Toward the border camps
Trucks parked by the Morena and Monsoor camps
Camp Morena lies 8.9 miles south of Pine Valley, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, which also places Camp Michael Monsoor 12.2 miles in the same direction. If your truck is parked on a lot or a yard near either installation, tell us the road it is on and who can let us in, and the collection happens at that spot.
A truck sitting near a base gate often needs a named contact before anyone can reach it. Give us that person’s phone number with the VIN and a few photos of the cab, the frame and the tires, and the pickup can be set up around their hours instead of yours.
Down the grade
Rock hauled west off the mountain
Heading west toward El Cajon, the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Turvey’s Granite Pit, a sand and gravel operation 17.8 miles out, and the El Cajon Quarry, a crushed-stone site 22.7 miles from town. Dump trucks and end-dump tractors that have hauled rock off sites like these are trucks we buy, so say which pit yours served when you first get in touch.
Around Pine Valley, 9 construction establishments appear in the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns, a small trade for a mountain town of under two thousand people. If your truck came out of that trade, keep the registration card and any service records together, and send photos of the bed or body along with the cab so we see the whole working unit.
Fifteen carriers on a mountain road
Pine Valley has 15 active carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, and 13 of them are registered for intrastate work against 2 for interstate. A truck that has stayed inside California is likely to be parked close to home when you sell it, so give us the street address and whether a tow truck can turn around on the property.
Utility hauling accounts for 2 of those carriers, while refuse, general freight and grain, feed and hay each account for 1, on the cargo lines filed with FMCSA. Bucket trucks, roll-offs, box trucks and flatbeds that carried hay all fit what we collect; tell us the body type and the make so we know what is coming.
FMCSA’s carrier census shows 6 private fleets among the town’s carriers, and one operator lists 14 power units with 8 drivers. If you are selling more than one unit from a yard like that, send a list of VINs together and we can plan to pick them up as a group.
Pine Valley drivers near home and far off
Twelve Pine Valley carriers report drivers working inside a hundred-mile radius in FMCSA’s carrier census, and nine report drivers going beyond it. A truck that works close to home can be collected where it is parked; one that is often away should be photographed and listed with its current location before you call.
If your tractor is sitting at a terminal somewhere else in the state, you do not need to bring it back to Pine Valley first. Tell us the address where it is now and who holds the keys, and the sale can be handled from your kitchen table.
When the pink slip for a mountain rig is gone
Titles here are issued by the State of California Department of Motor Vehicles, and its nearest field office to Pine Valley is El Cajon, at 1450 Graves Avenue, El Cajon, 92021, about 26.1 miles west. If the title has been lost, that DMV field office is where a duplicate is requested, and starting that early keeps the sale from waiting on paper.
Bring the registration card and your identification to Graves Avenue, and if a lender is still listed on the title, have the lien release with you as well. When the title is in hand, photograph both sides and send the images with the VIN so the paperwork can be checked before collection.
Nursery stock from the county’s growers
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 4,031 farms across San Diego County, and it lists foliage plants, potted flowering plants and cut flowers and greens as the county’s leading crops. Box trucks and refrigerated straight trucks that haul nursery stock belong on the list of what we purchase.
If your truck has carried plants or flowers between growers, tell us whether it has a reefer unit or a lift gate, and send photos of the body interior with the cab. Those two details tell us what kind of truck it is before anyone arrives in Pine Valley to load it.
Clean-truck rules a Pine Valley owner may hear about
California’s Advanced Clean Trucks Regulation is listed as contested, according to the California Air Resources Board’s published notice on its amendments. Pine Valley owners selling a diesel do not need to sort out how that dispute ends before contacting us; the truck’s VIN and title are what we ask for first.
The state’s requirement that medium- and heavy-duty sales reach zero emissions by 2036 has its enforcement paused under a federal court filing, and the Advanced Clean Fleets drayage and high-priority fleet requirements have been repealed, on the Air Resources Board’s rulemaking record. A seller in Pine Valley can keep the registration and service records ready whatever the next ruling says.
The questions we get asked in Pine Valley
- Can you collect a truck sitting by Camp Morena without me hauling it up to Pine Valley?Camp Morena is 8.9 miles south of Pine Valley on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics listing, and we come to the truck where it sits. Give us the road and a contact who can open the gate.
- My Pine Valley truck’s title went missing in a move; who issues the replacement?The State of California Department of Motor Vehicles field office at 1450 Graves Avenue in El Cajon, about 26.1 miles west, handles duplicate titles. Mention the duplicate request when you contact us so the pickup is scheduled after it arrives.
- Do you buy dump trucks that hauled from the pits toward El Cajon?Turvey’s Granite Pit and the El Cajon Quarry, both listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration west of town, are the kind of sites whose dump trucks we buy. Send the VIN, photos and the name of the pit it served.