Tank work a few miles north of Pacheco
The Energy Information Administration places the Martinez Terminal 1.6 miles north-east of Pacheco and the Golden Eagle petroleum product terminal 3 miles north. If your tractor has pulled loads in and out of either gate, tell us which one and keep any site entry passes or safety sign-offs with the title.
A Shell Oil liquid bulk terminal stands 4.4 miles north-west of town, on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics list of port facilities. A truck that is parked inside a terminal yard can stay there; send us the gate contact and the hours the lot is open, and we arrange collection on their terms.
Before you get in touch about a tank tractor from this stretch, photograph the cab, the frame rails, the fifth wheel and each axle, and note the VIN from the door jamb. Those four pictures and that one number answer most of what we would otherwise ask by phone.
Sidings and depots
Port Chicago, Ozol and the Concord military terminal
Two rail yards on the North American Rail Network, maintained by the Federal Railroad Administration with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, sit 5.1 miles out: Port Chicago NAD Yard to the north-east and Ozol Yard to the north-west. Drivers who shuttle freight to those sidings often leave a day cab parked near the yard between runs, and that spot is a fine place for us to meet it.
Military Ocean Terminal Concord lies 5.2 miles north-east and the Ozol Defense Fuel Support Point 5.9 miles west, both on federal transportation records from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. If the truck sits behind a controlled entrance, give us the name of whoever can escort a driver in, so nobody is turned away at the post.
Moving vans, lowboys and roll-offs on Pacheco titles
FMCSA’s carrier census shows 31 active carriers with a Pacheco address; 26 of them run intrastate only, 5 cross state lines and 11 are private fleets hauling their own goods. A seller here is usually a small California operator, so the paperwork we need is the state title and current registration rather than any interstate filing.
General freight is the leading cargo class for 13 of those carriers, according to the same federal census, with household goods and machinery or large objects each listed by 3 and garbage hauling by 2. Moving vans, lowboy tractors and roll-off trucks fit that list, and we purchase every one of those body styles.
The biggest fleets based here are small: the federal motor carrier census lists one with 10 power units and 8 drivers, another with 9 units and 11 drivers, and a third with 5 units. An owner retiring two or three of those trucks at once can send the VINs together and we will handle them as one collection.
Mileage and newcomers
Annual miles and recent Pacheco registrations
In FMCSA’s carrier census, the median annual distance reported for a Pacheco power unit is 25,500 miles. Write down the odometer reading when you photograph the dash, and give it to us alongside the VIN so both match the title.
New registrations stay steady in the FMCSA carrier census, with 2 carriers added in 2024 and 2 more in 2025. If you bought your truck recently and the title transfer has not reached you yet, keep the bill of sale and the lien release together; the state’s title agency issues the replacement if the paper copy has gone missing.
Builders, stone, cattle
Construction, warehousing and farms around town
Of the 1,603 jobs located in Pacheco in 2023, construction held 265 and transportation and warehousing 253, as the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts record them, with manufacturing at 112. Dump trucks, flatbeds and box trucks belonging to builders and warehouse operators are all trucks we take, wherever the job site has left them.
Seven miles south-east, the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Clayton Aggregates, a crushed-stone quarry. A dump truck or end-dump tractor that hauls stone from that pit can be collected at the quarry lot, provided you tell us who controls the scale house.
Across Contra Costa County, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 405 farms, with cattle, flower seeds and bulbs among the top products. A livestock hauler or a farm straight truck kept out on a ranch near Pacheco qualifies too; send the property address and a note on where the truck is parked.
The questions we get asked in Pacheco
- Will you pick up a tractor left by the Martinez Terminal gate on the edge of Pacheco?The Martinez Terminal is 1.6 miles north-east of Pacheco on Energy Information Administration records, and a truck parked by it is within easy reach for us. Pass along the parking spot and the terminal staff member who lets visitors through.
- I run a single truck intrastate in California. Which documents should a one-truck Pacheco owner gather?Pacheco has 26 intrastate-only carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, so a single California operator is the usual seller here. Have the title, the current registration and a photo ID ready; if the title is lost, the state’s title agency issues a duplicate.
- Do you buy roll-off and refuse trucks from Pacheco?Two Pacheco carriers list garbage and refuse as cargo in the federal carrier census, and their trucks are ones we purchase. Send photos of the body, the hoist and the cab along with the VIN.
- Must a dump truck sitting at Clayton Aggregates be driven to Pacheco before you collect it?Clayton Aggregates is 7.1 miles south-east of town on Mine Safety and Health Administration records, and the truck can stay where it is. Tell us the gate hours and a contact at the quarry.