Clyde’s neighbouring fuel terminals along the strait
Two miles south-west of Clyde sits MARTINEZ TERMINAL, and GOLDEN EAGLE lies 2.6 miles west; the Energy Information Administration lists both as petroleum product terminals. If your tanker or tractor loaded at either gate, tell us which one and send photos of the tank, the hose reels and the plate on the barrel, so we know what kind of rig we are coming to collect.
Further out, at 5.6 miles west, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics records Shell Oil as a liquid bulk terminal, and it places Ozol Defense Fuel Support Point 7.6 miles away in the same direction. A truck kept at a yard near those sites can stay there; give us the street address and any gate or access instructions, and pickup is arranged at that spot.
Military Ocean Terminal Concord is 1.9 miles north of town by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ reckoning, close enough that the roads out of Clyde run along its edge. Trucks that hauled for work around the base often sit on private lots nearby, and we collect from wherever yours is parked.
Have the vehicle’s registration card and title in one folder before you call, along with the VIN plate photo from the door jamb. With those three things in hand, a Clyde seller can answer most of our questions in the first conversation.
Rails north and west
Port Chicago and Benicia rail yards around Clyde
PORT CHICAGO NAD YARD appears in the North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, at 2 miles north of Clyde, and that same federal rail map shows BENICIA YARD 5.8 miles to the west.
Day cabs that shuttled freight to and from rail sidings tend to carry plenty of service history. If you have maintenance logs, oil-change receipts or annual inspection sheets for yours, scan or photograph them so they come along with the cab and frame pictures you send.
Clayton Aggregates, a crushed-stone quarry on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, is 7.2 miles south-east of Clyde. Dump trucks, end dumps and transfer rigs that ran rock out of that pit are among the vocational trucks we buy.
For a dump truck, photograph the bed raised and lowered, the hoist and the tailgate, plus the cab and the odometer. Add a picture of any body serial plate or upfitter tag on the bed as well.
The State of California Department of Motor Vehicles handles titles through DMV field offices, and the nearest to Clyde is the Concord office at 2070 Diamond Boulevard, Concord, 94520, which the agency places 3.8 miles from town.
If a lender is still listed on the title, bring the lien release letter with you to the Concord counter or have it ready when we talk. Ask the DMV clerk about a duplicate if the original is lost, and keep the receipt; we can work from it while the replacement is mailed.
Farm trucks from around Clyde and the county
Around Clyde and across the rest of Contra Costa County, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counted 405 farms, with cattle, flower seeds, and bulbs, corms, rhizomes and tubers as the leading products. Stock trucks, flatbeds and farm tractors that moved cattle or nursery stock are trucks we will look at.
A farm truck kept on a ranch can be collected from the ranch itself. Tell us whether the ground is paved or dirt and where the truck sits, and include a photo of the farm plates if it carries them.
Where California’s clean-truck rules stand for a Clyde owner
The California Air Resources Board’s Advanced Clean Trucks Regulation is contested, according to the board’s own amendment notice. As for the state’s zero-emission sales requirement for medium- and heavy-duty trucks, a federal court filing shows that enforcement is paused.
The Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation - Drayage Fleet Requirements and High Priority and Federal Fleets Requirements has been repealed, as the board’s rulemaking record shows. A Clyde owner deciding whether to sell a diesel tractor now can read each of those sources directly; none of them changes the paperwork we ask you to have ready.
The questions we get asked in Clyde
- Can you collect a truck parked near the Concord naval terminal?Military Ocean Terminal Concord is 1.9 miles north of Clyde on Bureau of Transportation Statistics figures, and a truck on a private lot near it is collected where it sits; send the address and any access details.
- Will you look at a tanker that loaded at the Martinez terminals?MARTINEZ TERMINAL is 2 miles south-west and GOLDEN EAGLE 2.6 miles west of Clyde, per the Energy Information Administration, and tankers that served either are welcome; tell us which terminal and send photos of the tank.