Guadalupe County ยท Schertz
We buy surplus cable in Schertz.
Schertz sits where I-35 meets the rail line, which is why the buildings are big, the ceilings are high and the cable is loaded with a forklift rather than by hand.
Call or text the buying desk954-740-1983
CountyGuadalupe
SettingI-35 and rail
Common lotTray and feeder
AccessDock-high, forklift
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 · Schertz
Reviewed by a buyerTell us what you have and where it sits. Nothing is moved until written lot terms are agreed.
Distribution and manufacturing drive Schertz. Buildings are wide, racking is tall, and the electrical distribution is designed around machines and conveyance rather than around people. A conveyor reconfiguration, a new line or an expanded dock area means feeder, tray cable and control cable moving at once, and it means a lot of material leaving through one door.
Rail matters more than it sounds. A site served by rail can take heavy equipment on a schedule that ignores road freight, and its electrical work tends to be planned as capital projects rather than tenant improvements. That produces fewer, larger lots: a whole decommissioned line, or a lineup of feeder pulled during a service upgrade.
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What a distribution building sheds
A distribution centre is mostly lighting, conveyance and dock equipment, and all three get replaced on a cycle. Lighting retrofits leave the old circuits, conveyor changes leave tray cable and control cable, and dock door or leveller replacements leave short feeder pulls, which individually are minor and across a building add up to a trailer. Lighting circuits alone can fill a pallet, and they are the part everyone forgets to count.
- Lighting and dock equipment circuits
- Conveyor tray and control cable
- Panel and switchboard feeder
- SOOW cord and portable power
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Manufacturing removals: 480 V and drive cable
The manufacturing side is heavier and more interesting. Lines run at 480 V, drives sit in cabinets and feed motors through shielded cable, and a re-tool leaves both the feeder to the cabinet and the cable from the cabinet to the machine, so VFD cable is worth keeping separate because it is bought on its construction and its shield. Motor cable and control cable are two different lots.
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Forklift loading, weight tickets and freight
Material in Schertz usually moves on a pallet, and pallets move with a forklift. That makes the pickup simple as long as the pallets are sound and the weights are known, and we ask for an approximate weight per pallet so the trailer is loaded legally. If the building has a scale, weigh each pallet before it is wrapped and the paperwork is done.
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Rail-served sites and capital project timing
A rail-served plant plans differently from a warehouse. Equipment arrives on a schedule, installation is tied to a shutdown, and the removed cable comes out inside a window that was agreed months earlier, so tell us early if your project has a shutdown date. Planning a pickup around a shutdown is normal, and easier than clearing a working floor.
- Shutdown date
- Pallet weights
- Cable type per pallet
| Family | Sizes we see | Condition we buy |
|---|---|---|
| Feeder and service cable | 1/0 to 750 kcmil | Reel, cut length, removed |
| Tray cable (TC / TC-ER) | 14 AWG to 500 kcmil | Reel and cut length |
| VFD and motor cable | 8 AWG to 4/0 | Surplus, pulled |
| Control and instrument cable | 16 AWG to 10 AWG | Coiled, surplus |
| 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.
Can you load from a dock without our forklift?
We can, but it is slower. A forklift on site makes a pallet lot quick, and most Schertz buildings have one. If not, tell us the pallet heights and weights and we will bring equipment suited to the load.
Do you buy cable from a decommissioned line?
Yes, and it is often the best lot in the building. Feeder, drive cable and control cable from one line are documented and consistent. Keep the runs labelled and the pallets separated by cable type. That is what makes it easy to value.
How are weights handled for freight?
We work to a weight ticket where one exists, and we weigh on our side otherwise. An approximate weight per pallet when you send the list keeps the trailer legal and the paperwork simple. Tell us if the building has a scale on the dock.
Is obsolete control cable from an old line still bought?
Often, yes. The limit is documentation: if the jacket print is legible and the conductor count is clear, it can be priced. Totally unidentified multi-conductor cable is valued on recovery instead. Send a photograph of the print before you pull the whole run.
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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