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Union City · Alameda County · California

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We buy all commercial trucks — sleeper trucks, dump trucks, reefers, day cabs and service bodies.

Union City sits in Alameda County between the Fremont rail yard and the gravel pits of the Sunol hills, and the tractors, dump trucks and reefers registered here mostly stay inside the East Bay.

Selling a truck in Union City? Tell us about it and we'll take it from there.

Two rail yards within six miles

The North American Rail Network, kept by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, places Fremont Yard 3.1 miles south-east of Union City and Brightside Yard 5.5 miles east. If your day cab shuttles boxes between those yards and East Bay docks, note which yard it last loaded at; we can collect it from your lot or from wherever it is parked in between.

Out of 943 active Union City carriers, FMCSA’s carrier census counts 410 hauling general freight. If a trailer goes with your tractor, keep both registrations together so the pair can be collected from the same yard.

Quarries east of town

Aggregate trucks from Sunol and the Niles hills

Three sites east of the city appear in Mine Safety and Health Administration listings: Sheridan Quarry at 6.8 miles, Sunol Aggregates at 7.8 and DeSilva Gates Aggregates at 8.8. A dump truck or transfer rig that hauls from those pits can stay at the yard it works from; give us the gate contact and the hours the yard is open.

Construction accounts for 2,086 jobs in Union City, according to the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023, and County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau records 91 construction establishments. For a contractor selling a dump or a lowboy tractor, the title, the current registration card and a few photos of the bed and cab are all we need to start.

Cold chain

Reefers hauling produce, meat and chilled food

In FMCSA’s carrier census, 70 Union City carriers each list refrigerated food, meat and fresh produce among their cargo. If you run a reefer unit, send a photo of the reefer’s hour meter and its make plate alongside the tractor’s VIN, since we ask about the unit separately from the truck.

Wholesale trade employs 3,514 people here and manufacturing 4,029, per the Census Bureau’s LEHD counts. Box trucks that make deliveries for those warehouses and plants are on our list too; tell us the body length and whether a liftgate is fitted.

Short-haul and intrastate operators

Of Union City’s carriers, 783 run intrastate only and 158 cross state lines, FMCSA’s carrier census shows, with 88 operating as private fleets. An intrastate truck still needs a California title in the owner’s name; if the lienholder is still listed, tell us who it is so the release can be arranged.

Drivers working within 100 miles number 968 against 955 who go further, in the same FMCSA census, and the median annual distance reported across 218 carriers is 35,011 miles per truck. Have the odometer reading ready when you contact us, along with the engine make.

How old the trucks stopped near Union City are

FMCSA roadside inspection records covering 696 trucks inspected between August 2024 and August 2026 give a median model year of 2019 for Union City carriers, with 27.7 percent ten or more years old. Whatever the year of yours, the VIN tells us the spec, so put it first in your message.

Fleets registered here run up to 60 power units, by FMCSA’s census, and one operation lists 303 drivers on 58 units. If you are selling several trucks from one yard, send a list of VINs and we will treat them as a single collection.

Bridges and clean-truck rules

The National Bridge Inventory counts 18 bridges in Union City, none load-posted and none under 14 feet of clearance. A tall tractor or a loaded lowboy can leave the city on its own roads without a detour around a low span.

California’s Advanced Clean Fleets drayage and high-priority fleet requirements have been repealed, the California Air Resources Board’s rulemaking page states, and enforcement of the 2036 zero-emission sales requirement is paused under a federal court filing. If you are unsure where your truck stands under these rules, sell it as it is registered; we handle the paperwork from there.

The questions we get asked in Union City

  • Can you pick up a dump truck that sits at the Sunol Aggregates pit rather than in Union City itself?The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Sunol Aggregates 7.8 miles east of the city, and the truck can be collected at the pit if someone can open the gate for us.
  • I run a reefer for a produce wholesaler. Do you take the refrigeration unit with the truck?The reefer unit comes with the tractor: FMCSA’s carrier census shows 70 Union City carriers hauling fresh produce, and we buy the truck with its unit fitted; send photos of both and the unit’s hour reading.
  • Will a low bridge stop you collecting a tall truck from my yard?The National Bridge Inventory lists none of Union City’s 18 bridges under 14 feet, so a tall tractor can be driven or towed out on local roads.

Sell your truck in Union City

Union City runs from the Fremont rail yard to the quarries along the Sunol hills, and we collect trucks anywhere across that stretch of Alameda County.