Container tractors beside the two American Canyon rail yards
Napa Junction Yard lies half a mile north-east of town and Lombard Yard 0.9 miles north, according to the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A day cab that shuttles boxes between those yards and nearby warehouses is often parked within sight of the tracks, so give us the street address and the name of whoever controls the lot gate.
Of the American Canyon carriers on FMCSA’s carrier census, 18 list intermodal containers as cargo they carry. If your tractor pulled chassis for that kind of work, send the VIN, an odometer photo and a picture of the fifth wheel, and tell us whether the chassis stays with you or goes with the truck.
Dump trucks loading stone north and south-east of town
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Napa Quarry, an industrial-mineral mine 5.8 miles north, and Lake Herman Quarry, a crushed-stone operation 6 miles south-east. Dump trucks and end-dump tractors that load at either site are usually kept at a yard on the way, and that yard is where we would pick the truck up.
For a quarry truck, the useful paperwork is the title, the current registration and any service log the shop kept for the body and hoist. Photos of the bed, the tailgate and the axles from both sides let us see the truck as you know it.
Tankers serving the terminals toward Crockett and Martinez
South of town, the Energy Information Administration records the SELBYCROCKETT petroleum product terminal at 8.8 miles and MARTINEZ TERMINAL at 13.1 miles south-east. A Shell Oil liquid bulk terminal sits 12.5 miles out on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics list, as does the Ozol Defense Fuel Support Point at 11.7 miles.
If your tractor pulled a tank trailer to those terminals, tell us whether the trailer is part of the sale or stays with you. Any terminal access cards, hazmat placard records or inspection sheets you still hold should be handed over along with the keys.
Short-haul and cross-state fleets registered in American Canyon
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 174 active carriers based in American Canyon: 139 run intrastate only, 35 cross state lines and 33 are private fleets hauling their own goods. FMCSA’s census also reports 274 drivers working within 100 miles and 205 going further. Your truck may be parked in Napa County or out on a longer route, so tell us where it will be on the day you want it collected.
Three fleets in town run 65, 42 and 36 power units, by the same census. Owners selling several trucks at once can send one list of VINs with the yard address for each, and we will work through them together.
FMCSA filings from 47 American Canyon carriers that report annual mileage put the median truck at 30,000 miles a year. Have the current odometer reading ready when you call, since it is the first figure we ask for.
What inspectors logged on local trucks since 2024
FMCSA roadside inspection records between August 2024 and August 2026 cover 234 trucks from local carriers, with a median model year of 2020. In those inspection records, just over 19 percent of the trucks were ten or more model years old.
Whatever the year on your title, the steps match: a clear title in your name or the lender’s release, the registration card, and photos of all four sides and the dash. If the title has gone missing, the state’s title agency issues a duplicate, and it is best to start that request before we schedule collection.
Warehouses, factories, building sites and Napa farms
Manufacturing holds 770 of American Canyon’s 5,143 jobs in the Census Bureau’s 2023 LEHD job counts, with transportation and warehousing at 659, construction at 349 and wholesale trade at 113. Box trucks and tractors that serve the warehouse side of that list are commonly kept at a dock, so tell us which door or bay the truck sits beside.
Here the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns tally 38 construction firms alongside 20 warehousing establishments, so a contractor’s dump truck or a warehouse box truck in town has company. Across Napa County, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 1,772 farms, with cattle, honey and horses at the top; a stock trailer rig or flatbed kept on a ranch can be collected from the property itself if the gate is open to us.
Repealed, paused, contested: the three clean-truck rules
California’s Advanced Clean Fleets drayage and high-priority fleet requirements are listed as repealed by the state’s air resources board, and a federal court filing records enforcement of the 2036 zero-emission sales requirement as paused. The Advanced Clean Trucks Regulation is marked as contested.
None of those rules changes what we need from a seller in American Canyon: title, registration and photos. If you hold CARB compliance paperwork for the engine, include it with the rest of the records.
The questions we get asked in American Canyon
- The tractor sits in a lot next to Napa Junction Yard; will you pick it up from that spot?Napa Junction Yard is half a mile north-east of American Canyon on the North American Rail Network, and a truck parked beside it can be collected where it stands. Send the lot address along with the name of whoever unlocks it.
- Will you take a dump truck that hauls out of Napa Quarry or Lake Herman?Napa Quarry and Lake Herman Quarry both sit about six miles from American Canyon on the Mine Safety and Health Administration list, and dump trucks from that work are trucks we purchase. Send the title, registration and photos of the bed and hoist.
- The title for my American Canyon truck has gone missing; how do I replace it?Titles for trucks registered in American Canyon come from the state’s title agency, which issues duplicates. Request one there and tell us when you contact us, so the paperwork is in hand before pickup.