Commercial vehicles we buy
When a work truck stops paying for itself, it usually sits: behind the shop, at the end of a fleet yard, or on a lot someone is paying for by the month. We buy them as they are.
- Box trucks and straight trucks, including cutaway vans with a box body,
- semi tractors, day cabs and sleepers,
- trailers: dry vans, reefers, flatbeds and others,
- dump trucks, tow trucks, stake bodies and other work trucks,
- step vans and delivery trucks.
Pickups, cargo vans and SUVs are on the truck, van and SUV removal page, and RVs and campers have their own page.
What to have ready
- The title. Have the title for each tractor, truck or trailer you’re selling, or tell us what you have. A truck titled in another state follows its own route; our guide to out-of-state and salvage titles explains it.
- Interstate trucks. Illinois lets a fleet that runs in several states register its trucks proportionally, the system drivers call apportioned or IRP plates (625 ILCS 5/3-402.1), and a truck in regular interstate service that already holds another state’s current title doesn’t need an Illinois one (625 ILCS 5/3-102). If that’s your truck, tell us which state issued the title; we look at it before we quote.
- Liens. Equipment loans are common on commercial trucks. If there’s a lender on the title, it needs a lien release before the truck can be sold.
- Who signs. If the truck belongs to a company, the person signing needs the authority to sell it.
- Two forms of ID for the person handing it over; Illinois scrap processors record them (625 ILCS 5/5-401.3).
Pickup realities: yards, gates and clearance
A semi or a loaded box truck needs a different tow from a sedan, and we arrange the right one for the job. What we need from you is the picture of where it sits.
| Tell us | Why |
|---|---|
| Tractor, trailer or both, and the length | Decides which tow the truck needs |
| Whether it airs up and the brakes release | A truck with no air may have its spring brakes locked on |
| Tires and wheels | Flats or missing wheels change how it’s lifted |
| Yard gate hours and who has the key | We plan the visit around them |
| Overhead: wires, a canopy, a low bay door | Tall vehicles can’t always leave the way they came in |
| Anything still in the box or on the trailer | It needs to be empty before it goes |
Many of the trucks we look at sit on industrial land rather than in a driveway. South Deering, which is mostly zoned industrial, has plenty of that. South Holland won’t let oversize vehicles be stored in front of a house’s living area, and Blue Island keeps commercial trucks above class B off streets and property in residential zones with limited exceptions, so a dead box truck at the curb is on borrowed time.
Repair it or sell it?
A rebuilt diesel or a new transmission on a commercial truck is a big bill, and the truck may still need tires, brakes and an inspection after that. Our guide to a blown engine or failed transmission walks through how to weigh it.
Payment and next step
The driver checks each truck against what you told us, you sign over the title, and you’re paid on the spot by cash, Zelle or Cash App. Use the form for the first truck (year, make and model, such as an International, Freightliner, Isuzu or Ford), then tell us about the rest on the call.