Any condition, any size
Sell an Acme Transformer in Ohio
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
The common Acme padmounts are the ones that show up in subdivisions and industrial parks, and they are the easiest to move. When the answer is no, it is usually about the core, the oil or the access, and we name which one.
| Common vintages | the 1980s and 1990s |
|---|---|
| What they built | Acme built general-purpose dry-types, buck-boost units and control transformers for commercial and industrial use. |
| Where we see them | Ohio plants, utilities and yards |
| Buying note | Acme dry-types are usually small and indoor, and the access is the only real obstacle to moving one. |
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.
Brand
Acme transformers in Ohio
Acme built transformers for decades, and the units that survive in Ohio carry the design habits of their era. A county seat usually holds the courthouse, the hospital and the largest service transformers in the county.
A buyer who works the whole state can move a unit to whichever plant needs it, which is why the coverage matters. A transformer that is still bolted down belongs to the building until somebody unbolts it, and that is a decision.
What we look for on a Acme unit
A relocation leaves behind exactly the units that were built into the building, which is why they become surplus. A short drive within one county costs less than a long drive across three, and the number shows it.
A site manager who has already cleared the pad has done most of the work that matters. A hot mechanical room quietly derates everything in it, and nobody notices until a unit fails early.
Where the value sits
Older Acme substation units often carry a load tap changer, and the tap changer is the part that decides their future. A transformer sold as equipment keeps its documentation chain, and that chain has value to the next owner.
The arithmetic is simple even when the judgement is not: what the unit can earn against what it costs to move. A sealed unit that has lost its gas blanket has lost the advantage that justified the price.
Paperwork, insurance and the crew
A bankruptcy sale is slow at the signature and fast at the pickup, so the truck is booked after the order rather than before. A leased unit is sold by the lessor, and the tenant cannot sell what the tenant does not own.
A cyclic load leaves a different signature in the oil than a steady one, and the lab report shows it. A bill of sale that names the serial is worth ten that describe a transformer in general terms.
Common questions
Other brands we buy
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
Do you buy older Acme transformers?
We do not list your unit anywhere, we do not need another buyer to appear, and we do not ask you to hold it while we look. We would rather lose a unit than quote a figure we cannot honour once the cabinet is open. The unit is the easy part; the site, the access and the paperwork are where the time goes.
Service area
What if the Acme nameplate is missing?
You will not be handed to a call centre. The person who answers the phone is the person who decides whether we buy. Photograph the tag straight on, because a tag photographed at an angle in bad light is the most common reason a quote comes back with questions. A site that has been photographed properly can be quoted without a visit, and the visit is only a confirmation.
Payment
Can you pick up a Acme unit this week?
You are paid when the unit leaves the pad, not thirty days after it arrives somewhere else. Answers come back the same day in most cases, and the truck is scheduled the moment the paperwork is signed. The difference between a good and a bad purchase is usually information rather than luck.