Aggregate sites nearby
Thousand Palms Pit sits 5.7 miles south-east of Desert Edge, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration, which records it as a sand and gravel operation. Dump trucks, end dumps and the tractors that pull aggregate trailers are all trucks we purchase, so if yours hauled out of that pit, tell us the body type and send a photo of the bed beside the cab.
Painted Hills Quarry, 11 miles west on the same Mine Safety and Health Administration register, is the second sand and gravel site near town. A truck that finished its last load at the quarry gate can be collected there; give us the site address and the name of whoever can let a driver onto the property.
Aggregate trucks often carry a tarp system, a scale or a pintle hitch fitted after purchase. List each add-on, and keep any receipts for them with the title, so what we see in the photos lines up with your description of the truck.
Dairy and cotton ground
Riverside County dairies, mushroom houses and cotton rows
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 2,424 farms in Riverside County, with milk, mushrooms and cotton at the top of its list of products. Tankers, refrigerated units, flatbeds and farm tractors that served those operations around Desert Edge are part of what we buy, and a VIN plus the trailer plate is the right start.
A truck that works a dairy or a cotton field is frequently parked on the farm rather than in a yard in town. Send us the farm’s address with gate instructions and a phone number for someone on site, and the collection is arranged around that ground.
Repealed, contested and paused: three Air Resources Board truck measures for Desert Edge owners
The California Air Resources Board shows the drayage, high-priority and federal fleet requirements of its Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation as repealed. Its Advanced Clean Trucks Regulation carries a contested status in the board’s own amendment notice. Read the board’s notices directly for the current wording before you settle on any plan for a tractor.
Enforcement of the zero-emission sales requirement for new medium- and heavy-duty trucks is recorded as paused in a federal court filing from the Eastern District of California. That rule concerns new-truck sales, so a diesel tractor already titled to you in Desert Edge can be sold to us with the usual papers: title, registration and the VIN.
Papers in order
Desert Edge title, registration and lien papers
A lost California title is replaced through the state’s title agency; start that request first if the original is missing, and mention it when you contact us. A truck registered in Riverside County should have its current registration card kept with the title.
When a lender is still listed, have the payoff contact and loan account number ready so the lien release can be arranged as part of the sale. Gather service records and inspection reports too, along with clear photos of the frame, fifth wheel, tires and interior.
Pickup off the pit road
Leaving a Desert Edge truck parked where it last worked
Between the pit 5.7 miles south-east and the quarry 11 miles west, as the Mine Safety and Health Administration places them, a work truck from Desert Edge could be parked at either site or at home. You do not need to move it; tell us exactly where it sits and how a driver reaches it.
If you have moved away from Riverside County and the truck stayed behind, the sale can be handled from wherever you live now. Give us the location, a contact with the keys and the papers listed above.
The questions we get asked in Desert Edge
- Our end dump sits at Thousand Palms Pit, south-east of Desert Edge - can it be collected from the pit itself?Thousand Palms Pit lies 5.7 miles south-east of town on Mine Safety and Health Administration records, and we collect from the site. Send the pit’s address and a contact who can open the gate.
- Would you buy a milk tanker that served Riverside County dairy farms near Desert Edge?Riverside County holds 2,424 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with milk leading its products, and trucks from those dairies are ones we buy. Share the VIN, photos and the farm address to begin.
- The California title for my Desert Edge tractor has disappeared - where do I get another?Desert Edge trucks carry California titles, and a lost one is replaced through the state’s title agency. Start that request and tell us about it when you first reach out.