Sell your semi truck for cash in Berkeley the easy and convenient way

Emeryville Yard lies 2.2 miles south of Berkeley and Desert Yard 3.3 miles south, both on the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. If your tractor has been shuttling between those yards, it may well be parked near one of them right now. Give us the street address and the name of whoever controls the gate, and we collect it where it stands.

TraPac Terminal, 3.9 miles out, and the Oakland International Gateway joint intermodal terminal, 4.4 miles out, are both rail intermodal ramps on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics list. A day cab that has worked container moves off those ramps is a truck we buy. Send the VIN, the current registration card and clear photos of the cab, frame and fifth wheel in your first message.

Two roll-on/roll-off terminals at the Port of Oakland, Matson and Howard, each sit 4.7 miles south of Berkeley in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics listing. If the truck is sitting inside a port lot, ask the terminal ahead of time what access a collection driver needs, and pass that on to us with the location.

Richmond Products Terminal, a petroleum product terminal the Energy Information Administration lists 5 miles north-west of Berkeley, is the closest fuel terminal on record. Tractors that have pulled tank trailers in and out of it are part of what we purchase. Keep any site paperwork the truck carried, such as terminal access records or inspection sheets, with the title.

A tractor parked at a yard up toward Richmond can stay there. Tell us the lot, the hours someone is there to open it, and whether a trailer is still hooked to it, and we plan the pickup around those details.

FMCSA’s carrier census shows 324 active carriers based in Berkeley, with 297 of them running intrastate and 27 crossing state lines, and 88 listed as private fleets. Whichever group yours falls in, the paperwork we ask for is the same: the title in the seller’s name, current registration, and your USDOT number if the truck ran under one.

Among those Berkeley carriers, the federal census counts 77 hauling general freight, 15 carrying passengers, 13 moving household goods and 12 handling garbage and refuse. A moving van, a refuse truck or a box truck from one of those lines is welcome; tell us the body type and attach a photo of it.

Driver records filed with FMCSA put 633 drivers within a 100-mile radius and 448 working beyond it. For a smaller operator whose truck sits at home between short local runs, the driveway or street where it parks is a fine place for us to collect it.

Of the 38 Berkeley carriers reporting mileage to FMCSA, the median truck logged 14,746 miles a year. The three biggest fleets listed in that federal carrier census run 138, 44 and 26 power units. Selling several units together works the same way as selling one; list each VIN and where each truck is parked.

Across 184 Berkeley trucks stopped for roadside checks from August 2024 to August 2026, FMCSA inspection records show a median model year of 2018, with 28.8 percent at ten years or older. Whatever the model year, a photo of the odometer and the data plate on the door jamb answers most of our first questions.

New registrations keep arriving too: 12 carriers joined FMCSA’s census in Berkeley during 2024 and 10 more during 2025. If your authority is newer and you are winding it down, have the title and your operating authority details on hand when you reach us.

Berkeley held 73,292 jobs in 2023 on the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts, including 3,305 in manufacturing, 2,040 in construction and 1,144 in wholesale trade. Dump trucks, flatbeds and service bodies from building work across the city all fit what we buy; a photo of the body and any lift or hoist helps us identify it.

County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau records 177 construction establishments in Berkeley. A contractor retiring a truck from one of those firms should bring out the title, the registration and the keys, and tell us whether the truck is in a locked yard or out on a job site.

Across Alameda County, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 397 farms, with cattle, honey and horses topping the list. A stock truck or ranch flatbed from out in the county can be collected at the farm gate; send directions if the address alone will not find it.

California’s Advanced Clean Fleets drayage and high-priority fleet requirements are listed as repealed, and enforcement of the 2036 zero-emission sales requirement for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles is paused by a federal court. The Advanced Clean Trucks Regulation is shown as contested.

None of those rule changes alters what you send us. A clear title, the registration, and photos of the cab, engine label and odometer are what we need to start. If the title has gone missing, request a duplicate from the state’s title agency before the truck is collected.

• Does a tractor sitting near Emeryville Yard have to come into Berkeley first?It can stay put: the North American Rail Network places Emeryville Yard 2.2 miles south of Berkeley, and we collect the truck at the yard. Give us the gate contact so the pickup can be arranged with them.
• Do you buy refuse trucks from Berkeley haulers?We do, and FMCSA’s carrier census lists 12 Berkeley carriers hauling garbage and refuse, and their trucks are among those we purchase. Send the title, registration and photos of the body and packer.
• Will you collect a tanker tractor left near the Richmond fuel terminal?We will; the Energy Information Administration lists Richmond Products Terminal 5 miles north-west of Berkeley, and we come to the truck wherever it is parked near there.