Next door to town
Taft Production Company & Mines
Only 4.5 miles south-east of Ford City, TAFT PRODUCTION COMPANY & MINES appears on Mine Safety and Health Administration listings as an industrial-mineral mine. End dumps, belly dumps and water trucks that work a mineral site like that one are squarely in the range of trucks we take.
A hauler parked inside that mine’s fence between shifts can stay put rather than come back to a Ford City street. Send us the gate it sits behind, the name of whoever can sign a visitor in, and pictures showing the VIN plate, the dump body and the inside of the cab.
Quarry to the south
Aggregate loads out of the Maricopa quarry
Head 7.6 miles south and the Maricopa Plant, a crushed-stone quarry under Mine Safety and Health Administration records, is the next working site on the map. Aggregate trucks, transfer trailers and the tractors that pull them out of that quarry are ones we collect.
Owners who ran stone out of Maricopa should gather the title, the current California registration and any maintenance log kept in the truck. If the name printed on the title differs from the registration, tell us at the outset so the paperwork can be lined up before a driver is sent.
Sand pits farther out
The San Emidio pit on the south-east road
Farther along the same south-east bearing, the Mine Safety and Health Administration places the San Emidio Plant, a sand and gravel operation, 17.9 miles from Ford City. Ten-wheel dump trucks and gravel pups that load there fall within what we buy.
A truck that finished its last load at San Emidio can be picked up at the pit, at a yard in Ford City, or anywhere between. Pass along the exact pin or cross street plus a phone number for the person holding the keys, and we arrange the collection around that spot.
Kern dairy and cotton
Milk, cattle and cotton haulers from Kern County
Milk, cattle and cotton head the list of products for Kern County, where 1,691 farms are tallied in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture. Bulk milk tankers, livestock haulers and module trucks from those operations are all welcome sales from the Ford City side of the county.
Ranch trucks tend to wait out the off season in a barn or behind a shed. Tell us which property it is on and who will be there to open up, and include any shop invoices or service notes so we see the truck’s history alongside your photos.
State truck rules
Where California’s heavy-truck rules stand
Ford City sellers asking about emissions rules can note that a California Air Resources Board rulemaking page marks the drayage, high-priority and federal fleet parts of Advanced Clean Fleets repealed. For the 2036 rule that every medium- and heavy-duty sale be zero-emission, a federal court document from California’s Eastern District records enforcement on pause.
On the Air Resources Board’s amendment announcement, the Advanced Clean Trucks Regulation carries a contested status. A diesel tractor or dump truck from around Ford City is one we will look at regardless, so bring the title and registration and leave the rule questions to us.
The questions we get asked in Ford City
- My dump truck sits at the mine south-east of Ford City; will you fetch it from that site?TAFT PRODUCTION COMPANY & MINES is 4.5 miles south-east of town per the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and we drive out to sites like it, so leave the truck on the property and give us a contact who can unlock the gate.
- What should I have ready for a stone truck that ran out of the Maricopa quarry?For a truck from the Maricopa Plant, 7.6 miles south in Mine Safety and Health Administration records, gather the VIN, the title, the registration and photos of the bed and cab before you reach out.
- Do you take a milk tanker from a dairy elsewhere in Kern County?Milk is the top product among Kern County’s 1,691 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and a tanker parked at any of those dairies can be picked up where it stands once you send the address.
- If I lost the title to my Ford City truck, who replaces it?A Ford City owner without a title applies to the state’s title agency for a duplicate, and the replacement in hand along with the registration is what we need before collection.