The motor carriers on Arbuckle’s rolls
FMCSA’s carrier census shows 102 active carriers based in Arbuckle, a town of 3,093 people. If yours is one of them, gather the title and current registration before you call, and have the VIN off the door jamb or dash written down so the first conversation is about your specific unit.
Of those 102 carriers, 82 operate intrastate and 20 cross state lines, according to the same FMCSA census, which also lists 20 private fleets hauling their own goods. A tractor that stayed inside California and one that ran interstate both qualify; just tell us which authority it ran under so the registration paperwork lines up.
Fresh Arbuckle authorities keep appearing in FMCSA’s census, with 3 carriers added in 2024 and 4 more in 2025. If you started up recently and are now selling a unit, the purchase paperwork from when you bought it is useful to have alongside the title.
Rice-country loads: grain, hay, seed and bulk
Grain, feed and hay is listed by 34 Arbuckle carriers in FMCSA’s census, behind general freight at 50. Hopper-bottom tractors, flatbed units and bale haulers all fit what we buy; send photos of the cab, the frame and the trailer hookup so we see the whole rig.
Farm supplies appear on 19 carrier filings and dry bulk commodities on 16, per FMCSA. A truck that has moved fertilizer, seed or bulk material between yards and fields around Arbuckle may be parked out at a ranch shop rather than in town; give us the road and a gate contact and we plan the collection there.
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 715 farms in Colusa County, with rice, cattle and wheat at the top of the list. Trucks that serve those operations often sit at a farm headquarters between harvests, and that is a fine place for us to pick one up.
Jobs around the town
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put 567 jobs in Arbuckle in 2023, and wholesale trade held 151 of them, or 26.6 percent. If your truck ran for a warehouse, packer or distributor here, bring whatever delivery logs or service records came with it.
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting accounted for 61 jobs, a 10.8 percent share, in that 2023 LEHD release. Owner-operators who split time between field work and hauling can sell a single truck the same way a fleet sells one: title in hand, registration current, keys available on pickup day.
Sand and gravel pits north and south
Seventeen miles north-east of Arbuckle, the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Morehead Pit as an active sand and gravel operation feeding the valley. Dump trucks and end-dump tractors working that pit can be collected from the site or from the yard where you keep them, provided someone can let us onto the property.
To the south, the Capay Plant Facility sits 20.8 miles from town, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration. If your truck has hauled aggregate there, mention the site and the axle setup when you get in touch; it helps us bring the right equipment to load it.
Selling a lone tractor or a whole Arbuckle yard
The biggest fleet registered in Arbuckle runs 115 power units with 97 drivers, and FMCSA’s census lists others at 39 units and at 12 units. Whether you are clearing out several tractors at once or one pickup-and-trailer, list each VIN separately so every unit gets its own answer.
A typical Arbuckle truck logs 35,000 miles a year, the median figure FMCSA draws from the 34 local carriers that filed mileage. Have the current odometer reading ready with your photos; it is one of the first figures we ask for on any tractor or straight truck.
Titles, registration and driver records
A title that has gone missing is replaced through the state’s title agency, so start that request before you list the truck with us. A title in a business name needs someone authorized to sign for the company when we collect.
FMCSA records 234 drivers working within 100 miles of their Arbuckle base and 162 who travel farther. If your truck is out on a long run when you decide to sell, tell us where it will be parked next and we will work from that location rather than asking you to bring it home.
The questions we get asked in Arbuckle
- My hay truck sits on a rice ranch outside Arbuckle - does it have to be hauled into town first?With 715 farms across Colusa County on USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, plenty of trucks here sit on ranch ground, and we collect from there. Send the ranch road and the name of whoever holds the gate key there.
- My dump truck hauls rock out of Morehead Pit - can it be collected out there?Morehead Pit sits 17 miles north-east of Arbuckle on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and we can collect from the pit or your yard. Tell us which site and whether a loader or gate key is needed.
- The title for my Arbuckle grain truck has gone missing - where does a new one come from?For an Arbuckle-registered truck, the replacement comes from the state’s title agency. Request it early and let us know it is on the way when you contact us.