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

The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, places Colton Yard 0.8 miles north-east of town and San Bernardino B Yard 2.8 miles north. A day cab that shuttles boxes between those two yards often ends its shift parked beside the tracks, so tell us the lot and who holds the gate key before we schedule the pickup.

Container work also runs through the San Bernardino intermodal ramp, which the Bureau of Transportation Statistics puts 3.6 miles north of Colton. If your tractor has been pulling chassis off that ramp, send us the VIN, the odometer reading and a photo of the door sticker, and keep the registration card in the cab for collection.

Alpha Materials runs a sand and gravel operation 1.2 miles north-east of Colton, and the San Bernardino Plant pit lies 5.7 miles north, both listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Dump trucks and transfer rigs from those pits are trucks we buy; photos of the bed, the hoist and the axles alongside the cab let us see the whole unit before we arrive.

South-west of town, the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the Riverside Operation mineral processing plant 4.8 miles away. If the truck is still parked on a plant site, find out whether a site escort is required and give us the name of the person who can sign it out.

Energy Information Administration records show two petroleum product terminals on Colton’s west side, one 2.5 miles out and one 2.6 miles out. Tank tractors loading at those racks sell to us like any other tractor; tell us whether a trailer is part of the sale or stays with you.

Any terminal paperwork you kept, such as tank test certificates or service logs, helps us understand where the rig has worked. If you have none, list the routes it ran and that is enough to start.

Colton has 752 active carriers on FMCSA’s carrier census, and 422 of them haul general freight while 56 move fresh produce and 50 carry refrigerated food. Reefer owners should note the reefer unit’s hour meter alongside the truck’s odometer when they write to us.

Of those carriers, the census counts 561 that stay intrastate, 189 that cross state lines and 119 private fleets. New authorities keep arriving too: FMCSA lists 43 carriers registered here in 2024 and 41 in 2025, so a recently started outfit with a single tractor is as welcome to call as a firm with dozens.

Across 218 carriers that report mileage, the median truck covered 34,167 miles a year according to FMCSA’s carrier census, and the three biggest local fleets run 89, 84 and 73 power units. Whether you own one truck or several, a list of VINs is the first thing to send.

FMCSA roadside inspection records covering August 2024 to August 2026 checked 570 trucks from Colton carriers, with a median model year of 2019. Those same inspection records put about 26 percent of the trucks at ten or more years old.

We purchase trucks from every one of those model years. Have the title, the current registration and your most recent inspection report together, and if the title has gone missing, request a duplicate from California’s title agency before the sale.

The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023 place 25,880 jobs in Colton, with 4,879 of them, or 18.9 percent, in transportation and warehousing. Manufacturing holds 1,206 and construction 1,175 in that LEHD count.

Builders outnumber warehouse operators here: the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns shows 74 construction establishments against 9 for warehousing. Contractors with a flatbed or a dump parked at a job site can leave it there; send us the site address and the hours someone is on hand.

Farther out, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 809 farms across San Bernardino County, led by milk, cattle and potted flowering plants. Livestock haulers and nursery box trucks from those farms are welcome here as well.

• Can you collect a tractor left beside the tracks at Colton Yard?Yes, the North American Rail Network places Colton Yard 0.8 miles north-east of town, and our driver collects there once you name who can open the gate.
• Could a low overpass in Colton get in the way of a tow?The National Bridge Inventory lists 48 bridges in Colton, with no load-posted spans and none under 14 feet, so give us the address and we plan the route from there.
• Is a produce reefer from Colton something you purchase?We do, and FMCSA’s carrier census shows 56 Colton carriers hauling fresh produce and 50 hauling refrigerated food; send photos of the reefer unit and its hour reading with the cab.