We buy trucks in Camp Pendleton South

Three rail rows sit against this end of the base, and two of them name Stuart Mesa — differing only by the word Facility and by the carrier recorded against them. That is a name-variant duplicate pair rather than two yards, which matters if you are trying to work out how much rail activity is actually here. The third is East Brook Yard.

What those yards handle, what their military function is, and how the work divides between the two railroads named against them — San Diego Northern and the Pacific Sun Railroad — were all not determined. We record the split and leave it there rather than inventing a division of labour.

That rail infrastructure sits inside one of the largest Marine Corps bases in the country, in north-western San Diego County. This end of it is the southern side, and the practical fact for anybody selling a vehicle here is that base access is a real constraint on how a sale gets done.

Say so early if the truck is inside the wire. It changes which of the ways of collecting it will actually work, and it is a much easier thing to plan around at the start than to discover on the day.

So whatever you drive, the offer does not change — we buy all of them. Around a base the mix leans towards pickups and work trucks, because that is what people own; the commercial end is flatbeds and day cabs on the contracting side, box trucks and straight trucks on delivery and service work, and dump trucks where there is groundwork.

The reason for selling here is usually a transfer rather than a hard year. Oceanside and San Clemente carry pages of their own and Camp Pendleton Mainside carries the northern end of the same base, so if the truck sits closer to one of those, that is the page to read.

That is state law rather than anything local, and it is the rule truck sellers misquote most often. CVC sections 35550 to 35558 set a statutory range of 34,000 to 80,000 lb by axle count and spacing, and § 35551(a) is a table rather than the federal Bridge Formula — no formula is declared in the statute at all.

The California table does not exactly match the Federal Bridge Table, including at three and four axles. So a configuration that is legal under one can be over under the other, and “it makes bridge formula” is a claim about which table you mean. If someone has told you your truck makes it, that is worth knowing before you repeat it.

Does it have to run? No. But we buy complete trucks — if the engine, transmission, doors, rear ends, drive shafts, wheels or anything under the hood have been removed, we can’t buy it. A missing bumper is nothing.

Do I need the title? We need a title, unless the truck is old enough that it never had one. If it is lost, that is a replacement through the DMV and we will walk you through it. If there is a lien on it, say so on the form — that is why the question asks whether the title is in hand rather than whether you own the truck, because those are different situations and they go different ways.

What if it has been in a wreck? Tell us what happened and we will look at it as it is. California sets no percentage: CVC § 544 makes it a judgement about whether repair is economical, so nothing is decided by a formula before we have seen the truck.

How does it get collected, and how am I paid? There is no clock on any of this. We come to you and drive it away, we come to you and tow it, we buy it remotely and arrange the tow, or you drive it to us. Payment is cash or electronic payment.