Pits and quarries south of town
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Lucerne Valley Pit, a sand and gravel operation, 2.5 miles south-west of town, with the Omya California crushed-stone quarry 4.6 miles out on that same south-west line. A dump truck or end-dump tractor that works between those two sites may well be parked at a pit yard on the day we collect it; tell us which gate and who holds the key.
Lucerne Valley Plant and Quarry, a crushed-stone site 5.2 miles south, and a second sand and gravel operation 5.5 miles south-east both appear in Mine Safety and Health Administration listings. If your truck sits on quarry property, send photos of the cab, frame and tires taken where it stands, plus the VIN plate, so we can plan the visit around the site’s access rules.
Cement plants from Cushenbury to Black Mountain Quarry
Mine Safety and Health Administration records place the Cushenbury Plant, a cement operation, 6.6 miles south-east of Lucerne Valley, and the Black Mountain Quarry cement plant 17.6 miles to the north-west. Bulk pneumatic tractors and cement mixers tied to those plants are trucks we buy; have the registration and any service records together before you call.
Protech Minerals, a mineral processing plant the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists 22.9 miles west, is the farthest of the seven sites around town. A truck left at any of them can stay put: give us the address, the plant contact and whether a gate pass is needed, and the pickup is arranged with them.
Water tenders, lowboys and freight rigs registered in Lucerne Valley
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 71 active carriers based in Lucerne Valley; 26 of them list general freight, 5 haul well water, 4 move machinery and large objects and 3 carry liquids or gases. Water tenders and lowboy tractors from that mix are welcome here, so name the body or trailer setup when you describe your truck.
Of those carriers, 55 run intrastate only, 15 cross state lines and 12 are private fleets, according to the federal carrier census. For a truck that never left California, the California registration card and title are the two papers to find first.
The biggest operation on the FMCSA register here lists 112 power units and 54 drivers, while the next two list 13 and 6 power units. Whether you are selling one tractor or several units from a yard, we collect each truck where it is parked.
Roadside-inspected Lucerne Valley trucks by model year and mileage
Roadside inspection records kept by FMCSA cover 47 trucks from Lucerne Valley carriers between October 2024 and August 2026, with a median model year of 2021 and 19.15 percent ten or more model years old. Note the model year and engine on your title and registration so the details match when we look the truck over.
A dozen carriers here file yearly mileage with FMCSA, and the middle truck among them covers 29,896 miles a year, going by the median of those filings. Read the odometer and photograph it with the dash lit before you contact us, since that reading and the VIN are the first two things we ask for.
Drivers near the quarries and drivers far down the road
Driver records in FMCSA’s census show 45 drivers for Lucerne Valley carriers working within 100 miles and 124 working beyond that radius. A truck based here might be sitting at a quarry just out of town or at a stop far down the highway, and we can collect at either spot.
According to the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts, Lucerne Valley had 1,053 jobs in 2023, and 57 of them, or 5.4 percent, were in transportation and warehousing. Fifteen construction establishments operate locally, per the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns, alongside the hauling work. If your truck served a builder or a hauling outfit and the title is in a company name, bring the paperwork showing who can sign for that business.
Dairy, cattle and nursery loads in the county
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 809 farms in San Bernardino County, with milk, cattle and potted flowering plants at the top of its list. Livestock haulers, milk tankers and box trucks used for nursery stock all fit what we purchase.
A farm truck registered to a ranch or dairy partnership needs a signature from whoever is named on the California title. If that title has gone missing, the state’s title agency issues the duplicate, so start that request before you list the truck with us.
The questions we get asked in Lucerne Valley
- Will you pick up an end-dump sitting inside the Omya California quarry fence, south-west of Lucerne Valley?Quarries such as the Omya California site 4.6 miles south-west appear on Mine Safety and Health Administration listings, and we collect trucks at sites like that. Tell us which Omya gate to use and the name of the person on site who can open it.
- Do you buy water trucks from the Lucerne Valley area?Five carriers here list well water as cargo in FMCSA’s carrier census, and water trucks are among the trucks we purchase. Send the VIN, tank capacity and photos of the pump setup.
- How does a 2021 Lucerne Valley tractor compare with others inspected here?A 2021 model year matches the median for the 47 Lucerne Valley trucks in FMCSA roadside inspection records. Along with the VIN, send a lit-dash odometer photo and shots of the cab and frame rails.