Crushed stone and gravel around Auburn Lake Trails
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Cool Cave Quarry, a crushed-stone operation, just 2.2 miles north-west of Auburn Lake Trails. A dump truck or end-dump tractor that hauls rock out of a site that close may be sitting on quarry ground when you decide to sell; give us the gate location and the name of whoever can let us in, and the collection is arranged around the site.
The Mine Safety and Health Administration’s register adds two sand and gravel operations further out: Bear River Materials, 10.5 miles north, and the Robinson Gravel Pit off Ophir Road, 11 miles north-west. If your truck has worked between these pits, have the title, the current registration and a few clear photos of the bed, cab and frame together before you contact us.
South-east of town, Chili Bar Slate is an 11.9-mile drive, according to federal mine records kept by the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Slate and stone loads come off that quarry on trucks that may be parked at a yard rather than at home, so tell us which address the truck is at today.
Big Seam to Lincoln
Metal and mineral sites to the north-east and west
Big Seam mine, a metal mine, lies 12.7 miles north-east, and GMcB Lincoln Pits & Mill, an industrial-mineral mine, lies 16.8 miles west; both appear in the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s listings. Trucks serving sites like these often carry service records from the operator, and those papers belong in the same message as the VIN.
Capital Rock LLC, another industrial-mineral mine, is 21.9 miles west on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list. A truck parked on a mine property out there can stay put. We collect it at the mine, with the operator’s permission arranged ahead.
Davis Yard, south-west of the ridge
The North American Rail Network, maintained by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, places Davis Yard 20.8 miles south-west of town. A tractor that has shuttled freight to and from that rail yard can be collected from a lot near the yard just as easily as from a driveway here.
When the truck is near the rail yard, tell us the lot owner’s name and the hours the gate is open. That detail, with the title and registration in hand, is what settles the pickup.
Foothill motor carriers
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 38 active carriers based in Auburn Lake Trails, with 35 working intrastate, 3 interstate and 7 operating as private fleets. Most sellers here will be handing over a truck registered and kept in California, so the California title and registration are the two papers to find first.
General freight is the leading cargo, listed by 6 of those carriers in FMCSA’s census, with machinery and large objects at 2, motor vehicles at 2 and farm supplies at 1. A flatbed or lowboy tractor that moved equipment fits as well as a dry-van rig; tell us the body type and the trailer setup.
The largest fleet registered here, per the FMCSA carrier records, runs 11 power units and 9 drivers, and the next two run 2 power units each. A carrier selling several units at once can send one list of VINs and locations, and we work through them together.
Routes from the ridge
Driver radius and miles per truck in El Dorado foothills
For drivers registered with carriers here, FMCSA’s census shows 10 working within 100 miles and 43 working beyond that radius. A truck that spends its weeks on long routes may be away from El Dorado County when you want to sell, and we can collect it where the route ends.
Across 6 carriers reporting mileage, the median was 9,279 miles per truck in FMCSA’s census. A dash photo showing the odometer, sent alongside the VIN, gives us the reading for a foothill truck at a glance.
Building crews, cattle, Christmas trees
Auburn Lake Trails construction and El Dorado County farms
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023 show 311 jobs located here, with construction holding 96 of them, or 30.9 percent. County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau records 12 construction establishments, so dump trucks, flatbeds and service bodies tied to building work are among the trucks we expect to hear about.
El Dorado County has 1,204 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with cattle and cut Christmas trees among the leading products. A livestock hauler or a truck that moved trees off a county farm can be collected from the farm itself; tell us the road and whether a loaded trailer is still hitched.
If the title for a truck from any of this work has gone missing, the state’s title agency issues a replacement, and the request can go in before you contact us.
The questions we get asked in Auburn Lake Trails
- My truck hauls on long routes and is rarely home. Can you collect it elsewhere?FMCSA’s carrier census shows 43 drivers from carriers here working beyond 100 miles, so trucks from El Dorado County are often far from home. Tell us where the truck will be parked and we arrange the pickup at that spot.