No fees, no broker
Sell a Transformer in Southwest Ohio
Padmount, substation and dry-type units bought across Southwest 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
Southwest Ohio at a glance
the utilities that serve the region serves Southwest Ohio and the surrounding the region ground, which is why a municipal seller and a plant seller there often need the same paperwork. A decision made on a photograph is reversible; a decision made after the truck arrives is not.
A decommissioning is orderly, which makes it the easiest kind of large project to buy from. Every county in Ohio has a different mix of utility ownership, and that mix decides who signs what.
What the region holds
A unit with a missing ground pad has probably been moved without a plan at some point. A reactor looks like a transformer and behaves like an inductor, which confuses sellers who read the kVA.
A dry-type with dust on the windings has been in a room nobody cleaned, and the dust holds moisture. A failed winding does not make a unit worthless, because the tank, the core and the hardware all have a market.
Southwest Ohio's industrial parks filled in quickly, and the padmounts installed for them are now reaching the age where an oil test decides a sale.
Logistics across the region
Access in Southwest Ohio is rarely the problem; the problem is the overhead primary that runs directly over the pad. A lowboy is the answer when the unit is heavy and the approach is long, and the answer is expensive either way.
A second pair of eyes on the access route is worth more than a second opinion on the paint. A plant on a narrow river road is a scheduled event rather than an errand, and everybody involved knows it.
What we buy here
A unit that has been in service is a known quantity, and a unit that has been idle is a question. Remanufacturing keeps the footprint, and the footprint is often the reason the unit cannot simply be replaced.
A short list of photographs covers the cabinet, the tag, the bushings and the access, and nothing else is needed at the start. A purchase is a handover of risk as much as a handover of metal.
Counties in Southwest Ohio
Cities we cover in Southwest Ohio
A partial assembly is bought on the assumption that something is missing, because it usually is. A substation unit is a project rather than a purchase, and it should be planned like one.
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 Southwest Ohio?
When the answer is no, it is usually about the core, the oil or the access, and we name which one. One desk, one state, one set of hauling relationships, which is why a Southwest Ohio pickup does not need a national carrier. A mine-duty unit is designed to be dragged, and it looks it, which is not the same as being worn out.
Service area
How far will you travel for one unit?
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. A single padmount is a half-day job once access is confirmed; a substation unit is a week of planning and a permit. 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 Southwest Ohio?
The difference shows up when a deadline is tight: a buyer can move on a Thursday, a broker usually cannot. Buyers who cover Southwest Ohio properly are rare, which is why most of the calls we get there arrive by referral. A unit with elevated gas that has been stable for a decade is a different proposition from one where the figure doubled.