Stone haulers working the north-east bearing out of Parkwood
Leaving Parkwood north-east, the first site on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list is Austin Quarry, crushing stone 11.9 miles out. Dump trucks and end-dump tractors that shuttle aggregate off that site may be parked at home, at the quarry gate or at a contractor’s lot, so tell us which.
Further up the same bearing, the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration also lists Sierra White, a dimension-stone quarry 22.3 miles out. Flatbeds and heavy tractors that move cut stone blocks are trucks we collect. Photograph the bed, the deck and the cab from both sides, and have the VIN plate visible in at least one shot.
If the truck sits on a quarry site rather than a driveway, give us the name of whoever controls the gate and any check-in the site requires, so the pickup crew can get to it without a second trip.
Pits due east
Seventeen and a third miles due east, Rockfield Plant appears in Mine Safety and Health Administration records as a sand and gravel operation. Transfer trucks, bottom-dump combinations and water trucks that work pits like this one fall within what we buy from owners around Parkwood.
For a gravel hauler, gather the California title in your name, the current registration card, and whatever service records or inspection sheets you kept. Put them in one envelope with the keys and you will have answered most of our questions before we ask them.
Toward Fresno’s yards and the fuel terminal
Two rail yards lie south-east of Parkwood on the North American Rail Network, maintained by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics: Fresno Yard at 15 miles and Calwa Yard at 22.3 miles. Day cabs that dray loads to and from those yards can be sold from wherever they are parked, whether that is Parkwood, Madera or a Fresno lot.
The Energy Information Administration lists a petroleum product terminal in Fresno, 24.3 miles south-east. If your tractor has pulled tank trailers off that rack, say so up front and tell us whether the trailer goes with the sale or stays with you.
Fresno Yosemite International ANG, a military installation on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics list, is 21.5 miles away in the same direction. Trucks kept on or near a secured site need an escort or a pass arranged ahead of collection, so mention the location when you first get in touch.
Tankers and haulers
Parkwood’s farm trucks: milk tankers to silage
Parkwood belongs to a county where USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 1,255 farms, with milk, cattle and corn as the leading products by sales. Milk tankers, livestock haulers, feed trucks and silage trucks are all types we take from owners on the farms surrounding town.
A farm truck is often registered to the ranch or the family operation rather than to one person. Check that the name on the title matches whoever is signing the sale, and if it does not, bring the paperwork that shows who can sign for the business.
Madera DMV
A field office on Maple Street in Madera
Titles in this state come from the State of California Department of Motor Vehicles, which handles them through its DMV field offices. The closest to Parkwood, by the State of California Department of Motor Vehicles’ own listing, is the Madera office at 1206 Maple Street, Madera, 93637, about 1.9 miles from town.
A missing Parkwood title gets replaced at that Maple Street counter ahead of the sale. If a lender is still shown on it, bring the lien release too, so the signed title can transfer cleanly on collection day.
Where Parkwood diesel owners stand on the state’s truck regulations
For Parkwood owners, the Advanced Clean Trucks Regulation remains contested at the state level. Separately, a federal court record shows enforcement of California’s 2036 requirement for all medium- and heavy-duty sales to be zero-emission is paused.
On the state’s rulemaking site, the Advanced Clean Fleets drayage requirements, along with the ones for high priority and federal fleets, appear as repealed. Parkwood owners can sell a diesel tractor to us with those rules in whatever state they are; the truck’s title and registration are what we need.
The questions we get asked in Parkwood
- My Parkwood truck’s title is lost - which DMV office issues a duplicate?The Madera DMV field office at 1206 Maple Street, 1.9 miles from town, is the nearest State of California Department of Motor Vehicles location for a duplicate title.
- Do you buy dairy and livestock trucks here?Madera County’s 1,255 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture are led by milk, cattle and corn, and milk tankers, cattle haulers and feed trucks from those operations are trucks we buy.
- Is Parkwood mostly a place where truck owners live rather than work?Parkwood’s workplaces held 262 positions in 2023 according to the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts (LODES). Whether your truck is kept at home in town or at a work site elsewhere, we collect from either.