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

The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, places Emeryville Yard 0.6 miles east of the city center and Desert Yard 1.4 miles south. A tractor that shuttles between those yards and nearby warehouses is usually parked within a few blocks of where it works, so give us the street address and the name of whoever holds the gate key.

Oakland’s strategic seaport sits 1.2 miles south, by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ reckoning, with the TraPac Terminal ramp 2.1 miles southwest and the Oakland International Gateway joint intermodal terminal 2.5 miles south. If your day cab has spent its working life pulling chassis off those ramps, send us the VIN, the odometer reading and clear photos of the fifth wheel and the cab.

Bureau of Transportation Statistics records for the Port of Oakland also list two roll-on/roll-off berths, starting with the Matson Terminal 2.9 miles away. At 3 miles, the same Bureau of Transportation Statistics list adds the Charles P. Howard Terminal. A truck parked near either berth is collected right there, and it never has to come back into Emeryville.

FMCSA’s carrier census shows 150 active motor carriers based in Emeryville, a city the Census Bureau counts at 13,081 residents. Those FMCSA filings put general freight at the top of the cargo list with 70 carriers, while 25 carriers name intermodal containers among the loads they move.

Cold-chain work shows up too: in the same FMCSA filings, 12 carriers list refrigerated food and another 12 list meat. If you are selling a reefer tractor or a straight truck with a refrigeration unit, tell us the unit’s make and keep its service log with the title.

Most Emeryville operators stay inside California, according to the federal registration figures: FMCSA lists 106 as intrastate and 44 as interstate, with 28 running private fleets that haul their own goods. Whichever group you belong to, your California title and current registration card are the two documents we ask for first.

The biggest Emeryville fleet on federal record reports 167 power units and 50 drivers in FMCSA’s carrier census, and the next two report 28 units with 30 drivers and 15 units with 15 drivers. If you are clearing several tractors at once, list each VIN and where each one is parked, and we can plan one visit around all of them.

Owners filing with FMCSA counted 180 drivers working within 100 miles of base and 153 going beyond that radius. For a long-haul sleeper that is currently away from the Bay, tell us the city it will be in, and the pickup happens there rather than here.

Only 34 local operators answered FMCSA’s annual mileage question, and their middle figure lands on 10,000 miles per power unit. Note the current odometer when you first contact us, along with the year, make and engine.

Eleven bridges sit inside Emeryville in the National Bridge Inventory, none of them load-posted. Only one of them is under 14 feet in National Bridge Inventory records: structure 33C0183, carrying Powell Street over the Union Pacific, BNSF and Amtrak tracks at 13 feet 10 inches.

If your truck is a tall box or carries a raised sleeper, mention its height when you send photos. That lets us route the pickup around the Powell Street crossing that the National Bridge Inventory lists at 13 feet 10 inches.

Of the 22,209 jobs counted in Emeryville by the Census Bureau’s LEHD program for 2023, wholesale trade accounts for 1,025 and manufacturing for 953. Box trucks and straight trucks doing distribution for those employers are trucks we buy; have the registration and any maintenance receipts ready.

Construction holds 753 jobs and transportation and warehousing 597 in those same LEHD figures. A dump truck, flatbed or service body from a building contractor’s yard can be collected where it stands, so tell us whether a tow truck can reach it.

Farming is a smaller part of the county: USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture lists 397 farms in Alameda County, with cattle, honey and equine operations at the top. A livestock hauler or ranch truck from the eastern part of the county is welcome too.

The California Air Resources Board has repealed its Advanced Clean Fleets drayage requirements, which once applied to port trucks like those serving Oakland. Its Advanced Clean Trucks rule is listed as contested, and enforcement of the 2036 zero-emission sales requirement is paused under a federal court filing.

None of that changes what we ask for at pickup. Have the title, registration and your CARB reporting paperwork, if the truck carries any, together in the cab.

• Our day cab is stored on a yard beside TraPac, south of Emeryville. Does it have to come north for pickup?TraPac is 2.1 miles southwest of Emeryville in Bureau of Transportation Statistics records, and we collect the truck at that lot. Tell us who runs the lot so the gate is open on the day.
• Somewhere between Powell Street and the Oakland docks my pink slip went astray. Which office replaces it before the sale?California titles come from the state DMV, which issues duplicates to the registered owner. Start that request before pickup and send us a photo of the registration card in the meantime.
• Will my truck clear the Powell Street bridge?The National Bridge Inventory lists Powell Street over the rail lines at 13 feet 10 inches, the only Emeryville structure under 14 feet. Tell us your truck’s height and we plan the route around it.