Bexar County ยท Converse
We buy surplus wire in Converse.
Converse is a working mix: subdivision streets, small warehouses and light industrial yards, so a single week there can produce three completely different lots within a few miles.
Call or text the buying desk954-740-1983
CountyBexar
MixResidential and industrial
Common lotSeveral small lots
AccessDriveway and dock
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 · Converse
Reviewed by a buyerTell us what you have and where it sits. Nothing is moved until written lot terms are agreed.
The city sits on the northeast side, on the approach to Randolph, and it has never been one thing. Tract housing from the last few decades sits a few blocks from a metal building with dock doors and a fenced yard. The electrical work splits the same way: residential service and branch cable on one street, feeder and tray on the next.
That mix is why Converse lots are usually small and rarely uniform. A single pickup might be a service upgrade at a house, a partial reel from a shop expansion and a pallet of overstock from a warehouse that changed hands. We buy those together, but each has to be described separately to be priced properly.
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Three kinds of lot in one city
Residential, warehouse and light industrial work each produce a different shape of surplus, and Converse has all three within a few minutes of each other. A service upgrade leaves a short pull of SE, a shop expansion leaves feeder and a partial reel of tray cable, and a warehouse changing hands leaves overstock nobody has inventoried. None of the three is large on its own, and together they will fill a truck.
- Residential service and branch
- Shop feeder and tray cable
- Warehouse overstock
- Small demolition removals
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Warehousing along the corridor
The warehouse stock is smaller than the south side's and older, which changes the material. Expect 600 V feeder rather than medium voltage, panel and lighting circuits rather than process distribution, and a maintenance store with a mixed collection of cord, welding lead and partial reels that has never been counted. Counting it is the first useful thing anyone has done with it in years, and it takes an hour.
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Randolph-adjacent industry and its access
Businesses that serve the base sit close to it without being on it, and their yards are ordinary commercial lots with a gate and a dock. A pickup there follows normal rules, with one exception: security-conscious tenants want the vehicle declared and the driver named before the truck arrives, which is easy to arrange in advance. Send the name and the plate with the reel list and the gate question is settled.
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How mixed lots get priced
When a lot contains several kinds of material, we price the parts rather than the pile. A tagged reel is valued on footage, a pulled run on conductor and condition, and a box of mixed offcuts on recovery, which is why a written list is worth more than a photograph of a full truck bed. A list also lets us tell you what to leave behind.
- Material at each address
- Approximate footage
- Access contact
| Family | Sizes we see | Condition we buy |
|---|---|---|
| Service entrance cable | 2 AWG to 350 kcmil | Removed, surplus |
| Feeder and panel cable | 1/0 to 500 kcmil | Reel, cut length |
| Tray cable (TC / TC-ER) | 14 AWG to 250 kcmil | Reel and cut length |
| NM-B and branch wiring | 14/2 to 6/3 | Rolls, offcuts |
| SOOW cord and welding lead | 18/3 to 2/0 | Used, surplus |
Questions
Answers before you send anything.
If your question is not here, call the desk. A buyer answers, not a call centre.
Will you collect several small lots in one trip?
Yes, if they are close together and each is described. A route through three addresses in Converse is normal. Send the list with the material at each address and we will plan the order so the truck is not handling the same pallet twice.
Is residential cable worth mixing with commercial?
Only in the paperwork. Keep NM-B and residential offcuts separate from feeder and tray cable, because they are priced differently and mixing them makes both harder to value. Two containers on one pallet is enough separation.
Do you buy from a business that serves the base?
Yes, and access is usually straightforward. Some tenants want the driver and vehicle declared in advance, which we are happy to do. Tell us the gate procedure when you send the reel list. It takes a name and a plate number, not a week of paperwork.
What if we do not know the footage on the reels?
A tag, a reel diameter and a rough weight are usually enough to estimate. If there is no tag at all, we work from the jacket print and the weight, and the quote will reflect that the footage is an estimate.
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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