather than at home, tell us which one so the collection is planned for that spot.
Lewisville Pit, a sand and gravel operation the Mine Safety and Health Administration places 10.2 miles south-west, is another place a Yacolt gravel truck may spend its working day. Take photos of the bed, the hoist and the cab, and send the VIN with them.
Downriver on the Columbia
Two Columbia River ports within sixteen miles
Port of Vancouver USA lies 14 miles south-west of town, and Port of Kalama 15.8 miles north-west, both listed by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A tractor that pulls containers or bulk loads to either dock can be sold from wherever it ends the week, whether that is a yard near the river or a driveway in Yacolt.
South-west of town, at 19.7 miles, the Energy Information Administration records a petroleum product terminal called VANCOVER STOP. Owners of tank tractors that load there should list which terminals the truck served and keep any inspection reports together with the registration for when we ask.
Owner-operators and crews
Small outfits fill Yacolt’s carrier roll
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 83 active carriers in and around Yacolt, and 62 of them run intrastate only while 21 cross state lines. Most are small: on the same census the three biggest fleets field 16, 8 and 7 power units, each with 10 drivers. A one-truck owner or a fleet trimming a unit can sell to us on the same terms.
FMCSA’s carrier census lists 58 of those outfits as private operators that move their own goods. Contractors and landscapers with a dump truck or flatbed in the yard fall into that group, and their trucks are welcome here too.
Federal carrier records show 141 drivers working within 100 miles of home and 35 travelling further, and FMCSA’s census puts the median distance at 9,368 miles a truck a year across 20 reporting carriers. Put the odometer reading next to the VIN when you write to us.
Loads off the Yacolt roads
Lumber, machinery and general freight out of the hills
General freight leads the cargo list in FMCSA’s carrier census at 38 Yacolt-area carriers, with machinery and large objects at 28. Lowboys, flatbed tractors and box trucks from that work all fit what we purchase, and a photo of the trailer coupling alongside the cab helps us see the setup.
Logs, poles, beams and lumber are hauled by 15 local outfits on FMCSA’s census, and farm supplies by 13. A log truck kept at a landing up a forest road can be collected where it sits; send directions and say whether a tow rig can reach it.
Nursery, milk, beef
Nursery stock, dairy and cattle around the town
Across Clark County, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 1,927 farms, and the leading products are propagative material such as nursery plants, then milk and cattle. Stake-bed trucks, milk tankers and livestock haulers from those farms are trucks we buy from owners near Yacolt.
A nursery flatbed or dairy tanker near Yacolt may be parked behind a barn until the next planting or milk run. If yours is in a barn or a field, the registration and any service receipts are what to gather before we arrive, and the farm address is enough for us to find it.
The Washington State Department of Licensing handles replacement titles, and BATTLE GROUND AUTO LICENSE at 301 W Main St # 101, Battle Ground, 98604, is one of its vehicle and vessel licensing offices, 8.7 miles from Yacolt. If the title is missing, start the replacement there before pickup day.
Have the title signed by every owner named on it, and if a lender is listed, bring the lien release. The registration and your photo ID round out what the Department of Licensing office and we will ask to see.
Paused engine rules for Yacolt diesel owners
Washington adopted California’s Advanced Clean Trucks regulation through its Clean Vehicles Program, and the state Department of Ecology has paused enforcement of it. The Heavy-Duty Low NOx Omnibus under WAC 173-423-081 sits in the same position, with enforcement on hold according to the Department of Ecology.
A Department of Ecology guidance update covering Advanced Clean Cars II, Advanced Clean Trucks and the Heavy-Duty Low NOx Omnibus remains in force, and Yacolt owners can read it alongside the pause. For a Yacolt owner selling a diesel tractor or dump truck, none of that stops the sale; bring the engine model year from the door label so we have it on file.
The questions we get asked in Yacolt
- Can my dump truck be picked up from Courtney Pit or the jaw crusher west of Yacolt?Courtney Pit sits 2.8 miles north-west of town on Mine Safety and Health Administration records, and we can collect from a pit yard like that one. Name the pit, and tell us who holds the gate key on collection day.
- My title is lost; which Department of Licensing office serves Yacolt?BATTLE GROUND AUTO LICENSE, a Washington State Department of Licensing office at 301 W Main St # 101, Battle Ground, is 8.7 miles from Yacolt. Request the duplicate at that Battle Ground counter and hold on to the paperwork it gives you until the truck goes.
- My truck carries beams and poles out of the woods near Yacolt; is it one you collect?Fifteen carriers in the Yacolt area haul logs, poles, beams and lumber on FMCSA’s carrier census, and their trucks are ones we purchase. Tell us the forest landing or yard it sits in, with the VIN and a set of photos of the bunks and cab.
- Can a Yacolt diesel still be sold while Washington’s Clean Vehicles Program is on the books?Enforcement of the Advanced Clean Trucks rule as adopted in Washington is paused, the Department of Ecology says, and a Yacolt owner can sell a diesel truck to us. Note its engine model year when you contact us.