Gravel pits north of the city
Redlands Quarry, a sand and gravel operation listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, is 3.2 miles north of the city. If your dump truck or transfer rig loads there, it may be parked at the pit or a yard nearby when you want to sell; give us the gate location and the name of whoever can let a driver in.
A second sand and gravel site, also called Redlands in the Mine Safety and Health Administration listings, lies 3.9 miles to the north-west. Aggregate haulers working between the two sites can stay where they are while we arrange pickup, so have the title and current registration in the cab or in your hand.
West toward Colton
Colton Yard, the A Yard and the intermodal ramp
Eight and four-tenths miles west, Colton Yard appears in the North American Rail Network, and San Bernardino A Yard sits at 9 miles in the same record. Tractors that shuttle boxes off those yards are the kind of day cab we collect here; send the VIN and photos of the cab, frame and fifth wheel first.
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the San Bernardino rail intermodal ramp 9.3 miles west of Redlands. If your tractor is dropped at a container lot near the ramp rather than at home, tell us which lot and who manages it, and the pickup gets arranged with them.
Fuel and base traffic
Colton fuel terminals and March ARB
Two petroleum product terminals in Colton, at 11.2 and 11.4 miles west, are listed by the Energy Information Administration. A tank tractor that has loaded at either one should come with whatever loading-rack or terminal paperwork you kept, along with its service records.
March ARB, a military installation the Bureau of Transportation Statistics puts 12.9 miles south-west, is the other large site within reach. Trucks that have delivered onto the base often carry access paperwork; keep it with the title so the history of where the rig worked travels with it.
Freight, produce and reefer carriers in Redlands
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 527 active carriers based in Redlands, with 422 running intrastate, 105 interstate and 98 operating as private fleets. Most sellers here, then, have a California-only truck, and its registration and title are what we ask to see before pickup.
General freight is the cargo listed by 235 of those carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, while fresh produce, refrigerated food and meat are each listed by between 28 and 35. Owners of reefer tractors or straight trucks with a refrigerated box should tell us the unit make and send a photo of the reefer along with the cab.
New registrations keep arriving: FMCSA’s carrier census shows 18 new carriers in Redlands in 2024 and 21 in 2025. A first-year operator selling a single tractor needs the same three things as a large fleet does, namely the title, the registration and clear photos.
Model years and miles on Redlands rigs
Roadside inspections between August 2024 and August 2026 covered 268 Redlands trucks, and FMCSA roadside inspection records put their median model year at 2019, with 24.6 percent ten or more years old. Whatever year your truck is, give us the model year and VIN on first contact.
Among 108 carriers reporting mileage, the median is 31,715 miles per truck a year according to FMCSA’s carrier census. Have the odometer reading ready when you call, alongside service records if you keep them.
The three biggest fleets on FMCSA’s carrier census here run 101, 69 and 57 power units. Fleet owners selling several units at once can send one list of VINs, and each truck can be collected from the yard where it sits.
Warehouse jobs, building sites and bridges
The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023 put 4,584 of Redlands’ 42,178 jobs in transportation and warehousing, with construction holding 2,520. County Business Patterns lists 174 construction establishments and 35 warehousing establishments, so a truck may be sitting at a job site or a distribution yard rather than a driveway; tell us which.
The National Bridge Inventory records 48 bridges in Redlands, none load-posted and none under 14 feet. That means a carrier with a lowboy or standard trailer can reach most parked trucks here without a detour, so give us the street address and we plan around it.
San Bernardino County holds 809 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, led by milk, cattle and potted flowering plants. Dairy and livestock haulers based around Redlands can be collected from the farm itself; let us know if the truck stays behind a locked gate.
California clean truck rules today
The California Air Resources Board’s Advanced Clean Fleets drayage and high-priority fleet requirements have been repealed, according to the board’s rulemaking page. A drayage tractor that worked the Colton or San Bernardino ramps can be sold without those fleet requirements in play.
The Advanced Clean Trucks Regulation is listed as contested, and federal court filings show enforcement of the 2036 zero-emission sales requirement paused. If you have compliance documents for your truck, keep them with the title when you sell.
The questions we get asked in Redlands
- My dump truck sits at the gravel pit north of Redlands. Does it stay there for collection?Leave it at the pit: Redlands Quarry is 3.2 miles north on the Mine Safety and Health Administration listing, and we collect from there once you give us the gate contact.
- Do I need anything for a reefer unit on my truck?Send photos of the refrigeration unit and tell us its make, since refrigerated food is a cargo listed by 28 Redlands-based operators in FMCSA’s carrier census and the reefer is part of what we look at.