Lumber decks and lowboys on the Foresthill ridge
Of the 59 active carriers that FMCSA’s carrier census places in Foresthill, 10 list logs, poles, beams and lumber as cargo and 9 list machinery and large objects. If your truck is a log hauler or a lowboy tractor, tell us the trailer setup and send photos of the bunks, the deck and the cab together.
General freight is the most common cargo line here, with 17 carriers naming it in FMCSA’s carrier census, and 5 more haul farm supplies. A box truck or a day cab from that kind of work is something we collect; have the registration card and the VIN plate photo ready when you reach us.
Mostly in-state outfits, mostly small
Foresthill’s register in FMCSA’s carrier census tilts toward California-only work: 51 intrastate operators, just 8 crossing state lines, and 18 private fleets moving their owners’ own loads. A contractor’s dump truck or a ranch’s flatbed parked at the shop counts; tell us where it sits on the ridge so the pickup can be planned for that road.
The biggest outfit registered here runs 8 power units with 8 drivers, then 5 and 2, per FMCSA’s carrier census. If you are selling one truck from a small operation like these, one title and one set of keys is all we need to start.
Sixteen thousand miles a year on the divide
Ten Foresthill carriers report annual mileage to FMCSA’s carrier census, and the median truck among them covers 16,000 miles a year. Put the odometer reading in your first message along with the engine make, so we can match your truck to the right questions from the start.
After a 2024 with no newcomers, Foresthill gained seven fresh carrier registrations during 2025, FMCSA’s carrier census shows. If you started hauling recently and the title is still in a lender’s name, say so up front and send the lender’s contact with the VIN.
Gravel west, slate south
Gravel pits and quarries around the ridge
Bear River Materials, a sand and gravel operation 10.7 miles west, and Cool Cave Quarry, a crushed-stone quarry 12.1 miles south-west, are both on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list near town. A dump truck or end-dump tractor that has worked those sites can be collected right where it is parked.
Further out, the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists GREENHORN PIT & MILL 14.4 miles north-west and Chili Bar Slate 16.5 miles south. If your truck is sitting at a pit yard rather than at home, give us the site address and a name who can let us through the gate.
Replacing a missing pink slip from Foresthill
Down the hill 15.2 miles from Foresthill, the Auburn field office of the State of California Department of Motor Vehicles sits at 11722 Enterprise Dr, Auburn, 95603, one of the agency’s DMV field offices. If your title is missing, that office can issue a duplicate before the sale.
Have the registration, any service records and clear photos of all four sides ready alongside the title. If the truck is registered to a business, bring the signer’s name as it appears with the State of California Department of Motor Vehicles.
Builders, jobs and ranches nearby
Twenty-five construction businesses operate around Foresthill, a tally drawn from the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns. If one of those Foresthill builders has a flatbed or water truck to sell, photos of the bed and a VIN plate shot are enough for us to begin.
Cattle lead, then horses and sheep, among the 1,093 farms that USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture records across Placer County. Around Foresthill, a livestock hauler or ranch truck is collected where it is kept, whether that is a barn lot or a gravel turnout.
Foresthill held 369 jobs during 2023, as the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts tally them. A truck tied to any of those Foresthill workplaces sells on a signed title, a current registration card and a handful of photos.
Where the CARB truck regulations sit for a Foresthill owner
California’s Advanced Clean Trucks Regulation is contested, and the drayage and high priority fleet parts of the Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation have been repealed. Selling a truck from Foresthill involves the same title transfer with the State of California Department of Motor Vehicles either way.
California’s zero-emission sales requirement for medium- and heavy-duty trucks is on the books, and enforcement is paused. A Foresthill owner can still sell a diesel truck today; tell us the engine model year when you send the VIN.