Hilltop operators
Thirty registered carriers above the San Bernardino valley
FMCSA’s carrier census shows 30 active carriers based in Running Springs, with only 2 of them authorised for interstate work and 4 operating as private fleets that haul their own goods. If you own one of these trucks, the California registration card and the title are the two papers to find before you call us.
Seven of those carriers list general freight as a cargo they carry, according to the same FMCSA census, while 2 haul garbage and refuse, 2 carry passengers and 1 moves logs, poles, beams and lumber. Tell us which of those jobs your truck did; for a refuse body, a bus or a log trailer we ask for photos of the body as well as the cab.
The biggest outfits in town are small. FMCSA’s census puts the top fleet at 8 power units with 8 drivers, the next at 4 power units with 10 drivers, and a third at 2 and 2. Selling one truck out of a yard that size is routine for us; give us the unit number and the VIN so the paperwork matches the right vehicle.
Odometer and radius
Short hauls and long ones from the ridge
Six Running Springs carriers gave mileage figures in FMCSA’s carrier census, and their median truck logs 10,000 miles a year; read your odometer before you contact us and photograph it with the dash lit. That way the figure we work from is the one actually on your truck.
The driver records in FMCSA’s census split two ways: 14 drivers work within 100 miles of base and 34 go beyond that radius. If your truck is out on a longer run when you decide to sell, tell us where it will be parked when it is home; we collect from the yard, the driveway or the lot where it sits.
Pits, plants and yards
Aggregate pits and the San Bernardino yards
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Redlands Quarry, a sand and gravel operation 9 miles south-west of Running Springs, and a second Redlands sand and gravel site 9.7 miles out in the same direction. A dump truck or transfer rig that hauled from either pit can be sold where it is parked down the hill; give us the gate contact if it sits on quarry ground.
Over on the north-east side, Omya California at 15.2 miles and the Lucerne Valley Plant and Quarry at 15.4 miles are crushed-stone operations on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s register, and the CUSHENBURY PLANT, a cement plant, sits 17.3 miles away. Mixer and bulk trucks that served those sites should come with any site access or scale paperwork you kept.
SAN BERNARDINO A YARD lies 14.1 miles south-west and B YARD 15 miles out, both recorded in the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, which also lists the San Bernardino intermodal ramp at 14.3 miles. Day cabs that pulled containers from that ramp should come to us with the VIN and the last registration renewal.
Builders, jobs and county farms
Twenty-three construction establishments operate out of Running Springs, according to the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns. Contractors who keep a flatbed, a dump body or a stake-bed for job sites can sell it straight from the site or the shop; a clear photo of each side and the plate is enough to begin.
Workplaces in Running Springs held 427 jobs in 2023 on the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts. If a work truck belongs to a business rather than to you personally, have the name on the title match the person signing, or bring the company paperwork that lets you sign for it.
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture lists 809 farms across San Bernardino County, with milk, cattle and potted flowering plants at the top of the county’s output. A livestock hauler, a milk tanker or a refrigerated nursery truck from those farms is welcome; tell us what body it carries and send photos of the body as well as the cab.
Three CARB truck rules and what each one’s status is now
The California Air Resources Board’s own notice describes amendments to the Advanced Clean Trucks Regulation, a rule now listed as contested, and a federal court filing shows enforcement of the 2036 zero-emission sales requirement for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles as paused. Whatever those rulings mean for your plans, a diesel truck in Running Springs can still be sold to us with its title and registration.
CARB’s rulemaking page records the Advanced Clean Fleets drayage, high-priority and federal fleet requirements as repealed. Owners on the mountain selling a truck once covered by it can bring us the title, the registration and the truck’s CARB reporting records if they kept them.
The questions we get asked in Running Springs
- My truck works only inside California. Is an intrastate truck one you take?Intrastate carriers make up 28 of the 30 active in Running Springs on FMCSA’s carrier census, and an in-state truck is one we purchase. Send us the California title, the registration and photos.
- Do you buy refuse trucks and buses from Running Springs?FMCSA’s carrier census lists 2 local carriers hauling garbage and refuse and 2 carrying passengers, and their trucks and buses are vehicles we purchase. Give us the VIN, say whether it is a packer or a passenger body, and photograph it from all four sides.