Inland from the beach
A rail yard six miles inland
Watsonville Yard, recorded on the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, lies about 5.9 miles east of La Selva Beach, with a second listed point of the same yard at 6.5 miles. A day cab or straight truck that shuttles loads to and from that yard can be collected wherever it is parked, whether at a home driveway near the beach or at a lot on the Watsonville side.
Tell us the street address where the truck is parked and whether a tow truck can reach it without moving other equipment. Add clear photos of the cab, the frame and the plate so the truck we arrive for is the one you described.
Quarries north-west and east of town
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Olive Springs Quarry Inc, a crushed-stone quarry 9.9 miles north-west of La Selva Beach, and A R Wilson Quarry, another crushed-stone site 11.8 miles to the east. If you own a dump truck, an end dump or a tractor with a bottom-dump trailer that hauls stone from either pit, it is a truck we purchase.
On the Mine Safety and Health Administration register, the Quail Hollow Operation for sand and gravel stands 15.7 miles north-west, and PLANT 25, a sand and gravel operation, is 23.6 miles east. For a truck that has worked a pit, send the VIN, the body type and a photo of the bed or trailer, and say which site it last ran from so we can plan where to meet it.
Greenhouse growers
Flowers, plants and the trucks that carry them
Around La Selva Beach, Santa Cruz County counted 614 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with propagative material, potted flowering plants and cut flowers with cultivated greens as its leading products. Reefer units, box trucks and flatbeds carry nursery stock of that kind, and any of them can be sold to us from the farm where it is kept.
Growers selling a truck from a greenhouse property should have the registration card and the title together before we visit. If the truck carries a refrigeration unit, a photo of the unit’s plate and its hour meter helps us describe it correctly in the paperwork we prepare.
Who hires here
Box trucks for La Selva Beach wholesalers and makers
Of the 363 jobs the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts placed in La Selva Beach for 2023, wholesale trade held a 17.4 percent share and manufacturing 16.8 percent. Both kinds of employer keep box trucks, stake beds and delivery vans on the road, and a business here can sell one unit or several at once.
A company selling a work truck should have whoever signs for the business ready, along with the title in the company name. If the truck is still on a lease or a loan, give us the lender’s name at the start so the lien release can be arranged with the sale.
Watsonville DMV
Duplicate titles from the Watsonville field office
Titles here are issued by the State of California Department of Motor Vehicles, and its Watsonville field office stands at 90 Alta Vista Avenue, Watsonville, 95076, about 4.2 miles from La Selva Beach. A seller whose title has gone missing can apply for a duplicate through that office before the truck changes hands.
Bring the VIN, the plate number and your identification when you visit the Watsonville office, and keep the receipt it gives you. When the duplicate title arrives, keep it unsigned until our driver is with you at pickup, so the transfer lines are completed correctly.
Where CARB’s truck rules stand for a coastal seller
La Selva Beach truck owners still ask where state rules stand: the Advanced Clean Trucks Regulation is contested, and a federal district court ruling in the Eastern District of California has paused enforcement of the California Air Resources Board’s 2036 100 Percent Medium- and Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicle Sales Requirements.
Its drayage, high priority and federal fleet requirements under the Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation are repealed, per CARB’s rulemaking record. An owner in La Selva Beach selling a diesel tractor can do so under the rules as they stand, and we take the truck as registered.
South along the bay
Trucks parked down by the Presidio and NAVSUPPACT
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists the Presidio of Monterey 22.7 miles south of La Selva Beach and NAVSUPPACT Monterey CA at 22.9 miles. A truck kept down that way, on the far side of the bay from town, can be collected where it stands rather than driven north.
If the truck is parked behind a gate or on a property that needs a pass, tell us who can let our driver in and what hours the site is open. That one detail settles most of the planning for a pickup on the Monterey side.
The questions we get asked in La Selva Beach
- Do you buy dump trucks that have hauled from the local quarries?Olive Springs Quarry Inc and A R Wilson Quarry are both crushed-stone sites near La Selva Beach on the Mine Safety and Health Administration register, and dump trucks that work them are among the trucks we buy. A VIN, the bed type and a few pictures from the quarry lot get us going.
- My title is lost - which DMV office serves La Selva Beach?The State of California Department of Motor Vehicles has its Watsonville field office at 90 Alta Vista Avenue, Watsonville, 95076, about 4.2 miles from town. Apply for a duplicate title there with the VIN and your identification.
- Can you collect a refrigerated truck from a nursery?Santa Cruz County’s 614 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture lead with propagative material and potted flowering plants, and reefer trucks from those growers are trucks we collect from the farm itself. Give us the farm’s address and a photo of the refrigeration unit.