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

The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the Soledad Mountain Project, a metal mine, just 0.7 miles south-east of town, with Mojave Rock Mine, a sand and gravel operation, 2 miles to the south. A dump truck or end-dump tractor that runs between those sites and the highway is often parked at the pit or a yard nearby, so give us the gate address and who holds the key when you get in touch.

West of town, Mojave Plant & Quarry is a cement plant 6.1 miles out, and Tehachapi Cement, LLC. sits 14 miles to the north-west, both on Mine Safety and Health Administration records. If your mixer or bulk cement tractor works those two plants, have the title, current registration and any service log in the cab when we arrive; a photo of the VIN plate and the odometer lets us start before the visit.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists two more sites in the ring: Mojave Pit, sand and gravel, 5.1 miles south-west, and Big Iron DG Mine, a crushed-stone quarry 8.7 miles south. Tell us which of these the truck loads at and we can plan collection from the site itself rather than asking you to move it into town.

According to the Energy Information Administration, the Mojave Asphalt Terminal, a petroleum product terminal, stands 1.7 miles north-east of the town centre. A tank truck or asphalt tanker that loads there should come with its tank inspection paperwork and registration, and photos of the tank, the cab and the plate on the barrel help us see what you have.

Just past the asphalt terminal, 2.6 miles out on the north-east side, the North American Rail Network from the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics marks Mojave Yard. A tractor that shuttles loads to and from the yard can be collected wherever it is parked; send the street address and a note on how a truck reaches the spot.

FMCSA’s carrier census counts 55 active carriers based in Mojave, of which 51 operate intrastate only, 4 cross state lines and 17 are private fleets hauling their own goods. Most sellers here are therefore registered for California work alone, and the California title and registration in your name are the two papers we ask for first.

By cargo type in that same federal census, 16 local carriers declare general freight, 5 haul garbage, refuse and trash, 4 move liquids or gases and 3 carry machinery and large objects. Whether yours is a refuse packer, a tanker or a flatbed for equipment, a set of photos covering both sides, the cab interior and the plates is enough to begin.

FMCSA’s carrier census lists the top local operation at 48 power units with 95 drivers, the next at 33 power units with 24 drivers, and a third at 4 power units. If you are clearing several trucks out of a fleet that size, send us a list of VINs and where each one is parked so we can plan one trip rather than several.

Drivers working for Mojave carriers split between 133 who stay within 100 miles and 76 who go farther, by the count in FMCSA’s census. A truck on local runs is usually back at its yard each evening, which makes that the simplest place for us to meet it.

In FMCSA’s carrier census, the 6 local carriers that report mileage show a median of 11,764 miles per truck a year. Have the current odometer reading ready when you call, since that is one of the first details we take down.

New registrations show 5 carriers starting up in 2025 and 3 in 2024, per FMCSA’s carrier census. If you bought a truck to start one of those operations and the plans have changed, the title and the bill of sale from your purchase are what we need to see.

In 2023, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put 2,758 jobs in Mojave, with manufacturing at 1,011, or 36.7 percent, and transportation and warehousing at 469, or 17 percent. If your truck served a plant or a warehouse here, say which one, so we know the kind of site we will be driving into for collection.

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction account for 251 jobs, 9.1 percent of the local total, on the same LEHD figures. County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau records 5 construction establishments in Mojave as well; a water truck or flatbed from that work can be picked up at the job site if that is where it stands.

USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 1,691 farms across Kern County, with milk, cattle and cotton as the top products. A livestock hauler, milk tanker or module truck working those farms may be parked out at a ranch rather than in Mojave, and we can collect it there.

For a farm truck, the title and registration matter most; if it was registered to a ranch or partnership, have the person who signs for that entity on hand, and tell us in which part of Kern County the truck sits.

• My dump truck sits at a pit off Soledad Mountain; will you come out there to collect it?Mojave is ringed by sites on Mine Safety and Health Administration records, from Soledad Mountain Project 0.7 miles out to Big Iron DG Mine 8.7 miles south, and we collect at the site. Pass along which pit gate to use and a phone number for the person holding the site key.
• Does an intrastate-only California registration affect selling my Mojave rig?Of the 55 active Mojave carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, 51 run intrastate only, so a California-only truck is the usual case here. Your California title and registration are what we ask for.
• Do you take tank trucks that load at the asphalt terminal?The Mojave Asphalt Terminal sits 1.7 miles north-east of town on Energy Information Administration records, and tankers working it are trucks we buy. Have the tank inspection paperwork and photos of the barrel ready.
• What should a Mojave fleet owner send before selling a dozen tractors together?Mojave’s larger local fleets run 48 and 33 power units according to FMCSA’s census, so multi-truck sales come up here. Send a list of VINs with the address of each truck and we will plan the collection around it.