Following our 3-step process is the quickest and easiest way to get rid of your junk car or unwanted car.
Didsbury is a town of just over 5,000 in Mountain View County, west of the QEII at the Highway 582 exit and along Highway 2A. It has a hospital, an RCMP detachment and a main street that still looks like the railway town it started as. Our route from 4525 6a St NE is Deerfoot to the QEII, north past Carstairs, then west on 582: about 74 kilometres and 57 minutes.
People in Didsbury tend to keep vehicles a long time, which is why so many of the cars we buy there are twenty-year-old Buicks, Rangers and Caravans that finally rusted through or lost a transmission. We quote cash for junk cars in Didsbury at 403-390-0585, pay $100 to $10,000, and tow at no cost from the town or the farms around it.
Our northern route runs up the QEII two or three times a week, and Didsbury is a regular stop on it. That means a pickup can normally be booked within a day or two. Give us the address, whether the car is in the alley behind the house or in a machine shed, and a phone number the driver can reach on the day. Calls are answered around the clock; late calls are booked for the next run north.
The typical Didsbury vehicle is old, but old and complete beats new and stripped. A 2004 Silverado with rust in the box but a running 5.3 litre still has a valuable engine and transmission. A minivan with a good interior and glass sells parts even if it will never drive again. We pay in the $100 to $10,000 range based on what we can recover, and we tell you honestly where yours falls when you call.
Didsbury has its own registry agent, Didsbury Registries at 2004 20 Street, so cancelling the registration after the sale is a five-minute errand. You will need the plate and the bill of sale we sign at pickup. To sell to us, all we require is the registration certificate or a prior bill of sale with your name on it and photo ID. Alberta lets you sell a vehicle without current registration when you hold the ownership document, and that covers a lot of the barn-find cars we get here.
Much of what we collect from the Didsbury area is not in town at all. It is on a farm off Highway 582 or a township road toward Water Valley, often behind a granary or in tall grass. Our flatbeds carry long winch lines, and the driver will walk the approach before committing. If the ground is soft in spring we may ask to wait a week; if it is frozen, we come as booked. Either way the vehicle does not have to move under its own power, and you are not expected to dig it out of the grass first.
Usually within one to two days, because our trucks are on the QEII north corridor several times a week. Ask when you call and we will tell you the next run that has room.
Yes. A running or recently running engine and transmission are the most valuable parts on most vehicles. Body rust lowers the price but does not remove it. Send photos if you want a firmer number.
Possibly. If the vehicle was ever registered to you or a family member, the registry can pull the record. If it never was, we need something linking you to it. Call us and describe the situation.
No. Our flatbed comes to where the vehicle sits, whether that is a farmyard, a driveway or a back alley in Didsbury. Just make sure the driver can get a truck within winch distance.
Yes. Two or three vehicles from the same yard are common on farm cleanouts. We price each one, pay for all of them together and bring a second truck if needed.
Didsbury Registries at 2004 20 Street. Bring the plate and our bill of sale. Cancelling ends your legal responsibility for the vehicle and lets you stop paying insurance on it.
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