Stone pits nearby
Crushed stone and gravel pits south and west of Lucerne
S Bar S Quarry, which mines crushed stone, appears in Mine Safety and Health Administration records 8.8 miles south of Lucerne. A dump truck or end-dump tractor that has spent its shifts hauling stone out of there may be parked at the quarry rather than at a house in town, so give us the exact gate or yard where it sits and we will arrange collection there.
West of town, Highway 175 Quarry is a sand and gravel operation 9.9 miles out, according to MSHA records, and DNA Ridge Rock, another sand and gravel site, lies 10.4 miles to the south-east on the same federal list. If your truck moved aggregate between these pits, send photos of the body, the frame and the tires along with the VIN so the description and the pictures line up.
Intrastate haulers based in Lucerne
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 16 active carriers based in Lucerne, every one of them operating intrastate and none registered for interstate work. A truck registered for California-only operation can still be sold to us; have the current registration card and the title together before you call.
FMCSA’s census marks 4 of those 16 as private carriers that haul their own goods. The cargo lines in that same census show 3 carriers in general freight, 2 carrying passengers, 1 moving household goods and 1 hauling machinery and large objects, so box trucks, buses, moving vans and lowboy tractors all show up among the town’s registrations.
Fleets here are small: per the FMCSA census the biggest runs 5 power units with 1 driver, the next 2 power units with 3 drivers, and another a single unit with 1 driver. An owner selling one of five trucks can list each VIN in one message and we will handle them as a group.
Trip lengths
Short-haul and long-haul drivers from Lucerne bases
Driver counts in FMCSA’s census put 6 drivers working within 100 miles of base and 17 going beyond that radius. A truck that spends its week on longer in-state runs may not be home when you want to sell, so tell us where it will be parked at the end of its current trip.
New registrations are rare: the carrier census shows 1 new carrier in Lucerne in 2025 and none in 2024. If you are winding down an operation you started recently, keep the USDOT number and your operating authority paperwork with the title, since both help us confirm the truck belongs to the carrier selling it.
Builders and stock
Contractors and Lake County livestock farms
Lucerne had 301 jobs in 2023 by the count in the Census Bureau’s LEHD data, and County Business Patterns from the same bureau show 4 construction establishments. A contractor’s flatbed, dump or service truck from one of those firms is the kind of vehicle we collect from a job site or a contractor’s yard.
Lake County held 581 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with cattle, sheep and goats as the leading operations. A livestock hauler or ranch flatbed kept out on a Lake County property can be picked up where it stands; send a clear note of the access road and any gate code with your photos.
Where three clean-truck rules stand for Lucerne owners
California’s Advanced Clean Fleets requirements for drayage, high priority and federal fleets are listed as repealed in the California Air Resources Board’s 2025 rulemaking record. A Lucerne owner who had planned a sale around those fleet deadlines no longer faces them under that rule.
The Advanced Clean Trucks Regulation is shown as contested, and federal court records on govinfo.gov show enforcement of the 2036 zero-emission sales requirement for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles paused. Neither status changes what you need to sell a truck to us: the title, the registration and photos.
The questions we get asked in Lucerne
- Will you pick up a dump truck sitting at S Bar S or another pit outside Lucerne?S Bar S Quarry is 8.8 miles south and Highway 175 Quarry 9.9 miles west on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and we collect from yards like those as well as from homes in town; tell us which site and where on it the truck sits.
- My truck carries a California-only registration; does that matter for a Lucerne sale?All 16 active Lucerne carriers in FMCSA’s census operate intrastate, so a California-only registration is normal here and is not an obstacle; bring the registration and the title.
- The title for my Lucerne truck is missing - where do I replace it?Lucerne owners replace a lost title through the state’s title agency; start that request before the sale and tell us it is underway, so the paperwork is ready when we collect the truck.
- Do you buy ranch and livestock trucks in Lake County?Lake County’s 581 farms, led by cattle, sheep and goats in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, keep stock trailers and ranch flatbeds in use, and we buy those trucks; send the VIN, photos and the property’s location.