Fuel in town
Two fuel terminals on the Orange County side
The Energy Information Administration places the Huntington Beach Terminal, a petroleum product terminal, 0.4 miles north-east of the city centre. A tractor that has pulled fuel out of that gate may still be parked near it; give us the street address and the name of whoever controls the lot, and we collect it there.
A second petroleum product terminal, listed as Orange, sits 11 miles north-east according to the Energy Information Administration. If your rig shuttled between the two, keep the hazmat endorsement paperwork, the tank or cargo inspection reports and the registration together and have them ready when you contact us.
Long Beach piers
Container ramps at Pier J and Pier G
West of town, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics records one intermodal ramp at Pier J 11.1 miles away and another at Pier G 11.3 miles away. Day cabs that dray boxes off those docks often end their shift in a yard near the harbour, and that yard is where we pick up.
The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, shows the Pier J Yard 11 miles west. When you reach out about a drayage tractor, start with the VIN, the odometer reading and a set of photos of the cab, frame and fifth wheel; the rest of our questions follow from those.
Seal Beach side
Military installations and the Seal Beach yard
Five miles north-west, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists NAVWPNSTA Seal Beach as a military installation, and the North American Rail Network adds the NWS Seal Beach Yard rail yard 5.4 miles out in that same direction. If your truck is behind a controlled gate, tell us early so a contact with access can meet the pickup.
Los Alamitos JFTB, a National Guard installation that appears in Bureau of Transportation Statistics listings, is 7 miles north-west. A truck stored on or beside a base needs the title holder’s name to match the person releasing it, so have the title and your identification ready on the day.
Who runs trucks
Freight, movers and car haulers based along the coast
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 866 active carriers based in Huntington Beach, with 250 of them hauling general freight, 35 moving household goods, 29 carrying motor vehicles and 25 transporting passengers. Box trucks from moving outfits, car haulers and passenger vans all fit what we buy, alongside tractors.
Of those carriers, 775 are intrastate and 88 interstate, while 239 run private fleets, per the same FMCSA census. A private fleet truck titled to a business needs a signature from someone authorised to sign for that company, so line that person up before the paperwork stage.
New registrations in the FMCSA census came to 29 carriers in 2024 and 37 in 2025. The same census shows one local fleet running 56 power units with 51 drivers; if you are selling several units at once, send a list with each VIN and where each truck is parked.
Inspection-stop model years for local rigs
Between September 2024 and August 2026, FMCSA roadside inspection records logged 292 trucks run by Huntington Beach carriers, putting their median model year at 2019 with 26 percent at ten years or older. Whatever the year of yours, send the year, make and model with the VIN so we know exactly which truck we are talking about.
Among 111 local carriers reporting mileage to FMCSA, the median comes to 15,747 miles per truck. Have a clear photo of the odometer and the dashboard ready, since that reading goes on the title transfer.
Manufacturing, construction and wholesale jobs
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put 74,172 jobs in Huntington Beach in 2023, with 10,131 in manufacturing, 4,412 in construction, 4,388 in wholesale trade and 1,304 in transportation and warehousing. Straight trucks, flatbeds and box trucks that serve shops, job sites and distributors around town are all trucks we collect.
County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau records 516 construction establishments here. A dump truck or flatbed parked at a contractor’s yard can stay right there; tell us the yard’s hours and who holds the keys.
Across Orange County, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture lists 158 farms, led by equine, honey and cut flower operations. A stake bed or livestock hauler from one of those places is sold the same way: title, registration and photos, then we arrange the collection at the farm.
The questions we get asked in Huntington Beach
- Are there low or weight-posted bridges I should warn the driver about in Huntington Beach?The National Bridge Inventory from the Federal Highway Administration lists 47 bridges in the city, none of them load-posted and none under 14 feet of clearance. Just tell us how to reach the spot where the truck sits.
- My tractor sits near the Pier J yard in Long Beach; does it have to come back to Huntington Beach first?It can stay put: the North American Rail Network places the Pier J Yard 11 miles west of town, and we collect from where the truck is. Give us the yard address and whose lot it is.
- The title for my truck has gone missing; who replaces it in California?Ask the state’s title agency for a duplicate before the sale, and tell us the request is underway so we can plan the collection around it.