Sell your semi truck for cash in St. Helena the easy and convenient way

FMCSA’s carrier census lists 97 active carriers based in this valley town, and 96 of them are registered for intrastate work only. If your truck has stayed on California roads, have its California registration and title together before you call; those are the first two papers we ask to see.

Cargo codes in that same federal carrier census show 21 local carriers hauling general freight, 15 carrying farm supplies, 15 carrying fresh produce and 9 carrying beverages. A box truck that moved cases between wineries or a flatbed that carried fertilizer and bins is the kind of equipment we collect here, so tell us what it hauled and on which trailer.

Of those carriers, 27 haul their own goods rather than for hire, according to FMCSA’s carrier census. If your truck belongs to a vineyard, a winery or a farm business rather than a for-hire outfit, the title may be in the business name; check whose name is on it and who can sign for the company.

Driver records in FMCSA’s census put 127 drivers here working within 100 miles of home and 188 working beyond that radius. Either way, the truck does not need to come into town for us; give us the yard, barn or winery address where it is parked and a phone number for whoever holds the keys.

The 17 carriers here that report annual mileage show a median of 5,000 miles per truck, according to the federal carrier census. Read the odometer and write it down with the VIN before you contact us, since those two figures start every conversation about a truck.

One St. Helena fleet in the FMCSA census runs 43 power units with 10 drivers, another 22 power units with 39 drivers, and a third 21 power units with 17 drivers. If you are selling several trucks from a fleet like these at once, send a list of VINs and the address of each unit so one collection plan can cover them.

Between 2024-10-22 and 2026-07-22, FMCSA roadside inspection records logged 47 trucks from carriers in this town, and their median model year was 2023. Keep any inspection reports you were handed at the roadside in the folder with the title and registration.

Among those 47 vineyard-country trucks, FMCSA’s roadside records put 14.89 percent at ten or more model years old. Whatever year your truck is, send photos of the cab, the frame, the tires and the data plate with your first message.

The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023 show 6,026 jobs in town, with 1,646 in manufacturing, or 27.3 percent. If your truck served a production cellar or bottling site, tell us whether it sits inside a gated property and who can let a driver through.

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting account for 800 of those jobs, 13.3 percent, in the same LEHD figures, while transportation and warehousing account for 202. Farm trucks parked between rows or behind a barn can be collected where they stand, so describe the access road and whether it is dirt or paved.

USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 1,772 farms in Napa County, with cattle, honey and equine listed at the top. A stock truck or a flatbed used around a ranch is welcome; have the title, the registration card and any service receipts in one folder when we arrive.

County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau records 30 construction establishments in this area and 3 warehousing establishments. A dump truck or a service body truck from a local builder should come with its title and the name of whoever is authorized to sign for the company.

Construction work accounts for 180 jobs, or 3 percent, and wholesale trade adds 77, in the Census Bureau’s LEHD counts for the town. If your contractor truck is parked at a job site rather than a yard, send us the site address and the hours the gate is open.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Mark West Quarry, a crushed-stone operation, 10.4 miles west of town, and Soiland Co., Inc., another crushed-stone quarry, 19.6 miles south-west. A dump truck or end-dump tractor that has worked those pits can stay at the quarry or the yard where it is kept; tell us which site and who manages the gate.

Further out, MSHA records place Napa Quarry, an industrial-mineral mine, 20.2 miles south-east and Roblar Quarry LLC, a sand and gravel operation, 22.6 miles south-west. Note in your first message whether the truck carries a scale ticket book or haul logs from either site, since paperwork like that travels with the sale.

On the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, NAPA YARD sits 18.2 miles south-east of town and LOMBARD YARD 24.8 miles south-east. If your tractor has shuttled loads to those yards, tell us where it is parked now and we will plan the pickup around that spot.

The National Bridge Inventory from the Federal Highway Administration lists 9 bridges in town, with none load-posted and none under 14 feet of clearance. Even so, tell us about any narrow vineyard lane or tight gate between the truck and the main road, so the right equipment comes for it.

For a lost California title, the state’s title agency issues the duplicate; start that request early and tell us it is under way. A truck with a pending title can still be listed with us while the paperwork catches up.

• My truck is parked at a winery outside St. Helena; does it have to come into town?St. Helena trucks are often kept at vineyard and cellar properties, and we collect from the address where yours is parked. Send the property address, gate hours and a contact who can let our driver in.
• Will you take a dump truck that hauled stone out of Mark West Quarry?Mark West Quarry sits 10.4 miles west of town in the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s listings, and dump trucks that have worked it are welcome here. Include quarry-side photos, the VIN and whose name the title carries.
• My farm truck is registered to the ranch business, so who signs the title?In Napa County, where USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 1,772 farms, many trucks are titled to a business rather than a person. Whoever is authorized to sign for that business signs the title, and we ask for their name at the start.