Any condition, any size
Every Ohio county
Padmount, substation and dry-type units bought across All 88 counties, with rigging and freight arranged.
What we buy
What we buy here
Ohio has counties across the state and each one has a different utility picture, a different industrial base and a different set of roads.
The county pages are the backbone of this site, because a county is the unit that decides who serves the site and how a heavy unit leaves it.
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.
Counties
The detail that decides the number
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's first question is about the rating and the second is about the access, in that order.
An insurance salvage is bought on the adjuster's valuation rather than the seller's hope, which keeps the process honest.
A hot mechanical room quietly derates everything in it, and nobody notices until a unit fails early.
A decision made on a photograph is reversible; a decision made after the truck arrives is not.
Every county in Ohio has a slightly different way of doing things, and a buyer who works statewide learns them all.
A site manager who has already cleared the pad has done most of the work that matters.
The difference between a good and a bad purchase is usually information rather than luck.
The unit is the easy part; the site, the access and the paperwork are where the time goes.
A buck-boost unit is almost always misapplied rather than worn out, and the diagram inside the cover explains why.
A seller with four units on one site gets a better number per unit than a seller with one.
A buyer who cannot say where the unit will go is a broker, and brokers add a day and a deduction.
An insurance salvage is bought on the adjuster's valuation rather than the seller's hope, which keeps the process honest.
A hot mechanical room quietly derates everything in it, and nobody notices until a unit fails early.
A cabinet that has been opened recently has probably been looked at by somebody who knew why.
A transformer is heavy, oily, regulated and awkward, and every part of the process reflects that.
A site visit answers in twenty minutes what a week of messages cannot.
The work is unglamorous and the equipment is heavy, which is why so few people do it properly.
The industry runs on relationships, but the first one starts with a nameplate photograph.
A unit with a clean surround has usually been maintained by somebody who cared, and that shows in the oil.
A transformer that is still bolted down belongs to the building until somebody unbolts it, and that is a decision.
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?
You send a photograph of the nameplate, a buyer reads it, and you get a number with the conditions attached instead of a range that means nothing. Every county in the state is covered, from the lake shore to the river, and Ohio sits inside the regular loop. A short drive within one county costs less than a long drive across three, and the number shows it.
Service area
Can I sell a unit that is not listed here?
The only thing that changes a quote afterwards is something the photographs did not show, which is why we ask early. If a unit is scrap, we will tell you it is scrap instead of dressing it up as something better. The industry runs on relationships, but the first one starts with a nameplate photograph.
Payment
How do I get a number?
There is no pressure to accept on the call; the number holds for a set period and you can test it against another buyer. The first pass costs nothing and takes ten minutes, because no site visit is needed to reach a working number, only to confirm it. A seller who has the serial number to hand moves through the first call in half the time.
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