Following our 3-step process is the quickest and easiest way to get rid of your scrap cars or unwanted vehicles.
Irricana is a small town, about 1,200 people, just off Highway 9 roughly 56 kilometres northeast of our yard. The drive takes 47 minutes: Stoney Trail or 16 Avenue to Highway 9, then out past Keoma and Highway 791 into town. The Pioneer Acres Museum north of town tells you what the area is about: farming, and a lot of old iron.
We do not get many calls from Irricana in a given month, but the ones we get are worth the trip: farm pickups, grain trucks, a retired combine’s tow vehicle, or the family car that died in the driveway on 2 Street. Every one of them earns $100 to $10,000 in cash and a free tow. Call 403-390-0585 and tell us what you have.
Irricana is small enough that we cannot promise a truck there every day, but Beiseker, Keoma and the Highway 9 corridor come up often enough that most Irricana pickups happen within two or three days of the call. When you book, give the driver a landmark, the nearest range road, and a number to call on the day. Our line is open around the clock, so a late-evening call is fine.
The vehicles from Irricana lean heavy: three-quarter-ton and one-ton pickups, older grain trucks, the odd farm van. Heavy vehicles pay well because there is more steel and more reusable axle, frame and drivetrain in them. A car from town is priced on the same parts-plus-metal basis, and a compact that only has scrap value will land near the bottom of our range. We do not charge for winching, loading or hauling any of it. If you have been saving a dead truck for parts and never got around to it, we can take it now and put the value in your pocket instead of leaving it to rust behind the shop. Two or three vehicles from one yard are fine; we bring a second truck.
Irricana does not have a registry agent of its own. The nearest is Beiseker Registries at 312 6 Street in Beiseker, about ten minutes east on Highway 9. That is where you cancel the registration after we take the vehicle, using the plate and the bill of sale we sign. For the sale we need the registration certificate or an older bill of sale plus ID. The plate stays with you.
Nearly every Irricana pickup is on gravel or dirt, and the black soil out there turns to gumbo when it rains. We ask about the ground before we come, and if it is wet we may wait a few days rather than sink a loaded flatbed in your yard. Vehicles parked between grain bins or behind equipment need room to winch, so if you can move the swather or the augers first, the pickup goes faster.
Yes. We run out Highway 9 for Beiseker and Keoma jobs and Irricana fits right on that route. It is about 47 minutes from our yard, which is closer than several towns we serve every week.
Usually two to three days, sometimes sooner if a truck is already headed out Highway 9. We give you the day and a window when you book, and the driver phones from Beiseker so you know he is close.
It depends on size and condition. Grain trucks are heavy, so even a non-runner with rot in the box has meaningful metal value. Give us the year, make and whether the engine turns over, and we will quote it.
Usually. Our flatbeds carry long winch lines. If there is not enough room to line the truck up, clearing a lane beside the vehicle beforehand helps.
Sometimes. If the truck was ever registered to a family member, the registry can produce a record, and estate paperwork showing it passed to you is usually enough. Call and describe what you have before we book.
Beiseker Registries at 312 6 Street in Beiseker, about ten minutes away. Bring the plate and our bill of sale. Airdrie Registry is the next closest option if you are headed that way.
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