Dublin’s carriers and how they register
Dublin is home base for 245 active motor carriers on FMCSA’s carrier census, from single-truck owner-operators up to fleets of nearly a hundred tractors. If yours is one of them, keep your USDOT number handy when you contact us, along with the title and current California registration for each truck you want to sell.
Of those 245, FMCSA’s carrier census shows 194 registered for intrastate work, 49 for interstate work and 25 operating as private fleets. A private fleet tractor that carried a company’s own goods is a truck we buy, so send the VIN, the title holder’s name and a few clear photos of the cab, the frame and the tires.
New registrations keep arriving: FMCSA’s carrier census records 16 carriers starting up in Dublin during 2025 and 8 during 2024. An owner-operator closing out a first or second year can sell a single tractor to us without involving anyone else, as long as the title is in the seller’s name or the lender can release it.
General freight, reefers and intermodal boxes
General freight is the leading cargo class here, with 84 Dublin carriers listing it in FMCSA’s carrier census. Box trucks, day cabs and dry vans from that work all fit what we purchase; tell us the body type, the axle setup and where the truck is parked.
Refrigerated food and meat each appear for 17 local carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, so reefer units are common on these streets. If you are selling a tractor with its reefer trailer, list both VINs and say whether the trailer is titled separately.
Sixteen Dublin carriers list intermodal containers on their FMCSA carrier census filings. A drayage tractor that shuttled boxes to the yards south of town can stay where it is parked; give us the address and a contact who can let us in.
Quarries and plants
Aggregate trucks between the plants and the job sites
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the Eliot Plant and the Pleasanton Plant, both sand and gravel operations, 4.7 miles south-east of Dublin. Dump trucks, transfer trucks and end dumps that load at those plants are trucks we buy, and photos of the bed, the hoist and the tailgate help us understand the setup.
North of the city, the Clayton Plant sits 15 miles out and Clayton Aggregates 15.6 miles out, each a crushed-stone quarry on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list. The Mine Safety and Health Administration also records Sheridan Quarry, an industrial-mineral mine, 10.6 miles south. If your truck is parked at one of these sites, tell us whose ground it is on so the collection is arranged with the site.
Brightside and Fremont yards to the south
According to the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Brightside Yard lies 8.4 miles south of Dublin. A truck that worked transload or yard moves there can be collected at the yard if the operator allows access; a name and a gate number save a phone call on the day.
Fremont Yard, 11.2 miles south-west on that same North American Rail Network map, rounds out the rail sites within reach. Have the title, the registration card and any service records together before the pickup, so the paperwork changes hands at the truck rather than afterwards.
Work and building
Factory floors and building crews around Dublin
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put 24,797 jobs in Dublin in 2023, with 1,822 in manufacturing and 1,656 in construction. Flatbeds, stake beds and service bodies that support those jobs belong on our list; describe the upfit when you reach us, along with the chassis make and model year.
Ninety-one construction firms keep an address in Dublin, a count taken from the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns. A contractor retiring one or two trucks from the yard can sell them to us individually, and a company-owned title needs a signature from someone authorised to sign for the business.
Wholesale trade accounts for 452 Dublin jobs and transportation and warehousing for 323, per the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts. Delivery straight trucks from those employers are welcome; a registration card showing the current owner keeps the transfer simple.
Inspection stops, odometers and fleet sizes in Dublin
Across 296 Dublin-based trucks stopped between September 2024 and August 2026, FMCSA roadside inspection records give a median model year of 2020, and 22.3% were built ten or more years before inspection. Whatever the model year of yours, give us the VIN first so the specification and build details come straight from it.
On distance, FMCSA’s carrier census shows 235 Dublin drivers working within 100 miles and 373 working beyond that radius, and 30 carriers report a median of 62,608 miles per truck a year. Note the odometer reading when you send photos, so it matches what we see at pickup.
At the top end, FMCSA’s carrier census shows one Dublin fleet with 94 power units and 21 drivers, and two more with 72 and 69 power units. Fleets that size can sell several trucks at once; a list of VINs and the yard address for each unit is the place to start.
Clean truck rules and Alameda County farms
The California Air Resources Board lists its Advanced Clean Fleets drayage, high-priority and federal fleet requirements as repealed, and the Advanced Clean Trucks Regulation’s status as contested. For the 2036 rule requiring every new medium- and heavy-duty sale in California to be zero-emission, a federal court record from the Eastern District of California notes that enforcement is on hold. None of these stops you selling a diesel tractor to us today; bring the title and registration as usual.
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 397 farms in Alameda County, led by cattle, honey and equine operations. Livestock haulers, flatbeds and farm trucks from the hills around Dublin are trucks we buy, and a ranch address with gate directions is all we need to find one.
The questions we get asked in Dublin
- The dump truck sits in the yard at the Pleasanton Plant; does it need to come into town first?It can stay put: the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the Pleasanton Plant 4.7 miles south-east of Dublin, and we collect from the plant itself. Tell us who runs the lot so the pickup is arranged with them.
- My trucks work intrastate only. Can I still sell one?You can: FMCSA’s carrier census shows 194 of Dublin’s 245 carriers registered for intrastate work, and an intrastate truck needs only its California title and registration to sell to us.
- Can I sell a reefer tractor and its trailer together?We take them as a pair: with 17 Dublin carriers hauling refrigerated food under FMCSA’s carrier census, send both VINs and both titles, and the tractor and trailer go through as one sale.