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

Kaiser Yard appears in the North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, about 1.4 miles south-west of Fontana, with a second Kaiser Yard entry 3.7 miles out. A day cab that has run boxes off those tracks may be parked in a yard along the line rather than at your house; give us the street address and a gate contact and we arrange collection there.

Two petroleum product terminals are close by on the Energy Information Administration’s list: the Fontana Plant, 3.4 miles south, and Colton, 6.4 miles south-east. If your tractor pulled a tank trailer between them, tell us whether the trailer goes with it or stays, and photograph the tractor and trailer separately so each is identified on its own VIN plate.

Eight miles east, the San Bernardino intermodal ramp is on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ register at 8.2 miles from town. For a tractor that has worked container moves off that ramp, the VIN, the odometer reading and a copy of the registration are the three things to send first.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists a Rialto sand and gravel operation 3.8 miles north-east of Fontana and the Lytle Creek Pit 4.8 miles in the same direction. Dump trucks and end-dump tractors from those sites can be collected at the pit gate if that is where they sit; tell us who controls access so the visit is cleared ahead of time.

South-east by 7.5 miles, the Riverside Operation is recorded by MSHA as a mineral processing plant. If your truck hauled between the pits and that plant, send any scale tickets or site safety sign-offs you kept along with the photos, so the truck’s job history travels with it.

Fontana has 4,537 active carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, and 2,916 of them list general freight. The same FMCSA census shows 491 hauling fresh produce, 481 listing refrigerated food and 481 listing meat; if you run a reefer, tell us whether the reefer unit is part of the sale.

By operation type, FMCSA’s census counts 2,810 intrastate carriers, 1,707 interstate carriers and 434 private fleets in Fontana. If your authority is interstate, have your USDOT number ready; for a private fleet truck, the registration in the company’s name and a signer for the title are what we need.

New registrations keep arriving: FMCSA’s carrier census shows 279 carriers added in 2025 and 256 in 2024. Owner-operators who started in the last two years and are selling their first tractor should gather the title, the lienholder’s contact if there is a loan, and the current registration card.

Drivers based here split between short and long work: FMCSA’s census records 4,058 drivers operating within 100 miles and 7,331 going beyond it. A local truck is usually parked in or near Fontana; a long-haul tractor may be on the road when you call, so tell us when and where it will next be parked.

Among the 1,529 Fontana carriers reporting mileage to FMCSA, the median is 51,890 miles per truck. Put the current odometer reading in your first message along with the VIN so the paperwork matches the truck at collection.

The three biggest fleets in FMCSA’s census here run 684, 270 and 240 power units. Fleet managers retiring several units at once can send a single list of VINs and yard locations, and we plan one collection rather than several.

Between August 2024 and August 2026, FMCSA roadside inspection records logged 4,808 trucks from Fontana carriers, with a median model year of 2020. Those roadside inspection records also show 22.4 percent of the trucks were ten or more model years old.

Whatever the model year, send the year, make and model with the VIN, and add any service records you have. Recent and older trucks are both on our list, and the records simply help us identify the exact build.

Of 59,468 jobs counted in Fontana for 2023 by the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts, 10,206, or 17.2 percent, were in transportation and warehousing. The same LEHD figures put 3,991 in wholesale trade, 3,965 in manufacturing and 2,243 in construction; box trucks and day cabs from those yards can be collected at the loading dock if you clear it with the site.

Fontana counts 308 construction firms and 66 warehousing firms in the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns. A contractor selling a dump truck or flatbed should have the title in the business name and a photo of each side of the truck, plus the bed or body.

Across San Bernardino County, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 809 farms, with milk, cattle and potted flowering plants at the top. Livestock haulers and farm trucks parked on a ranch can be picked up there; send directions to where the truck sits on the property.

The California Air Resources Board’s Advanced Clean Fleets drayage and high-priority fleet requirements have been repealed, and its Advanced Clean Trucks Regulation is listed as contested. Enforcement of the 2036 zero-emission sales requirement for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles is paused under a federal court record from the Eastern District of California.

None of that changes what you send us: title, registration, VIN, odometer reading and photos. If you hold any compliance filings for the truck, include them with the rest.

• Can you collect my tractor from a lot beside Kaiser Yard in Fontana?Leave the tractor where it sits. The North American Rail Network places Kaiser Yard about 1.4 miles south-west of Fontana, and we collect from there; tell us whose lot it is on and who opens the gate.
• My dump truck is still at the Lytle Creek Pit. Can you get it there?We can collect it at the pit. The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Lytle Creek Pit 4.8 miles north-east of town; give us the site contact so access is arranged before pickup.
• I run a reefer hauling produce. Do you buy the reefer unit too?FMCSA’s carrier census lists 491 Fontana carriers hauling fresh produce, and we look at the tractor, the trailer and the reefer unit; tell us which of them you are selling.