Wooden spools picked up and sold, Dallas side and Fort Worth side.
Wooden spools picked up and sold across Dallas-Fort Worth
We clear empty reels from jobsites, distributor branches and yards on both sides of the Metroplex, any brand, one reel or 500, and we sell the sound ones to people who need a spool.
- Nailed, plywood, plastic and steel reels, mixed brands in one load
- Pickup from McKinney to Midlothian and Haslet to Mesquite
- One-way reels the maker won't take back are exactly what we pick up
Reels in the yard
Kept in rows by flange size
A reel is sized by its flange, the round end disc, then by its traverse and drum. We sort what comes in the same way, so a buyer asking for a 48 in nailed reel and a seller with forty mixed 36s are talking about the same row.
Where we pick up and deliver
Dallas side, Fort Worth side and everything on the rings between
People in DFW place things by the loop they sit on: inside Loop 12, out on LBJ or I-820, or past the tollways. Our pickups run the same way. Tell us the ZIP and which highway the gate is off, and the truck is routed with the other stops on that side.
Clearing empty reels
How a pickup works when you're selling or clearing
- Count and flange sizes. Send the number of reels and their flange diameters. "Thirty 48s and a dozen 72s" is plenty to start.
- Photos if handy. One of the stack and one straight at a flange tells us the build and the condition.
- A pickup date. We confirm what the truck needs: dock, forklift or ground loading, and gate hours.
- Paid, placed or recycled. Sound reels in sizes buyers want can earn a payment. Damaged ones go to wood recycling. You know which before the truck comes.
Mixed brands are fine, and so are part loads. Most take-back programs want their own reels by the full truckload; we don't.
Selling empty reels · The pickup, step by step · Recycling damaged reels
Buying a spool
One big spool for a table in Haslet is a normal order here
Buyers come to us for one large spool for a patio table, a few for hay and hose on a ranch, or a stack in one size for a small contractor rewinding cable. Tell us the flange size, how many, and whether you'll collect or want it delivered.
- Sizes from 24 in shop reels to 96 in utility drums, when they're in the rows
- Condition in plain words: sound, split stave, torn arbor hole
- Collection by arrangement, or delivery across the Metroplex
Large wooden spools · A spool for a table · Used cable reels · All buying
Goes back to the maker, or comes to us
Which reels have a take-back, and which are one-way
Read the stencil on the flange first. If the maker runs a return program and your load meets its terms, send it back. If not, the reel is yours to clear, and that's the load we pick up.
| Reels | Maker take-back | Its terms, as published |
|---|---|---|
| Service Wire nailed wood reels | Yes, free return | Service Wire-labelled reels only, 30 to 72 in flanges, full truckload, at least 75% of drum staves intact, arbor and drive holes undamaged |
| Southwire wooden and steel reels | Yes, through its reel return program | Southwire reels, requested on its pick-up form; steel reels have their own policy |
| Encore Wire reels, McKinney | No published program | We found no published reel take-back from Encore Wire, so plan to clear these yourself unless your rep says otherwise in writing |
| Reels stencilled one-way or non-returnable | No | Yours to clear after the cable is pulled |
| Mixed brands, part loads, damaged reels | Usually short of every program's terms | A pickup request to us |
Sources: Service Wire reel return, Southwire reel data. Last reviewed 9 November 2026.
Returnable vs one-way reels · Manufacturer return programs · Does Encore Wire take reels back?
Industries we work with
Who leaves reels behind in North Texas
Dallas-Fort Worth runs on wire. Encore Wire makes building wire on its McKinney campus, reel plants in Denton and McKinney build reels for wire and cable like it, and the cable goes into data centres, utility upgrades and fiber builds across the region.
- Data-centre buildsFeeder and MV reels from Ellis County, Alliance and the north corridor
- Electrical contractorsLaydown yards emptied before the next phase or closeout
- Wire and cable distributorsOne-way plywood and nailed reels from cut-to-length counters
- Utilities and co-opsLarge-flange conductor reels from service centres and staging yards
- Fiber and telecom crewsA few dozen mixed reels at a time from contractor yards
- Plants and warehousesInbound reels at McKinney, Denton and the logistics districts
Reel guides and questions
Know the reel before you call
- Cable reel size chart, 24 to 96 inFlange, traverse, drum and empty weight for each size
- What makes a reel unusableA split stave still sells. A torn arbor hole usually doesn't.
- What empty reels are worthWhy size, build and condition decide it, not the brand
- How to measure a cable reelThree numbers and a tape measure
Questions we get every week
- How many reels do you need for a pickup?
- There's no fixed minimum. A few big reels or a stack of small ones can be worth a trip, especially when we have other stops on that side.
- Can you take mixed brands and sizes in one load?
- Yes. We sort by flange and condition back at the yard, not at your gate.
- Do scrap yards take wooden spools?
- Most scrap metal yards pay for metal by the pound and don't want the wood. More on that.
Request again
Sell, recycle or buy. Fort Worth side or Dallas side, it's the same yard and the same request.
Request a pickup or a quote
Count and flange size are the two things that matter. The rest helps us plan the truck.