Gravel and rock plants up the road from Bell Canyon
Tapo Rock & Sand, which the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists as a sand and gravel operation, lies 8.3 miles north of Bell Canyon. Dump trucks and transfer rigs that haul out of a pit like that often sit at the plant or at the owner’s home between jobs, so tell us which of the two it is and we will plan the collection around that spot.
Canyon Rock Plant, half a mile further on at 8.8 miles north, is an industrial-mineral mine in the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s records. If your truck carried loads from there, photograph the bed, the tailgate and the cab, and write down the VIN from the door jamb before you contact us.
Out to the north-west, Moorpark Quarry is a sand and gravel operation 14 miles from town on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list. Owners who ran trucks between the Moorpark and Tapo pits can sell from wherever the truck is parked; give us the gate code or a contact at the yard if it is behind a fence.
East into the Valley
Rail yards and fuel terminals past the county line
Raymer Yard, 12 miles east, and Gemco Yard, 14.2 miles east, are both rail yards mapped by the North American Rail Network that the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics maintain. Day cabs that shuttle containers or freight to yards like these are trucks we buy, and service records showing what the tractor pulled help us understand it before we see it.
Two petroleum product terminals, Van Nuys at 12.2 miles and Van Nuys Terminal at 12.7 miles, both east of Bell Canyon, are listed by the Energy Information Administration. A tanker tractor or fuel truck that worked those racks should come with its registration and any inspection paperwork you kept, so have them in one folder when you call.
Harbor runs
Bell Canyon trucks that worked the Los Angeles harbor
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the Port of Los Angeles 17.3 miles east of Bell Canyon. A sleeper or day cab that hauled boxes off the harbor terminals does not need to make the trip back out here to be sold; we collect it at the address where it is parked.
Port tractors usually change hands with a stack of paperwork, and this one should too: the title, the current registration, and photos of the fifth wheel, frame rails and tires. Send them with the VIN and the odometer reading and our questions will be short.
Flower and plant growers across the county
Ventura County had 1,812 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and potted flowering plants, cut flowers and cultivated greens, and propagative material topped its crop list. Box trucks and refrigerated straight trucks that move plants from greenhouse to market fit what we purchase.
If your truck worked for a nursery anywhere in the county, tell us where it is kept now, whether it carries a reefer unit, and whose name is on the title. A grower’s truck parked in a field lot is no problem to reach as long as someone can show us in.
Replacing a lost California certificate near Bell Canyon
The State of California Department of Motor Vehicles handles titles through its DMV field offices, and the closest one to Bell Canyon is Simi Valley, at 3855 D - Alamo Street, Simi Valley, 93063, about 5.8 miles away. If the certificate of title is missing, start a duplicate there before you arrange the sale.
Bring the VIN, the plate number and your photo identification to the Simi Valley counter. A lienholder still listed on the certificate needs to sign off first, so ask your lender for the release letter now and keep it with the registration card.
Clean truck rulings
The Advanced Clean Trucks Regulation is under challenge, and its status is listed as contested. Bell Canyon owners selling a tractor today can do so whatever the outcome of that dispute.
A federal court filing records that enforcement is paused for the state’s medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicle sales requirements. The Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation - Drayage Fleet Requirements and High Priority and Federal Fleets Requirements has been repealed, so a harbor tractor from this corner of Ventura County is sold under the same terms as any other truck.
The questions we get asked in Bell Canyon
- I used to haul to the Van Nuys fuel terminals and the truck is now in the Valley. Will you collect it near Van Nuys?Van Nuys Terminal sits 12.7 miles east of Bell Canyon in Energy Information Administration records, and a truck parked anywhere around it is one we can collect. Give us the street where it sits and who holds the keys.