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

On FMCSA’s carrier census, 45 active motor carriers give Freedom as their address, and 41 of them are marked intrastate against 3 interstate. Tell us which California routes yours covered and we will know where to look for it.

Thirteen of the Freedom carriers in FMCSA’s census are private fleets, hauling their own goods rather than for hire. If your truck belonged to a farm, nursery or contractor rather than a trucking firm, that is fine; have the title in the name of whoever owns it, and the registration card that goes with it.

The biggest fleets based here are small: FMCSA’s census shows the top three running two power units each, with one or two drivers. A seller in Freedom is usually an owner-operator or a two-truck outfit, so one person can sign for the truck, answer our questions and meet us at the yard.

General freight is the cargo most often declared, by 14 local carriers in FMCSA’s census, followed by fresh produce at 6. A reefer or dry van that has hauled produce in Santa Cruz County is a truck we buy; send photos of the trailer interior and the reefer’s hour meter along with the cab.

Three carriers here list chemicals and three list garbage and refuse, according to FMCSA’s census. For a tanker or a roll-off, keep any hazmat or tank test paperwork with the truck, since those records travel with it at the sale.

Five Freedom carriers report yearly mileage to FMCSA’s census, and their median sits at 22,500 miles per truck. Read the odometer before you call, and send a photo of the dash with it.

USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 614 farms in Santa Cruz County, with propagative material, potted flowering plants and cut flowers among the top crops. Box trucks and reefers that ran starts and potted plants between greenhouses belong on our list; tell us the body length and whether it has a liftgate.

If the truck is parked at a nursery or packing shed outside Freedom, you do not need to move it. Give us the address, the name of whoever controls the gate, and a time someone can let us in.

The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, places the Watsonville Yard about 4.1 miles south-east of Freedom. A day cab that shuttled loads to and from that yard can be collected at a lot near it; just tell us which lot.

To the east, the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists A R Wilson Quarry, a crushed-stone site 9.4 miles out, and Olive Springs Quarry 10.7 miles to the north-west. Dump trucks and end dumps that worked those pits are trucks we purchase; send the VIN plate, the bed and the hoist in your photos.

Further out, Quail Hollow Operation sits 17.3 miles north-west and PLANT 25 sits 21 miles east, both sand and gravel operations on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list. A truck still parked at one of them can stay there; we arrange the pickup with the site.

The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023 put 405 jobs in Freedom, 57 of them in transportation and warehousing, a 14.1 percent share. If you work at a local warehouse and own a truck on the side, have the title and registration in your own name ready.

Two military installations sit about 24 miles south on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ list: NAVSUPPACT Monterey at 24.1 miles and the Presidio of Monterey at 24.2. A truck that hauled to either base can be sold from wherever it is parked now around the bay.

A lost California title goes back to the state’s title agency for a replacement before the sale. Start that request early, and keep the registration card and any lien release with it.

Name any bank or finance company still holding a lien on the truck when you first reach us. Along with the title, have service records and the VIN ready, and take photos of all four sides of the truck in daylight.

• The reefer is parked by the Watsonville rail yard, not in Freedom, so will you go there for it?The Watsonville Yard is about 4.1 miles south-east of Freedom on the North American Rail Network, and we collect from lots around it. Send the lot’s address and the name of whoever holds its key.
• I only run one truck in-state. Is that the kind of seller you buy from?FMCSA’s census counts 41 of Freedom’s 45 active carriers as intrastate, and its largest fleets run two power units each. One truck that stayed in California is the usual case here.
• I lost the title to my reefer, so what do I do about that first?A Freedom owner with a missing California title applies to the state’s title agency for a duplicate. Request it before the sale and keep the registration card with your other paperwork.