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

FMCSA’s carrier census shows 228 active motor carriers based in Temple City, and 107 of them name general freight as a cargo. If your tractor or box truck has spent its life on dry van or mixed loads, write down the make, the model year and the VIN from the door jamb before you call; we start every conversation about a truck with those three details.

Of those 228 carriers, 158 run intrastate only and 70 are authorized to cross state lines, according to the same FMCSA census. A truck kept inside California will carry California registration only, so find the current registration card and the title in the owner’s name and keep them together with the keys.

Twenty-six of Temple City’s carriers are private fleets hauling their own goods, on FMCSA records. When the truck belongs to a business rather than to you personally, have the person who can sign for the company ready, along with the business name exactly as it appears on the title.

FMCSA registrations record 97 drivers working within 100 miles of Temple City and 226 working beyond it. For a local rig, the likely pickup spot is a driveway, a shop lot or a contractor’s yard in town; tell us which one and whether a tow truck can reach it without moving other vehicles.

Among the 53 local carriers that report mileage to FMCSA, the median works out to 52,456 miles per truck per year. Read the odometer and the engine hours off the dash and include both in your first message, along with a photo of the instrument cluster so the figures can be confirmed.

Even the top Temple City operators stay small: FMCSA’s census credits them with fleets of 11, 9 and 5 power units. Selling several units from one small fleet works the same as selling one: list each VIN, give the yard address, and send photos of every truck from all four sides.

Across 100 trucks inspected between September 2024 and August 2026, FMCSA roadside inspection records put the median model year of Temple City carriers’ trucks at 2020. Whatever year yours is, the year printed on the title is the one we use, so check that it matches the VIN plate.

Eleven percent of those 100 inspected trucks were ten or more model years old, per the same roadside inspection records. If you kept inspection reports or service invoices from the shop that maintained the truck, scan them or photograph them; they travel with the truck to its next owner.

The Peck Road Gravel Pit is a sand and gravel operation 3.2 miles east of Temple City, the Mine Safety and Health Administration reports, and its Durbin Plant listing sits 4.1 miles east. A dump truck or end-dump trailer that loads at those pits may be parked at the pit gate; give us the site name and a phone number for whoever lets vehicles in.

Eight and a half miles east, Azusa Rock appears in Mine Safety and Health Administration records as a crushed-stone quarry. County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau counts 75 construction establishments in Temple City, so if your truck delivers rock to building sites, tell us which contractor yard it returns to at night.

Aurant Yard lies 6.6 miles west of Temple City and Pico Rivera Yard 9.1 miles south, on the North American Rail Network kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. FMCSA’s census lists 10 Temple City carriers hauling intermodal containers, so a day cab that drays boxes from those yards should come with a photo of its fifth wheel and the plate on its door.

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics places the Commerce intermodal ramp 9.2 miles south-west and the City of Industry ramp 9.6 miles south-east. If your tractor sits at a drayage yard near either ramp, we collect it there; send the yard’s street address and the gate hours.

A petroleum product terminal at Montebello, 7.6 miles south-west, is listed by the Energy Information Administration. Fuel haulers working out of that terminal should gather the tank’s registration paperwork with the tractor’s title, since the tractor and any trailer are separate titled vehicles.

The Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023 show 6,815 jobs in Temple City, with 201 in wholesale trade and 168 in transportation and warehousing. Delivery trucks serving those wholesalers often carry lettering or a company lease; confirm whose name is on the title before you start; that person or business signs it over.

Manufacturing accounts for 141 local jobs and construction for 158, again from LEHD job counts. If the title is missing, the California Department of Motor Vehicles handles a duplicate, and the registered owner applies for it; start that request before the pickup is scheduled.

Across Los Angeles County, USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 766 farms, with potted flowering plants, mushrooms and horses leading the list. A stake bed or reefer that hauls nursery stock or feed sells the same way as any other truck: title, registration, photos and the address where it is parked.

• Can you collect a dump truck left at the Peck Road pit east of Temple City?Yes; the Mine Safety and Health Administration lists the Peck Road Gravel Pit 3.2 miles east of town, and we come to the truck at the pit; give us the name of whoever controls the gate.
• Are there low bridges in Temple City a tow truck has to avoid?The National Bridge Inventory records 12 bridges in Temple City, none of them load-posted and none under 14 feet of clearance, so tell us the street address and we plan the route from there.
• Will an intrastate-only Temple City tractor be collected like any other?Yes: FMCSA’s carrier census shows 158 of Temple City’s 228 carriers operate intrastate only, and those trucks are picked up on the same terms; have the California title and registration ready.
• The pink slip for my Temple City box truck has gone missing; which office reissues it?The California Department of Motor Vehicles issues duplicate titles to the registered owner; apply there, and send us the registration card in the meantime so the VIN can be matched.