North-west of the ridge
Gravel and crushed rock north-west of Kelly Ridge
Five miles north-west of Kelly Ridge, Morris Ravine Mine digs sand and gravel, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration. A dump truck or end-dump tractor that has worked that pit may still be parked at the operator’s yard rather than in town, and that is fine with us. Send the gate address and a contact who can let a driver in.
Further along the same bearing, the Mine Safety and Health Administration places the TRP Table Mountain Plant, a crushed-stone quarry, at 8.3 miles. Rock trucks and transfer rigs from a plant like that tend to carry their own maintenance logs; keep those with the title and photograph the cab, the bed and the plate before you call.
Between the two sites, a seller with a mixer, a belly dump or a water truck should tell us which operation it served. Knowing whether the truck spent its days at Morris Ravine or at Table Mountain lets us plan where the pickup happens.
South-west toward town
Rail siding and mineral pits on the Oroville side
Federal Railroad Administration and Bureau of Transportation Statistics records in the North American Rail Network put Oroville Yard 5.6 miles south-west of the ridge. Day cabs that shuttle loads to and from a rail siding like that one can be collected where they sit; give us the street address and the VIN first.
Sierra Silica Resources, an industrial-mineral mine 6.5 miles out in the same direction, is on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and so is Pacific Heights Pit, a crushed-stone quarry at 7.6 miles. A tractor or a dump truck from either can stay on site; tell us who holds the keys and whether a lowboy can reach it.
Three of these operations cluster south-west of the ridge. A truck that rotates among them should be reported by the yard it sits in on collection day, along with whose gate it is behind.
Fuel terminal, far pits and the second rail yard
Stringer Pit, a sand and gravel operation that the Mine Safety and Health Administration places 21.7 miles south of Kelly Ridge, sits well outside the ridge’s own cluster of quarries. A truck that hauls out of there does not need to come back up the hill to be sold; we go to it.
To the north-west, the Energy Information Administration lists a petroleum product terminal at Chico, 22.1 miles away. Fuel tankers and the tractors that pull them from a terminal like that should come with whatever loading-rack or tank inspection paperwork the owner holds, alongside the title.
Barber Yard, a rail yard 23.2 miles north-west on the North American Rail Network, rounds out the valley floor’s freight sites. If your truck now lives near Chico rather than on the ridge, give us that location instead and we will plan the pickup there.
Orchards and rice checks
Farm trucks from the valley below the ridge
Below Kelly Ridge, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 1,667 farms across Butte County, with rice, cattle and corn as the leading products. Bulk grain trucks, cattle haulers and flatbeds that work those operations are trucks we purchase.
Farm trucks often spend the off-season parked at the ranch rather than in a yard. If yours is behind a locked gate on a rice field road, tell us who can open it and send photos of the bed, the cab and the registration sticker so we know what to expect when we arrive.
A rancher selling a stock truck or a feed rig should have the title in the owner’s name and the current registration together; if the truck is registered to the farm’s business name, say so when you first get in touch.
Mitchell Avenue
Replacing a missing California title near Kelly Ridge
The State of California Department of Motor Vehicles handles titles through its DMV field offices, and the Oroville field office at 775 Mitchell Avenue, Oroville, 95965, is 5.5 miles from Kelly Ridge. If the title for your truck has gone missing, that office is where a replacement starts.
Before you visit Mitchell Avenue, gather the VIN, the plate number and any lien release from the lender. Bring the old registration card if you still have it; it carries the details the clerk will ask for.
Tell us at the start if a title is still on its way from the Oroville field office. We can talk through the rest of the sale while the paperwork catches up.
State clean truck rules
Diesel rules a Butte County owner can look up
California’s Advanced Clean Trucks Regulation is listed as contested, and enforcement of the state’s zero-emission sales requirements for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles is paused, according to the state air board and federal court records.
The Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation’s drayage fleet requirements and its high priority and federal fleets requirements have been repealed, per the state air board’s rulemaking record. A Butte County owner weighing whether to keep a diesel tractor can read those rulings at their source before deciding to sell.
The questions we get asked in Kelly Ridge
- My end-dump has been working out of Pacific Heights Pit, south-west of Kelly Ridge, and stays parked there between shifts; can the pickup happen at the pit?Pacific Heights Pit sits 7.6 miles south-west of Kelly Ridge on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s register, and we collect from quarry yards like it. Name the operator who controls the gate and who on site will meet the driver.
- Which DMV office near Kelly Ridge handles a replacement title for my truck?The Oroville field office of the State of California Department of Motor Vehicles, at 775 Mitchell Avenue, Oroville, 95965, is 5.5 miles from Kelly Ridge. Bring the VIN, the plate number and any lien release.
- Is a rice-country grain truck or cattle hauler from Butte County something you take?Butte County’s 1,667 farms, counted by USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, lead with rice, cattle and corn, and the grain trucks, stock haulers and flatbeds that serve them are trucks we purchase.