Truck junk yards in Europe

Submitted by Nomad on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 15:50

Those looking for parts for their overland truck sometimes turn to junk yards to find used parts. Sometimes it's only place to look, because new parts for old trucks are discontinued and existing stock has run out. Finding truck junk yards is not so easy, they're hidden among the many car junk yards. Here's a list of truck junk yards in west and south Europe.

Truck junk yards in Europe

While traveling in France, Spain or the Netherlands visiting a Truck junk yard, Truck salvage yard, Truck scrap yard or Truck breaker might just result in finding that one missing truck part. The first problem is to find the right words for truck junk yard in a different language, which sometimes is local slang.

Truck junk yards are not so easy to find - hidden among many car junk yards

With Google Earth truck junk yards can be separated from car junk yards - trucks are simply bigger. Also the size of the junk yard can be seen using satellite images.

Most Truck Junk Yards do a lot of international trading so chances are some-one at the yard speaks or writes a foreign language.

Truck junk yards in the Netherlands

The local term for junk yard in dutch is "sloop" or "demontage bedrijf" offering used truck parts known as "gebruikte vrachtwagen onderdelen".

The local term for truck in dutch is "vrachtwagen". The bigger truck junk yards are member of the Dutch junk yard association called the STIBA - http://www.stiba.nl

**Truck Junk Yards in the Netherlands**
Anema Trucks	Eddie Dücker Trucks
North-West	South-East
Boekelerdijk 15a, 1812 LV Alkmaar	Den Uitvanck 3 5688 XG Oirschot
	Large truck junk yard


Mestebeld Trucks	MPR Truck parts	Van Vliet Trucks
Center	South-West	West
Parallelweg 24 8152 BE Lemelerveld	Hulsingbroek 1 5993 NE Maasbree	Parallelweg Zuid 215 2914 LE Nieuwerkerk
Sorted supply, small yard		Small yard, large truck supply


Hommeles Trucks	Vos Truck parts	Harry Vloet Trucks
South-East	South	South
Rijksweg 5 5374 RA, SCHAIJK	Broekheuvelsestraat 2 5321 JC - Hedel	Bovensteweg 63 6585 KB MOOK
Huge supply of army vehicles

Leeman Trucks		JWC Cars
Mid-West		South-East
Esdoornlaan 80 4921 DV Made		Landingsweg 4 5482 TA Schijndel
Largest truck junk yard		Hanomag / Benz parts

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Truck junk yards in the Netherlands
Truck junk yards in France
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Truck junk yards in Germany

Truck junk yard list Explained

In the list above you'll find the GPS location (click on the address) together with truck Junk yard website. If there's no website, the satellite image is listed.

This is an example of a Truck junk Yard listing;