The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Table Mountain Plant & Quarry, a crushed-stone operation 6.9 miles east, and Sierra Rock Products, another crushed-stone quarry 10.1 miles east. If your dump truck or end-dump tractor has spent its shifts loading at either pit, it may well still be parked near the scale house. Give us the gate location and a name to call, and the collection is arranged on that site.
South-west of town, Ohe Sand & Gravel Inc sits 9.7 miles out, and 7/11 Materials Inc runs a sand and gravel operation 21 miles to the south, both on Mine Safety and Health Administration records. Aggregate haulers from those yards should gather the title, the current registration card and any scale tickets or service logs before calling. Photos of the bed, the frame rails and each axle let us see the truck the way you describe it.
Waverly, an industrial-mineral mine 19 miles west, appears in the same Mine Safety and Health Administration listing. A tractor that ran mineral loads out of Waverly can be collected where it sits on the west side of the county line; tell us whether a lowboy or a tow will reach it.
Riverbank Yard, also on the North American Rail Network, is 22.6 miles out in the same direction. A day cab that shuttled loads between the foothills and those rail sidings can be picked up at either end of that run.
When the tractor is stored near Oakdale rather than in town, send us the street address and the hours someone is on the lot. Bring the VIN and the odometer reading to the first conversation, since both answer most of the early questions about a truck.
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 32 active carriers based here, with 31 operating intrastate only, one authorised for interstate work, and 10 running as private fleets hauling their own goods. Most sellers in town will therefore hold a California-registered truck that rarely left the state. Have that California registration and the title in your own name ready when you reach out.
Cargo listings filed with FMCSA show 12 local carriers declaring general freight, four declaring farm supplies, four declaring grain, feed and hay, and four declaring machinery or large objects. Flatbeds, livestock-adjacent haulers and lowboy rigs all fit those categories, and every one of them is a truck we purchase.
On the same federal census, the biggest operation registered here lists 15 power units with one driver, the next lists seven units and four drivers, and a third lists four of each. A small fleet selling several units at once can send a single list of VINs, and we work through them together.
Driver records in FMCSA’s census put 27 drivers working within 100 miles of base and 38 driving past that radius. Whichever group you are in, the truck can be collected at home, at a yard, or at the last place the load ended, as long as you tell us where.
Of the 683 jobs in Copperopolis in 2023, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts place 200 in transportation and warehousing, a 29.3 percent share, and 70 in construction, or 10.2 percent. Construction workers here often own the dump trucks and water trucks that serve those sites, and an owner-operator can sell one directly to us.
If a contractor is retiring a truck from one of those firms, bring the company title and a signed authorisation from whoever is allowed to sell it.
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 603 farms across Calaveras County, with cattle, goats and sheep leading the list. Stock trucks and hay haulers parked on ranch ground can be collected right off the property; tell us about gates, grades and soft ground first.
A truck sold out of Copperopolis needs a California title, and a missing one is replaced through the state’s title agency. Start that request before you call, and tell us it is in progress so we can plan around it.
If a lender still shows on the title, have the payoff letter or lien release in hand. A trailer sold alongside the tractor needs its own title and registration, so gather both sets together.
The questions we get asked in Copperopolis
- Can I sell a hay or livestock truck kept on a ranch in Calaveras County?Calaveras County has 603 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with cattle, goats and sheep at the top, and ranch trucks are part of what we purchase. Send photos and directions to where it is stored.