Rack and rails
From the Brisbane rack to the South City rail yard
Four and a half miles east of Broadmoor, per the Energy Information Administration, Brisbane holds a petroleum product terminal. A tank truck or fuel delivery straight truck that loads at that rack is the kind of unit we collect, from the yard where it is kept between runs. Keep its title and current registration in the cab folder ready for the driver who comes for it.
South San Francisco Yard is 4.9 miles south-east of town according to the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Day cabs that shuttle loads to and from a rail yard rarely leave the peninsula, so tell us the street address where the tractor is kept and whether a pickup truck or tow rig can get in beside it.
Piers
Roll-on docks and aggregate on the waterfront
Bureau of Transportation Statistics records place San Francisco Port 6.4 miles north-east of Broadmoor, with the roll-on/roll-off terminal at Pier 80 at 6.8 miles. If your tractor has hauled vehicles or rolling cargo off those docks, send photos of the cab, the frame and the fifth wheel along with the VIN.
At the same 6.8-mile distance, the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Pier 92 Marine Aggregate, a sand and gravel operation on the waterfront. Dump trucks, transfer trucks and mixers that load aggregate at a pier site fit what we buy; keep any service records with the truck so its work history travels with it.
East Bay ramps
Oakland’s intermodal ramps and West Oakland Yard
Across the water, the Ben E. Nutter Terminal appears in Bureau of Transportation Statistics records as a rail intermodal ramp 11.1 miles north-east, with the Oakland International Gateway Joint Intermodal Terminal on the same list at 12.1 miles. A container tractor that runs the bridge to those ramps may sit in an East Bay lot rather than in Broadmoor; give us whichever address is current and we arrange collection there.
West Oakland Yard, 12.4 miles north-east on the North American Rail Network, rounds out the rail sites within reach. Sleepers and day cabs that pull from both sides of the bay should come with their registration card and the last inspection report, since those two papers answer most of what we ask first.
Broadmoor builders and coastside mushroom growers
Broadmoor’s 2023 job base was small, 385 positions on the Census Bureau’s LEHD counts, and builders filled 55 of those seats, 14.3 percent of the town’s work. A contractor here with a flatbed, a stake bed or a small dump truck parked at home can sell it from the driveway; tell us the body type and the length of the bed when you get in touch.
Potted flowering plants lead San Mateo County’s 250 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, ahead of mushrooms and foliage plants. Box trucks and refrigerated straight trucks that move nursery stock or mushrooms around the county fit what we purchase, and photos of the box interior and the reefer unit help us see the whole truck.
A clean title and the state’s clean truck rules
Before collection, find the title in the name of whoever is selling and the current registration. If the title has gone missing, the state’s title agency issues a replacement, and it is simpler to start that request before the pickup is scheduled than after.
The California Air Resources Board’s own rulemaking notices show the Advanced Clean Fleets drayage and high-priority fleet requirements as repealed and the Advanced Clean Trucks Regulation as contested. A Broadmoor owner wondering how those rules touch a port tractor can sell it to us either way; we only need the VIN, the engine model year from the door sticker, and the title.
The questions we get asked in Broadmoor
- Will you pick up a truck that is parked near the Brisbane terminal or the South San Francisco yard?Brisbane’s fuel terminal is 4.5 miles from Broadmoor on Energy Information Administration records and the South San Francisco rail yard 4.9 miles on the North American Rail Network, both close enough that we collect from a lot near either one; send the exact address with your photos.
- Can you collect a Broadmoor owner’s tractor that is kept in Oakland?Oakland’s intermodal ramps sit 11 to 12 miles across the bay on Bureau of Transportation Statistics records, and a truck stored near them is collected where it stands, so give us the East Bay address.
- Before the Broadmoor pickup, what goes in the truck’s paperwork folder?For a San Mateo County truck, have the title, the current registration and any inspection or service records on hand; if the title is lost, apply to the state’s title agency for a duplicate first.
- Do you buy box trucks used on county nursery and mushroom farms?San Mateo County’s 250 farms, counted in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, grow potted flowers, mushrooms and foliage plants, and the box and refrigerated trucks that serve them are on our list; photos of the box and the cooling unit help.