Log and lumber haulers
Burney’s carriers lean toward timber loads
Of the 65 carriers on FMCSA’s carrier census around Burney, 27 list logs, poles, beams and lumber as cargo, 17 list general freight and 11 list machinery and large objects. A log truck, a lowboy tractor or a flatbed rig parked at a yard in town is the kind of equipment we collect here. Have the title, the current registration and a few clear photos of the cab, the frame and the bunks or deck before you reach out.
Seven local carriers also haul grain, feed and hay, according to the same FMCSA census. If your tractor pulled a hay trailer through the ranch country around town, tell us the trailer type it was set up for so the pickup crew brings the right gear.
Mostly intrastate work close to town
FMCSA’s carrier census shows 55 of the Burney-area carriers operating intrastate and 10 operating across state lines, with 13 of them private fleets hauling their own goods. A truck registered for California-only work is just as welcome as one with interstate authority; send us the registration card either way so the plates and VIN can be matched before collection.
Ninety drivers on these carriers’ rosters work within a 100-mile radius and 95 work beyond it, per the federal carrier filings with FMCSA. A truck may well be sitting at a jobsite or a mill far from Burney when you decide to sell. Give us the exact location and a gate contact, and we arrange the pickup where it stands.
Across the 20 carriers reporting mileage to FMCSA, the median truck logged 33,750 miles in a year. Write the odometer reading down from the dash, add it to your photos, and include any service records you kept.
From single tractors to sizeable fleets
One Burney-area fleet reports 48 power units and 31 drivers to FMCSA’s carrier census, another 26 power units and nine drivers, and a third 12 units with eight drivers. If you manage several trucks, a list with each VIN, the unit’s location and who holds the title lets us handle the whole group at once.
Owner-operators make up much of the rest of the register, and the census records two new carriers in 2024 and one in 2025. A single tractor sells the same way as a fleet: one title, one VIN, one address for collection.
What roadside checks found on local rigs
Between October 2024 and August 2026, 102 trucks from Burney carriers passed through FMCSA roadside inspection records, and their median model year was 2019. Those same FMCSA inspection records show 33 percent of the inspected units were ten or more model years old.
Whatever the year on your truck, the paperwork we ask for stays the same. Keep the most recent roadside inspection report with the title if you have one, since it confirms the VIN and the unit’s configuration on a government form.
Fall River Mills
The DMV office up Highway 299E
Titles here run through the State of California Department of Motor Vehicles, and its nearest field office is Fall River Mills, at 43467 Hwy 299E, Fall River Mills, 96028, about 15.7 miles from Burney. If the title is lost or still names a lienholder, that office is where a duplicate or a lien release gets sorted out.
Bring your ID and the truck’s VIN when you visit the Fall River Mills DMV field office, and ask for the duplicate title form. Once the replacement is in hand, send us a photo of the front and back so we can confirm the owner’s name matches yours.
Two mineral operations up the road
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Packway Portable, an industrial-mineral mine about 6.4 miles north-east of Burney, and Dicalite Minerals, another industrial-mineral mine roughly 9.7 miles north. Dump trucks and haul tractors working those sites can be collected right where they are parked, as long as someone can let our driver in.
If your truck is stored on a mine property, tell us whose ground it is on and whether site safety rules apply to visitors. We plan the collection around the operator’s gate hours.
Town and ranch work
Contractors, cattle and honey near Burney
Burney held 791 jobs in 2023 on the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts, while eight construction establishments appear in the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns. Contractors with a dump truck or a flatbed they no longer need can send the title and photos the same way any owner does.
Shasta County holds 1,120 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with cattle, equine and honey as the leading products. A stock trailer tractor or a ranch flatbed from one of those operations is the kind of truck we buy, wherever on the property it sits.
The questions we get asked in Burney
- My dump truck sits at a mine property north of Burney. Will your crew pick it up on site?Two mineral operations up the road, listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration at 6.4 and 9.7 miles from Burney, are both within reach of our pickup crews. Name the mine and the person holding the gate key when you contact us.
- Do you take log trucks from Burney haulers?Log, pole and lumber hauling is listed by 27 of the 65 Burney carriers on FMCSA’s carrier census, and log trucks are on our list. Send the title, registration and photos of the cab and bunks.