Two gravel pits east, a stone quarry south-west
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists a sand and gravel operation at Banning, 6.4 miles east of Cherry Valley, and another at Cabazon, 9.7 miles east. A dump truck or end-dump tractor that has hauled out of either pit can stay parked at the yard it works from; give us the gate address and the name of whoever holds the key, and we collect it there.
Chandler Aggregates at Gilman Springs, a dimension-stone quarry the Mine Safety and Health Administration places 8.5 miles south-west, sits on the other side of town from the gravel pits. If your flatbed or heavy hauler carried cut stone out of Gilman Springs, note that when you write to us, and send pictures of the deck, the cab and the data plate on the door jamb.
Sixty carriers on file for a town of under seven thousand
Of the 60 active carriers that FMCSA’s carrier census places in Cherry Valley, 29 name general freight among the loads they move. Box trucks, day cabs and sleepers doing that work are what we purchase, so have the title in your name, the current California registration and the VIN ready before you contact us.
Eight Cherry Valley carriers on that same federal census carry machinery and large objects, six haul farm supplies and five handle garbage and refuse. Lowboys, stake beds, roll-offs and rear-loaders from those operations are all trucks we purchase; a photo of the body and its make plate, alongside one of the chassis, lets us identify both halves.
Twenty-one of the 60 carriers run as private fleets moving their own goods, according to FMCSA. A contractor or nursery that owns one truck for its own loads sells to us on the same footing as a for-hire hauler; the person named on the title signs, and a business title needs someone authorised to sign for the company.
Small fleets, mostly local lanes
FMCSA’s carrier census records 45 local carriers working only inside California and 15 that operate interstate. An intrastate truck kept in California is collected from the home lot or shop yard where it parks near Cherry Valley, so give us that exact address.
The biggest operations on the FMCSA file here are modest: one runs 13 power units with 7 drivers, and two others run 5 trucks each. If you are thinning out a fleet that size, send a list of unit numbers with each VIN and we can take the trucks one at a time or together.
Among the 17 local carriers that reported mileage, the median was 16,000 miles a year per truck on FMCSA’s census. Have the odometer reading for each truck written down before you call, since that is one of the first things we ask.
Colton and San Bernardino, about twenty miles west
Colton Yard lies 20.8 miles west and San Bernardino A Yard 21.6 miles west, both listed in the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Drayage tractors that shuttle between those yards and Cherry Valley lots are collected wherever they sit, whether that is a terminal lot or a driveway in town.
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the San Bernardino rail intermodal ramp 21.9 miles west, and the Energy Information Administration lists the Colton petroleum product terminal at 23.5 miles. A tractor that has pulled containers off that ramp or fuel tankers out of Colton should come with its registration card and any maintenance log you kept, so we can match the paperwork to the VIN.
Building crews, warehouse work and county dairies
Of the 1,305 jobs located in Cherry Valley in 2023, 96 were in transportation and warehousing and 91 in construction, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts show. Service trucks, flatbeds and tippers from building jobs are part of what we take, and a construction company selling one should have its business title and a signer ready.
Riverside County holds 2,424 farms, and milk leads mushrooms and cotton on its list of top products in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture. A milk tanker, feed truck or farm straight truck parked on a ranch outside Cherry Valley can be picked up right there; send directions to the barn or shed, since rural addresses do not always map cleanly.
Lost titles, lien releases and gate records
California’s Department of Motor Vehicles is the state title agency, and a lost certificate of title for a truck based in Cherry Valley is replaced through the DMV before the sale closes. If a lender still appears on the title, have the lien release letter on hand as well.
Records from March ARB, the military installation the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places 18.7 miles west, or from any other gate you had to clear, belong with the truck too. Site passes, service invoices and inspection sheets all help us confirm what a truck did and where it went.
The questions we get asked in Cherry Valley
- My dump truck stays at the Banning gravel pit between jobs - does it have to come home to Cherry Valley first?Banning’s sand and gravel operation is 6.4 miles east of Cherry Valley on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and we collect the truck at that yard. Give us the gate address and a contact who can let our driver in.
- I run garbage trucks out of Cherry Valley. Will you look at a refuse truck?Five Cherry Valley carriers on FMCSA’s census list garbage and refuse as a cargo, and roll-offs and packers from operations like theirs are trucks we purchase. Send photos of the body, the cab and both make plates.
- The title to my Cherry Valley truck went missing - which office issues a new one?California’s DMV, the state title agency, issues replacement titles for Riverside County vehicles, and the duplicate should be in hand before the sale is signed. Bring a lien release too if a lender is still listed.
- My day cab drops boxes at the San Bernardino intermodal ramp and parks in that lot - is a pickup there possible?The San Bernardino rail intermodal ramp sits 21.9 miles west of Cherry Valley per the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, and we pick up from that lot or from wherever the tractor is parked. Tell us whose property it is on so the collection can be arranged with them.