North-west gravel hauls
Gravel and aggregate north-west of town
Latona Aggregates, an industrial-mineral mine, lies 12.3 miles north-west of Lake California on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s mine list. A tractor or dump truck that has hauled out of that site can stay parked where it last worked; tell us the yard and who holds the key, and the pickup is planned around that spot.
Another 14.9 miles out in the same direction, the Mine Safety and Health Administration records Aggregate Products as a sand and gravel operation. Before you call about a truck that ran loads from there, find the title and the current registration, and take photos of the cab, the bed or trailer and the tires so we see the whole rig.
Toward Rodney’s pit
H.L. Rodney and the pits toward the foothills
H.L. Rodney, a sand and gravel operation 19.7 miles east of Lake California, is on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s mine records. If a truck working that pit is still on site, give us the gate contact and the hours someone can let a driver in.
Dump trucks, end dumps and transfer rigs from the three pits the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists within 20 miles all fit what we buy. Keep any service records or inspection reports that went with the truck; they fill in its history alongside the photos you send.
Tehama farm yards
Herds, corn rows and horse barns around Lake California
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 1,154 farms in Tehama County, with cattle, corn and equine at the top of the county’s list. Cattle haulers, grain trucks and horse rigs that serve those operations are trucks we collect from ranch yards and barns, not only from town.
If the truck sits on a ranch outside Lake California, send directions to the gate, note whether the road in is gravel or dirt, and name someone who will be there on the day. A pickup on private land goes smoothly once we know how to reach the truck.
Lake California titles
Lost paperwork on a Lake California rig
The seller’s name on the title should match the person signing it over. If the title for a Tehama County truck has gone missing, the state’s title agency handles a replacement, so start that request before we arrange the pickup.
Along with the title, gather the registration card, the VIN and the odometer reading. A farm truck kept in a shed for years still needs those same three things, and having them ready keeps the sale moving.
Rule status here
Where the Advanced Clean Trucks and Fleets rules stand for Lake California sellers
California’s Advanced Clean Trucks Regulation is listed as contested, and the Advanced Clean Fleets requirements for drayage, high priority and federal fleets have been repealed. Neither status changes what you need to sell a truck in Lake California: the title, the registration and photos.
A federal court filing in the Eastern District of California shows the 2036 rule requiring every new medium- and heavy-duty sale to be zero-emission is paused in enforcement, which leaves a Lake California seller’s checklist unchanged. A diesel tractor, dump truck or cattle hauler parked here is a truck we will still come and collect.
The questions we get asked in Lake California
- Will you collect an end dump that is still sitting at Latona Aggregates or Aggregate Products?Latona Aggregates sits 12.3 miles north-west and Aggregate Products 14.9 miles out, per the Mine Safety and Health Administration, and we collect at sites like those. Name the pit, the spot in its yard and the person at Latona or Aggregate Products who can let our driver through.
- Do you take cattle trucks and grain trucks from Tehama County ranches?Tehama County’s 1,154 farms, counted in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, are led by cattle, corn and equine, and the trucks that serve them are ones we buy. Photos of the stock trailer or grain bed, plus the VIN from the door jamb, open the conversation.
- My cattle truck’s title disappeared somewhere on the ranch; how do I get another one?Tehama County owners whose truck title has gone astray replace it through the state’s title agency, not through the county farm office. Once that replacement is under way, reach out with the VIN and where in Lake California the truck is parked.