Rail on both sides
Fremont’s two rail yards, east and west
The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, places Warm Springs Yard 0.2 miles east of Fremont’s centre and Newark Yard 4.5 miles to the west. A tractor that shuttles between those two yards and the warehouses along the bay flats is the kind of truck we buy here. Give us the street address where it is parked, even if that is a rail-side lot, and say who holds the gate key.
If the truck stays at a lot near either yard, you do not need to move it. We collect from the lot. Before we come, have the title in your name and the current registration card in the cab, and send clear photos of each side, the dash and the VIN plate.
North-east pits
Quarry and gravel trucks toward Sunol
Sheridan Quarry, an industrial-mineral mine on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, lies 5.1 miles north-east of Fremont. The Mine Safety and Health Administration also shows Sunol Aggregates at 6.5 miles and DeSilva Gates Aggregates at 6.7 miles, both sand and gravel operations in that direction. Dump trucks, transfer rigs and water trucks that work those pits fit what we purchase.
A dump truck that spends its days at Sunol may be easier to collect at the operator’s yard than at your home. Tell us which site it sits on and whether a site escort is needed, and keep any service records and annual inspection reports together so we can read the truck’s history alongside the photos.
Fuel and freight
Terminals to the south and what Fremont carriers haul
Seven miles south, the Energy Information Administration lists two petroleum product terminals: the Shell San Jose Terminal at 7.1 miles and the San Jose terminal at 7.3 miles. Fuel tractors and tank trucks loading there are trucks we buy; list the terminals the unit served and gather its tank test paperwork if you hold it.
Of Fremont’s 1,603 active carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, 612 haul general freight, 88 carry paper products, 85 move fresh produce and 73 handle refrigerated food. Reefer units and box trucks from those lines of work are welcome. With a reefer, include a photo of the unit’s hour meter and the model plate, since those are the first two things we ask about.
Local carriers, private fleets and new authorities
FMCSA’s census sorts Fremont operators as 1,331 intrastate, 270 interstate and 223 private fleets. A contractor or manufacturer that runs its own trucks rather than hauling for hire can sell to us the same way an owner-operator does; the person signing must be named on the title or hold a letter from the company authorising the sale.
New registrations show steady entry: the federal carrier census records 83 new Fremont carriers in 2025 and 56 in 2024. If your operating authority is recent and the truck is financed, tell us the lienholder at the start so the payoff letter and the title release can be lined up together.
Three of the city’s biggest operators, by FMCSA census figures, run 338, 314 and 179 power units. A fleet manager selling several units at once should send a list of VINs with the yard address for each; we can plan collection by location rather than one truck at a time.
Distance and fleet age
Drivers working within 100 miles number 2,797 in FMCSA’s carrier census for Fremont, against 2,950 who go beyond that radius. Among the 303 carriers that reported mileage to that census, the median is 30,000 miles per truck. Note the odometer reading on your first message either way; it is part of identifying the truck, nothing more.
Across 1,436 trucks inspected at the roadside between August 2024 and August 2026, FMCSA roadside inspection records give a median model year of 2020, with 21.7 percent ten or more years old. Whatever the model year of yours, the steps are the same: title, registration, VIN photo and a phone number we can reach you on.
Work around Fremont
Manufacturing, building sites and farms in Alameda County
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023 put 49,077 of Fremont’s 129,740 jobs in manufacturing, 37.8 percent of the total, with 7,424 in construction and 6,654 in wholesale trade. Flatbeds and straight trucks that deliver to plants on the city’s industrial side are part of what we buy, and we can collect from a plant lot if the shipping office knows we are coming.
Fremont has 307 construction firms and just 7 warehousing establishments on the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns rolls. A builder’s dump truck, crane truck or stake bed parked at a job site can be picked up there; send the site address and the hours someone will be on hand.
Alameda County holds 397 farms, according to USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with cattle, honey and equine operations at the top. A livestock hauler or a farm truck kept on ranch land in the hills can be collected where it sits; give us directions past the last paved road.
Clean truck regulations and Fremont’s bridges
The California Air Resources Board repealed its Advanced Clean Fleets requirements for drayage, high priority and federal fleets, and its Advanced Clean Trucks Regulation is listed as contested. Selling to us does not depend on where those rules land; bring your registration and any compliance reporting you filed with the board so the paperwork travels with the truck.
Across Fremont’s 68 bridges, the National Bridge Inventory lists none posted for load and none under 14 feet of clearance. When you contact us, tell us whether the lot where the truck sits has room for a tractor to turn and whether any gate is narrow.
The questions we get asked in Fremont
- My dump truck works the Sunol pits. Can it be collected at the quarry?It can be picked up at the pit itself. Sunol Aggregates and DeSilva Gates Aggregates, both on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, sit 6.5 and 6.7 miles north-east of town; let us know which site and whether an escort is required on the property.
- Our Fremont manufacturing firm runs its own trucks rather than hauling for hire; whose signature goes on the sale?FMCSA’s carrier census counts 223 private fleets in Fremont, and each sells the same way: the company named on the title signs, or an officer with a letter authorising the sale.
- Does the Advanced Clean Trucks dispute change whether I can sell?The sale is unaffected; the California Air Resources Board’s rule is listed as contested, and the truck changes hands on its title and registration either way.