Any condition, any size
Sell a RTE 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
RTE pole-top units are small, light and usually the simplest thing on a utility surplus list. We turn down units that cannot be moved safely, and we say so before anybody spends money on a crane.
| Common vintages | the 1960s through the 1980s |
|---|---|
| What they built | RTE built padmounts and overhead distribution transformers with a distinctive cabinet design. |
| Where we see them | Ohio plants, utilities and yards |
| Buying note | RTE cabinets are old enough that parts are scarce, but the transformers inside are often still serviceable. |
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
RTE transformers in Ohio
RTE built transformers for decades, and the units that survive in Ohio carry the design habits of their era. A site visit answers in twenty minutes what a week of messages cannot.
The unit is the easy part; the site, the access and the paperwork are where the time goes. A hilly county makes every lift a rigging problem, and the crane budget grows with the gradient.
What we look for on a RTE unit
An insurance salvage is bought on the adjuster's valuation rather than the seller's hope, which keeps the process honest. The question that decides most purchases is not what the unit is but where it has to go next.
A decommissioning is orderly, which makes it the easiest kind of large project to buy from. A purchase that finishes in a week is normal, and one that finishes in a day is a favour returned.
Where the value sits
Where a RTE unit has a known failure mode we say so before quoting, because it changes what the unit is worth. A number given on the phone is an indication, and a number given in writing is an offer with assumptions attached.
A buyer who explains a low number honestly is more useful than one who agrees with everything. A failed unit with a clean tank is a rebuild candidate, and a rebuild candidate is not scrap.
Paperwork, insurance and the crew
A chain of custody that starts at the pad is easier to defend than one reconstructed later. A fault history is not automatically bad news, because a repaired fault is often better documented than an unrepaired one.
A lease return is where sellers most often discover they do not own the unit, so the paperwork comes first. A bill of sale written after the truck leaves is written from memory, and memory is unreliable.
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 RTE transformers?
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. The common RTE padmounts are the ones that show up in subdivisions and industrial parks, and they are the easiest to move. A seller should keep the photographs after the sale, because the next buyer will ask for the same ones.
Service area
What if the RTE nameplate is missing?
Every county in the state is covered, from the lake shore to the river, and Ohio sits inside the regular loop. Read the tag left to right: builder, serial, year, kVA, voltages, phase, then impedance and taps. Most of what a buyer needs to know is stamped on a plate the size of a postcard.
Payment
Can you pick up a RTE unit this week?
Demolition schedules, lease expirations and closing dates all work the same way here: give us the date and we work to it. We work to your deadline rather than ours, which is why the first question is when the site has to be clear. A seller should ask what happens to the unit after it leaves, because the answer says what kind of buyer they are dealing with.