Paid on pickup
Sell a Hammond 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
Older Hammond substation units often carry a load tap changer, and the tap changer is the part that decides their future. We would rather lose a unit than quote a figure we cannot honour once the cabinet is open.
| Common vintages | the 1990s and 2000s |
|---|---|
| What they built | Hammond built dry-type, control and drive isolation transformers in ratings from a fraction of a kVA to several hundred. |
| Where we see them | Ohio plants, utilities and yards |
| Buying note | Hammond control and drive units are cheap, common and easy to move, which makes them a good lot purchase. |
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
Hammond transformers in Ohio
Hammond equipment from the the 1990s and 2000s is common in plants that were built or expanded in that period. A county with two interstates is easier to serve than one with none, and the quotes show it.
A seller should ask what happens to the unit after it leaves, because the answer says what kind of buyer they are dealing with. A site visit answers in twenty minutes what a week of messages cannot.
What we look for on a Hammond unit
The market for used transformers is smaller than the market for new ones, and it rewards honest descriptions. 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 who mentions the deadline in the first sentence gets a schedule rather than a queue. A seller with a deadline should say so early, because the schedule is built around the date rather than the unit.
Where the value sits
Hammond dry-type units turn up in hospitals and schools, usually in a mechanical room with a door that was not built for them. A unit with a matched partner is worth more as a pair than as two singles, and pairs are rare.
A clean oil test moves a number up faster than a new coat of paint ever will. A seller comparing two offers should compare the assumptions behind them rather than the headline figure.
Paperwork, insurance and the crew
A manifest names the generator, the transporter and the facility, and all three have to be right. A contact who can open a gate is worth more on pickup day than any amount of paperwork.
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 Hammond transformers?
The difference shows up when a deadline is tight: a buyer can move on a Thursday, a broker usually cannot. A Hammond unit with its original bushings is a better candidate than one that has been re-bushed with mismatched parts. A unit with elevated gas that has been stable for a decade is a different proposition from one where the figure doubled.
Service area
What if the Hammond nameplate is missing?
We are not a marketplace and we are not an auction, so there is one buyer in the conversation and it is us. The nameplate carries the kVA, the primary and secondary voltages, the impedance, the temperature rise, the cooling class and the weight, and every one of them moves the number. Details that seem trivial on the phone become decisive on the pad, which is why they are asked about early.
Payment
Can you pick up a Hammond unit this week?
Sellers who send all four photographs in the first message usually have a number the same morning. We work to your deadline rather than ours, which is why the first question is when the site has to be clear. A unit that came out of a working plant is almost always the better buy, and sellers rarely realise it.