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

The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Redlands Quarry, a sand and gravel operation 4.6 miles north-west of Mentone, and a second Redlands sand and gravel site 6 miles out in the same direction. A dump truck or end-dump tractor that loads at either pit is often parked at the yard between shifts, so tell us whether it sits at the quarry gate or at your house on the east side of town.

Further out, 14 miles south-east, Chandler Aggregates runs a dimension-stone quarry at Gilman Springs, also on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s register. Stone haulers working that road should have the title, the current registration and a few clear photos of the bed and the cab ready before calling, and we arrange collection where the truck is kept.

Heading west from Mentone, the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics puts Colton Yard at 11.6 miles and San Bernardino A Yard just past it at 11.8. Five Mentone carriers list intermodal containers as cargo in FMCSA’s carrier census, so a day cab that shuttles boxes off those tracks is the kind of tractor we collect from a drop lot or a driver’s driveway.

Container work out of Mentone runs to the San Bernardino ramp, which the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists 12.2 miles west along the same corridor as the Colton yards. If your tractor works that ramp, send us the VIN and a photo of the door sticker first; those two details settle most of what we ask next.

Two petroleum product terminals named for Colton sit 14.4 and 14.6 miles west on the Energy Information Administration’s list. A tanker tractor that loads there should come with its title and any inspection reports you keep, and the paperwork can stay in the cab when we arrive.

Of the 78 Mentone-based carriers active in FMCSA’s carrier census, 60 keep their loads inside California, 18 cross state lines, and 21 operate as private fleets moving their own goods. A private fleet’s truck usually carries the owner company’s name on the title, so have the person who can sign for that company available when you contact us.

General freight is listed by 35 of those carriers, while driveaway or towaway and motor vehicles each show 5, per the same federal census. One fleet registered in town runs 37 power units with 17 drivers, and two others run 6 units each, according to FMCSA’s carrier census. Whether you are selling one tractor or several from a small fleet, list each VIN and where each unit is parked.

New registrations stay steady and small: FMCSA recorded 4 new Mentone carriers in 2024 and 3 in 2025. If you started up in either year and are now selling, a recent title transfer is fine; bring the title in the operating company’s name or your own.

FMCSA roadside inspection records from September 2024 to August 2026 caught 68 Mentone-registered trucks at the roadside; half were model year 2018 or newer, and a quarter, 25 percent, were ten or more years old. Whatever the model year of yours, the registration card and the title together tell us the year, make and VIN at a glance.

Mileage filed with FMCSA by 19 Mentone carriers works out to a median of 24,000 miles a truck each year. In the same federal census, 70 drivers are listed as working within 100 miles and 111 beyond. Note the odometer reading in your first message; it is one of the first things we ask for.

The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023 show 1,611 jobs in Mentone, of which 205 are in wholesale trade, 163 in construction and 92 in manufacturing. Box trucks and straight trucks that make wholesale deliveries, and flatbeds or dumps on building sites, are all trucks we collect from a job yard here.

Seventeen construction contractors have an establishment in Mentone, by the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns. If your truck belongs to one of those contractors, photograph it where it stands on site and include the registration, so we can plan to reach it there.

USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 809 farms in San Bernardino County, with milk, cattle and potted flowering plants at the top. A livestock hauler or a nursery delivery truck from one of those operations can be collected at the farm gate; just give us directions in from the nearest paved road.

• Can you collect my end dump from the Redlands Quarry lot instead of my place in Mentone?Redlands Quarry is 4.6 miles north-west of Mentone on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and we can collect the truck there. Let us know who controls the gate so the pickup is arranged with them.
• Which details matter for a day cab that shuttles boxes between Mentone and the San Bernardino ramp?The San Bernardino intermodal ramp, 12.2 miles west per the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, sees tractors from the 5 Mentone carriers FMCSA lists for intermodal containers. For a Mentone day cab on that run, the VIN, the odometer figure and pictures of the fifth wheel and frame rails cover most of our early questions.
• My Mentone truck’s title has gone missing; how do I go ahead with a sale?Mentone trucks are titled through California’s title agency, which issues replacement titles to the registered owner. Tell us the title is missing when you first contact us, and have the registration and VIN on hand while the replacement is requested.
• Our Mentone company runs its own trucks for its own goods; whose signature goes on the title?Of Mentone’s 78 carriers in FMCSA’s census, 21 are private fleets, and their trucks are usually titled to the company. Whoever is authorized to sign for that company signs the title.