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

FMCSA’s carrier census shows 360 active carriers based in Morgan Hill, and 325 of them run intrastate only, so most trucks registered here stay inside California. If yours is one of them, have the California title and current registration together before you call, since those two papers settle who can sign for the truck.

Of those carriers, 117 are private fleets hauling their own goods rather than freight for hire, according to the same FMCSA census. A private fleet truck is often titled to the business, not the driver, so check whose name is on the title and have someone with signing authority available for the sale.

New registrations keep arriving: the federal carrier census records 15 new Morgan Hill carriers in 2025 and 13 in 2024. If you started an operation recently and are now selling a tractor or straight truck, your purchase paperwork and any lien release from the lender are the documents to dig out first.

General freight is the cargo listed by 121 local carriers in FMCSA registrations, ahead of machinery and large objects at 32. Box trucks, dry vans and day cabs that move this freight up and down the valley are trucks we buy; send photos of the cab, the body or trailer, and the VIN plate.

Refuse haulers account for 19 Morgan Hill carriers in the FMCSA census, the same count as carriers moving metal sheets, coils and rolls. Roll-off trucks, packers and flatbeds built for coil loads carry equipment of their own, so tell us the body type and the make of any hoist or packer when you reach out.

Lowboys and heavy-haul tractors registered for machinery work tend to sit at a yard or job site rather than at home. Give us the street address where the truck is parked and a name at the gate, and we arrange collection there.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists A R Wilson Quarry, a crushed-stone operation 16.3 miles south of Morgan Hill, and Olive Springs Quarry 16.5 miles to the west. Dump trucks and transfer rigs that load at either pit can be collected where they are parked; the quarry office will usually need to know a visitor is coming, so tell us who to contact there.

Farther out, PLANT 25, a sand and gravel operation 20.6 miles south-east, and Quail Hollow Operation 23.3 miles west both appear in Mine Safety and Health Administration records. If your truck hauled aggregate from these sites, any scale tickets or maintenance logs you kept are useful to send with the photos, though they are not required.

Gilroy Yard sits 9.8 miles south-east of Morgan Hill on the North American Rail Network, with Watsonville Yard 16.9 miles south on the same federal map. Drayage tractors working between these yards and local shippers can be picked up wherever they finish their last run; give us the yard or lot and the gate hours.

To the north-west, the Energy Information Administration lists the San Jose Terminal petroleum products site 20.9 miles away and a second San Jose terminal at 23.3 miles. Tank trucks and fuel tractors serving those racks often carry hazmat endorsements and tank test records; keep the most recent tank inspection paper with the truck when you sell it.

Manufacturing holds 3,322 of the 17,980 jobs located in Morgan Hill in 2023, according to the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts, which is 18.5 percent. Construction adds 1,558 jobs and wholesale trade 1,138 in the same LEHD figures. Straight trucks, stake beds and flatbeds used by contractors and suppliers here are welcome; the registration card shows us the weight class and body before we see the truck.

Across Santa Clara County, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 825 farms, with mushrooms, potted flowering plants and cattle among the leading products. Reefer trucks, nursery haulers and livestock rigs from those farms can be sold from the farm itself; tell us whether the access road suits a tow truck or a lowboy.

Local carriers report 340 drivers working within 100 miles of base and 435 who go beyond it, in FMCSA’s carrier census. Short-haul trucks are usually parked near Morgan Hill when it is time to sell; long-haul units may be anywhere on the road network, and we can collect from the city where the truck ends up.

Among 79 local carriers reporting both mileage and power units to FMCSA, the median comes to 12,000 miles per truck a year. Read the odometer and photograph it with the dashboard lit, so the number you give us matches what we see at pickup.

FMCSA’s carrier census shows the three largest fleets based here running 56, 48 and 29 power units. Fleet owners selling several trucks at once can send one list of VINs with their locations, and we work through the collection truck by truck.

• Can my dump truck stay at the A R Wilson or Olive Springs pit while you collect it?The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists A R Wilson Quarry 16.3 miles south and Olive Springs Quarry 16.5 miles west of town, and we collect at the quarry. Give us the site contact so the visit is cleared at the gate.
• The California title for my Morgan Hill dump truck or tractor has gone missing; can I still sell?Request a duplicate from California’s title agency before the sale, or tell us the title is missing and we explain the steps.
• Will you take a packer or roll-off from a Morgan Hill refuse outfit?FMCSA’s carrier census lists 19 Morgan Hill carriers hauling garbage, refuse and trash, and packers and roll-offs from those operations are trucks we purchase.