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

FMCSA’s carrier census counts 239 active carriers based in Mountain View, and 220 of them are listed as intrastate operators against 18 that cross state lines. For most sellers here that means the truck carries California registration only, so have the current California registration card and the title together before you call us.

Of those carriers, 49 run private fleets hauling their own goods rather than freight for hire, according to the same FMCSA census. If your truck belongs to a business like that, have the person whose name is on the title ready to sign, or a letter from the company authorising you to sell it.

New registrations have been steady but small: the federal carrier census shows 5 new Mountain View carriers in 2024 and 7 in 2025. A newer operation selling its first truck should gather the purchase paperwork, the title and any loan release before we arrange the pickup.

General freight is the cargo most often declared, by 53 local carriers in FMCSA’s census, followed by household goods at 16, garbage and refuse at 15, and liquids or gases at 11. Box trucks, moving vans, roll-off and packer trucks and tankers all fit what we buy, so tell us the body type along with the chassis.

For a refuse or tank body, send clear photos of the body, the controls and the plate on the tank or packer. A moving van seller should photograph the cargo box inside and out and note the liftgate model if there is one.

Drivers employed by Mountain View carriers number 796 working within 100 miles and 438 going farther, according to FMCSA’s census. Mileage filed with FMCSA by 32 Mountain View carriers puts the median truck at 22,297 miles a year. Have a current odometer reading and the VIN ready when you contact us; those two figures start every conversation.

Roadside inspection records kept by FMCSA cover 118 trucks from this city checked between August 2024 and August 2026, with a median model year of 2018 and 33.9 percent ten or more years old. Whatever the model year of yours, give us the year, make and model, and attach any inspection reports you have kept.

Fleet sizes vary widely: one Mountain View carrier in the FMCSA census lists 57 power units and 568 drivers, another 43 power units, a third 31. If you are selling several trucks from one fleet, send a list of VINs together and we will plan the collections as a single job.

Stevens Creek Quarry, a crushed-stone operation 7.1 miles south, and Langley Hill Quarry, 10.2 miles west, are both on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list. A dump truck or transfer that works either pit can stay parked at the yard; give us the address and a contact who can let us in.

Across the bay, the North American Rail Network places Newark Yard 8.9 miles north-east of Mountain View and Newhall Yard 9 miles east. The Energy Information Administration lists two petroleum product terminals in San Jose, 9.2 and 9.4 miles east, one of them the Shell San Jose Terminal. If your tractor is parked near a terminal or yard gate, tell us whose lot it is on so the pickup is arranged with them.

To the north-west, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists the port at Redwood City, 10.9 miles from town. Wherever the truck sits, at a port, a quarry or your own driveway, we come to it, so you do not need to drive it anywhere.

The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023 show 90,162 jobs in Mountain View, with 4,297 in wholesale trade, 3,202 in manufacturing, 1,234 in construction and 473 in transportation and warehousing. Delivery trucks serving those employers are welcome here; have the service records with the title if you kept them.

Construction establishments in the city number 122 in County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau. A contractor selling a flatbed, stake bed or dump truck should list any attached equipment, such as a crane or liftgate, so the photos and the description match.

A lost California title is replaced by the state’s title agency, and the truck can only change hands once the replacement or a signed release is in hand. Start that request before you contact us if the title is missing.

Of the 47 bridges the National Bridge Inventory records in Mountain View, none is load-posted and none has clearance under 14 feet. Tell us the height of the truck and trailer anyway, along with where it is parked, so the collection vehicle fits the route.

California’s Advanced Clean Fleets drayage and high-priority fleet requirements have been repealed, and enforcement of the state’s zero-emission truck sales requirement is paused. Keep the truck’s emission label and any compliance paperwork with the title.

• A dump truck of mine sits at Stevens Creek Quarry, south of town. Can it stay there for collection?The truck can wait for us inside the Stevens Creek crushed-stone operation. Stevens Creek Quarry is 7.1 miles south of Mountain View on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and we collect from the quarry yard; give us the gate contact and where in the yard the truck is parked.
• I haul for a mushroom or cattle operation in the county. Would you collect my farm truck from Santa Clara County?It is, and the 825 Santa Clara County farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with mushrooms, potted flowering plants and cattle leading, keep plenty of them working. Send the title and photos of the bed or livestock body along with the cab.
• The title for my truck vanished somewhere in Mountain View. What comes first?Request a duplicate from California’s title agency before anything else, then send us a photo of the replacement once it is in your hands so the sale can go ahead.