Paid on the spot. Full reels, partials and shorts. Freight, loading and labor at our cost.
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Watford City, ND · the northern Plains

Watford City Wire Buyers, Freight Covered — North Dakota

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  • Paid before pickup
  • No sorting required
  • Freight and loading covered
  • Any gauge, full or partial reels
Cartons of yellow and colored cord and whip wire inside a 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 Watford City, ND and throughout North Dakota. 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 Watford City 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 Watford City Market

Clearing surplus cable out of Watford City does not have to come out of your budget. We pay you and handle the loading ourselves. Our the northern Plains buyers handle Watford City and everything around it in ND. Payment is upfront. You do not front the freight, you do not pay for loading, and you do not need to measure or strip anything before we commit to a price.

Every construction is in scope. What we see most often in Watford City is mixed partial reels on skids from a distributor's back rack and 2/0 welding lead coils out of a fab shop. Across North Dakota we also buy cut-offs and short pieces swept up from a jobsite, pallets of 12 AWG THHN spools in mixed colors and full 500 MCM copper THHN reels off a service upgrade.

Who We Buy From

Our sellers here are typically manufacturers consolidating two shops into one, project managers closing out a completed build, school and municipal facilities departments. We also buy from solar and wind EPC firms with leftover conductor and residential builders finishing a subdivision.

The situations that put surplus wire on the market look like this:

  • The business is closing and remaining inventory is being liquidated.
  • Year-end inventory made it obvious the wire was dead capital.
  • An acquisition brought inventory that does not match the branch's mix.
  • The job over-ordered and the return window at the distributor has already closed.

Pickup and Freight in Watford City

Mileage from Fargo is absorbed on our side of the transaction rather than deducted from your offer. 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 Watford City 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 North Dakota Constructions

Tray Cable & Control Cable

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

How we buy tray / control →

Welding Cable & Portable Cord

SOOW, SJOOW, welding lead and portable power cord in coils and on reels.

How we buy welding / cord →

THHN & THWN Wire

The single most common surplus building wire: 12 AWG through 750 MCM, full reels, partials and coils.

How we buy thhn / thwn →

XHHW-2 Wire

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

How we buy xhhw-2 →

Quote a Watford City 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 Watford City 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.

Coiled gray and black service entrance cable on a plywood floor — bought in Watford City, ND
Coiled SER and SEU service cable pulled from a finished residential job.

Selling Surplus Wire in Watford City: Common Questions

Straight answers

Do you actually come to Watford City to pick up the wire?

Yes. Mileage from Fargo is absorbed on our side of the transaction rather than deducted from your offer. 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 Watford City, 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 Watford City 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 Watford City 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