No fees, no broker
Cities we cover
Padmount, substation and dry-type units bought in Cities we cover, with rigging and freight arranged.
What we buy
What we buy here
A city page is not a county page with a different name on it. The utility, the industry and the last hundred feet are different in each one.
The index runs alphabetically by county group so that a seller can find the neighbouring town as easily as their own.
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.
Cities
The detail that decides the number
Every county in Ohio has a slightly different way of doing things, and a buyer who works statewide learns them all.
A seller should be able to tell, from one phone call, whether the buyer has done this before.
The unit will outlast the building it serves, which is why so many of them change hands.
A seller should never feel rushed into a decision, and a buyer should never need to rush one.
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 should be able to tell, from one phone call, whether the buyer has done this before.
A seller with a deadline should say so early, because the schedule is built around the date rather than the unit.
A unit that came out of a working plant is almost always the better buy, and sellers rarely realise it.
A buyer who cannot say where the unit will go is a broker, and brokers add a day and a deduction.
A purchase is a handover of risk as much as a handover of metal.
A demolition pickup is fast, dirty and often the most profitable, because the alternative is a unit in a rubble pile.
A buyer's first question is about the rating and the second is about the access, in that order.
A unit that has been in service is a known quantity, and a unit that has been idle is a question.
A seller who has the serial number to hand moves through the first call in half the time.
Every county in Ohio has a slightly different way of doing things, and a buyer who works statewide learns them all.
The question that decides most purchases is not what the unit is but where it has to go next.
A buyer who arrives unprepared wastes the site's morning, which is remembered long after the unit is gone.
A short drive within one county costs less than a long drive across three, and the number shows it.
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 should ask what happens to the unit after it leaves, because the answer says what kind of buyer they are dealing with.
Everything in this section
Questions
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
Is every page here written for Ohio?
We send remittance the same day and we match the seller's invoicing requirements, whether that is a purchase order or a signed bill of sale. Ohio only is not a limitation for us, it is why the logistics work: the crews, the cranes and the permits are all in-state. A transformer with its original documentation is easier to insure, easier to resell and easier to explain.
Service area
Can I sell a unit that is not listed here?
Demolition schedules, lease expirations and closing dates all work the same way here: give us the date and we work to it. We turn down units that cannot be moved safely, and we say so before anybody spends money on a crane. A yard with a dozen units in it is a record of what Ohio plants have been replacing.
Payment
How do I get a number?
If a unit sits just over a state line, the honest answer is that somebody closer should buy it. Send the tag, the cabinet, the bushings and the pad, and the answer usually arrives before the end of the working day. A transformer that has been idle for two years may still be perfect, and the test sheet is how you find out.
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