Seller guides
Short, practical notes for anyone holding surplus cable: how to identify it, how to estimate it, how to store it and how to describe it honestly.
Reels on pallets in a racked storehouse
Send us your reel list
Six details are enough for a first review: what the cable is, the metal, the size, the footage or reel count, the condition and where it sits. Photographs can follow by text or email. There is no fee and no obligation, and nothing moves until written terms are agreed.
Most of the difference between a good outcome and a poor one is decided before a buyer is involved. A tag that stayed with the reel, a photograph of the jacket print, a note that the cable sat outdoors for two years — those details move an offer more than a persuasive email does.
These guides are written for the person doing the work: the stores supervisor clearing a shelf, the maintenance manager closing out a project, the contractor emptying a job trailer. None of them require an electrical engineering background.
- How to read a reel tag and what a missing one costs
- How to estimate footage from weight, and when not to
- How copper and aluminum differ, and how ACSR differs from AAAC
- How to store reels so the footage survives
- How to build a plant surplus manifest room by room
- What not to touch when high voltage cable is involved
About the guides
- Guides
- Ten
- Focus
- Identification and value
- Reading time
- Four to six minutes
- Coverage
- Tennessee sellers
All ten guides
Grouped by what you are trying to do.
Identify what you have
2 pagesWork out what it is worth
3 pagesUnderstand the material
2 pagesAbout these guides
Are the guides specific to Tennessee?
The practice is general, the market is Tennessee. Voltage classes, utility structure and the industries that generate cable are described in the Tennessee context, and the city pages carry the local detail.
Do I need to read them before submitting a lot?
No, but one guide is usually worth the four minutes: reading a reel tag. It covers the details a buyer will ask for anyway, and it is the difference between a short review and a long one.
Send us your reel list
Six details are enough for a first review: what the cable is, the metal, the size, the footage or reel count, the condition and where it sits. Photographs can follow by text or email. There is no fee and no obligation, and nothing moves until written terms are agreed.
Ready to describe the lot?
Type, metal, size, footage and condition. Photographs of the tag can follow.
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