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

FMCSA’s carrier census counts 210 active carriers with a Burlingame address, and 190 of them run intrastate only, against 19 crossing state lines. A truck that has stayed inside California its whole working life usually carries a California registration and nothing more, so a current registration card and the title are the two papers to find first.

Forty-three of the 210 run as private fleets moving their own company’s goods, a split that same FMCSA census records for this San Mateo County city. If your truck belonged to a business that ran its own deliveries, have someone with signing authority for that business ready to sign the company title.

New registrations have been modest: the federal carrier census shows 9 new Burlingame carriers in 2024 and 5 in 2025. An owner who started up in either year and is now selling should keep the purchase paperwork for the truck alongside the title, since a recent transfer is easiest to trace with the bill of sale in hand.

General freight leads the cargo list in FMCSA’s census, with 60 Burlingame carriers declaring it, so box trucks and day cabs that run local deliveries make up a good share of what is registered here. Send photos of the cargo body inside and out, plus the cab and the VIN plate, with your first message.

Twelve local carriers declare passengers, 11 declare garbage and refuse, and 10 declare household goods in that same census. Refuse packers, shuttle buses and moving vans each have bodies that matter as much as the chassis, so tell us the body make and any service records for the packer, lift or liftgate when you get in touch.

Mileage figures reported to FMCSA by 30 Burlingame carriers put the median at 10,000 miles a truck per year. Read the odometer before you call and send that number with the VIN; together they answer most of our first questions about a Peninsula truck.

Carriers here report 382 drivers working within 100 miles of base and 324 going beyond that radius, according to FMCSA. A truck that does long runs may be parked away from Burlingame when you decide to sell, so give us the address where it actually sits, not your office address.

Fleet sizes recorded by FMCSA run from 79 power units with 111 drivers at the top, down to 31 units with 21 drivers and then 13 units with 9 drivers. Selling several trucks from one fleet goes smoother with a list of VINs and the titles gathered in one folder before we schedule collection.

The North American Rail Network places the South San Francisco Yard 5.2 miles north-west of Burlingame and the Redwood City Yard 11.1 miles south-east. Tractors that shuttle between those yards can be collected at a lot near either one; tell us who controls the gate so access is sorted before we arrive.

North of town, the Brisbane petroleum product terminal appears in Energy Information Administration records at 7.3 miles from town. Fuel delivery tankers working out of Brisbane should come with their tank inspection paperwork if you have it, along with the tractor’s title.

Ports ring the city on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics map: Redwood City at 9.7 miles south-east, the Pier 80 roll-on/roll-off terminal at the Port of San Francisco 11.1 miles north, and the Port of Oakland 11.2 miles north-east. A drayage tractor parked at any of those terminals does not need to come back to Burlingame for us to pick it up.

Pier 92 Marine Aggregate, a sand and gravel operation 10.8 miles north, is listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Dump trucks and transfer rigs that load there are welcome; photograph the bed, the hoist and the tailgate along with the cab.

Over the hills, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics records Pillar Point Space Force Station 9.7 miles south-west. If your truck is stored on the coast side, give us directions to the spot and a phone number for whoever can meet the driver.

The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023 put 31,454 jobs in Burlingame, with 1,643 in transportation and warehousing, 1,331 in wholesale trade, 1,220 in construction and 1,154 in manufacturing. Contractors’ flatbeds and wholesalers’ box trucks both come from that mix, and either one sells with a clear title and a registration that matches the VIN.

USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture lists 250 farms in San Mateo County, led by potted flowering plants, mushrooms and foliage plants. Nursery and mushroom growers use refrigerated and box trucks; send photos of the reefer unit and its hour meter if your truck carries one.

Of the 11 Burlingame bridges in the National Bridge Inventory, not one carries a load posting or a clearance below 14 feet. A tall box truck or loaded tractor can be reached on local streets without a detour, so the pickup address alone is enough for us to plan the route.

On the California Air Resources Board’s own notices, the Advanced Clean Fleets drayage and high-priority fleet requirements have been repealed, while the Advanced Clean Trucks Regulation remains contested. Sellers do not need a zero-emission plan to sell a diesel truck to us; the title and registration are what count.

A federal court filing shows enforcement of the 2036 zero-emission sales requirement for medium and heavy trucks paused. If you lost the title, California’s Department of Motor Vehicles issues duplicates, and starting that request before you contact us keeps the sale moving.

• Can you collect a day cab sitting at an Oakland port lot across the bay?The Port of Oakland sits 11.2 miles north-east of Burlingame on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics listing, and we collect from there. Give us the terminal or lot name and a contact who can let the driver in.
• Do you buy refuse and garbage trucks from Burlingame companies?Eleven Burlingame carriers declare garbage and refuse hauling in FMCSA’s census, and their packer trucks are on our list. Send photos of the body and the VIN plate, plus the title in the company’s name.
• What if my truck is a shuttle bus rather than a freight truck?FMCSA’s census shows 12 Burlingame carriers declaring passengers, and we buy their buses and shuttles too. Tell us the seating count, the chassis make and where it is parked.