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

FMCSA’s carrier census lists 64 active carriers based in Lafayette, and 62 of them run intrastate against just 2 cleared for interstate work. If your truck has only ever carried California loads, bring the California registration card and the title with the name exactly as it reads on the registration; that pairing is the first thing we match.

Of those Lafayette carriers, 29 are private fleets hauling their own goods rather than freight for hire, according to FMCSA’s census. A truck that belonged to a contractor, a landscaper or a supply yard can still be sold by the owner of record, so if the title is in a business name, have someone who can sign for that business on hand.

The same FMCSA census shows the biggest Lafayette fleets topping out at 11 power units with 12 drivers, then 10 units with 10 drivers, then 6 units with 2 drivers. Owners of small fleets like these can sell one tractor or several; send a list of VINs and where each unit is parked, and we work through them one title at a time.

In the cargo listings of FMCSA’s carrier census, 23 Lafayette carriers declare general freight, 7 haul garbage and refuse, 6 move machinery and large objects, and 4 carry household goods. Box trucks, roll-offs, lowboy tractors and moving vans all fit inside that spread, and any of them can be listed with us using the VIN, the plate and a set of clear photos.

For a refuse truck or a roll-off, photograph the body and the hoist along with the cab and the plate, because those seven garbage haulers on the federal census run specialised bodies that the photos need to show. For a lowboy or machinery hauler, a picture of the trailer plate and the tractor’s door sticker lets us confirm the unit before we arrange collection.

Lafayette carriers report 53 drivers working within 100 miles of base and 56 going farther, in FMCSA’s carrier census. Whether your truck stayed on local runs or went longer, tell us where it sits today, and we collect it from that spot rather than asking you to move it.

Among the eight Lafayette carriers that gave FMCSA a yearly mileage figure, the middle truck logs 4,375 miles. Note the odometer reading when you send photos, and keep the most recent service or inspection records with the title so the paperwork travels with the truck.

The Energy Information Administration places two Martinez Terminal petroleum product sites 8.8 miles north-east and 9.3 miles north of Lafayette. A tanker or fuel delivery tractor that loaded there may be parked near the terminals rather than in town; give us the exact yard address and the name of whoever controls the gate.

North of town, the Ozol Yard sits 9.3 miles away on the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, and Emeryville Yard lies 10.1 miles west. The Ozol Defense Fuel Support Point, 9.7 miles north per the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, keeps company with that yard, so a truck that ran rail or fuel loads up there can be collected at its current lot.

Clayton Aggregates and the Clayton Plant, two crushed-stone quarries 9.4 and 10 miles east on Mine Safety and Health Administration records, round out the heavy sites around Lafayette. Dump trucks and transfer rigs that hauled stone from Clayton should come with the title, the registration and a photo of the bed, and we pick them up wherever they last parked.

The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put 9,821 jobs in Lafayette in 2023, with construction holding 550 of them, or 5.6 percent. On that same LEHD count, wholesale trade adds 142 jobs and manufacturing 110. Pickups with service bodies, flatbeds and small dump trucks belong to that construction share, and any of them can be listed with us by the owner on the title.

The Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns tally finds 73 construction establishments operating under a Lafayette address. If a contractor is closing out a job or slimming a yard, the trucks can be sold from the jobsite itself; send us the site address, the gate hours and a contact who will be there.

Lafayette has 35 bridges on the National Bridge Inventory kept by the Federal Highway Administration, with none load-posted and none under 14 feet of clearance. Tell us if the truck sits behind a gate or down a narrow residential lane, and we send a collection truck that fits the access.

Across Contra Costa County, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 405 farms, led by cattle, flower seeds and bulbs. Livestock haulers and farm flatbeds from those county operations can be sold with the same title and registration, and collected at the ranch gate.

The California Air Resources Board lists the Advanced Clean Trucks Regulation as contested, the zero-emission sales requirement as paused in enforcement, and the drayage and high-priority fleet requirements of Advanced Clean Fleets as repealed. Whatever engine year your truck carries, list it with us; if a California title is lost, the state’s title agency issues a duplicate, and we can tell you which form to request.

• My truck is parked near the Martinez terminals, outside Lafayette proper. Do you pick up from a terminal lot that far out?The Energy Information Administration lists the Martinez Terminal sites 8.8 and 9.3 miles from Lafayette, and we collect from lots like those. Send the yard address and whoever holds the gate key.
• I run a two-truck business out of Lafayette with only in-state authority. Is that a problem for selling?Sixty-two of Lafayette’s 64 active carriers on FMCSA’s census are intrastate, so in-state authority is the usual case here. Bring the title, the registration and the USDOT number, and we handle the rest of the paperwork with you.
• Can I sell a dump truck that hauled from the Clayton quarries?Clayton Aggregates lies 9.4 miles east of Lafayette on Mine Safety and Health Administration records, and dump trucks from that run are among what we purchase. Photograph the bed, the cab and the VIN plate, and have the title ready.