Following our 3-step process is the quickest and easiest way to get rid of your scrap cars or unwanted vehicles.
Carstairs is 59 kilometres north of our NE Calgary yard, an easy 46 minutes up Deerfoot and the QEII to the Highway 581 exit, then west into town on 10 Avenue. It is a town of nearly 5,000 that has grown quickly with commuters, while still keeping its agricultural roots and the CARA Rodeo every July.
The vehicles we buy in Carstairs reflect both sides: newer commuter crossovers that got written off or lost a motor, and long-serving farm pickups from the quarter sections around town. We pay $100 to $10,000 for either, tow at no charge and settle in cash when the truck arrives. Call 403-390-0585 for a cash for junk cars Carstairs quote any time of day or night.
Carstairs is the first real town north of Airdrie and Crossfield on our route, so it gets picked up often and quickly. Most bookings are same-day or next-day. When you call, mention the closest cross street and whether the vehicle is in the driveway, a garage or out on an acreage along Highway 2A. If the car is in an alley, tell us whether a flatbed can turn in. That detail saves a return trip.
Insurance write-offs from Carstairs, typically hail or a collision on the QEII, often have low kilometres and an intact drivetrain, which pushes them toward the higher end of our range. Farm trucks are valued on the weight of the frame, axles and box and whatever parts still work. A car that has sat behind a shed since the early 2000s will be priced closer to scrap, but the payment is cash either way and you are not charged for the tow. We also buy vans, motorhomes on a truck chassis and light trailers if you want the whole corner of the yard cleared at once.
The sale is documented with a bill of sale we hand you at pickup. Before we hook the car up, remove the plate; Alberta plates stay with the owner and can be moved to your next vehicle. Carstairs Registries, at 207 10 Avenue in the middle of town, can cancel the registration and transfer the plate. You do not need current registration to sell; the registration certificate, even expired, or an older bill of sale in your name is enough to prove ownership.
Between November and March, the QEII near Carstairs sees drifting snow and the occasional closure, and we will not send a loaded flatbed onto a closed highway. If a storm is forecast we move the pickup a day and tell you before you have to ask. In the warmer months the drive is uneventful. A shovelled driveway, a cleared path to the vehicle and keys on hand make the pickup take fifteen minutes instead of forty.
Often, yes. Carstairs is on the route we run most days for Airdrie and Crossfield. Call before mid-morning for the best chance of a same-day slot; otherwise it will be the next morning.
Yes. Hail write-offs are some of the better vehicles we buy in Carstairs because the mechanical parts are usually untouched. Bring the ownership paper; if the insurer has already paid out and kept the vehicle, they own it, not you.
No. Expired registration is fine. You need to show ownership, which the registration certificate does even if it lapsed years ago. An old bill of sale in your name works too.
We pick up on acreages along Highway 2A and the range roads around town. The registered owner or someone with authority to sign for them needs to be there or reachable by phone to complete the bill of sale.
It depends on the truck. Three-quarter-ton and one-ton trucks are worth more because of the axles and frame. Give us the year, model and condition on the phone and we will quote a real number.
Carstairs Registries at 207 10 Avenue. Bring in the plate along with our signed bill of sale. Then contact your insurer so you are not paying premiums on a car that is gone.
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