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

The Energy Information Administration places the SELBYCROCKETT petroleum product terminal 1.3 miles north-east of Rodeo, close enough that a tank tractor based in town may never leave the shoreline on a working day. If yours loads there, a photo of the tank trailer coupling and the cab together tells us how the rig was set up, and the VIN plate shot settles the rest.

Further along the water, a liquid bulk terminal under the Shell Oil name sits 6.7 miles east on Bureau of Transportation Statistics listings, and the Energy Information Administration puts the MARTINEZ TERMINAL 7.5 miles out in the same direction. A tractor that shuttles among these three sites can stay parked wherever it last dropped; give us the gate contact for that lot and we arrange the pickup there.

If the truck carries tank inspection stickers or hazmat paperwork from that fuel work, keep those papers in the cab folder and mention them when you first write to us.

Two rail yards bracket the town on the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics: NORTH BAY YARD 5.5 miles south-west and OZOL YARD 5.6 miles east. Of the 81 active carriers FMCSA’s carrier census records in Rodeo, 15 say they haul intermodal containers, which fits a day cab that moves boxes off those tracks.

Down the shore, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists the port at Richmond 8.2 miles south-west of town. When a container tractor here is ready to go, send the registration card, the odometer reading and a clear shot of the fifth wheel; with those three items in hand most of our questions are already answered.

The Ozol Defense Fuel Support Point, a military installation, lies 4.8 miles east on Bureau of Transportation Statistics records. A truck sitting inside a secured site like that needs an escort or a cleared contact, so tell us at the outset and we schedule around the access rules.

Lake Herman Quarry, a crushed-stone operation the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists 6.8 miles north-east, is the nearest aggregate source to Rodeo. Dump trucks and transfer rigs that pull rock from a pit like that are part of what we buy, and a photo of the bed raised plus one of the hoist tells us the body type at a glance.

Rodeo has 13 construction businesses on the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns, while its LEHD job counts show 53 people employed in building work during 2023. If a contractor’s tandem is sitting idle in a yard or at a job site, it can stay where it is; we bring the equipment to load it.

Manufacturing holds 546 of Rodeo’s 1,224 jobs, a 44.6 percent share in the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023. Plant work on that scale keeps box trucks, flatbeds and tankers on the local roads, and each of them sells with the same basics: a signed title, current registration and a few clear photos.

Fleets in Rodeo run small: in FMCSA’s carrier census the three biggest each run four or three power units. With operations that size, the owner is usually the person who signs the title, so having that document and a photo ID on hand covers the paperwork a one-truck operator needs.

FMCSA’s carrier census shows 36 of the 81 Rodeo carriers listing general freight, and 11 each listing refrigerated food and meat. A reefer unit adds a second set of hours to report, so note the reefer reading beside the engine reading when you send the details.

Intrastate operators make up 57 of the town’s carriers and interstate ones 24, according to FMCSA’s carrier census, which also lists 13 private fleets. A tractor that stays inside California carries state registration only, and that card is what we check against the title.

Driver records split two ways: 42 drivers work within 100 miles and 70 range beyond it, per the same federal census. A long-haul truck may be parked out of state when you decide to sell, and that is fine; tell us the city and we collect it there rather than asking you to bring it home to Contra Costa County.

Across the 22 carriers that report mileage, FMCSA’s carrier census shows a median of 42,778 miles per truck in a year. Put the current odometer figure in your first message so we have the exact number and do not need to ask again.

Between September 2024 and August 2026, inspectors stopped 37 trucks based in Rodeo, and the middle model year among them was 2018, per FMCSA roadside inspection records. Those FMCSA roadside inspection records also show about 43 percent of the inspected trucks at ten or more model years old.

Whatever year your truck is, the model year printed on the title should match the VIN, so check both before you contact us. If you have inspection reports from those roadside stops, include them with the photos; they confirm the unit and its registration in one document.

• My tank tractor sits at the SELBYCROCKETT fuel terminal. Will your crew load it from the terminal yard by the shoreline?The SELBYCROCKETT terminal sits 1.3 miles north-east of Rodeo on Energy Information Administration listings, and we collect from there. Give us the name of whoever controls the lot so we can arrange gate access.
• I haul chilled meat out of Rodeo in a reefer rig. Would you collect a refrigerated tractor with the reefer unit still mounted?Eleven Rodeo carriers list refrigerated food in FMCSA’s carrier census, and reefer tractors and straight trucks are on our list. Send the engine and reefer hour readings with the photos.
• Does the state’s zero-emission rulemaking stop me selling my diesel tractor here?Published state rulemaking and federal court records show the Advanced Clean Fleets drayage and high-priority fleet requirements repealed, enforcement of the 2036 zero-emission sales requirement paused, and the Advanced Clean Trucks Regulation contested. None of that stops you from selling the truck you own today; send the VIN and we go from there.
• I move cattle and nursery stock around Contra Costa County. Will you collect a livestock hauler?USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 405 farms in Contra Costa County, with cattle and flower seeds among the leading products. Livestock haulers and farm flatbeds qualify; have the title and registration ready.