Gravel plants and the Jackson Valley Quarry
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the Teichert-Grantline Plant, a sand and gravel operation, 8 miles north-west of Rancho Murieta, and the TRP-Sacramento Plant 9.6 miles to the west. A dump truck or end-dump tractor that loads at either one is the kind of equipment we collect from a home driveway just as readily as from a yard. Tell us which plant it hauled from and where it is parked now.
Heading the other way, the Jackson Valley Quarry sits 14.7 miles south-east of town, a crushed-stone operation on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s register. If your truck spends its days on that south-east run, have the title, the current California registration and any maintenance log in one folder before you call, so the sale moves on paper as soon as we agree.
Further toward the city, the FLORIN PLANT, a mineral processing plant, is 17.4 miles west according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Photos of the bed, the hoist, the frame and the cab help us understand a truck that has worked aggregate sites, and four or five clear shots taken in daylight are enough to start.
Terminals west of town
Bradshaw, Elk Grove and the rail yards to the west
Energy Information Administration records place the BRADSHAW petroleum product terminal 15 miles west of Rancho Murieta and the ELK GROVE ASPHALT TERMINAL 17 miles west. Tankers and asphalt haulers that load at those two terminals are trucks we buy; say whether the tank or trailer goes with the tractor or stays behind, and photograph whichever units are part of the sale.
Polk Yard lies 18.2 miles west and Davis Yard 20.2 miles north-west, both rail yards shown on the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A day cab that shuttles freight to either yard can be collected wherever you leave it; give us the street address, gate hours and the name of whoever holds the key.
Box trucks, cattle rigs and log haulers on the FMCSA census
FMCSA’s carrier census shows 41 active carriers based in Rancho Murieta, with 37 running intrastate and 4 interstate, while 17 are private fleets hauling their own goods. A truck that has only ever carried California loads needs its California title and registration in hand; that is the paperwork we transfer.
General freight is the most common cargo listed, with 9 carriers on FMCSA’s census, followed by 3 each for grain, feed and hay, livestock, and logs, poles, beams and lumber. Whether yours is a box truck, a livestock rig or a log truck, tell us what it carried and send the VIN, and the questions that follow will fit that body type.
On the same FMCSA records, the biggest local fleet runs 19 power units with 13 drivers, the next 10 units with 4 drivers, and a third 8 units with 5 drivers. If you are selling several trucks from one operation, list each VIN and where each one sits, and we can arrange pickups unit by unit.
Odometer readings, driving radius and fresh operating authority
Among the seven Rancho Murieta carriers that gave FMCSA a mileage figure, the typical truck covers 15,000 miles a year. Write down the odometer reading when you photograph the dash; after the VIN, it is the next thing we ask for.
By FMCSA’s count of drivers, 45 work within 100 miles of base and 31 range beyond it. A driver who is out on a long run can still sell from the road; tell us where the truck will be parked and when, and someone at that address can hand over the keys.
Six Rancho Murieta outfits joined FMCSA’s carrier census in 2024, and one more followed in 2025. If your operating authority is recent and the truck is still financed, have the lender’s name and payoff contact ready, since the lien has to be released before the title changes hands.
Building sites and dairies
Construction and farm hauling around town
Of the 812 jobs the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts placed in Rancho Murieta for 2023, construction filled 126, or 15.5 percent. Builders here operate from 14 construction establishments, a figure the Census Bureau publishes in County Business Patterns. Dump trucks, flatbeds and water trucks from that work are welcome, and a set of photos from the job site is fine if that is where the truck is parked.
Sacramento County had 1,118 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with milk, corn and cattle at the top of its products. A feed truck, a cattle hauler or a grain trailer combination from a county ranch can be collected at the farm gate; give us directions past the last paved road if the yard is off a dirt lane.
The questions we get asked in Rancho Murieta
- My dump truck sits in a gravel plant yard north-west of Rancho Murieta; will you collect it from inside the plant?The Teichert-Grantline Plant is 8 miles north-west of Rancho Murieta on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, and we collect from plant yards like it. Ask the site office whether a visitor can enter, and pass us the name of whoever opens the gate.
- Where do I deal with a lost California title?A Rancho Murieta owner applies for a duplicate through California’s state title agency, which issues replacement titles for trucks registered in the state. File for the replacement early and mention the pending duplicate when you first describe the truck to us.
- I hauled grain and cattle for a Sacramento County ranch. Do you take livestock and feed trucks?Three Rancho Murieta carriers list livestock and three list grain, feed and hay on FMCSA’s carrier census, and those trucks are ones we purchase. Send the VIN, the odometer reading and photos of the body or trailer.