Three rock and gravel sites within seventeen miles of Nice
Highway 175 Quarry, a sand and gravel operation the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists about 10.1 miles south-west of Nice, is the closest pit on its register. A dump truck or end-dump tractor that has hauled from there may still be parked on site, so tell us whether it is on the quarry grounds or at your yard, and who can let us in.
Two more sites lie south-east: S Bar S Quarry, a crushed-stone quarry 14.6 miles out, and DNA Ridge Rock, a sand and gravel operation at 16.8 miles, both on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list. Before a pickup at either, send photos of the bed, the hoist and the cab, plus the VIN plate, so we know which truck we are coming for.
Small, mostly in-state operators around Nice
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 10 active carriers based in Nice, and nine of those run intrastate only while one crosses state lines. If your truck has worked only inside California, have its California registration card with the title; that and the VIN are what we ask for first.
Two of the ten are private fleets hauling their own goods, per the same federal census, and the two biggest operations each list one power unit and one driver. An owner-operator selling a single tractor here deals with us directly, from the first photo to the signature on the title.
Freight, cars and feed
General freight, car hauling and farm supplies
Three Nice carriers declare general freight as cargo in FMCSA’s census, one declares driveaway or towaway work, one motor vehicles and one farm supplies. Whether yours is a box truck, a car-hauler tractor or a flatbed that carries feed, it is the kind of equipment we take on, and the trailer can be part of the same sale if you list it.
FMCSA’s carrier census shows a single Nice operator signing up in 2025, after a year with no newcomers at all in 2024. If you bought a truck to start out and have now stepped back from hauling, keep your USDOT number handy so we can match the truck to the authority it ran under.
Lost a California title in Lake County?
The State of California Department of Motor Vehicles handles titles through its DMV field offices, and the one nearest Nice is the Lakeport office at 965 Parallel Drive, Lakeport, 95453, roughly 7.3 miles away. If the title is missing, a duplicate is requested there, and you can start that while we arrange the rest of the sale.
Where a lender still holds a lien, bring the release or the lender’s contact details to the Lakeport DMV field office along with your ID. A title in a business name needs the person who signs for that business, so tell us early who that is.
Cattle, sheep and goat ground around town
Around Nice the farm economy runs to livestock: USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 581 farms in Lake County and names cattle, sheep and goats as its top three. A stock truck or a flatbed used for hay may be parked out on a ranch rather than in town, so give us the gate location and a phone number for whoever is there.
Jobs located in Nice totalled 597 in 2023 by the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts. For a truck that belongs to a ranch or a small business rather than a person, have the business title, a signer and the registration together before we schedule collection.
Zero-emission status
Where three zero-emission truck mandates sit for a Nice diesel
California’s Advanced Clean Fleets drayage, high-priority and federal fleet requirements have been repealed, and the Advanced Clean Trucks Regulation is listed as contested. If you are weighing whether to keep a diesel truck in Nice, check the current status of each rule before you decide.
A federal court filing has paused enforcement of the zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty sales requirement set for later years. None of these rules stops you selling the truck you own now; have its emissions label and engine model year photographed along with the rest.
The questions we get asked in Nice
- My dump truck is parked at the gravel pit south-west of Nice; can it stay there for collection?Highway 175 Quarry is about 10.1 miles south-west of Nice on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and we collect from there. Give us the name of whoever runs the gate at that pit and we clear the visit with them.
- Which office near Nice issues a duplicate title for a commercial truck?The Lakeport DMV field office at 965 Parallel Drive, Lakeport, 95453, about 7.3 miles from Nice, is the nearest State of California Department of Motor Vehicles location for a duplicate title.
- My tractor never left California under its authority; is an in-state truck a problem to sell from Nice?Nine of the 10 active carriers in Nice run intrastate only on FMCSA’s carrier census, so in-state trucks are the usual case here; bring the California registration and title and we work from those.