Any condition, any size
Sell a Transformer in Southeast Ohio
Padmount, substation and dry-type units bought across Southeast 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
Southeast Ohio at a glance
the utilities that serve the region serves Southeast Ohio and the surrounding the region ground, which is why a municipal seller and a plant seller there often need the same paperwork. A transformer is heavy, oily, regulated and awkward, and every part of the process reflects that.
A mine-duty unit is designed to be dragged, and it looks it, which is not the same as being worn out. A flat county with wide roads makes a heavy move routine, and the number reflects it.
What the region holds
A cast resin unit tolerates damp air that would destroy a ventilated dry-type, which is why water plants use them. A tape measure across the tank and a count of the radiators will size most units whose tag has gone.
A storm leaves a range that runs from cosmetic damage to a burnt core, and testing is what separates them. An impedance figure that does not match the existing protection is a problem nobody notices until a fault.
Southeast Ohio's river-front chemical and metal plants hold some of the largest customer-owned transformers in the state, and the roads out are narrow.
Logistics across the region
Downtown Southeast Ohio is harder than the industrial edge, and a unit in a basement there is a rigging project rather than a haul. A plant on a narrow river road is a scheduled event rather than an errand, and everybody involved knows it.
A site with two gates is a site with options, and options are what a rigging plan needs. Escorts are decided by dimensions rather than by weight, which surprises most sellers.
What we buy here
The order of work is always the same: look, measure, test, agree, lift, pay. A seller who sends four photographs at the start usually gets a decision the same day.
A demolition pickup is fast, dirty and often the most profitable, because the alternative is a unit in a rubble pile. A short list of photographs covers the cabinet, the tag, the bushings and the access, and nothing else is needed at the start.
Counties in Southeast Ohio
Cities we cover in Southeast Ohio
A quick decision is a kindness when the unit is standing in the way of a project. A cabinet that has been opened recently has probably been looked at by somebody who knew why.
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 Southeast Ohio?
The first pass costs nothing and takes ten minutes, because no site visit is needed to reach a working number, only to confirm it. If a unit sits just over a state line, the honest answer is that somebody closer should buy it. A buyer's first question is about the rating and the second is about the access, in that order.
Service area
How far will you travel for one unit?
Funds can clear before the crane hooks on if that is the arrangement you want, and we will put it in writing. Most units leave within a week of the number being agreed, and a unit that has to clear a site by Friday can usually be gone by Friday. The work is unglamorous and the equipment is heavy, which is why so few people do it properly.
Payment
What kinds of units turn up in Southeast Ohio?
We do not list your unit anywhere, we do not need another buyer to appear, and we do not ask you to hold it while we look. The transformer trade around Southeast Ohio is thin and local, and the units that move are the ones a buyer can see this week. A buck-boost unit is almost always misapplied rather than worn out, and the diagram inside the cover explains why.