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Redwood City · San Mateo County · California

Sell your semi truck for cash in Redwood City the easy and convenient way

Redwood City sits on the San Mateo County shore of the bay, with its own port just north-east of downtown and a rail yard a short drive south, and the trucks registered here mostly haul general freight, refuse and household moves inside California.

Selling a truck in Redwood City? Tell us about it and we'll take it from there.

A harbor at the edge of downtown

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the Port of Redwood City 0.2 miles north-east of the city centre. If your tractor or straight truck is parked on a lot near the harbor, give us the street address and the name of whoever controls the gate, and we will plan the collection at that spot.

Redwood City Yard, listed in the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, lies 2.6 miles south, while Newark Yard is 10.7 miles east across the bay. A day cab that has shuttled freight to either yard can be sold from where it sits; send us the VIN, a photo of the door plate and the registration card.

Port of Oakland appears 14.6 miles north in Bureau of Transportation Statistics records. If you keep a container tractor on the Oakland side of the water, leave it there; tell us which side of the bay it is parked on and we arrange the pickup at that yard.

Refuse routes, moving vans and general freight

Of the 520 active carriers FMCSA’s carrier census places in Redwood City, general freight is the cargo named by 134. For a box truck or tractor from that kind of work, the title, current registration and a set of photos of the cab, frame and tires are what we ask for first.

Garbage, refuse and trash is the cargo listed by 42 local carriers in the same FMCSA census, and 25 more list household goods. Roll-off trucks, packers and moving vans all fit what we purchase; if the body or hoist carries its own plate or serial number, photograph it along with the chassis VIN.

Of those carriers, the FMCSA census records 499 as intrastate and 20 as interstate, with 125 running private fleets. A truck plated only in California needs its California title and registration in hand when we collect; a private fleet truck should come with the name of whoever at the company can sign the title.

Inspection-year and mileage profile of the local fleet

FMCSA roadside inspection records cover 310 trucks from Redwood City carriers checked between September 2024 and August 2026, with a median model year of 2019 and 22.6 percent ten or more model years old. Whatever the year of yours, read the model year off the title and include it with the VIN when you first contact us.

Median annual miles per power unit come to 13,875 across the 44 local carriers that reported them in FMCSA’s carrier census. Have the current odometer reading ready, together with any service invoices you kept, and photograph the dash with the ignition on so the reading is legible.

Drivers working within 100 miles of base number 6,596 in the FMCSA census for carriers here, against 606 who go beyond that radius. If your truck worked peninsula and bay routes, tell us the yard where it is parked now and the hours someone can meet us there.

Contractors, plants and distributors on the peninsula

Of 60,919 jobs counted in Redwood City for 2023 by the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts, 2,389 were in construction, 2,503 in manufacturing and 2,021 in wholesale trade. Dump trucks, flatbeds and stake-beds from those trades are all trucks we buy; tell us the body type and its length when you write in.

The Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns lists 292 construction establishments here. A contractor selling a truck off a job site can leave it on site as long as we have the address, the hours the site is open and a contact who will be there.

Transportation and warehousing accounted for 1,108 of those jobs in 2023, according to the LEHD job counts from the Census Bureau. Owner-operators from that sector who hold the title in their own name only need to sign it over; if a lender is still listed, send us the lienholder’s name so the release can be arranged.

Quarry, terminal and nursery country nearby

Langley Hill Quarry, a crushed-stone operation on Mine Safety and Health Administration records, is 12.5 miles south of town. If your dump truck or end-dump has hauled aggregate from it, photograph the bed and tailgate along with the cab and send the pictures with your title details.

The Energy Information Administration lists the Brisbane petroleum product terminal 15.9 miles north-west. A fuel tanker or tank trailer that loads there can be collected from its usual yard; tell us the tank’s capacity and compartment count from its plate.

San Mateo County had 250 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, led by potted flowering plants, mushrooms and foliage plants. Reefer box trucks and stake-beds that move nursery stock fit what we purchase; include photos of the refrigeration unit and its hour meter.

Bay Area rules

Air Resources Board rulings and a Redwood City sale

Should the owner’s certificate have gone missing, the state’s title agency issues the replacement, and a truck parked by the Port of Redwood City cannot change hands until it arrives. Mention the lost document in your first message, together with the plate number and the VIN off the door plate.

The Air Resources Board shows the Advanced Clean Fleets drayage and high-priority fleet requirements as repealed and lists enforcement of the 2036 zero-emission sales requirement as paused, citing a federal court record. For a refuse packer, roll-off or moving van from one of Redwood City’s hauling outfits, what we still ask for is the signed-over certificate, the current card from the state and photos taken where it stands.

The questions we get asked in Redwood City

  • My tractor sits in a yard beside the Port of Redwood City; does it need moving before you collect?It can stay put: the Bureau of Transportation Statistics puts the port 0.2 miles from the city centre, and we collect from the yard itself once you give us the address and a gate contact.
  • I hauled refuse for a San Mateo County route. Do you buy packer trucks?We do; FMCSA’s carrier census lists 42 Redwood City carriers hauling garbage, refuse and trash, and packers and roll-offs from that work are trucks we purchase. Send the chassis VIN and the body serial plate.
  • Will you pick up an end-dump that is parked by Langley Hill Quarry, south of Redwood City?That works for us: Mine Safety and Health Administration records place the quarry 12.5 miles south of Redwood City, and we come to the truck wherever it is parked.

Sell your truck in Redwood City

Redwood City runs from its harbor on the bay to the rail yard south of downtown, with Newark Yard across the water and Langley Hill Quarry down the peninsula.