No fees, no broker
Cash for Transformers in Ohio
How selling a transformer works in Ohio, in plain steps, with the paperwork and freight covered.
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.
Buying desk
The short answer
We buy the unit, the lot and the problem, including the rigging, the permits and the paperwork. A K-rated unit holds its value in any building full of electronics, which is most buildings now.
Two units of the same age can be worth very different amounts, and the difference is usually the tap changer. A unit with new bushings has usually had money spent on it, and that spending is visible.
How it works here
A transformer that is still bolted down belongs to the building until somebody unbolts it, and that is a decision. A buyer's first question is about the rating and the second is about the access, in that order.
A tank that has been repainted recently deserves a closer look than one that has not. The work is unglamorous and the equipment is heavy, which is why so few people do it properly.
What we need from you
A nameplate photograph taken square-on and in focus is worth more than a paragraph of description. A buying desk earns its keep by answering quickly, because a seller with a unit in the way is not looking for a relationship.
Details that seem trivial on the phone become decisive on the pad, which is why they are asked about early. A buck-boost unit is almost always misapplied rather than worn out, and the diagram inside the cover explains why.
Compared with the alternatives
An offer that states what it assumes is easier to accept than one that does not, because both sides know where they stand. Condition grading exists so that two people can discuss a number without arguing about adjectives.
The offer reflects what the unit can be used for, not what it cost when it was new. A spill kit on site before the first bolt comes out is cheaper than the phone call that follows a missing one.
Ohio only, on purpose
We buy in Ohio and only in Ohio, which is why a truck can be at a Ohio gate the same week the number is agreed. A unit that has been looked after is obvious within a minute, and so is one that has not.
A site inside a city limit usually means an overnight move and a closed lane, which is planned rather than improvised. A township site is usually simpler than a city site, because there is no lane closure to arrange.
Common questions
The paperwork at the end is short, and it is the part that keeps everybody out of trouble. A substation-class unit sits between what a plant can maintain and what a utility would own, which is why it changes hands.
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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 buy transformers anywhere in Ohio?
The paperwork is between your company and ours, and it does not travel. We know the Ohio permit routes, the scales and the bridge limits because that is the only ground we work. A seller who sends four photographs at the start usually gets a decision the same day.
Service area
Is there a fee to get a number?
Site names, addresses and photographs stay in the file, and the file does not leave the desk. The figure we agree is the figure that lands, because rigging and freight are ours to carry, not yours to absorb. A transformer is heavy, oily, regulated and awkward, and every part of the process reflects that.
Payment
How fast can a unit leave the site?
We work to your deadline rather than ours, which is why the first question is when the site has to be clear. Answers come back the same day in most cases, and the truck is scheduled the moment the paperwork is signed. Paint is a cosmetic question, and seam rust is a structural one, and the two are often confused.