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Sell a Transformer in Central Ohio
Padmount, substation and dry-type units bought across Central Ohio, with rigging and freight arranged.
What we buy
What we buy here
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.
Region
Central Ohio at a glance
Supply into Central Ohio comes off the utilities that serve the region lines, so a unit being retired there is almost always a distribution-class primary with a 480 or 208-volt secondary. A county seat usually holds the courthouse, the hospital and the largest service transformers in the county.
A relocation leaves behind exactly the units that were built into the building, which is why they become surplus. A demolition pickup is fast, dirty and often the most profitable, because the alternative is a unit in a rubble pile.
What the region holds
Temperature rise is the figure that decides how long the insulation lasts, and it is printed in small type. A transformer is one of the few pieces of plant equipment that keeps a meaningful value after it has been disconnected.
An off-load tap link is simple, reliable and frequently seized after a decade outdoors. A unit with a welded cover cannot be inspected without cutting, which changes how it is bought.
Central Ohio's appliance, glass and stamping plants left a stock of mid-size transformers that buyers still ask for by name.
Logistics across the region
The tight spots in Central Ohio are the older plant sites, where the pad was poured before anybody thought about a forty-foot trailer. A lowboy is the right trailer for a heavy unit with a low centre of gravity and a long approach.
The buyer who arrives with a tape measure and a torch is the buyer who will not reduce the number at the gate. A flat county with wide roads makes a heavy move routine, and that is reflected in what a buyer can pay.
What we buy here
The best outcome is a unit that leaves the site and turns up somewhere useful, and that happens more often than people expect. A transformer that has been idle for two years may still be perfect, and the test sheet is how you find out.
A seller who has the serial number to hand moves through the first call in half the time. A decision made on a photograph is reversible; a decision made after the truck arrives is not.
Counties in Central Ohio
Cities we cover in Central Ohio
Questions from the region
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 cover every county in Central 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 decommissioning is orderly, which makes it the easiest kind of large project to buy from.
Service area
How far will you travel for one unit?
If a unit is scrap, we will tell you it is scrap instead of dressing it up as something better. A single padmount is a half-day job once access is confirmed; a substation unit is a week of planning and a permit. 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.
Payment
What kinds of units turn up in Central Ohio?
We do not buy in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Kentucky, Indiana or West Virginia, and we say so rather than waste a seller's week. A unit in Central Ohio is worth what a buyer can pay after the crane, the permit and the freight, and that arithmetic is the same in every county. The work is unglamorous and the equipment is heavy, which is why so few people do it properly.