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

The Energy Information Administration lists two petroleum product terminals just north of town: Martinez Terminal at 1.9 miles and a second Martinez terminal 2.3 miles to the north-east. A tractor that has pulled fuel out of either gate is usually parked close by, so give us the yard address and the name of whoever holds the gate key, and we can arrange collection there.

Shell Oil’s liquid bulk terminal, 2.3 miles north-west on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics list, adds a third loading point on the same stretch of shore. If your tanker unit carried product from it, tell us the trailer type it pulled and send photos of the tractor, the fifth wheel and the cab interior so we know what we are looking at.

Further out along that waterfront, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the Ozol Defense Fuel Support Point 3.4 miles north-west of Martinez. If your truck is parked inside that fence, let us know who can escort a driver in.

On the North American Rail Network, which the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics maintain, Ozol Yard is 2.7 miles north-west of Martinez and Benicia Yard is 4.2 miles due north. A day cab that shuttled loads between those rail sidings and the terminals can be picked up at either end; just tell us whether it sits at Ozol or at Benicia.

Military Ocean Terminal Concord lies 6.4 miles to the north-east on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics register. If your truck is parked near the Concord installation rather than in Martinez itself, that is fine: send the street location, the VIN and a photo of the registration card, and we plan the visit around the address you give.

Construction accounts for 2,277 of the 23,617 jobs held here in 2023, or 9.6 percent, by the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts. Dump trucks, water trucks and equipment haulers from those crews are the kind of unit we buy, and the title plus a recent registration are the two documents to have in hand.

Contra Costa contractors with a Martinez address number 195 construction establishments in the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns. Lake Herman Quarry, a crushed-stone operation the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists 9 miles north-west, is the nearest aggregate source; if your dump truck hauled from its pit, a photo of the bed and the tailgate helps us see the setup.

Machinery and large objects are the cargo for 20 Martinez carriers, and 19 more haul logs, poles, beams and lumber, per FMCSA’s carrier census. For a lowboy tractor or a log truck, list the trailer that goes with it, or tell us it stays behind, so the sale covers exactly what you mean to sell.

Of the 267 active Martinez carriers on FMCSA’s census, 244 keep to intrastate work, 23 haul across state lines, and 95 are private fleets carrying their own goods. A private-fleet truck titled to a business needs a signature from someone allowed to sign for that business, so have that person named before we talk.

General freight is listed by 91 of those carriers and garbage, refuse and trash by 28, according to the federal carrier census. Refuse trucks are often parked at a city or contractor lot, so share the lot address and the hours a gate is open.

Among registered drivers in the FMCSA census, 370 stay within 100 miles and 428 run beyond that radius. If your truck is out on a long run when you contact us, tell us where it will be when the run ends, and we meet it there.

The three largest local fleets in FMCSA’s census run 47, 35 and 35 power units, and the same records show 15 new carriers registered in 2025 and 10 in 2024. Whether you run one truck or a yard full, the paperwork is the same per unit: title, registration and the VIN for each.

Between September 2024 and August 2026, inspectors checked 224 trucks belonging to Martinez carriers, and FMCSA roadside inspection records put their median model year at 2018. Send the model year and the VIN when you first contact us, since those two figures let us match the truck to its build sheet.

Of those 224 inspected Martinez trucks, 36.2 percent carried a model year ten or more years back, per the same FMCSA roadside records. The model year is simply a line on the form; for 48 carriers reporting it, the census lists median annual mileage per truck at 10,000, so an odometer photo belongs with the rest.

Not one of the 26 Martinez bridges in the National Bridge Inventory carries a posted load limit. The National Bridge Inventory also shows one under 14 feet: State Route 4 over the Franklin Equip & Pipe undercrossing, with 13 ft 8 in of clearance.

If your truck carries a tall body or a rack, tell us its height, and we plan the route from your yard to the highway around that low State Route 4 structure listed in the National Bridge Inventory.

• My tractor sits in a yard by the Martinez fuel terminals; does it have to come into town first?The Energy Information Administration lists Martinez Terminal 1.9 miles north of town, and the tractor stays in that yard; we collect it where it sits. Share the yard address and the person who unlocks the terminal-side gate.
• The title for my Martinez truck is missing; is that the end of the sale?A duplicate comes from the state’s title agency in California, and you can start the sale with us while that request is in progress; send the VIN and registration so we can check the record.
• Do you buy refuse trucks from Contra Costa County?FMCSA’s carrier census shows 28 Martinez carriers hauling garbage, refuse and trash, and those trucks are ones we buy. Photos of the body, the cab and the VIN plate are a good start.
• Where do the Air Resources Board truck rules stand for a Martinez owner selling now?The California Air Resources Board shows the Advanced Clean Fleets drayage and high-priority fleet requirements as repealed, and a federal court filing shows the zero-emission sales requirement with enforcement paused. Send us the model year and engine details with your photos.