Medina County ยท Castroville
We buy surplus wire in Castroville.
Castroville's electrical work is agricultural and old: wells, pumps, shops and outbuildings fed from poles, plus a square of stone commercial that predates most of it.
Call or text the buying desk954-740-1983
CountyMedina
What we see mostOverhead and pump cable
Typical lotTruck bed to small pallet
AccessFarm gate, gravel drive
Get a buy quote
Send the reel list. A buyer reads it.
Six details are enough to start. Tags and photos can follow by text or email once a buyer has looked at the basics.
- A buyer reviews the lot: construction, footage and condition, not only metal weight
- Copper and aluminium, 600 V building wire through 345 kV cable
- Full reels, partial reels, cut lengths, pallets and truckloads
- No fee, no obligation, and no automatic pickup
Reel list · Castroville
Reviewed by a buyerTell us what you have and where it sits. Nothing is moved until written lot terms are agreed.
Medina County around Castroville is farmland with a town in the middle of it. A lot of the service is overhead, run from a pole to a meter can on a wall, and the buildings it feeds are equipment sheds, shops and houses that have been added to across four decades. The wiring practice that goes with that is direct and unsentimental.
So the lots here do not look like plant lots. Triplex and quadruplex overhead service, a coil of 6 AWG from a barn run, submersible pump cable off a well that was pulled, and old rubber or cloth conductor that is scrap and knows it. Mixed piles are normal, and a photograph of the pile is often enough to start.
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Overhead service comes down in short spans
A pole-to-building drop is short, sixty feet or so, and it comes down when a service is upgraded or a pole is replaced. What lands on the ground is triplex or quadruplex aluminium, sometimes copper, with a messenger and a weatherhead still attached at one end.
Do not cut a span into pieces to make it easier to carry. One forty-foot span is worth more than four ten-foot pieces, and length is most of the difference.
- Triplex and quadruplex overhead service drop
- Bare and insulated messenger, plus the attachment hardware
- Meter can, mast and weatherhead connections
- Yard and pole lighting conductor
- Grounding conductor from the rod to the panel
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Pump cable and the well trade
Wells are the water supply on most of these properties, and a pump replacement leaves the old drop cable coiled by the well head. Cable that spent a decade underwater in a bore is usually finished, and it is priced as metal rather than as cable.
The value is in the new material. A partial reel of 10/3 or 8/3 submersible left from a job that needed part of it is a clean, dry, identifiable lot, and it is the one worth photographing before it goes back on the shelf.
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Older commercial around the square
The stone buildings near the square have been rewired more than once, and the next refit will pull out whatever the last one left. Knob-and-tube era conductor, early rubber, and a service that has been patched at the mast three times are all normal here.
The installation is not the lot; the leftovers are. A refit of a shop or a restaurant leaves partial reels of 12 and 10 AWG, a coil of feeder for a new panel, and a service tail or two. That is a modest but honest lot.
- Partial reels of 12 and 10 AWG left from a refit
- Service tails from a mast or meter replacement
- Feeder for a new panel, cut to length on site
- Conduit pulls cut out of a wall or a ceiling
- Old conductor, bundled for scrap rather than cable
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Farm yards, gates and gravel
Access decides the trip. A gravel drive, a cattle guard and a gate that is chained at dusk will stop a truck as effectively as a locked building. Send the gate arrangement, the surface and whether the reels are under cover or in the weather.
Cable that has stood outside for a year is not the same lot as cable in a shed, and we will price it differently. That is not a reason to hide it. A straight description of where it sat is what makes the second trip unnecessary.
| Family | Sizes we see | Condition we buy |
|---|---|---|
| Overhead triplex / quadruplex | 2 AWG to 4/0 aluminium | Removed span, surplus |
| Submersible pump cable | 14 AWG to 8 AWG, 3 and 4 wire | Surplus, pulled |
| Service entrance cable | 2/0 to 4/0 SER | Tails, partial reel |
| Building wire | 14 to 6 AWG THHN, NM-B | Part rolls, coils |
| Old branch conductor | 12 and 10 AWG, rubber or cloth | Bundled scrap |
Questions
Answers before you send anything.
If your question is not here, call the desk. A buyer answers, not a call centre.
Do you take overhead wire that is still on the pole?
No. Nothing comes down without the utility or a qualified crew doing the work, and nothing is handled until it is de-energised. Once a span is on the ground and signed off, it is a lot we can look at and price.
Is a pile of old barn wiring worth collecting?
Sometimes, and we will tell you when it is not. Old rubber and cloth conductor with brittle insulation is metal, not cable, and it needs volume to justify a trip. Bundle it and add it to a better lot rather than calling for it alone.
How far out of Castroville will you go?
Across Medina County, including the farms and ranches outside town, provided the lot justifies the drive. Send the nearest crossroads and the gate details, and a buyer will say whether it stands alone or waits for a fuller run.
Can cable be picked up at a shop in town instead of the property?
Yes, and it is often easier. Many sellers bring the reels to a shop or a yard in town and we load there. That also lets the lot be weighed on a public scale rather than estimated from a photograph.
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No fee · no obligation
You have the cable. We have a scale and a check.
Send the reel list, the tags or a photograph of the pallet. A buyer comes back with what the lot is worth and how pickup would work, before anything is moved.
954-740-1983 Call or text
- Reel tags, or the print on the jacket
- Reel count and footage, even roughly
- Where it sits and what can reach it
- Whether the cable is still energised