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

The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Felton Quarry, a crushed-stone site, 1 mile west of town, and Quail Hollow Operation, which digs sand and gravel, 2.9 miles to the north-east. A dump truck or end-dump tractor that has hauled aggregate from either pit can be collected where it is parked, whether that is a driveway off the highway or a yard near the quarry gate. Have the title and the registration together before you call, and tell us who can open the gate.

Olive Springs Quarry Inc, a further crushed-stone quarry, appears in Mine Safety and Health Administration records 8.6 miles east of Felton. If your truck spent its working life hauling loads out of the hills toward Soquel, photograph the bed, the hoist and the cab, plus the plate on the door frame, so the description you send lines up with the truck we arrive to collect.

Of the 44 active Felton carriers on FMCSA’s carrier census, 41 hold intrastate registration and just 2 are set up to cross state lines. A truck that has spent its years on California roads alone is the ordinary case here, so the California title and current registration are the two papers that matter most when you sell.

Fleets here are small: FMCSA’s carrier census shows the three with the most power units running 3, 2 and 1 of them, and counts 9 Felton carriers as private fleets moving their own goods. If you are a one-truck owner-operator or a contractor with a single tractor, you sell it the same way a fleet would: send the VIN, the odometer reading and a set of clear photos.

The FMCSA census also splits the town’s drivers into 32 who stay within 100 miles and 42 who go beyond that radius. If your truck is parked somewhere along a longer route rather than at home in the valley, give us that address and we plan the collection there.

General freight is the cargo listed by 7 Felton carriers in FMCSA’s census, with motor vehicles named by 4, and liquids or gases and utility work by 2 each. A car hauler, a box truck or a tanker from one of these outfits is a truck we buy, and the trailer can be part of the same sale if you have its paperwork.

For liquids, the Energy Information Administration places the San Jose Terminal, a petroleum product terminal, 24.9 miles north-east of Felton. If your tanker has loaded there, keep any inspection reports and service records with the truck, since they tell us what it carried and where it went.

New registrations stay small: FMCSA’s carrier census records 3 carriers added in 2025 and 2 in 2024. Whether your authority is fresh or decades old, the steps are the same, and a lost California title is replaced through the state’s title agency before the truck changes hands.

The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, puts Watsonville Yard 21 miles south-east and Tamien Yard 21.5 miles north-east of Felton. A tractor that has dropped trailers or containers at either yard may be parked closer to Watsonville or San Jose than to home; tell us which, and we come to it there.

In 2023 the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts placed 1,325 jobs in Felton, with 104 in construction and 62 in transportation and warehousing. Builders who keep dump trucks and flatbeds busy are well represented too, with 30 construction establishments around Felton in the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns. If your truck has served a building contractor, the job site address and the name of whoever holds the keys are what we need first.

USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 614 farms across Santa Cruz County, and the top products there are propagative material, potted flowering plants and cut flowers and greens. Straight trucks and reefers that move plants between growers and shippers in the county are on our list of what we buy.

If your farm truck is titled to the operation rather than to you, have the person named on the title ready to sign, and bring the registration card with it. Photos taken in daylight, outside the greenhouse or packing shed, show us the truck as it really stands.

• Our dump truck sits by the Felton Quarry gate on the west side of town - does it have to come out first?Felton Quarry is listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration 1 mile west of town, and we collect from there or from any yard nearby. Give us the name of whoever runs the quarry lot so access to the truck is agreed with them ahead of the visit.
• My one tractor only ever hauled inside California - is that a problem for selling from Felton?Most of the 44 active Felton carriers in FMCSA’s census, 41 of them, are intrastate operations, so a California-only truck is the usual case here. Have the California title and registration in your name, then send the VIN with daylight photos of the cab and chassis.
• The California title for my Felton truck has gone missing - where do I get a new one?A truck registered in Felton is titled in California, so the state’s title agency issues the replacement. Apply for the duplicate as soon as you decide to sell, and mention the pending application when you send us the VIN.