HOW BUYING SURPLUS WIRE ACTUALLY WORKS
No account, no consignment, no mystery deductions. You show us the wire, we price the wire, and we collect it in Kansas.
01 You send what is on the tags
Start with the quote form or a phone call. Photograph each tag, the jacket legend and the conductor ends. Note the number of reels, roughly how much is left on each, and the city or ZIP where they sit.
This is the step that decides how fast the rest goes. A tag we can read tells us the type, the size and the standard, and it removes most of the guessing from the number we come back with.
02 We price it as wire, not as weight
Wire is not priced by the pound alone. Insulation type, voltage class, conductor material, stranding and footage all move the number, and a tagged full reel of THHN or XHHW is worth more than the same weight of unidentified cut-offs.
If a load is mixed, we price the parts separately and tell you which parts we are declining and why. If it is not worth collecting, we say so rather than making an offer that will not survive the trip.
03 We collect it
Once the figure and the scope are agreed, we schedule collection. Reels need a trailer, a dock or a forklift, and enough room to work; tell us which of those you have in the form and the pickup gets planned around it.
Nothing leaves until the scope is agreed in writing, including reel count and whether the deal is for the whole lot or selected reels.
What slows a quote down
- Tags photographed at an angle, in shadow, or from three feet away.
- Reels described as "mixed wire" with no count and no types.
- Wire that has already been cut into short lengths and mixed into a bin.
- A load that includes switchgear or a transformer, which we do not buy.
- No information about access, so the pickup has to be replanned.
Scope check
What qualifies, and what does not.
The line is simple: if it is wire or cable, we will look at it. If it is equipment that wire connects to, we will not.
| We buy | We do not buy |
|---|---|
| Copper and aluminum building wire | Transformers and switchgear |
| THHN, THWN, THWN-2, XHHW, XHHW-2 | Circuit breakers and panelboards |
| MC, AC, tray, VFD, TC, PLTC | MCCs, bus plugs and busway |
| SER, SEU, URD, USE-2 | Generators and ATS equipment |
| Bare copper, insulated ground wire | Chillers, motors and machinery |
| Welding cable, SOOW, portable cord | Pipe, strut, fixtures and fittings |
| Control, instrumentation, fire alarm, data | Mixed scrap metal and e-scrap |
| 5 kV to 69 kV+ EPR, XLPE, concentric neutral | Vehicles, tools and test equipment |
Request a quote
TELL US WHAT YOU HAVE
Send the details and photos of the reels. A tag photo and a jacket photo answer most of our questions, so you do not have to measure anything twice.
- Wire and cable only: no transformers, switchgear, breakers, MCCs, generators or machinery.
- Full reels, partial reels, spools, coils and boxed stock all welcome.
- Statewide Kansas pickup arranged after we agree on the load.
- Prefer to talk it through? Call +1 (614) 715-3047.
Straight answers
PROCESS QUESTIONS
How is a lot priced?
By what the wire actually is: copper or aluminum, type and insulation, gauge or MCM, voltage class, footage remaining, condition and how it is packaged. A full reel of tagged THHN is a different proposition from 80 feet of the same wire coiled on a floor.
How much does the tag matter?
A lot. A readable tag gives us the type, size, standard and original length, which is what makes an offer possible without a site visit. Untagged wire can still be bought, but the offer has to assume less and will reflect that.
Who handles loading?
Tell us in the form whether the wire is at a dock, on a rack, or on the ground, and whether a forklift is on site. Reels are heavy and awkward; the details decide what kind of truck comes out.
Can you take wire from several Kansas locations?
Yes, if the locations are close enough to make one trip sensible. List each city and the reels at each. Loads spread across the state are usually handled as separate collections.
START WITH ONE PHOTO.
The tag on the nearest reel is enough for us to tell you whether the lot is worth pricing.