Peninsula rail yard
Redwood City’s yard and port, a few miles north
Just 3.1 miles up the road from West Menlo Park, REDWOOD CITY YARD is mapped on the North American Rail Network that the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics maintain. If your tractor or box truck shuttles freight to and from that yard, tell us which gate it uses and which lot it is kept in, so we send someone to the right place.
Another 5.8 miles north, the port at Redwood City appears in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics port listings. A truck that has run dock work there can be collected from the address where it sits; send us that address along with the VIN and a few clear photos of the cab, frame and tires.
Across the bay, the North American Rail Network also records NEWARK YARD 11.7 miles to the north-east. Sellers whose trucks split work between Newark and the Peninsula should name both bases when they contact us, so we know which side of the water to send someone to.
Langley Hill, Stevens Creek
Crushed stone south-west and south-east of the Menlo hills
Langley Hill Quarry, a crushed-stone operation 7.2 miles to the south-west, is listed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Dump trucks and end-dump tractors that load aggregate there are among the trucks we purchase; keep the registration and any service records together so they travel with the truck.
Stevens Creek Quarry lies 11.5 miles to the south-east, again per the Mine Safety and Health Administration. If your dump truck stays on site between shifts, let us know whether a visitor can reach it during working hours and who on site can meet us at the gate.
Tank and base routes
Petroleum terminals in San Jose and a Navy site to the east
Two petroleum product terminals show up in Energy Information Administration records about 16 miles east: one listed as SAN JOSE at 16.3 miles and SHELL SAN JOSE TERMINAL at 16.4 miles. Tank tractors that load at either terminal can be sold from wherever they are based; list the trailer type the tractor pulls and send photos of the fifth wheel.
NAVPMOSSP Mtn View, a military installation 9.7 miles east, is on the Bureau of Transportation Statistics list of federal sites. If your truck is kept inside a gated area there, tell us where it can be reached from outside the base.
Nursery and mushrooms
Local jobs and San Mateo County’s growers
According to the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts for 2023, West Menlo Park had 557 jobs. Whoever contacts us about a truck based here should have the title to hand, with the registered owner’s name matching the person signing it over.
San Mateo County had 250 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, with potted flowering plants, mushrooms and foliage plants at the top of its list. Box trucks and reefers that move nursery stock or mushrooms around the county are trucks we take, so mention any refrigeration unit and its records when you describe yours.
Clean-truck status
Clean-truck regulations a West Menlo Park owner may ask about
The Advanced Clean Fleets drayage, high-priority and federal fleet requirements are listed as repealed, and the Advanced Clean Trucks regulation as contested. The 2036 medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission sales mandate is on hold too, its enforcement paused under a federal court order.
None of these rules stops you selling a diesel truck based in West Menlo Park. Tell us the engine model year when you get in touch, so the paperwork we ask for matches the truck in front of us.
Gather the title, the current registration and any service or inspection records before pickup. If the title is lost, the state’s title agency handles a replacement, and it helps to start that request before the truck leaves San Mateo County.
Photos of the cab, dash, frame, tires and any body or trailer equipment let us see the truck as it is, whether it sits at a yard near Redwood City, a quarry gate or a driveway in West Menlo Park.
The questions we get asked in West Menlo Park
- Will you come to a quarry to collect a dump truck?Langley Hill Quarry, 7.2 miles south-west by the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s listing, and Stevens Creek Quarry, 11.5 miles south-east, are both places we can meet a truck; tell us who can let us through the gate.
- Can you pick up a truck kept at REDWOOD CITY YARD?REDWOOD CITY YARD sits 3.1 miles north of town on the North American Rail Network, and we can collect from there or any lot nearby once you give us the address and access details.
- Do you buy refrigerated trucks from nursery or mushroom growers?San Mateo County’s 250 farms in USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture lead with potted flowering plants, mushrooms and foliage plants, and reefers and box trucks hauling that produce are trucks we purchase.