Situations ยท Six ways cable is left behind
Cable you no longer need, by situation.
Nearly every lot starts as a decision someone made about space: the job ended, the rack filled up, the building came down, the line was retired.
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SituationsSix
Most commonPartial and overstock
Most paperUtility and hospital
ScaleOne reel or a truckload
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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 · Situations
Reviewed by a buyerTell us what you have and where it sits. Nothing is moved until written lot terms are agreed.
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Left over from a job
The job ended before the material did: a scope changed, a rack filled up, a purchasing decision left twelve reels of the wrong gauge. This is the largest category and the easiest to price, because the cable is usually unopened and the tag is usually still on it. Most of these lots are documented, which makes them the quickest to price.
02
Left over from a building
The building changed use, or came down. Renovation and demolition both release cable that was in service, which means it has a history, sometimes a record, and a schedule attached that is not yours to move. Both situations reward staging the material early, before the crew that knows what it is has left the site; a dumpster is the most expensive place for a reel to spend a week.
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Left over from a system
The line was retired rather than the building changed. Reconductoring, a yard rebuild or a duct bank taken out of service produces conductor in a form most sellers have never priced before: long lengths, heavy drums, and a documented route that matters as much as the metal. Utility material is read on tag, class and weight, and keeping the route, the class and the drum stencil together is what makes that possible.
Questions
Answers before you send anything.
If your question is not here, call the desk. A buyer answers, not a call centre.
None of these situations fits my lot.
Then describe it plainly and skip the category. The six pages exist because most lots resemble one of them, not because a lot has to. What a buyer needs is the same in every case: what the cable is, how much, where it sits and what condition it is in. Say it in that order and the reply is quicker.
More than one situation applies.
Common on a site with several phases running. Start with the page that matches the largest part of the lot, and mention the rest in the description. The logistics usually follow the biggest pile. The paperwork follows the biggest risk.
How long can cable sit before it is a problem?
Indoors and dry, a long time. Outdoors in this climate, a season is enough to weather a jacket and fill a drum with water. If it has been outside, say for how long and whether it was covered; that is the single most useful sentence in the description.
Do I need a manifest before I call?
No, but it shortens the call. A one-page list of reels with footage and condition is worth more than a long email, and the guide on the site shows what to put on it. Photographs do the rest.
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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.
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- 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