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

FMCSA’s carrier census shows 19 active carriers based in Larkspur, and 18 of them are registered for intrastate work only, with just 1 cleared to cross state lines. A truck from one of those outfits has most likely spent its life on California roads, so the California title and current registration card are the two papers to put on top of the pile before you call.

Six of the Larkspur carriers in that federal census operate as private fleets, hauling their own goods rather than freight for hire. If your truck belonged to a contractor, a supplier or a landscaping business that ran its own rigs, say whose name is on the title and who can sign for the business.

Looking at the three biggest local operations, the carrier census lists one with 27 power units and 13 drivers, another with 11 power units and 14 drivers, and a third with 7 power units and 6 drivers. Selling one unit or several from a yard that size works the same way: a list of VINs and where each truck is parked lets us plan one visit.

General freight is the most common cargo class among the Larkspur carriers, with 4 of them listing it in FMCSA’s census. Box trucks and day cabs on that work are often kept at a shop or a customer dock rather than at home, so give us the street address and a name who can open the gate.

Two local carriers declare machinery and large objects, two declare passengers, and one declares dry bulk commodities, according to the same federal census. A lowboy tractor, a shuttle bus or a bulk hauler each has its own paperwork: bring whatever trailer title, seating plate or body build sheet you still have, together with clear photos of the cab, the frame and the tires.

On driver radius, FMCSA’s records count 39 drivers working within 100 miles of base and 19 going further. Most Larkspur trucks therefore end their working day close to Marin, which usually means the truck you want to sell is somewhere we can reach on the Larkspur side of the bay.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the San Rafael Rock Quarry, a crushed-stone operation, 5.2 miles north-east of town. Dump trucks and transfer rigs that load there can stay parked at the quarry or at your yard when you sell; tell us which, and whether a gate pass is needed.

Across the Richmond-San Rafael side of the bay, the North American Rail Network shows the West Chevron Yard 7.5 miles east and the Richmond Yard 8.4 miles east. If your tractor shuttled loads to either rail yard, note which one in your message so the pickup can be arranged around the yard’s access rules.

Two petroleum product terminals appear in Energy Information Administration listings east of Larkspur: the Richmond CA Terminal at 7.8 miles and the Richmond terminal at 8.7 miles. A fuel tanker that has served them should come with its tank inspection certificates and any hazmat placard records you hold, scanned or photographed.

Point Potrero Marine Terminal at the Port of Richmond, a roll-on/roll-off facility, lies 9.2 miles east of Larkspur on Bureau of Transportation Statistics records, and the Richmond port itself sits at 9.3 miles. Port drayage tractors are often left at a terminal lot; we collect from there once you tell us who manages the lot.

San Francisco Port is 12.2 miles south-east, per the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A truck still parked near the San Francisco waterfront does not have to be driven back over to Marin first; send the location and we come to it.

Six bridges sit in the Larkspur area in the National Bridge Inventory, one of them load-posted and one with less than 14 feet of clearance. In the National Bridge Inventory the low one is structure 27 0008S, carrying the freeway over Corte Madera Creek and Sir Francis Drake Boulevard at 12 feet 11 inches.

Under that span, a tall box truck or a tractor with an exhaust stack can be the wrong fit for the route out. When you describe where the truck is parked, mention whether it sits near Sir Francis Drake, so our driver plans a way out that avoids the freeway underpass.

Of the 6,651 jobs in Larkspur in 2023, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put 241 in transportation and warehousing, 231 in wholesale trade, 136 in construction and 80 in manufacturing. Delivery trucks from wholesale accounts and stake beds from building sites are both trucks we take, and each needs a title in the seller’s name.

Fifteen building firms keep an address in Larkspur, by the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns, and several of them run their own dump trucks and flatbeds. A contractor retiring a dump truck or flatbed should gather the title, the registration and any service invoices, which are photographed easily on a phone.

Marin County has 255 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with milk, cattle and equine at the top. Milk tankers, livestock haulers and horse-trailer tractors from those ranches are parked on farm ground more often than not; a gate code and a phone number for whoever is on site is all the access we need.

• Can you collect a dump truck still sitting at the San Rafael Rock Quarry instead of in Larkspur?The quarry sits 5.2 miles north-east of Larkspur on Mine Safety and Health Administration records, and we collect it there. Let us know who controls the gate and when the site is open.
• Will a tall truck have trouble getting out of my Larkspur street?Structure 27 0008S, carrying the freeway over Corte Madera Creek, clears 12 feet 11 inches in the National Bridge Inventory. Tell us the truck’s height and where it is parked, and the pickup route is planned around that span.
• Can a Larkspur business that hauls only its own goods sell one of its trucks?Larkspur has 6 private fleets in FMCSA’s carrier census, and a business-owned truck sells the same way as any other. Send the title in the company’s name and the name of the person allowed to sign for it.
• How does a Larkspur owner sell a truck whose California title has gone missing?A Larkspur truck carries a California title, and a lost one is replaced through California’s title agency before the sale closes. Start that request, then contact us with the VIN so everything else can be set up meanwhile.