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

The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, places Modesto Yard half a mile south-east of the city centre and Modesto Terminal Yard 0.9 miles east. If your tractor works between those yards, tell us which side of the tracks it is parked on and we will collect it there.

Bring the title and current registration to the first call, along with the VIN. If the truck is kept on a yard lot that is not yours, give us the name of whoever controls the gate so the pickup can be booked with them directly.

Munn & Perkins Pit & Mill lies 8.7 miles north of Modesto and Hughson Aggregates 9.9 miles east, both listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration as sand and gravel operations. Dump trucks, transfer rigs and end-dump tractors that cycle between those pits and job sites are trucks we purchase; send photos of the bed, the frame and the cab so we see the whole unit.

Out west, the Vernalis Plant appears in Mine Safety and Health Administration records as an industrial-mineral mine 18.9 miles from town. If your truck is parked at a mine site rather than at home, tell us whether a visitor needs a site escort or a safety briefing, and we will arrange the collection around those rules.

According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, rail intermodal ramps sit at Lathrop, 19.7 miles north-west, and at Stockton, 20.2 miles in the same direction. A day cab that drays containers to those ramps can be sold from Modesto even if it is kept near Lathrop; give us the address and we come to it.

The Defense Distribution depot’s West Sharpe Site is listed 20.2 miles north-west of the city by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Trucks that serve a secured installation often stay behind a guarded gate, so let us know if the truck is inside a fence that needs a pass, and move it to an open lot before pickup if you can.

FMCSA’s carrier census lists 2,330 active carriers in Modesto, with 1,172 of them registered for general freight, 215 for fresh produce, 182 for refrigerated food and 182 for meat. If yours is a reefer tractor or a straight truck with a refrigeration unit, include the reefer unit’s make and hours with the photos, since we look at the box as well as the tractor.

Of those Modesto carriers in the FMCSA census, 1,897 run intrastate only, 433 run interstate and 485 are private fleets hauling their own goods. Interstate operators should have the cab card and any apportioned registration paperwork ready; intrastate and private-fleet owners need only the California title and registration.

Newly registered Modesto carriers numbered 152 in 2025 and 139 in 2024, by FMCSA’s census. Owner-operators who started recently and have since decided to step out can sell the truck the same way a long-time fleet does: title, registration and photos are what we need first.

Drivers working within 100 miles number 3,606 across Modesto’s carriers, against 3,517 driving beyond that radius, per the FMCSA census. Among the 525 carriers that report mileage there, the census puts the median at 37,621 miles a truck each year. Have the current odometer reading and any service log handy, whichever group your truck runs in.

The three biggest fleets based in Modesto run 335, 280 and 232 power units, with 304, 295 and 199 drivers, according to FMCSA’s carrier census. Fleet managers selling several tractors at once can send a single list of VINs, and we will work through each unit on it.

Between August 2024 and August 2026, FMCSA roadside inspection records cover 1,635 trucks from Modesto carriers, with a median model year of 2019 and 26 percent ten or more years old. Whatever the model year on your title, we buy it; note the year and engine on your first message.

The National Bridge Inventory counts 43 bridges in Modesto, one of them load-posted and one with clearance under 14 feet. That low one is the Seventh Street crossing of the Tuolumne River, at 11 ft 1 in according to the same National Bridge Inventory record, so tell us if your truck is parked south of the river and we will route the collection around it.

The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023 show 83,000 jobs in Modesto, with 7,967 in manufacturing, 2,730 in construction, 1,825 in wholesale trade, 1,198 in transportation and warehousing and 586 in agriculture. Box trucks and tractors that run between plants and wholesale docks in town are on the list of what we buy; tell us the body type and length when you write.

USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 3,455 farms in Stanislaus County, with milk, cattle and corn at the top of the list. A milk tanker, livestock hauler or grain truck kept at a dairy or ranch can stay there; send the farm address and a contact who will be on site.

Stanislaus contractors show up in the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns as 476 construction establishments, beside 20 warehousing ones around Modesto. Contractors with a dump truck, flatbed or water truck parked at a job site can sell it from there, as long as the title is in the company name or signed over to whoever is selling.

• My truck is parked near the Lathrop ramp, not in Modesto. Do I have to bring it home?Leave it by the Lathrop ramp. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists the Lathrop intermodal ramp 19.7 miles north-west of Modesto, and we collect from there; give us the lot address and who holds the keys.
• I run a reefer that hauls fresh produce out of Stanislaus County. Will you collect a produce reefer from Modesto?We take produce reefers. FMCSA’s carrier census lists 215 Modesto carriers registered for fresh produce and 182 for refrigerated food, and their tractors and reefer trucks are trucks we buy. Send the title, registration and photos of the tractor and the refrigeration unit.
• Where do I go if I have lost the California title?Apply for a duplicate through the state’s title agency before the sale, and tell us when you first contact us that a replacement is on its way so we can plan the paperwork around it.
• My dump truck works the gravel pit at Hughson. Can you pick it up at the pit?The pit is a fine pickup point. Hughson Aggregates is 9.9 miles east of Modesto in Mine Safety and Health Administration records, and we can collect at the pit if the operator lets us on site; tell us who to call at the gate.