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

Of the 176 active San Bruno carriers in FMCSA’s carrier census, 17 haul across state lines and the other 159 keep their work inside California. If your truck has stayed inside California, have its California registration card in the cab when we come for it, alongside the title in your name.

General freight is the cargo listed by 67 of those carriers in the FMCSA census, with household goods at 17, passengers at 15 and garbage, refuse and trash at 14. A moving van, a shuttle bus and a roll-off or packer body each come up differently on the trailer, so tell us the body type and the make of any equipment mounted on the chassis.

Private fleets account for 34 of the San Bruno carriers in that same federal census, meaning companies that haul their own goods rather than freight for hire. If the truck you are selling belongs to a business like that, have the person whose name is on the title sign the paperwork, or send us a letter showing who can sign for the company.

Drivers working within 100 miles of base number 249 for San Bruno carriers, against 129 who go further, according to FMCSA’s census. A truck that has spent its life between the Peninsula and the East Bay is usually parked at a yard or a home address in town, so give us that address and the hours someone is there.

Among the 26 San Bruno carriers that reported both mileage and fleet size to FMCSA, the median comes to 10,076 miles per truck per year. Read the odometer before you call, and send a clear photo of the dash so the figure on the paperwork matches the one we see.

New registrations kept arriving: the FMCSA census records 14 carriers starting up here in 2025 and 11 in 2024. If you bought your truck recently and the title transfer is still in progress, tell us at the start and send whatever paperwork you have from that sale.

Between October 2024 and August 2026, inspectors stopped 55 trucks from San Bruno carriers, and FMCSA roadside inspection records give their median model year as 2017. Have the VIN plate photographed and the model year confirmed against the title, since those two items settle most of our first questions.

That same set of FMCSA roadside inspections puts 43.6 percent of the trucks at ten or more model years old. Whatever year yours is, gather the inspection reports and service records you have kept into one folder before pickup.

South San Francisco Yard lies 2.7 miles north-east of San Bruno on the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. If your truck is parked near the yard rather than at home, give us the exact lot and who controls the gate.

The Energy Information Administration lists a petroleum product terminal at Brisbane, 5 miles north-east. A tractor or straight truck that has loaded fuel there may carry tank or hazmat placards and paperwork; tell us what the truck hauled and send photos of any tank or pump equipment on it.

Pier 92 Marine Aggregate, a sand and gravel operation on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list, is 8.8 miles north-east of town. Dump trucks and transfer rigs that serve a site like that should be photographed from both sides with the bed raised and lowered.

Pier 80 at the Port of San Francisco, a roll-on/roll-off terminal on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics list, is 9 miles north, and the San Francisco port itself is 10.6 miles out. If your truck is stored near the waterfront, we collect it there and you need not bring it to San Bruno.

Across the Bay, the Port of Oakland is 12.1 miles north-east and the Ben E. Nutter Terminal, a rail intermodal ramp listed by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, is 13.4 miles out. Day cabs that pulled containers from those terminals should come with the VIN, the odometer reading and a photo of the fifth wheel.

The National Bridge Inventory lists 37 bridges in San Bruno, none of them load-posted and two under 14 feet of clearance. Nimitz Drive, where it crosses Fork Drive, has a clearance of 12 ft 2 in according to the National Bridge Inventory. If your truck sits on the far side of that crossing, mention it and we will plan the route in.

Census Bureau LEHD job counts for 2023 put 14,821 jobs in San Bruno, with 734 in transportation and warehousing, 361 in wholesale trade and 299 in construction. County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau show 87 construction establishments here; a contractor selling a dump truck or flatbed should have the title and current registration ready for whoever signs.

Potted flowering plants, mushrooms and foliage plants top the list for San Mateo County’s 250 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture. A nursery or grower selling a box truck or stake bed can send us photos of the body and the liftgate along with the title.

• Can a low bridge in town stop you reaching my truck?The National Bridge Inventory shows two San Bruno bridges under 14 feet, the lowest at 12 ft 2 in on Nimitz Drive over Fork Drive. Give us the address and we will plan the approach around them.
• The truck is titled to my San Bruno company, not to me. Which person signs it over?FMCSA’s census lists 34 private fleets in San Bruno, and for any of them the person named on the title, or someone the company authorises in writing, signs the transfer.