Bon Accord is a town of roughly fifteen hundred people in Sturgeon County, sitting on Highway 28 between Morinville and Redwater. In 2015 it became Canada's first International Dark Sky Community — a designation earned by managing outdoor lighting carefully enough that the night sky above the town stays genuinely dark.
It's a small place that decided to take care of something. We'd like to think that's a reasonable attitude to bring to old vehicles as well.
If you've got a car, truck or van sitting on your property here, we'll come out, tow it free regardless of distance, and pay you before it goes on the deck.
Call (780) 202-2274 for a firm number.
The honest problem with selling a vehicle in a town this size is that most buyers won't come.
Most don't bother. The ones who do often want the price to absorb their drive, and a buyer for a non-running vehicle also has to arrange their own tow — which eliminates nearly all of them before you've started.
They quote a lower number for rural addresses, or quietly subtract the tow from the offer.
A pickup in Bon Accord and a pickup in central Edmonton get the same quote for the same vehicle. Distance is our cost to manage, not a deduction from your payout. See free towing.
Here's something specific to small communities that's worth knowing, because it can genuinely improve what you're offered.
Our trucks run routes. A single vehicle in Bon Accord is one dispatch; three vehicles in Bon Accord on the same afternoon is one dispatch that collects three. That efficiency is real, and it's reflected in what we can offer.
So if you know a neighbour has a dead vehicle too — and in a town this size, you probably do — mention it when you call. Same for anyone on your road, or a family member out on an acreage nearby. We'll coordinate a single visit.
The same applies if you have more than one: a car behind the shop and an old truck at the fence line get scheduled together, not as two separate appointments.
Throughout Bon Accord and across the surrounding Sturgeon County — acreages and farms along the Range Roads and Township Roads, and out toward Gibbons, Legal, Cardiff and Waugh.
Access handled at no charge:
Tell us the ground conditions and how far the vehicle sits from a usable approach. On rural property that matters far more than distance from town.
Bon Accord earned its designation by paying attention to something most communities ignore. In that spirit, it's worth being specific about where your vehicle actually goes, because plenty of operators in this industry are vague about it.
Every vehicle we collect is depolluted before anything else happens. Engine oil, transmission and differential fluid, coolant, brake and power steering fluid and remaining fuel are drained and captured separately. The battery is pulled for lead reclamation. Refrigerant is recovered rather than vented. Tires go into Alberta's recycling stream. Mercury switches in older vehicles are removed before shredding, because mercury released in a shredder contaminates everything downstream.
Reusable components are then pulled and inventoried, and the shell goes to a licensed recycler for shredding, where ferrous and non-ferrous metals are separated and re-enter the supply chain.
The alternative — a vehicle left sitting in a field — leaks its entire fluid load into the ground over a few seasons. On your own land, that's your contamination and your remediation cost. The full process is on scrap car removal.
You also receive a signed bill of sale at pickup listing the VIN, odometer, price and both parties. That's your documented record that the vehicle left your ownership on a specific date — which matters, because liability tends to follow the registered owner until a transfer is recorded.
The base of every quote. A half-ton carries roughly double the recoverable metal of a compact car; a heavy-duty diesel closer to triple.
Frequently the highest-value single component on an end-of-life vehicle, because of the platinum, palladium and rhodium inside. Vehicles sitting unattended on rural properties are common theft targets — check underneath for a cleanly sawn section of exhaust before you call and tell us either way.
Drivetrain condition, panels, glass, wheels, interior, plus any mounted equipment on a work truck.
Missing engine, transmission or wheels, and rot through the frame rails, all reduce the number honestly rather than arbitrarily.
Full pricing mechanics on cash for scrap cars; parts valuation on cash for junk cars.
Proof of ownership — registration in your name, estate documentation, or a lien discharge if it was financed. Photo ID. Plates off before we load, since in Alberta they belong to you rather than the vehicle. Farm or company-registered units need documentation showing signing authority.
Clear personal belongings out first — under the seats, the spare tire well, the glovebox. Nothing comes back.
Full walkthrough on the Alberta paperwork guide. We also serve Redwater, Morinville, Fort Saskatchewan, St. Albert and the full service area.
Yes. It's part of our regular service area, not an exception, and there's no distance charge.
No. Same vehicle, same quote. Distance is our cost, not a deduction from your offer.
Yes, and it helps. Mention it when you call and we'll coordinate a single visit.
Yes, with no distance charge and nothing taken off your payout.
Not a problem. Tell us the ground conditions and how far it sits from a usable approach.
Usually within a day or two. Rural runs are sometimes batched with other pickups in the same direction, which can add a day.
It's depolluted, stripped of reusable parts, and the shell goes to a licensed recycler for shredding. The full sequence is described above.
Call (780) 202-2274 with the vehicle details and where it's sitting — and mention any neighbours with one too. Firm number in minutes, free towing, cash before it's loaded.
Call (780) 202-2274
