Webb County ยท Laredo
We buy surplus cable in Laredo.
Laredo's warehouses and truck yards carry heavy service and long feeder runs, and what they shed is worth the drive south only when it is described before anyone sets out.
Call or text the buying desk954-740-1983
CountyWebb
What we see mostHeavy service and feeder
Typical lotPallet to flatbed load
AccessYard gate, dock, scale
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 · Laredo
Reviewed by a buyerTell us what you have and where it sits. Nothing is moved until written lot terms are agreed.
Webb County's building stock is built around freight. Cross-dock warehouses with a dock on both sides, trailer yards with rows of parking, cold storage, and a downtown of older commercial that has been refitted in pieces. Service here is sized for refrigeration, yard lighting and a lot of dock equipment, which means heavy conductors and long runs.
That suits a buyer. A Laredo lot is usually fewer reels of larger cable rather than many small ones, and larger cable carries more value per pound. The catch is distance, because two hundred miles of driving changes what a pickup costs to do and the lot has to be described well enough to plan the trip once.
01
The building stock is docks, yards and cold storage
A cross-dock building has power in three places: the service at the back, the dock equipment along the face, and the yard lighting on poles at the fence line. Work on any of them leaves cable. A dock leveller change strands the feed to it; a yard lighting upgrade leaves a hundred feet of direct-burial conductor per pole.
Cold storage is its own case. Refrigeration racks and their circuits are replaced rather than repaired, and the cable that comes out is heavy, dry and usually still identifiable.
- Service entrance and switchgear feeder, 4/0 to 500 kcmil
- Yard and apron lighting conductor, direct burial
- Dock leveller, door and restraint circuits
- Refrigeration rack feeds and control wiring
- Tray cable from conveyor and sorting equipment
02
Heavy cable is a weight problem before a value problem
A reel of 500 kcmil copper is not something two people lift, and a flatbed loaded with four of them is at the limit of what a standard trailer wants to carry. Weight decides the truck, the route and whether the load has to be split across two trips.
So give us the reel count and the diameters before anything else. Where the tags are gone, a tape measure around the barrel and the width of the wrap gets close enough to estimate. That single detail decides whether the trip happens.
03
The drive south is part of the quote
I-35 runs out of San Antonio and down through the brush to the border, with US-83 as the other way in from the north. Both are straightforward for a trailer, and both are long. A pickup that leaves at first light loads in the early afternoon and is back after dark.
That is why we consolidate. A Laredo run usually carries two or three lots from the same side of town, and a small lot will wait for a fuller truck rather than be collected alone. It is slower, and it is the honest arithmetic.
- Reel count, diameters and approximate weight
- Whether a yard scale is available on site
- Gate hours, and whether the yard is fenced and locked
- Whether a forklift or a crane truck is on hand
- Access road width, and overhead lines at the entrance
04
What makes a Laredo lot worth the trip
Volume of heavy conductor, cleanly separated, with tags intact. That is the whole answer. Twenty reels of mixed 12 AWG does not justify the drive; four reels of 350 kcmil feeder and a coil of 4/0 service does.
The other factor is readiness. A lot that can be loaded in an hour beats a larger lot that needs a day of sorting. If the reels are already on a pallet and the paperwork is started, the trip is worth making.
| Material | Sizes we see | Shape it arrives in |
|---|---|---|
| Service and switchgear feeder | 4/0 to 500 kcmil | Reel, cut lengths |
| Yard lighting conductor | 8 AWG to 2 AWG, direct burial | Coils per pole |
| Dock equipment circuits | 12 to 6 AWG, SOOW | Coils, worn cord |
| Refrigeration control | 16 to 10 AWG, multi-conductor | Partial reel |
| Tray cable | 14 AWG to 350 kcmil | Full reel, pulled |
Questions
Answers before you send anything.
If your question is not here, call the desk. A buyer answers, not a call centre.
Will you really drive to Laredo for one lot?
For a heavy lot, yes, usually as part of a run that covers two or three addresses on the same side of town. For a small lot we will say so and suggest holding it until there is enough weight to justify the distance.
Can the load be weighed in Laredo rather than at your end?
A weight ticket from a public scale in Webb County is the cleanest way to settle a heavy lot, and it saves an argument later. If there is no scale, we weigh on arrival and the ticket travels with the bill of sale.
Do you need a customs broker or border paperwork for this?
No. This is domestic material moving north on I-35, not an export. The paperwork is a weight ticket, a bill of sale and a property removal pass if the yard requires one at the gate.
What if the cable is still installed on a yard pole line?
Then it is not a lot yet. Pole lines come down through the utility or a licensed crew, de-energised and signed off. Once the conductor is coiled at the base of the poles, we can look at it and price it.
Keep reading
Related pages
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