Any condition, any size
Questions, answered properly
Sixteen questions that arrive weekly, answered without the sales language.
What we buy
What we buy here
The questions below are the ones that arrive most often, answered the way they are answered on the phone. If yours is not here, the form at the bottom reaches the same desk.
A substation unit is a project rather than a purchase, and it should be planned like one. A seller who knows what the unit is saves everybody an hour, and the hour is often the difference.
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.
FAQ
The detail that decides the number
A seller should keep the photographs after the sale, because the next buyer will ask for the same ones. A transformer with its original documentation is easier to insure, easier to resell and easier to explain.
A transformer is a boring asset until the day it fails, and then it is the only thing anyone discusses. A site manager who has already cleared the pad has done most of the work that matters.
A buyer who works the whole state can move a unit to whichever plant needs it, which is why the coverage matters. Most of what a buyer needs to know is stamped on a plate the size of a postcard.
Remanufacturing keeps the footprint, and the footprint is often the reason the unit cannot simply be replaced. A seller who has the serial number to hand moves through the first call in half the time.
A decommissioning is orderly, which makes it the easiest kind of large project to buy from. A demolition pickup is fast, dirty and often the most profitable, because the alternative is a unit in a rubble pile.
A number is only as good as the description behind it, which is why the questions are short and specific. A seller who mentions the deadline in the first sentence gets a schedule rather than a queue.
About the desk
About the units
About the process
Still unanswered
Some questions depend on the specific unit, and those are the ones worth a phone call. A buyer can usually answer in two minutes what a page cannot answer at all.
The first pass costs nothing and takes ten minutes, because no site visit is needed to reach a working number, only to confirm it. Four photographs cover most of it: the nameplate, the whole cabinet, the bushings and the pad, and whatever is in the way of a truck.
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
How quickly can you collect?
Usually within a week for a standard padmount. Large units, permits and cranes extend that, and a site with a hard deadline gets scheduled backwards from the date.
Service area
Do I need to disconnect the unit?
The site electrician isolates it, and we confirm the isolation before anything is touched. We do not work on energized equipment.
Payment
Who pays for the crane and the freight?
We do. The offer is a single number that includes the lift, the trailer and the permit.
Logistics
What paperwork do I need?
A bill of sale with the serial on it. A company adds a purchase order and a W-9; a lender adds a lien release; a lessor signs instead of the tenant.