Stone and gravel at Olive Springs, Felton and Quail Hollow
Olive Springs Quarry, a crushed-stone pit 7.4 miles north-east of Twin Lakes, appears in the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s list of active mines. A dump truck or transfer rig that has hauled rock down from Olive Springs may still be parked up there on a contractor’s lot; give us the exact spot and the name of whoever holds the gate key, and we arrange collection where it stands.
Felton Quarry, 7.8 miles to the north-west, and the Quail Hollow sand and gravel operation, 8.8 miles out the same way, are both recorded by the Mine Safety and Health Administration. If your truck has worked either site, send a few photos of the bed, the frame and the cab, plus the VIN plate, and tell us which pit it last loaded at.
Watsonville Yard to the east
According to the North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Watsonville Yard lies about 14.3 miles east of Twin Lakes, with a second listed track segment at 15 miles. Tractors and box trucks that shuttle freight to and from that yard can be picked up in Watsonville itself; you do not need to bring one back toward Santa Cruz.
If the truck has been sitting near the Watsonville tracks, tell us whose property it is on and whether a lowboy or a tow can reach it. The registration card and the title belong with the truck or with you, ready to hand over when we arrive.
Twin Lakes jobs
Contracting work around Twin Lakes
Of the 1,111 jobs the Census Bureau’s LEHD counts locate in Twin Lakes for 2023, construction holds 70, a 6.3 percent share. Pickups with utility beds, small dump trucks and stake beds that do contracting work here can be sold from a home driveway or a contractor’s yard.
Keep service invoices, smog paperwork and any inspection sheets in one folder before you call. Those papers, along with the title, let us confirm the truck’s history from the records rather than from guesswork.
Farm haulage
Nursery and flower growers in the county
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 614 farms in Santa Cruz County, with propagative material, potted flowering plants, and cut flowers and cultivated greens at the top of the county’s list. Refrigerated box trucks and flatbeds that move nursery stock and cut stems between growers and shippers are trucks we buy.
If yours is a reefer box that has carried plants or flowers, tell us the make of the cooling unit and include a photo of its data plate. A truck still parked at a nursery can be collected there once the grower knows we are coming.
Clean truck rule status
Repealed, contested and paused: the clean truck rules for a Twin Lakes seller
On the California Air Resources Board’s rulemaking record, the Advanced Clean Fleets drayage, high-priority and federal fleet requirements are listed as repealed. The board’s own news release describes the Advanced Clean Trucks Regulation as contested, after amendments it says give manufacturers flexibility.
A federal court filing in the Eastern District of California shows enforcement paused on the 2036 requirement that all new medium- and heavy-duty truck sales be zero-emission. None of these listings changes what you need to sell a diesel truck in Twin Lakes: a signed title in your name, current registration, and the keys.
The questions we get asked in Twin Lakes
- My dump truck is still at a quarry above Felton, so will your driver load it at Felton Quarry itself?Felton Quarry is 7.8 miles north-west of Twin Lakes on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s records, and we collect from quarry lots like that one. Name the Felton site contact who can let a driver through, and we plan around them.
- I hauled for nurseries around Santa Cruz County. Do you take reefer box trucks?Santa Cruz County’s 614 farms, per USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, lead with propagative material and potted flowers, and the refrigerated box trucks that serve them are on our list. Send photos of the box, the cooling unit and the cab.
- My tractor sits on a lot by the Watsonville tracks, so does it have to be driven back over to Twin Lakes?Watsonville Yard is about 14.3 miles east of Twin Lakes on the North American Rail Network, and we come to the truck where it sits. Send the Watsonville street address and the lot owner’s phone number.