Silica, crushed stone and gravel west of town
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Sierra Silica Resources, an industrial-mineral mine, 4.6 miles west of Oroville East, with the Pacific Heights Pit crushed-stone quarry 5.6 miles out in the same direction. A dump truck or end-dump tractor that has hauled from either site may still be parked near the scale house, so tell us which pit it sits at and who can let us through the gate.
Morris Ravine Mine, a sand and gravel operation the Mine Safety and Health Administration places 6 miles north-west, and the TRP Table Mountain Plant quarry at 9.4 miles complete the cluster. If your truck moved aggregate between these pits, have the title, the current registration and a few clear photos of the bed, the cab and the tires ready before you call.
Further south, STRINGER PIT is a sand and gravel operation 19.6 miles away by the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s listing. Trucks based there do not need to be driven up to Oroville East; give us the pit’s address and we plan the collection where the truck stands.
Two rail yards and a fuel terminal toward Chico
Just 3.8 miles west of Oroville East, the Federal Railroad Administration and Bureau of Transportation Statistics map OROVILLE YARD on their North American Rail Network. Day cabs and flatbeds that shuttle loads to and from a rail yard are trucks we purchase, and a VIN plus an odometer photo lets us start on yours.
BARBER YARD appears 23.9 miles north-west, toward Chico, on the North American Rail Network. A tractor that worked between the two yards can be listed with either address as its pickup point; just say which lot it is parked on.
Chico also holds a petroleum product terminal 22.9 miles north-west, according to the Energy Information Administration. For a fuel tanker or a tractor that pulled tank trailers out of it, keep any terminal loading records or service logs with the title so the truck’s history travels with it.
Trucks in service
Median 2017: the trucks inspected around Oroville East
Across 84 trucks stopped near Oroville East from September 2024 to August 2026, the median model year in FMCSA roadside inspection records was 2017. Whatever year yours is, the model year, make and VIN are the first three things to send us.
A 34.5 percent share of those Butte County stops, per the same FMCSA records, involved trucks ten or more model years old. Older and newer units alike can be sold to us, and a copy of your most recent inspection report is a useful document to attach.
Contractors, rice fields and cattle ranches
Of the 1,671 jobs the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts place in Oroville East for 2023, 95 were in construction, or 5.7 percent. Contractors are counted too: the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns puts 71 construction establishments in this corner of Butte County. A contractor’s dump truck, water truck or flatbed from one of those outfits can be sold with its title and registration in hand.
Butte County had 1,667 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, and rice, cattle and corn led its output. Grain trucks, cattle haulers and bulk tractors parked on a ranch or at a rice dryer are collected from the farm itself; send directions to the barn or yard where the truck is kept.
CARB fleet rules and a Butte County sale
The California Air Resources Board’s Advanced Clean Fleets drayage and high-priority fleet requirements are listed as repealed, and its Advanced Clean Trucks Regulation is described as contested. If a fleet rule is part of why you are selling, it helps to tell us which one, so we can talk through the paperwork that goes with the truck.
Federal court filings show enforcement of the 2036 zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty sales requirement paused. None of these rules changes what you need to hand over in Oroville East: the title, the registration and the keys.
The questions we get asked in Oroville East
- My dump truck is still parked at a pit west of Oroville East; will you pick it up from the pit?The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Sierra Silica Resources, Pacific Heights Pit and Morris Ravine Mine all within 6 miles west and north-west of town, and we pick trucks up at sites like these. Give us the pit name and a contact for the gate.
- Can you pick up a grain or cattle truck from a Butte County farm?USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 1,667 farms in Butte County, led by rice, cattle and corn, and a farm truck is collected from the farm where it is parked. Send the address and the title holder’s name.
- My tractor hauled out of the Chico fuel terminal and is parked up there; does it need to come down to Oroville East first?The Energy Information Administration places the Chico petroleum product terminal 22.9 miles north-west of Oroville East, and the truck can stay wherever it is parked near there. Tell us the yard and the VIN.