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

Barber Yard, a rail yard listed on the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, lies 3.4 miles south of Chico. If your tractor shuttled loads to and from that yard, tell us which lot it is parked on now and who holds the gate key, and we will arrange the collection with them.

The Energy Information Administration lists a petroleum product terminal named Chico 3.6 miles south of the city. A tank truck or fuel tractor that loaded there can stay where it is parked; send the VIN, the California registration card and photos of the cab, the tank and the plate before we schedule anything.

Twenty-three and a half miles south-east, per that same rail network, sits Oroville Yard. Sellers whose trucks are kept near Oroville rather than in Chico only need to give us the street address and a contact on site.

Pine Creek Rock, a sand and gravel operation recorded by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, works 11 miles north-west of Chico, and Valley Rock Products-Orland is 15.6 miles west. Dump trucks, end dumps and transfer rigs that haul from pits like these are trucks we purchase; keep the title and any service records with the truck so they come along at pickup.

To the south-east, the TRP Table Mountain Plant crushed-stone quarry is 16.2 miles out, while Sierra Silica Resources and the Pacific Heights Pit both sit 23.7 miles away, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration. If the truck is parked inside a quarry gate, tell us the operator’s rules for visitors so the pickup crew arrives with what the site asks for.

A truck that spends its days on a mine site may carry an MSHA site sticker or inspection sheet. Hand those over with the title; they let us see where the truck has worked without guessing.

Chico has 755 active carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, and 705 of them are listed as intrastate operations against 50 interstate ones. For a California-only truck, the paperwork we ask for is the California title, current registration and the cab card; an interstate unit should also have its IRP cab card on hand.

Of those carriers, 229 run private fleets hauling their own goods, according to the same FMCSA census. If your truck belongs to a farm, a contractor or a supplier rather than a for-hire company, the title holder named on the California certificate is the one who signs.

General freight is the most common cargo listing among Chico carriers at 183 in FMCSA’s census, followed by machinery and large objects at 56, logs, poles, beams and lumber at 44, and farm supplies at 33. Log trucks, lowboys and flatbeds all fit what we collect, so tell us the body type and trailer setup when you get in touch.

FMCSA records 24 new carriers registered in Chico in 2025 and 14 in 2024. Owner-operators who started recently and are selling a first truck should have the title in their own name or the lender’s release letter ready.

Chico carriers report 929 drivers working within 100 miles and 1,006 working beyond that radius, in FMCSA’s carrier census. A truck on a long run may be parked out of state when you decide to sell; give us its current location rather than driving it home first.

FMCSA mileage filings from 106 Chico carriers put the median truck at 12,145 miles a year. Note the odometer reading and send a photo of the dash so the figure on your description matches the one we see at pickup.

Fleet sizes on FMCSA’s census include one Chico operation with 55 power units and 64 drivers, another with 51 power units and 35 drivers, and a third with 38 of each. Fleet managers selling several trucks at once can send one list of VINs and yard addresses and we work through it unit by unit.

FMCSA roadside inspection records for Chico between August 2024 and August 2026 cover 32 trucks, with a median model year of 2018.5. Have the model year from the title on hand, since it is the first line we confirm.

In those same inspection records, 10 of the 32 trucks were ten or more model years old. Whatever the year, a copy of the latest roadside inspection report is useful to send along with photos.

USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 1,667 farms in Butte County, with rice, cattle and corn at the top of the list. Grain trucks, cattle haulers and bulk tractors parked at a farm yard can be collected there; give us directions to the barn or shop where the truck is kept.

The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put Chico at 45,172 jobs in 2023, including 1,790 in construction, 1,984 in manufacturing, 1,208 in wholesale trade, 535 in transportation and warehousing and 337 in agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting. Butte County’s construction firms based in Chico number 70 in the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns. A contractor’s dump truck or water truck sitting at a job yard is fine to sell from that yard.

Of 81 bridges in the National Bridge Inventory around Chico, 2 are load-posted and none has under 14 feet of clearance. Let us know if the route to your truck crosses a posted bridge so our truck and trailer are planned around it.

• I run a farm truck for my own rice operation. Which papers should I gather before selling it?The California title in the name of the farm or owner, current registration, and photos. USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture lists rice first among Butte County’s top farm products, and trucks from farm yards are ones we collect where they sit.