Who Moves the Gear? (We Do. Here's How.)
Logistics anxiety kills more surplus deals than pricing does. Sellers picture themselves renting forklifts and arguing with freight brokers, and quietly decide the scrap yard is easier. So let's demystify it: there are exactly three ways equipment leaves your site, we arrange all three, and none of them cost you anything.
Option 1: prepaid pallet shipping (small lots)
Breakers, bus plugs, controls, small transformers — anything that fits on pallets. You (or your dock guy) band it down, we email a prepaid shipping label or arrange the carrier pickup, and the freight bills to our account. Works from any loading dock or even a garage with a liftgate truck. Payment goes out the day the lot arrives and checks out against the photos.
Option 2: our truck and crew (regional and truckload lots)
For Southern California and our regular western routes — or truckload-scale lots anywhere — our own truck shows up with our own crew. We load, you sign one settlement sheet, and payment happens right there at the tailgate. This is the everyday mode for contractor yards, warehouse cleanouts, and multi-pallet lots.
Option 3: full rigging removal (heavy gear)
Switchgear lineups, MCC rooms, padmounts, substation transformers — gear that's bolted down, wired in, or measured in tons. Our crew handles unbolting, rigging, and DOT-compliant heavy haul; for occupied buildings we bring COIs, work your access windows, and coordinate with your electrician on the disconnect (the gear must be cold before we touch it — that part is yours).
- You never pay freight in any scenario
- Payment at pickup or on ship-in arrival — never 'after resale'
- Disconnect/make-safe is the seller's electrician; everything after is ours
What we handle versus what you handle
The division is consistent. You handle de-energization and disconnection, which has to be done by a qualified electrician — that is a safety and liability line we do not cross. Everything after that is ours: rigging, forklifts or cranes when needed, fluid containment on oil-filled units, packaging, and the trailer.
You also handle site access decisions — telling us the window, who to check in with, and any badging or insurance requirements. We handle producing the paperwork those requirements ask for.
- You: de-energize and disconnect (qualified electrician)
- You: the access window and site requirements
- Us: rigging, lifting equipment, and labor
- Us: containment and compliant transport for fluids
- Us: freight, trailers, and heavy haul permits
Small lots, large lots, and the yard
Three paths cover almost every sale. Small lots ship to us — we cover freight, and palletized material travels well. Large lots get a truck and a crew, anywhere in the country, because the volume justifies the trip. Local sellers drop off at the Corona yard and leave with payment the same day.
Timing is the part people most want pinned down. Once a number is agreed, small-lot shipping is on your schedule, and crew pickups get scheduled around your window — including nights and weekends when a facility cannot lose the space during business hours.
Payment happens at the transaction, not after resale. We verify the equipment on site, then pay by cash, company check, or same-day wire before it leaves your dock.
The one thing we need from you
Accurate photos, so the right truck shows up. A lot described as "a few breakers" that turns out to be an MCC room wastes everyone's week. Shoot the whole picture, text it to (951) 903-9804, and the logistics sort themselves.