We handle the freight
Sell a Hevi-Duty 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 Hevi-Duty design changed over the years, and the later cabinets are usually better sealed than the early ones. A buyer who says yes to everything is not a buyer; the useful answer explains what would have to be true for the number to rise.
| Common vintages | the 1960s through the 1980s |
|---|---|
| What they built | Hevi-Duty built dry-types, control transformers and specialty units for machine tools and process control. |
| Where we see them | Ohio plants, utilities and yards |
| Buying note | Hevi-Duty units are small, old and usually still working, which makes them a straightforward 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
Hevi-Duty transformers in Ohio
A Hevi-Duty unit is usually identifiable from the cabinet style alone, which helps when the tag is gone. A city with a rail yard inside its limits is a city where heavy units move easily.
A unit in a building that is coming down is a different problem from a unit in a plant that is staying. Paint is a cosmetic question, and seam rust is a structural one, and the two are often confused.
What we look for on a Hevi-Duty unit
A decommissioning is orderly, which makes it the easiest kind of large project to buy from. A buyer who has seen the site will always beat a buyer who has only seen a form, which is why the visit is free.
A transformer is heavy, oily, regulated and awkward, and every part of the process reflects that. Remanufacturing keeps the footprint, and the footprint is often the reason the unit cannot simply be replaced.
Where the value sits
Older Hevi-Duty substation units often carry a load tap changer, and the tap changer is the part that decides their future. A unit with new bushings has usually had money spent on it, and that spending is visible.
A seller with photographs gets a firm number, and a seller with a description gets a range. A rare rating in good condition still has a small market, and a small market moves slowly.
Paperwork, insurance and the crew
A closure releases every transformer on the site at once, and the good units are the ones that were never run. A release that names the serial number is the one an auditor will ask for.
A bill of sale written after the truck leaves is written from memory, and memory is unreliable. A waste manifest names three parties, and all three have to be right before the truck moves.
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 Hevi-Duty transformers?
When the answer is no, it is usually about the core, the oil or the access, and we name which one. Hevi-Duty pole-top units are small, light and usually the simplest thing on a utility surplus list. A short list of photographs covers the cabinet, the tag, the bushings and the access, and nothing else is needed at the start.
Service area
What if the Hevi-Duty nameplate is missing?
Some units we pass on, and we say why: a burnt core, a missing coil or a contaminated oil sample changes the answer. A tag that reads 12470/7200Y describes a different unit from one that reads 12470 delta, even when the kVA matches. A seller with a deadline should say so early, because the schedule is built around the date rather than the unit.
Payment
Can you pick up a Hevi-Duty unit this week?
Payment goes out by bank wire, ACH or certified check on pickup, with no holdback waiting on somebody else's sale. If the building changes hands at the end of the month, say so at the start and the schedule gets built backwards from that date. A seller should ask what happens to the unit after it leaves, because the answer says what kind of buyer they are dealing with.