No fees, no broker
Sell a Transformer in Dayton
Padmount, substation and dry-type units bought across Dayton, 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
Dayton at a glance
the utilities that serve the region runs the circuits that feed most of Dayton, so the primary voltage on a unit coming out of there is usually distribution class rather than transmission class. 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 quick decision is a kindness when the unit is standing in the way of a project. Nothing about a transformer improves by waiting, and the oil in particular gets worse rather than better.
What the region holds
An impedance figure that does not match the existing protection is a problem nobody notices until a fault. Impedance is the figure that decides whether the existing protection still works, and it is printed on the tag.
Three-phase padmounts are the most common commercial unit in Ohio and the easiest to place with a buyer. Bushings fail far more often than windings, and they are far cheaper to replace.
Dayton's machining and auto supply base replaces transformers on a rolling schedule, so surplus units arrive steadily rather than in waves.
Logistics across the region
Most Dayton sites have a gate wide enough for a step deck, and the ones that do not get a smaller trailer. The last hundred feet decide the day, and they are the hundred feet nobody photographs.
A step deck lowers the load and often removes the need to think about height at all. A driveway that slopes towards the building will not take a loaded trailer in the rain.
What we buy here
A seller should be able to tell, from one phone call, whether the buyer has done this before. A short drive within one county costs less than a long drive across three, and the number shows it.
A plant engineer who knows the fault history is worth more than a file of invoices. A buyer's first question is about the rating and the second is about the access, in that order.
Counties in Dayton
Cities we cover in Dayton
A unit that has been looked after is obvious within a minute, and so is one that has not. A seller who has the serial number to hand moves through the first call in half the time.
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 Dayton?
Payment goes out by bank wire, ACH or certified check on pickup, with no holdback waiting on somebody else's sale. We do not buy in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Kentucky, Indiana or West Virginia, and we say so rather than waste a seller's week. The second data plate on a rebuilt unit matters more than the first, and it is easy to photograph by mistake.
Service area
How far will you travel for one unit?
If a unit sits just over a state line, the honest answer is that somebody closer should buy it. A mixed lot takes longer than a single unit because every tag has to be read, but it still moves in days rather than months. A number is only as good as the description behind it, which is why the questions are short and specific.
Payment
What kinds of units turn up in Dayton?
If the building changes hands at the end of the month, say so at the start and the schedule gets built backwards from that date. A unit in Dayton is worth what a buyer can pay after the crane, the permit and the freight, and that arithmetic is the same in every county. A cabinet that has been opened recently has probably been looked at by somebody who knew why.