Two pits on the road south of town
The Mine Safety and Health Administration lists Painted Hills Quarry, a sand and gravel operation 16.8 miles south-west of Yucca Valley. A dump truck or end-dump tractor that has spent its shifts climbing out of that quarry can be sold from the pit lot itself, so give us the gate contact and the hours the yard is open.
The Mine Safety and Health Administration also lists Thousand Palms Pit, another sand and gravel site, 19.2 miles due south. A truck from that run can stay parked near the pit; send us the address and leave it where it is.
Intrastate haulers, car carriers and private fleets
FMCSA’s carrier census counts 116 active carriers based in Yucca Valley, and 100 of them are registered as intrastate only, against 16 cleared for interstate work. For a California-only operator, the state registration card and the title are the two papers to find before you call.
Private fleets account for 20 of those registrations under the same federal census, meaning a contractor or business that hauls its own materials rather than freight for hire. A company truck sold this way needs someone authorised to sign for the business, so name that person when you first get in touch.
Looking at what the town’s carriers declare they move, FMCSA lists general freight for 32 of them, machinery and large objects for 9, motor vehicles for 9 and driveaway or towaway work for 8. A lowboy tractor, a car hauler or a rollback is as welcome here as a box truck; send photos of the deck and the cab together.
Short radius
Most of the driving stays close to home
Drivers working within 100 miles of base number 277 in Yucca Valley’s FMCSA filings, compared with 168 who range beyond that. A truck whose routes stay inside that radius is usually parked within reach of where its owner lives, which makes it simple for us to come to it.
Thirteen local carriers reported mileage to the federal census, and their median comes to 17,100 miles per truck a year. Have the odometer reading and the VIN on hand when you contact us; our first questions start with those two numbers.
One registrant in town runs 159 power units with 232 drivers, per FMCSA, while the next two hold 12 and 4 trucks. Whether you are selling a single unit or several from a yard, list each VIN separately so every truck is matched to its own title.
The model years seen at roadside
Half of the 87 Yucca Valley trucks pulled over for roadside checks between September 2024 and August 2026 were built in 2022 or later, according to FMCSA roadside inspection records. Note the year, make and model on the title before you reach out so the details we record match the paperwork.
Those same roadside inspection records show 18.39 percent of the inspected trucks at ten or more years old. Older and newer units are both on our list; if you kept an inspection report from a stop, include it with your photos so the truck’s history travels with it.
Construction carries the local payroll
Of 4,668 jobs located in Yucca Valley in 2023, the Census Bureau’s LEHD job counts place 546 in construction, an 11.7 percent share. Dump trucks, water trucks and flatbeds that serve those crews often sit at a jobsite between projects, and we can collect from a site as easily as from a driveway.
County Business Patterns from the Census Bureau records 85 construction establishments in town, and the LEHD series lists 125 jobs, or 2.7 percent, in transportation and warehousing. If the truck belongs to a contractor that is winding down equipment, gather the registration and any service records in one folder before the pickup is booked.
Milk, cattle and potted plants on county farms
USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture tallies 809 farms in San Bernardino County, with milk, cattle and potted flowering plants as the leading products. Livestock haulers, feed trucks and refrigerated straight trucks that serve those operations fit what we purchase.
A farm truck is often titled to the ranch or dairy rather than a person, so check whose name the California title carries. If the title has gone missing, the state’s title agency handles the replacement, and starting that request early keeps the sale moving.
The questions we get asked in Yucca Valley
- My dump truck is still parked at Painted Hills Quarry. Must I haul it up the road to town before you collect?Painted Hills Quarry is 16.8 miles south-west of Yucca Valley on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s register, and we collect from the quarry lot. Tell us who can open the gate and when the yard is staffed.
- My business hauls its own materials. Can a company truck be sold?Twenty of Yucca Valley’s 116 active carriers are private fleets in FMCSA’s census, and their trucks sell the same way as any other. Bring the title in the business name and a person authorised to sign for the company.
- Where do California’s clean truck rules stand?California Air Resources Board materials show the Advanced Clean Fleets drayage and high-priority fleet requirements repealed, the Advanced Clean Trucks Regulation contested, and federal court records show enforcement of the 2036 zero-emission sales requirement paused. None of that stops you from selling a diesel truck here.