Yard-side tractors near the tracks
Tractors working the Watsonville rail yard near Las Lomas
The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, places Watsonville Yard about 2 miles north-west of Las Lomas. If your tractor hauls loads in and out of that yard, give us the street or lot name where it is parked and we will plan the pickup around the yard traffic.
If the tractor sits on a lot near the tracks rather than at your home, tell us who holds the gate key. Have the title, the current registration and a few clear photos of the cab, frame and fifth wheel ready before we talk.
End dumps hauling from the A R Wilson and Natividad pits
A R Wilson Quarry, a crushed-stone operation listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, lies 5.7 miles east of Las Lomas. Natividad Plant, another crushed-stone quarry, is 11 miles to the south-east on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s records. End dumps, belly dumps and the tractors that pull them out of pits like these are trucks we buy.
If your dump truck still sits at a quarry, let us know which one and whether we need a site escort or a hard-hat check to reach it. Bring any scale tickets or service logs you kept; they tell the truck’s working story alongside the photos.
Sand, gravel and fill
Sand and gravel sites south and east
Further out, the Mine Safety and Health Administration records Plant 25, a sand and gravel operation 17.3 miles east, and Pine Canyon Quarry, also sand and gravel, 20.2 miles south. Marina Landfill, which the Mine Safety and Health Administration classes as an industrial-mineral mine, is 19.1 miles south of town.
Gravel haulers and roll-off trucks working those three sites often end the shift miles from Las Lomas. Leave the truck where it is parked and send us that address with a phone number for whoever can let us on site.
Nursery and ranch work
Potted plants, transplants and cattle in Monterey County
Potted flowering plants lead the Monterey County farm list in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, ahead of transplants and cattle, across 1,057 farms near Las Lomas. Box trucks and reefers that carry nursery stock, plus the stock trailers and tractors behind the cattle, all fit what we purchase.
A refrigerated unit should come with its reefer hour reading and any service records for the cooling unit. For a livestock hauler, photos of the trailer floor and gates alongside the tractor help us see the whole rig at once.
Air Resources Board status
Selling a diesel from Las Lomas under the current CARB rule list
For a Las Lomas fleet owner, the drayage, high-priority and federal parts of Advanced Clean Fleets now show as repealed on the California Air Resources Board’s rulemaking record. A federal court filing in the Eastern District of California shows enforcement of the zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty sales requirement as paused, and the Advanced Clean Trucks Regulation is contested, per the Air Resources Board’s own notice.
None of those statuses stops you selling a diesel tractor or straight truck registered in Las Lomas. Have the VIN and engine model year to hand so we can match the truck to its emissions label when we look it over.
Clearing the title on a truck kept near Watsonville Yard
A clean title in your name is the main document we need, along with the registration card and any lien release if the truck was financed.
Trucks based near NAVSUPPACT Monterey, the military installation the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places 20.3 miles south-west, follow the same steps. Send the title, registration and photos, and tell us where the truck is parked.
The questions we get asked in Las Lomas
- Will you pick up an end dump left inside the A R Wilson Quarry gate east of Las Lomas?A R Wilson Quarry sits 5.7 miles east of Las Lomas on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and we come to the truck at the pit. Give us the contact who controls site access so the visit is cleared in advance.
- Do you buy trucks used on Monterey County nurseries and ranches?Monterey County’s 1,057 farms, counted in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, lean on potted flowering plants, transplants and cattle, and the box trucks, reefers and stock haulers serving them are trucks we purchase. A VIN and a set of cab and trailer photos gets the Las Lomas listing going.
- The original title for my Las Lomas tractor has gone astray; which office issues a duplicate?A Las Lomas owner requests a duplicate title from the state’s title agency. Start that request early, and send us the registration and VIN in the meantime so everything else is ready.