Shoreline fuel gates
Fuel terminals within six miles of Pleasant Hill
The Energy Information Administration lists the Martinez Terminal, a petroleum product terminal, 3.9 miles north of Pleasant Hill, and a second terminal under the Martinez name 5.2 miles north. If your tractor has been loading at either gate, tell us which one and whether the truck is still parked on site, so the pickup can be arranged with whoever controls that lot.
About 6 miles to the north-west, Shell Oil’s liquid bulk terminal appears in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics facility list. A tank-pulling day cab that ran between that terminal and the Martinez gates can be sold from wherever it sits tonight; send the VIN, a photo of the cab door and the title, and say whether the trailer goes with it or stays behind.
Rail and defense
Rail sidings and gated bases north of the city
Ozol Yard, 6.3 miles north-west, and the Port Chicago NAD Yard, 7.4 miles north-east, are both mapped in the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A truck that shuttles freight off those sidings is often kept near the yard rather than at home in Pleasant Hill, so give us the street address where it is parked and a phone number for whoever can let us in.
Two military installations also sit inside 7.4 miles, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics: the Ozol Defense Fuel Support Point to the north-west and Military Ocean Terminal Concord to the north-east. If your truck is behind a fence at either installation, say so in your first message and name the person who can sign a visitor onto the base.
Stone and building work
Quarry stone east of town and the builders in it
East of town by 6.6 miles, Clayton Aggregates runs a crushed-stone quarry on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s register of mines. Dump trucks and end-dump tractors that haul from a quarry pit are on our buying list; photograph the body, the tailgate and the plate on the hoist alongside the cab so we can see the whole unit.
County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau counts 117 construction establishments in Pleasant Hill, and the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts put 858 of the city’s 15,502 jobs in construction in 2023. If a contractor here is letting go of a flatbed, a dump or a service body, have the registration and any shop records gathered in one folder before you contact us.
Motor carriers registered at Pleasant Hill addresses
FMCSA’s carrier census shows 114 active carriers based in Pleasant Hill, with 102 of them running intrastate only and 12 crossing state lines, while 29 are private fleets hauling their own goods. Most sellers we hear from here therefore have a truck that stays inside California, and the paperwork you need is the California title and current registration in the seller’s name.
General freight is the cargo listed by 44 of those carriers, according to the same federal census, with household goods named by 10, and refrigerated food and meat by 6 each. A box truck from a moving outfit or a reefer unit is just as welcome as a tractor; note the body length and the make of the refrigeration unit when you write to us.
New registrations jumped to 13 in 2025 from 3 in 2024 in the FMCSA records, and the three biggest local fleets list 23, 11 and 4 power units. Whether you are a one-truck operator who started last year or a fleet trimming a few units, we take a single truck or several from the same yard.
Model years and routes on local roads
Across 65 trucks from local carriers stopped between September 2024 and August 2026, FMCSA roadside inspection records give 2020 as the median model year, with 27.7 percent at ten model years or more. Whatever year your truck carries, the model year printed on the title is the one we go by, so check it against the VIN plate before you send anything.
Drivers working within 100 miles number 216 against 75 who run farther, per the carrier census filed with FMCSA, and the 17 carriers that reported mileage put the median at 30,000 miles a truck each year. Read the odometer and the engine hours off the dash and include both figures with your photos.
The National Bridge Inventory lists 20 bridges in Pleasant Hill, and the Federal Highway Administration’s file shows none of them load-posted and none with clearance under 14 feet. A tractor parked on a residential street in Pleasant Hill can be collected where it stands; give us the house number and which side of the street it is on.
Cattle and seed growers across Contra Costa County
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 405 farms in Contra Costa County, with cattle, flower seeds, and bulbs, corms, rhizomes and tubers at the top of the list. Livestock haulers and farm trucks kept at a ranch outside Pleasant Hill can be sold from the ranch itself; send a pin or the gate directions with the photos.
A farm truck registered to a ranch partnership or family trust needs the person named on the title to sign, so check whose name is printed there before you reach out, and have that signer available when we arrange the collection.
The questions we get asked in Pleasant Hill
- My truck is parked at a terminal near Martinez. Does it need to come back into town first?The Martinez Terminal is 3.9 miles north of Pleasant Hill on the Energy Information Administration’s list, and we collect from that lot directly. Tell us who runs the gate so the visit can be cleared in advance.
- Do you take box trucks from household moving companies?Household goods is the cargo named by 10 Pleasant Hill carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, and their box trucks are on our list. Send the body length, the liftgate details and photos of each side.
- Can you collect a dump truck that works the Clayton quarry?Clayton Aggregates sits 6.6 miles east of town on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s register, and a dump truck kept there can be collected on site. Give us the quarry contact who can sign us in.
- Is my truck too old for you to look at?FMCSA roadside inspection records show 27.7 percent of the 65 inspected Pleasant Hill trucks were ten or more model years old, and every model year is one we look at. Include the VIN plate photo and the title year with your message.