We handle the freight
Sell a Refinery Transformer in Ohio
Transformers from this sector bought across Ohio, as they stand, on the site's own schedule.
What we buy
What we buy here
Refinery plants release transformers when a process is electrified, when a boiler comes out, or when a building is repurposed. If a unit is scrap, we will tell you it is scrap instead of dressing it up as something better.
| What they hold | large substation units, sealed dry-types and specialty transformers for process units |
|---|---|
| What triggers a sale | a unit turnaround, a process upgrade or a partial shutdown |
| Duty on the unit | continuous load with a very high cost of failure |
| Buying note | Refinery units come with the tightest documentation and the strictest access rules of any site we work. |
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.
Industry
Transformer stock in refinery
Refinery operations retire transformers when a line changes, and the retirement is usually planned months ahead. A buyer who arrives unprepared wastes the site's morning, which is remembered long after the unit is gone.
A transformer with its original documentation is easier to insure, easier to resell and easier to explain. A unit that has been looked after is obvious within a minute, and so is one that has not.
When units come out of service
A unit with a clean surround has usually been maintained by somebody who cared, and that shows in the oil. 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 buyer who cannot say where the unit will go is a broker, and brokers add a day and a deduction. A unit substation is convenient in service and awkward to move, because the sections are bolted together.
What we look for
Condition is read from the outside in: paint, rust pattern, radiator fins, bushing condition, then the oil. A relocation leaves behind exactly the units that were built into the building, which is why they become surplus.
A unit that came out of a working plant is almost always the better buy, and sellers rarely realise it. A site that has been photographed properly can be quoted without a visit, and the visit is only a confirmation.
How a refinery pickup runs
A trailer needs somewhere to stand, and the place it stands is rarely the place the site had in mind. A site with a loading dock and a level apron is a morning's work, and the same unit behind a fence is a day.
Ohio coverage for this sector
Common questions
Other sectors we buy from
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 transformers from refinery sites?
You will not be handed to a call centre. The person who answers the phone is the person who decides whether we buy. Units out of Refinery work carry duty cycles that show up in the oil, and the oil is what we test. A desk that buys for its own account answers with a figure rather than a promise to find one.
Service area
What paperwork does a refinery seller need?
There is no fee to look, no commission on the number, and no deduction invented after the truck is loaded. Nothing here needs a notary, though a municipal seller may want one, and we will meet that requirement. A substation-class unit sits between what a plant can maintain and what a utility would own, which is why it changes hands.
Payment
How quickly can you clear a refinery unit?
We are not a marketplace and we are not an auction, so there is one buyer in the conversation and it is us. Nothing sits in our queue for a week waiting for approval, because the buyer who quotes you also books the crew. A site visit answers in twenty minutes what a week of messages cannot.