Areas we cover
Our runs reach 49 cities and districts across Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, from Wilmington at the harbour to Victorville over Cajon Pass and Temecula at the bottom of the 15. Each area has its own page with its grid square, lane, ZIP codes and the reels its yards put out. San Diego County is outside the area.
The four counties
The index, by county
Laid out like the index page of a map book: county, then each area with its grid square. Click an area for its lane, ZIP codes, districts and the reels that usually come out of it.
Los Angeles County
- VernonD6
- CommerceD6
- City of IndustryF6
- Santa Fe SpringsE7
- Long BeachD8
- CarsonD7
- Rancho DominguezD7
- ComptonD7
- WilmingtonD8
- TorranceC7
- El SegundoC7
- Huntington ParkD6
- Northeast Los AngelesD6
- Sun ValleyC5
- PacoimaC4
- ChatsworthB4
- Canoga ParkB5
- Van NuysB5
- Santa ClaritaB3
- PalmdaleE2
- LancasterE1
- PomonaG6
Orange County
- AnaheimF7
- Santa AnaF8
- IrvineG8
- Huntington BeachF9
- Garden GroveF8
- FullertonF7
- OrangeG8
- Costa MesaF9
- TustinG8
- Buena ParkF7
Riverside County
San Bernardino County
Where the reels are
Empty reels collect where cable is used in bulk or sold in bulk. In Los Angeles County that means the harbour, where the Port of Los Angeles handled 10.2 million TEUs (twenty-foot container units) in 2025 and Long Beach about 9.9 million, and the warehouses, terminals and utility yards that serve them; the Alameda Corridor district of Vernon, Commerce and Huntington Park; the City of Industry and Santa Fe Springs; and the San Fernando Valley's contractor yards in Sun Valley and Pacoima. Orange County's reels come from Anaheim's canyon business park, Santa Ana's contractors and the aerospace plants near the coast.
East of the basin, Ontario's airport and warehouse district, Fontana's old steel lands and the crew yards along the 10 and the 60 fill the Inland Empire. Over Cajon Pass, the former George Air Force Base in Victorville, now a 2,200 acre logistics airport, and the cement plant at Oro Grande sit at the end of the High Desert lane. In the Antelope Valley, solar farms and the aerospace plants around Palmdale leave large reels.
Reading an area page
- Grid square and ZIPs. Where the area sits on our map, and the ZIP codes we file under it.
- Lane. The run that passes, and the freeways it uses.
- Districts. The industrial streets and parks where reels pile up.
- Usual flanges. The reel sizes that area's work tends to leave.
- Nearest areas. Neighbours on the same or the next lane, useful if a run is passing close by.
Outside the area
San Diego County is outside our area. So is anywhere beyond the four counties. If you are near a county line, ask; the honest answer may be that a run cannot reach you economically, and we would rather say so than leave reels waiting.
Words on this page
- Lane
- The freeway corridor a run follows, such as the 710 to the ports or the 15 to the high desert.
- Run
- One truck's pickup route for the day, stop by stop along a lane.
- Laydown yard
- A fenced lot where a contractor stages cable and empty reels for a job or a season of work.
- Pickup window
- The span of hours a dock is open and staffed for loading.
- Ride along
- A small pickup added to a run that is already going that way, instead of a dedicated truck.
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Area questions
My city is not listed. Do you still pick up there?
Probably, if it is inside the four counties and near a lane. The 49 areas are where reels collect most, not a fence. Send your ZIP and we will tell you which run passes.
Do you go to Ventura or Kern County?
Our runs are planned inside Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Ask about an address just over a line; we will say honestly whether a run can reach it.
What do the grid squares mean?
They are our own map-book grid: letters across, numbers down, each square about nine by ten miles. The square on an area page tells a driver roughly where the stop sits.