Charleston, SC · the Carolinas
Surplus Wire and Cable Buyers in Charleston, SC
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- Paid before pickup
- No sorting required
- Freight and loading covered
- Any gauge, full or partial reels
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We buy surplus wire and cable in Charleston, SC and throughout South Carolina. There is no obligation.
Why Sellers Choose Us
What a Charleston wire sale involves on your end
Funds change hands before a single reel leaves your property. There is no consignment and no waiting on a downstream resale.
You are never asked to sort, measure, strip or re-spool anything. Our team grades the material from photos and our own inspection.
Trucks, forklifts, reel handling and pallet wrapping are billed to us. That cost is already priced into the offer you receive.
Full reels, partial reels, boxed coils, loose cut-offs and several different constructions on one skid are all normal to us.
Wire and Cable We Buy in Charleston
Every construction is in scope, from 14 AWG spools to 1000 MCM feeder reels
The Charleston Market
Idle wire in a Charleston warehouse costs you rack space and ties up capital that could be working. We take it and pay you. Charleston, SC sits inside the South Carolina territory one of our buyers covers directly. We quote from photos and a rough list, pay on pickup, and cover the loading and freight ourselves.
Every construction is in scope. What we see most often in Charleston is soft-drawn bare copper ground wire on reels and pallets of 12 AWG THHN spools in mixed colors. Across South Carolina we also buy triplex and quadruplex overhead conductor, wooden reels of 350 MCM XHHW-2 from a cancelled feeder and VFD cable reels from a pump station project.
Who We Buy From
Our sellers here are typically water and wastewater treatment authorities, oil and gas service yards, solar and wind EPC firms with leftover conductor. We also buy from project managers closing out a completed build and supply houses and distributors rotating aged stock.
The circumstances behind those calls are consistent:
- A storm or fire loss replacement arrived and the displaced stock has to move.
- A subdivision or phase finished and every house left a partial coil behind.
- The feeder schedule got value-engineered and the original reels no longer fit the design.
- The business is closing and remaining inventory is being liquidated.
Pickup and Freight in Charleston
Our trucks already run through Columbia, so a pickup in Charleston rarely needs a special trip. If the reels have to come out without a forklift, we will plan for it before we quote.
The material is valued on its own merits. The cost of getting it out of Charleston is absorbed on our side. Sellers who already hold a scrap quote often find the difference substantial, because a scrap figure pays metal weight minus processing and ignores what a full reel with a legible print line is worth to somebody who needs to pull it.
Common South Carolina Constructions
Aluminum Cable
URD, quadruplex, triplex, MC-AP and large aluminum feeders from utility and service work.
Romex & NM-B Cable
Residential nonmetallic sheathed cable in 250 ft and 1,000 ft coils by the pallet.
Fire Alarm & Low Voltage Cable
FPLR and FPLP fire alarm cable, plus Cat6, coax and security cable in boxes and on spools.
Welding Cable & Portable Cord
SOOW, SJOOW, welding lead and portable power cord in coils and on reels.
Quote a Charleston Lot
Send photos of the reels and receive a firm number, usually the same day.
How the Sale Works
Four steps, none of which cost you anything
Send What You Have
A photograph of the reel tags and one wide shot of the pallet is enough to begin. If the tags are gone, photograph the print line on the jacket and we will identify it from that.
Receive a Firm Offer
We respond with a committed cash figure, usually the same day. It is an offer rather than an estimate, and it does not move afterward.
Schedule on Your Terms
Pickup in Charleston is arranged around your yard hours, shop schedule or dock availability. If a dock appointment or gate code is needed, we work around it.
We Pay, Then We Haul
Payment is completed before anything moves. Our crew performs the loading, the reel handling and the wrapping, and our truck removes it.
Also Buying Across South Carolina
We cover 121 locations in South Carolina.
Selling Surplus Wire in Charleston: Common Questions
Straight answers
Do you actually come to Charleston to pick up the wire?
Yes. Our trucks already run through Columbia, so a pickup in Charleston rarely needs a special trip. We do not ask you to arrange freight, palletize anything or deliver material to us.
Do I need to measure or sort it first?
No. Sorting is never a condition of our offer. We grade a lot from photos, the reel tags and our own inspection at pickup.
What if the reels are only partially full?
We still buy them. A full unopened reel is worth the most, but partials sell well, and even short cut-offs have recovery value. Tell us roughly what is there and we will quote the whole lot.
When do I get paid?
Before anything leaves your property. Payment is not contingent on us reselling the material afterward.
Will you buy a few coils in Charleston, or only truckloads?
Both. A pallet is worth a call, and if you have a warehouse full of aged stock we will quote the entire inventory as one purchase.
Do you buy aluminum as well as copper?
Yes. Aluminum URD, triplex, XHHW and SER all have real resale markets, and we buy them readily. Do not assume aluminum is only worth scrap price.
Have Surplus Wire in Charleston to Sell?
Call or text photos of the reels and we will return a firm offer, usually the same day.
Request Your Quote
Tell us what is on the pallet in Charleston and we will handle the rest.