FMCSA’s carrier census lists 142 active carriers based in Williams, and 71 of them haul general freight while 58 carry grain, feed or hay. If your tractor pulled hopper or flatbed loads of hay from Colusa County farms, tell us the trailer type it ran with and whether that trailer is part of the sale.
Fresh produce appears on 26 of those registrations and farm supplies on 19, by the same federal carrier census. A reefer unit or a farm-supply straight truck parked at a ranch gate outside town is a normal pickup for us; send the ranch address and a phone number for whoever holds the keys.
Of the Williams carriers, 124 run intrastate only, 18 cross state lines, and 27 are private fleets hauling their own goods, according to FMCSA. A private-fleet truck that carried a farm’s own rice or cattle still needs its California title in the owner’s name, so check whose name is on it before you call.
The three biggest Williams fleets on the federal register run 60, 35 and 11 power units, with 27, 35 and 11 drivers respectively, per FMCSA’s carrier census. Selling several units at once from a yard like those is something we handle as one job; list each VIN and where each tractor is parked.
Registrations kept arriving in recent years: FMCSA records 8 new Williams carriers in 2024 and 5 in 2025. A newer operator letting go of a first truck should have the title, current registration and any lease or lien release papers together before the first call.
Have the odometer reading and the VIN to hand when you reach out; we ask for those two numbers first.
Photograph the cab, frame, tires and the data plate so the model year and specification we see match what you describe.
Whatever the year on your title, service records and inspection reports kept in the cab help us understand where the truck has worked.
Rice, cattle and wheat across Colusa County
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture counts 715 farms in Colusa County, with rice, cattle and wheat as the leading products. Trucks that serve those farms often sit at a field edge or a dryer yard between seasons, and we collect from there; give us directions that a driver unfamiliar with the county roads can follow.
If your truck belongs to a farm operation rather than to you personally, have the farm’s authorised signer available to sign the title.
A dump truck or transfer unit that worked that pit can stay on site for collection, as long as someone there can let our driver through the gate.
West of town, CLEARLAKE LAVA is a sand and gravel operation 24.7 miles from Williams, according to MSHA. Tell us which of the two sites your truck served, and whether it is parked there now or back in town.
Warehouses, plants and builders in Williams
Manufacturing holds 139 jobs in Williams on the Census Bureau’s LEHD counts for 2023. A box truck or tractor used by a local plant may be titled to the company, so the paperwork should come from whoever signs for its vehicles.
County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau records 7 warehousing establishments and 4 construction establishments in Williams. If your truck is parked at one of those yards, tell us the business hours so pickup lands when the gate is open.
The questions we get asked in Williams
- Can I sell an older truck from Williams?FMCSA roadside inspection records put the median model year of Williams trucks at 2016, with 47.8 percent ten or more years old, and we buy trucks across that whole spread. Send the VIN, the model year and photos to get started.