Crushed rock and cut stone
Rock haulers from Austin Quarry, Rockfield and the dimension-stone cuts
Crushed stone comes out of Austin Quarry, which the Mine Safety and Health Administration places a short 5.8-mile run north of the Ranchos. A dump truck or end-dump tractor that has worked that pit is often parked at the yard between loads, so tell us whether the quarry gate or your own driveway is where we should meet it.
East of town, Rockfield Plant is a sand and gravel operation that sits about 7.8 miles out, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s mine records. If your transfer truck or belly-dump combination has hauled aggregate from there, send photos of the bed, the frame rails and the cab, plus the VIN plate, and note which trailer stays with the sale.
Farther out, Academy Black lies roughly 19.4 miles east and Sierra White about 20.2 miles north, both dimension-stone quarries listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Flatbeds and heavy-spec tractors that moved cut stone from those sites are trucks we buy, and we collect them wherever they now stand.
Milk barns and feedlots
Milk, cattle and corn on the ground around town
Around Madera Ranchos, the farmland of Madera County carried 1,255 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and milk, cattle and corn led its sales. Milk tankers, livestock haulers and feed trucks working those operations are all welcome here; tell us the body type and the trailer it pulls when you get in touch.
A ranch truck often lives in a barn lot or along a field edge rather than on pavement. Give us the gate location, a phone number for whoever holds the key, and a note on whether a lowboy or tow unit can reach it, so collection is planned around the property.
Southbound to the rails
Rail sidings and a fuel rack south toward Fresno
Fresno Yard is a rail yard about 10.2 miles south of Madera Ranchos, per the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, and Calwa Yard sits about 16.8 miles to the south-east on that same rail map. Day cabs that shuttled loads to those sidings can be sold from wherever they park; give us the street address and any yard access rules.
The Energy Information Administration places a petroleum product terminal in Fresno roughly 18.9 miles south-east of town. If your tanker or fuel truck loaded there, keep the registration, any tank inspection certificates and the service log together, since those answer most of our questions before we ask them.
Fresno Yosemite International ANG, a military installation the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists about 14.1 miles south-east, is another landmark on that side of the valley. Owners who have moved away from the Fresno edge can leave the truck parked where it is and handle the sale by phone.
A local workforce leaning on construction
Of the 534 jobs the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts placed in Madera Ranchos for 2023, construction filled 120, a 22.5 percent share of local positions. Contractors here run pickups with service bodies, stake beds, water trucks and small dumps, and we buy each of those body styles.
If the truck belonged to a business, have the owner of record sign, or bring a letter showing who can sign for the company. Keep equipment lists for any crane, liftgate or dump body with the rest of the paperwork.
Where a lost California title gets replaced
The State of California Department of Motor Vehicles handles titles through its DMV field offices, and the nearest is Fresno North, at 6420 N Blackstone Avenue, Fresno, 93710, about 8.2 miles from Madera Ranchos according to the department’s office listing. That is where a missing certificate can be replaced before the sale.
Bring the current registration card and your identification when you visit Blackstone Avenue, and if a lender once held the truck, bring its lien release too. With the title in your name, the rest of the sale is a signature and a pickup time.
The questions we get asked in Madera Ranchos
- My end-dump sits at the Austin pit above the Ranchos; will you pick it up from the quarry lot?Austin Quarry sits about 5.8 miles north of town on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and a truck parked there or at any nearby pit can be collected on site. Give us the name of the quarry contact who opens the scale-house gate, and we plan the visit with that person.
- Which DMV counter serves Madera Ranchos owners missing a title certificate?Fresno North, a field office of the State of California Department of Motor Vehicles at 6420 N Blackstone Avenue, Fresno, lies about 8.2 miles away, per the department’s own office records. Take your registration and identification there to request a replacement.
- Do you buy milk tankers and cattle trailers from dairies around here?Milk and cattle top the farm sales for Madera County in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and tankers, livestock trucks and the tractors that pull them are all trucks we purchase. A VIN, a few photos of the tank or deck, and the dairy’s address are what we need first.