Industrial Surplus · Northern & Central California
What's Taking Up Room in Your Warehouse?
We buy industrial surplus — equipment, chemicals, raw materials, tooling, and stranded inventory. You send a list, we assess, we pick it up, you get paid. No auction, no vetting buyers, no hauling.
Our Clients
Who We Work With
Any operation sitting on industrial assets that aren't earning their space. If it's industrial and it's idle, call us.
Manufacturers
Obsolete tooling, raw material overstock, discontinued inventory, packaging, and old production equipment — entire lines, not just the easy pieces.
Commercial & Industrial Facilities
Surplus chemicals, lubricants, unused supplies, and retired equipment sitting idle in the back of your plant.
Agricultural Operations
Surplus equipment, chemicals, packaging, and fertilizer overstock. We understand the documentation requirements for ag chemicals.
Warehouses & 3PLs
Obsolete pallets of stranded inventory, customer-abandoned freight, totes, drums, IBCs, and packaging materials — the stuff nobody claimed.
Construction & Demo
Unused materials from completed jobs: surplus fixtures, fittings, electrical, pipe, structural steel, leftover lumber and hardware.
Facilities Closing, Relocating, or Downsizing
Full-site cleanouts, from the equipment on the floor to the chemicals on the shelf. We're the single call that handles the whole thing.
In the Field
We come to your site, look at what you have, and make a straight offer.
A forklift moving surplus Styrofoam packaging onto a flatbed at a Sacramento-area facility. This is what pickup looks like — you don't move anything, we handle the load.
No Guesswork
How It Works
This is a consultative process, not a transactional one. We assess first, make a real offer, then pick up. You don't move anything.
Send Us a List
Email or call with a description of what you have — photos help but aren't required. The rougher the list, the better we can tell you what's worth an on-site visit.
We Assess
For smaller lots we may give you a range on the phone. For larger lots, or anything that needs eyes on it, we come to you. No charge for the visit.
You Get an Offer
We make an offer based on resale market value, commodity rates, and recycle value. Straight number — no bait-and-switch when we show up.
We Schedule Pickup
You don't move anything. We send the right truck, the right equipment, and the right people to load it. One visit handles the lot.
You Get Paid
Payment on pickup, plus a disposition receipt for your accounting and compliance records. The space is yours back.
No surprise adjustments at the door. We try to give you an honest range before showing up. If something doesn't match what we expected, we tell you before loading anything. The decision is always yours.
Material Reference
What We Accept
This is the broadest vertical we work in. If it's industrial and idle, ask — the worst answer is no.
Industrial Equipment
- Machine tools — lathes, mills, presses, grinders
- Pumps, motors, compressors
- Generators and transformers
- Conveyors and material handling equipment
- HVAC units and industrial fans
- Forklifts and powered industrial vehicles
Tooling & Fixtures
- Dies and punches
- Injection and compression molds
- Jigs and fixtures
- Custom fabricated tooling
- Precision measurement equipment
Surplus Chemicals & Lubricants
- Industrial lubricants — oil, grease, hydraulic fluid
- Solvents and degreasers
- Agricultural chemicals and fertilizers
- Process chemicals (with SDS documentation)
- Aerosols and specialty coatings
Raw Materials
- Metal stock — bar, sheet, tube, structural
- Plastic resin and pellets
- Fasteners — bolts, screws, hardware in quantity
- Wire, cable, and electrical conductors
- Pipe, fittings, and valves
Packaging & Containers
- Pallets — wood and plastic
- Steel and poly drums (55-gallon)
- IBC totes (intermediate bulk containers)
- Corrugated boxes and dunnage
- Shrink wrap, stretch film, banding material
Stranded & Discontinued Inventory
- Discontinued SKUs and product lines
- Customer-abandoned freight
- Short-dated or off-spec product
- Excess retail or distribution overstock
- Salvage from facility closures
Have something unusual or complex? Call us and describe what you have — we'll tell you exactly what we can do. 916-672-9417
Transparent Valuation
How We Price Surplus
Every offer is built from two questions: what can we sell it for, and what can we recover from it? Most lots are a mix of both.
Resale Value
Working equipment, usable tooling, and serviceable materials get priced against the secondary market — what a buyer in the industrial resale market would pay. This is where you see the best return. A running pump is worth more whole than as metal scrap.
Commodity / Recycle Value
End-of-life equipment, metal scrap, and materials with no resale path get valued at commodity rates — copper, steel, aluminum, plastic resin. These prices move with markets, which is why we give you a range and confirm at the visit.
Mixed Lots
Most surplus cleanouts are a mix: some equipment worth reselling, some worth scrapping, some packaging worth recovering. We price the whole lot together and give you one number — you're not managing three separate transactions.
Higher-Stakes Situations
Closing a Facility? Downsizing a Line?
Facility closures and plant consolidations are a different category of job. There's a deadline, there are multiple material types, and the cost of getting it wrong — a retained chemical, a missed piece of equipment, a compliance gap — is real.
For closure and relocation work, we do a full walk-through assessment before pricing anything. We look at equipment, chemicals, inventory, packaging, and anything else on the floor, and we come back with a single plan for the whole site — not piecemeal.
- Single-partner for mixed material types — chemicals, equipment, and inventory in one engagement
- Disposition records for every category — accounting and environmental compliance covered
- Scheduled over multiple visits if needed — we work around your timeline
- We coordinate with your facilities, EHS, and accounting contacts directly
- Honest assessment of what has value and what doesn't — no inflated estimates to get the job
Why Haynes Industrial
Turn Idle Assets into a Check
Disposal companies charge you to haul it away. Liquidation platforms want you to run your own auction. We buy it, pick it up, and handle the resale. You do nothing after the phone call.
- We buy your surplus — you don't pay us to haul it away like a disposal company
- One partner across material types: chemicals, equipment, and packaging in a single visit
- We handle the resale — no auction management, no vetting buyers, no listing on liquidation sites
- We come to you — no renting a truck or figuring out freight
- Disposition records for every transaction — accounting and compliance have what they need
- Straight pricing: the offer we make on the phone is the check you get at pickup
Straight Answers
Common Questions
How do I get started?
Call or email with a rough description of what you have — a paragraph and a few photos is enough for most jobs. We'll tell you if we need an on-site visit or if we can give you a range right away. No paperwork required to get a conversation started.
Do I need to inventory everything before I call?
No. A rough description by category is fine — "a warehouse bay of old production equipment plus about 30 drums of lubricant." We'll ask clarifying questions and come look if we need to. The inventory happens on our side when we assess.
What about partial loads or small quantities?
We work with partial loads when the material has enough value to justify the trip — typically a pallet or more of commodities, or a single piece of equipment worth recovering. Send us a photo and we'll be straight with you about whether it makes sense.
What if I don't know exactly what's in there?
That's a common situation with older facilities. If you have an area full of "stuff from 2012 that nobody touched," an on-site walk-through is the right call. We'll assess it in person and separate what's recoverable from what goes a different direction. You don't need to sort it ahead of time.
What about chemicals? Do I need special documentation?
For surplus chemicals we need Safety Data Sheets (SDS) before we can accept them — this is standard for any legitimate buyer and protects both sides. If you have SDS on file, that's usually all we need. If documentation is missing for some materials, call us and we'll work through it.
What if the material turns out to be worth less than you thought?
We try to give you an honest range before showing up, not an inflated number to get the job. If something doesn't match the description — condition, quantity, contamination — we'll tell you on the spot before we load anything. The decision is always yours.
Case Study
Salvaging a 40,000 Sq Ft Warehouse for a Fortune 500 Real Estate Developer
A Fortune 500 multinational real estate developer had a 40,000-square-foot warehouse of materials earmarked for a canceled 40-story high-rise. The inventory was a complex mix — window aluminum, roofing insulation, HVAC units, chillers, and fire pumps — with each stream requiring different expertise. Haynes Industrial ran a single-partner engagement covering every material category: logistics, warehousing, downstream buyers, and commodity recycling.
40,000
Square feet of material cleared
1
Partner for every material stream
Fortune 500
Multinational real estate developer
If It's Industrial and It's Idle, Ask
Send a description and photos — we'll tell you what it's worth and whether it makes sense to schedule a pickup.