Recurring pickup for busy docks
If reels pile up at your dock every week or every month, a standing pickup takes them off your hands on a set frequency, on the run that already serves your lane. Distributors' branches, data-centre and utility contractors, and plants with steady cable work use it so nobody has to remember to call.
Who a standing pickup suits
Anyone who empties reels faster than they think about them. In our area that usually means:
- Wire and cable distributors' branches, whose cut-to-length counters empty master reels every week. A branch in Commerce, City of Industry, Santa Fe Springs or Ontario can fill a few pallets of small spools and a row of 36s in a fortnight.
- Utility and data-centre contractors working a long programme, where empties come off the job phase by phase for months.
- Plants and warehouses with steady electrical maintenance: food plants in Vernon, distribution centres in Mira Loma and Moreno Valley, aerospace suppliers in the South Bay.
- Electrical contractors whose shops collect a dozen reels a month from jobs around the basin.
How it works
You tell us roughly how many reels pile up and how often, the address and the dock hours. We put your stop on the run for your lane at that frequency. Before each run we confirm by email; if you have nothing, you say so and we skip you. If you have twice as many as usual, you say that too, and we plan the deck accordingly.
Because the stop is on a run that is going your way anyway, even a small standing pickup is efficient. A branch with a pallet of 24 inch spools every two weeks is a ride-along; a contractor with twenty 72s a month fills most of a deck and gets the run built around it.
Why bother
Space and condition. A stack of empties takes yard space that could hold stock, and reels left out through a summer dry and split, losing most of their resale value. Collected while they are sound, they go on to a second use; left for a year, they mostly go to recycling.
It also keeps the yard safe. Large reels stood on edge without chocks can roll, and stacks of small reels topple. A schedule keeps the pile small.
Changing or pausing it
Work changes. A contractor between jobs may have nothing for two months and then forty reels in a week. Tell us when that happens and we change the frequency or pause the stop; there is nothing to cancel.
Frequencies, and what they suit
| Frequency | Typical site | Typical stop |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly | Busy distributor branch near the ports or the Inland Empire warehouses | A pallet of small spools and a row of 30 to 42 inch reels |
| Every two weeks | Distributor branch, plant with a maintenance crew | Ride-along, 10 to 30 reels of mixed sizes |
| Monthly | Electrical contractor's shop, data-centre contractor between phases | Part load, often with some 48 to 72 inch reels |
| Every few months | Plant with outage-driven work, cement and aggregate sites | Full run of large reels |
Tell us your frequency in the request form under "How often do reels pile up?" and we will set it up. See also full truckload pickups for sites that fill a deck at once.
Is your yard on a run?
These are the cities and districts our runs reach, by county. Each page names its lane, ZIP codes 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
Words on this page
- Run
- One truck's pickup route for the day, stop by stop along a lane.
- Lane
- The freeway corridor a run follows, such as the 710 to the ports or the 15 to the high desert.
- Ride along
- A small pickup added to a run that is already going that way, instead of a dedicated truck.
- Part load
- A stop that takes a real share of a deck, roughly a quarter to most of it, so the run is planned around it.
- Full run
- A pickup that fills a 53 foot deck on its own.
- Laydown yard
- A fenced lot where a contractor stages cable and empty reels for a job or a season of work.
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Standing pickup questions
What frequencies can I choose?
Weekly, every two weeks, monthly or every few months. Pick the one closest to how fast reels pile up; we can change it later.
What if there is nothing to collect one week?
Tell us before the run and we skip your stop. Nothing is wasted.
Can a standing pickup include several sites?
Yes, if they are on the same lane or neighbouring lanes. Give us each address and its frequency.
Do I sign a contract?
No. A standing pickup is an arrangement, not a contract. Either side can change or stop it.