Val Verde County ยท Del Rio
We buy surplus cable in Del Rio.
Del Rio is a border town on a long supply line, so cable here is bought, moved and priced with freight in mind before anything else is discussed.
Call or text the buying desk954-740-1983
CountyVal Verde
What we see mostURD and heavy service
Typical lotPallet to flatbed load
AccessYard gate, dock, long haul
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 · Del Rio
Reviewed by a buyerTell us what you have and where it sits. Nothing is moved until written lot terms are agreed.
Val Verde County's seat sits on US-90 with the river on one side and a lot of dry country on the other. The building stock is a border-town mix: warehouse and cross-dock space serving trade, older commercial downtown, lake-area houses and rentals, and aviation-adjacent buildings on the edge of town.
The cable matches. Underground residential conductor to lake subdivisions, service and feeder in the warehouse district, pump cable where properties are on wells, and overhead conductor where the service never went underground. What unites it is distance: nothing here is a quick trip from anywhere.
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Freight is the first number, not the last
A loaded trailer out of Del Rio runs a long way before it reaches a scale we control, and that distance is part of what the lot has to carry. It does not change what the cable is worth, but it does change which lots are worth collecting.
The practical rule is weight and density. Heavy conductor in volume travels well. A pickup load of mixed small-gauge cut-offs does not, and we will say so rather than send a truck to prove it.
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Lake-area building runs underground
Houses and rentals around the lake are frequently on underground service, which means URD, pedestals and long buried runs to a meter. When a service is upgraded or a lot is subdivided, the conductor that comes out is heavy, dry and usually still on a partial reel.
URD is bought on size, voltage class and jacket condition. 15 kV cable that has been in the ground is priced differently from 600 V that never left the reel, and the print on the jacket is what settles which one it is.
- URD, 600 V and 15 kV, aluminium and copper
- Service entrance cable to pedestals and meters
- Submersible pump cable where properties are on wells
- Direct-burial conductor for dock and landscape lighting
- Grounding conductor from new services
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Border logistics buildings run heavy service
Warehouse and cross-dock space in Del Rio is sized for trailers, which means a large service, yard lighting on poles and dock equipment on its own circuits. A tenant improvement or a service upgrade there produces feeder in the 1/0 to 500 kcmil range.
Those are the lots that justify the haul. Three reels of heavy feeder, palletised and weighed, will carry a trip that a mixed pallet of 12 AWG never will.
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What to send before the truck leaves San Antonio
A photograph of each reel face, the tag where it survives, the count and the approximate weight. Then the access detail: gate, dock or ramp, whether a forklift is on site, and whether the yard is open past five.
With that, a run can be planned around other stops on US-90 and the lot priced before anyone drives. Without it, the trip becomes a survey, and a survey costs the same as a pickup.
- Reel count, diameters and tag photographs
- Gauge, voltage class and metal for each reel
- Total weight, or a scale ticket if one exists
- Loading method: dock, ramp, forklift or hand
- Gate hours and a contact who can sign a release
| Material | Sizes we see | Shape it arrives in |
|---|---|---|
| URD | 1/0 to 500 kcmil, 600 V and 15 kV | Partial reel, pulled |
| Service and feeder | 1/0 to 500 kcmil | Reel, cut lengths |
| Pump cable | 14 to 8 AWG, three and four wire | Coil, partial reel |
| Overhead drop | 2 AWG to 4/0 aluminium | Whole span |
| Dock and yard lighting | 8 to 2 AWG direct burial | Coils per pole |
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 a single pallet in Del Rio?
Only as part of a run with other stops, and only if the weight justifies it. A single pallet of heavy URD can qualify. A single pallet of mixed building wire usually cannot, and holding it until there is more is the better answer.
Can the load be weighed locally?
A weight ticket from a public scale in Val Verde County is the cleanest way to settle a heavy lot, and it removes any argument about what left the yard. Where there is no scale, the load is weighed on arrival and the ticket travels with the paperwork.
Is there any export paperwork involved this far west?
Not for domestic material moving east on US-90. The documents are a weight ticket, a bill of sale and a property release if the yard requires one at the gate. Nothing is crossing a border in our hands.
How much notice does a pickup need out here?
More than a lot in San Antonio, and less than people expect. The constraint is fitting the stop into a planned run rather than the drive itself. A week of notice usually puts a Del Rio collection on the next truck going that way.
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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