No fees, no broker
Brands, and what they tell you
Padmount and dry-type units from this builder bought across Ohio, with the tag read and the serial checked first.
What we buy
What we buy here
A brand tells you where a unit was built, roughly when, and what its documentation is likely to look like.
It does not tell you whether the unit is any good, which is why every purchase starts with the tag and the oil rather than the name.
Who we buy from
Six kinds of seller, one desk
- Recyclers
- Electrical contractors
- Equipment dealers
- End users
- Demo contractors
- Distributors
Fast offers
A nameplate photo is usually enough to price a unit the same day.
Dedicated logistics
We arrange the crane, the permits and the flatbed, not you.
No broker fees
You are dealing with the buyer, so nothing is shaved off the offer.
How it works
Six steps from your yard to the money
- 01
Take pictures
The nameplate, the cabinet interior and the tank in daylight. Three photographs are usually enough to place a unit in the right class and the right price band.
- 02
Send them to us
The form on this page, a text or an email all reach the same desk. Include the city, the access and any deadline the site is working to.
- 03
Review the offer
A buyer reads the photographs, asks one or two questions and sends a written offer with the assumptions stated, so nothing changes on the day.
- 04
We schedule freight
Crane, flatbed and permits are booked around your access. You get a date and a window, and we carry the cost of getting it right.
- 05
Testing on arrival
Winding resistance, megger and turns ratio, plus oil analysis where the unit is liquid filled. The results decide the final number, and you see them.
- 06
Get paid
Payment is released on the agreed terms once the unit is received and tested, by check or ACH. No retention, no sixty-day terms.
What we handle for you
The parts sellers dread, done for you
Rigging
Crane and forklift arranged around your access, not the other way round.
Oil containment
Bunds, absorbent and disposal handled before the unit moves.
Bill of sale
A clean title document for your records, signed on collection.
PCB paperwork
Pre-1979 units get the testing and the manifest they need.
Brands
The detail that decides the number
A site manager who has already cleared the pad has done most of the work that matters. A seller should never feel rushed into a decision, and a buyer should never need to rush one.
An insurance salvage is bought on the adjuster's valuation rather than the seller's hope, which keeps the process honest. Nothing about a transformer improves by waiting, and the oil in particular gets worse rather than better.
Most of what a buyer needs to know is stamped on a plate the size of a postcard. A unit that was replaced during an upgrade is almost always a better buy than one that failed on a Tuesday.
The best outcome is a unit that leaves the site and turns up somewhere useful, and that happens more often than people expect. A seller should keep the photographs after the sale, because the next buyer will ask for the same ones.
A unit that has been disconnected for a year is not the same proposition as one that came out last week. Remanufacturing keeps the footprint, and the footprint is often the reason the unit cannot simply be replaced.
A unit that has been looked after is obvious within a minute, and so is one that has not. A buck-boost unit is almost always misapplied rather than worn out, and the diagram inside the cover explains why.
A seller with four units on one site gets a better number per unit than a seller with one. A purchase is a handover of risk as much as a handover of metal.
A cabinet that has been opened recently has probably been looked at by somebody who knew why. A short drive within one county costs less than a long drive across three, and the number shows it.
A partial assembly is bought on the assumption that something is missing, because it usually is. A transformer that is still bolted down belongs to the building until somebody unbolts it, and that is a decision.
A buyer who works the whole state can move a unit to whichever plant needs it, which is why the coverage matters. A buyer who arrives unprepared wastes the site's morning, which is remembered long after the unit is gone.
Everything in this section
Questions
Get started
Get an offer in minutes
Five fields and a phone number is all we need to start. We reply the same business day, and a firm number follows the nameplate photo.
(614) 715-3047or send the form and we will call you.
Questions
What sellers ask before they call
Equipment types
Is every page here written for Ohio?
Nothing here needs a meeting. A nameplate photograph and a sentence about access is enough to start, and most answers come back the same day. We do not buy in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Kentucky, Indiana or West Virginia, and we say so rather than waste a seller's week. A substation unit is a project rather than a purchase, and it should be planned like one.
Service area
Can I sell a unit that is not listed here?
The figure we agree is the figure that lands, because rigging and freight are ours to carry, not yours to absorb. There is no pressure to accept on the call; the number holds for a set period and you can test it against another buyer. A demolition pickup is fast, dirty and often the most profitable, because the alternative is a unit in a rubble pile.
Payment
How do I get a number?
When the answer is no, it is usually about the core, the oil or the access, and we name which one. The process runs on one call and one look: describe the unit, send the tag, agree a number, and put a date on the truck. A seller should be able to tell, from one phone call, whether the buyer has done this before.