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

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the Pier E intermodal ramp about 2.7 miles west of the city and the Pier G ramp some 2.8 miles to the south-west. A day cab that shuttles boxes between those piers and the rail lines is the kind of tractor we collect here. Have the title and current registration together before you reach out, and note which pier the tractor last worked from.

Pier B Yard sits roughly 2.5 miles west, and the ITS Yard about 2.7 miles south-west, according to the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. If your truck is parked inside a terminal gate rather than at your home, tell us who controls access and we will clear the pickup with the terminal.

Two roll-on/roll-off terminals also appear in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics listings: the Matson Auto Yard at about 2.4 miles west and SSA Terminals at Pier C near 2.7 miles. Photos of the cab, the frame rails and the fifth wheel, taken where the truck stands, let us plan the collection around that exact spot.

Hathaway, a petroleum product terminal about 1.5 miles north-east, and Signal Hill, roughly 1.7 miles in the same direction, are both on the Energy Information Administration’s terminal list. A tractor that pulled fuel tankers from either site can be sold with or without its trailer; tell us which you are offering.

For tank work, keep the hazmat-related inspection reports and service records with the truck, since they are the paper trail of where it ran. If the trailer belongs to someone else, say so up front and we will arrange the collection of the tractor alone.

FMCSA’s carrier census counts 3,370 active carriers based in Long Beach, with 1,411 of them listing general freight and 483 listing intermodal containers. Whether yours is a container chassis puller or a box truck on local delivery, the steps to sell are the same: VIN, title, registration and a few clear photos.

Of those carriers, 2,673 run intrastate only and 686 run interstate, while 412 operate as private fleets, per the same FMCSA census. An owner-operator closing a single-truck authority sells the same way a private fleet clearing out one unit does; we deal with the titled owner either way.

New registrations kept coming, with FMCSA recording 132 new Long Beach carriers in 2025 and 126 in 2024. If you started up recently and the truck is still financed, have the lienholder’s name and account details ready with the title.

Drivers working within 100 miles number 4,686 against 4,174 who go farther, according to FMCSA’s carrier census for Long Beach-based carriers. Among 564 carriers reporting mileage, the median truck covered 26,250 miles a year in the same census, so short harbor runs are a normal profile for a truck we collect.

FMCSA roadside inspection records from 1,352 trucks inspected between August 2024 and August 2026 put the median model year at 2018, with 33.28 percent ten or more years old. Whatever the model year of yours, the paperwork we ask for does not change.

Fleet sizes vary widely; in FMCSA’s census the three biggest local operations run 530, 293 and 252 power units. If you are releasing several trucks at once, send a list of VINs and where each one is parked so we can collect them in one plan.

Of the 198 Long Beach structures in the National Bridge Inventory, three carry posted load limits and five clear less than 14 feet. Tell us the exact address where the truck sits so the route to it accounts for those structures.

The lowest, structure 53C0727, carries Wardlow Road over the El Dorado Park east access road at 12 feet 0 inches, per the National Bridge Inventory. If your truck is parked near El Dorado Park, mention it, and we will route the collection around that crossing.

The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023 put 14,532 of the city’s 175,424 jobs in transportation and warehousing, with 8,537 in manufacturing and 6,814 in construction. Dump trucks, flatbeds and box trucks from those trades are all trucks we collect in Long Beach.

County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau show 468 construction establishments in Long Beach. If your truck belongs to a contractor’s business rather than to you personally, the business is the titled owner, so have someone authorised to sign for it on hand.

The California Air Resources Board lists its Advanced Clean Fleets drayage requirements as repealed, and a federal court filing records enforcement of the zero-emission sales requirement as paused. Port drayage tractors are still sold the ordinary way: a signed California title, current registration and a valid ID.

If the title is lost, the California Department of Motor Vehicles issues the duplicate, and that is the office to contact before we schedule collection. Bring up a lost title early so the replacement is under way while we arrange the rest.

• My tractor sits near the Pier E ramp; does it have to come off the harbor first?It can stay where it is. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the Pier E intermodal ramp about 2.7 miles west of the city, and we collect from there; tell us who manages the gate.
• I pulled fuel from the Signal Hill terminal. Do you take the tractor without the tanker?We can take the tractor alone. The Energy Information Administration lists Signal Hill as a petroleum product terminal about 1.7 miles north-east, so tell us whether the tank trailer is yours to sell or stays behind.
• Does the Wardlow Road bridge affect a pickup near El Dorado Park?We plan around it. The National Bridge Inventory gives that crossing 12 feet 0 inches of clearance, so give us the address and we route the collection to suit.