Down the north slope
Cement, stone and gravel toward Lucerne Valley
Heading downhill from Big Bear City, the first site in Mine Safety and Health Administration records is the Cushenbury Plant, which makes cement 7.7 miles to the north-west. A mixer, dump or bulk tractor that has run loads to and from that plant can be sold from the yard where it now sits; send us the address and the name of whoever holds the gate key.
Further along the same heading, MSHA records a sand and gravel operation at Lucerne Valley 8.9 miles out and the Lucerne Valley Pit at 13.2 miles. If your dump truck or end-dump trailer worked those pits, photograph the bed, the hoist and the VIN plate, and note which pit it served so our questions start from that.
Two crushed-stone quarries also appear in Mine Safety and Health Administration records: Lucerne Valley Plant and Quarry at 10.2 miles and Omya California at 12.5 miles, both north-west of town. A truck parked near either one does not need to be driven back up the mountain for us; tell us which site it is on and we arrange collection there.
One- and two-truck outfits on the mountain
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 62 active carriers based in Big Bear City, and the three largest each run one or two power units with one or two drivers. If you are an owner-operator with a single tractor, the sale is you, the title and the truck; have the title in your own name and current registration ready before you call.
Of those carriers, the federal census shows 54 working intrastate and 6 interstate, with 19 operating as private fleets. A contractor or business that runs its own trucks under a private-fleet registration sells to us the same way a for-hire hauler does, with the title in the company’s name and someone authorised to sign for it.
By driving range, 43 carriers report operating within 100 miles and 54 report trips beyond that, according to FMCSA. A truck that is out on a long run when you decide to sell can be collected wherever it finishes; give us the location once it is parked.
Freight, cars and timber off the mountain
General freight is the cargo listed by 15 Big Bear City carriers in FMCSA’s census, the most common entry here. Box trucks, straight trucks and dry-van tractors that move that freight are all trucks we purchase; tell us the body type and length along with the VIN.
Seven local carriers list motor vehicles as cargo and five list household goods, per the FMCSA carrier census. Car haulers, rollbacks and moving vans fit that work, so if yours has a deck, ramps or a lift gate, include photos of them with the cab and the frame.
Logs, poles, beams and lumber are hauled by six carriers registered in Big Bear City, the federal carrier census shows. If you run a log truck or a flatbed with stakes or bunks, list the trailer separately from the tractor and say whether you want to sell them together or one at a time.
Builders and their trucks around the lake
Of the 1,091 jobs in Big Bear City in 2023, builders and trades filled 223, or 20.4 percent, on the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts. Contractors who keep a dump truck, a flatbed or a service body on the books can sell it while it is still parked at the job yard or at home.
The lake area holds 74 construction firms in the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns, from single trades to general contractors. If your company is one of them and is selling more than one truck, send the VINs together in one message so we can look at the whole group and plan a single visit.
Milk cows, beef herds and nursery stock off the hill
Below the mountain, 809 farms work San Bernardino County in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, led by milk, then cattle, then potted flowering plants. Feed trucks, cattle haulers and milk tankers that serve those farms are on the list of what we buy, wherever in the county they are kept.
If the truck sits on a ranch or dairy away from paved roads, describe the access when you contact us: the gate, the surface and whether a tow rig can reach it. A farm truck titled to the ranch needs the signature of whoever the ranch authorises.
Clean-truck rules a Big Bear seller may ask about
The California Air Resources Board has repealed the Advanced Clean Fleets requirements for drayage, high-priority and federal fleets, according to its own rulemaking notice. Its Advanced Clean Trucks Regulation is listed as contested in the board’s announcement of amendments to the clean truck standards.
Enforcement of the 2036 rule requiring all new medium- and heavy-duty truck sales to be zero-emission is paused, per a filing in the federal Eastern District of California court. Whatever your plans for the fleet, a diesel tractor or straight truck from Big Bear City can be sold to us with its title, registration and any service records you keep.
The questions we get asked in Big Bear City
- My dump truck is parked at a pit down in Lucerne Valley. Does it have to come back up the hill first?The Lucerne Valley Pit sits 13.2 miles north-west of Big Bear City in Mine Safety and Health Administration records, and we collect from sites like that directly. Name the pit and whoever opens its gate, and the truck can leave from there.
- I run one tractor as an owner-operator. Will you deal with a one-truck operation from the lake?The three largest carriers in Big Bear City on FMCSA’s census run one or two power units each, so a single tractor is typical here. A one-tractor sale here needs the title in your own name plus current registration.
- Do you buy log trucks and lumber flatbeds?Six Big Bear City carriers list logs, poles, beams and lumber as cargo in FMCSA’s census, and their trucks are ones we purchase. Send photos of the tractor and the trailer and say whether they are sold together.
- Our ranch truck hauls cattle in the county. Which papers should the ranch gather?San Bernardino County’s 809 farms, counted by USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, list cattle among their leading products, and we buy trucks that serve them. We need the title, the registration and a signature from whoever the ranch authorises.