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Dearborn, MI · the Great Lakes

Sell Your Surplus Cable in Dearborn, MI

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  • Paid before pickup
  • No sorting required
  • Freight and loading covered
  • Any gauge, full or partial reels
Large wooden cable reels loaded inside a shipping container
50States Covered
14 AWG - 1000 MCMSizes Purchased
Same DayTypical Offer Turnaround
$0Cost to the Seller

Request a Quote

We buy surplus wire and cable in Dearborn, MI and throughout Michigan. There is no obligation.

Or call 954-740-1983. A couple of photos and the reel tags get you the fastest, firmest number — text or email them anytime.

Why Sellers Choose Us

What a Dearborn wire sale involves on your end

01You Are Paid Before It Moves

Funds change hands before a single reel leaves your property. There is no consignment and no waiting on a downstream resale.

02No Sorting Or Stripping

You are never asked to sort, measure, strip or re-spool anything. Our team grades the material from photos and our own inspection.

03We Cover Freight and Loading

Trucks, forklifts, reel handling and pallet wrapping are billed to us. That cost is already priced into the offer you receive.

04Mixed Lots Are Welcome

Full reels, partial reels, boxed coils, loose cut-offs and several different constructions on one skid are all normal to us.

The Dearborn Market

Idle wire in a Dearborn warehouse costs you rack space and ties up capital that could be working. We take it and pay you. Michigan sellers get the same terms as anywhere else we operate: paid first, freight on us. We will work around your yard hours, your shop schedule or your landlord's access window. Pickup gets scheduled to suit you.

Every construction is in scope. What we see most often in Dearborn is 2/0 welding lead coils out of a fab shop and multiconductor shielded control cable off a plant retrofit. Across Michigan we also buy 1,000 ft coils of 12/2 NM-B in original wrap, sealed cartons of 12/2 and 12/3 MC cable and 4/0 aluminum SER coils from residential service work.

Who We Buy From

Our sellers here are typically industrial auctioneers with unsold lots, project managers closing out a completed build, hospital and campus construction groups. We also buy from data center contractors with leftover feeder cable and water and wastewater treatment authorities.

Most sales trace back to one of a few situations:

  • A subdivision or phase finished and every house left a partial coil behind.
  • The shop is moving and nobody wants to pay to freight old reels to the new building.
  • An acquisition brought inventory that does not match the branch's mix.
  • The construction is discontinued or an unpopular color, so it will never be pulled from stock.

Pickup and Freight in Dearborn

We stage trailers and box trucks near Detroit and dispatch into Dearborn as loads fill. We are used to sites where the only access is a single dock door.

The material is valued on its own merits. The cost of getting it out of Dearborn 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 Michigan Constructions

Romex & NM-B Cable

Residential nonmetallic sheathed cable in 250 ft and 1,000 ft coils by the pallet.

How we buy romex / nm-b →

XHHW-2 Wire

Cross-linked feeder and service conductor, mostly large gauge on wooden reels.

How we buy xhhw-2 →

Overstock & Cancelled Order Wire

Distributor overstock, obsolete stock and cancelled-order reels bought by the pallet or truckload.

How we buy overstock →

Tray Cable & Control Cable

TC-ER, VFD and multiconductor control cable off industrial and process jobs.

How we buy tray / control →

Quote a Dearborn Lot

Send photos of the reels and receive a firm number, usually the same day.

Or call 954-740-1983. A couple of photos and the reel tags get you the fastest, firmest number — text or email them anytime.

How the Sale Works

Four steps, none of which cost you anything

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. Schedule on Your Terms

    Pickup in Dearborn is arranged around your yard hours, shop schedule or dock availability. If a dock appointment or gate code is needed, we work around it.

  4. 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.

A row of large wooden cable reels staged outside a warehouse — bought in Dearborn, MI
Distributor overstock reels lined up on the dock apron waiting on our truck.

Selling Surplus Wire in Dearborn: Common Questions

Straight answers

Do you actually come to Dearborn to pick up the wire?

Yes. We stage trailers and box trucks near Detroit and dispatch into Dearborn as loads fill. 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 Dearborn, 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 Dearborn to Sell?

Call or text photos of the reels and we will return a firm offer, usually the same day.

Call or text 954-740-1983

Request Your Quote

Tell us what is on the pallet in Dearborn and we will handle the rest.

Or call 954-740-1983. A couple of photos and the reel tags get you the fastest, firmest number — text or email them anytime.

Call 954-740-1983