No fees, no broker
Emergency Transformer Removal 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
This page exists because most sellers do not know who to call, and the first three calls are usually wasted. A sealed unit that has lost its gas blanket has lost the advantage that justified the price.
A mixed lot is priced unit by unit, and the junk in the corner is part of the arithmetic rather than a gift. The offer reflects what the unit can be used for, not what it cost when it was new.
How it works here
A unit substation is convenient in service and awkward to move, because the sections are bolted together. A demolition pickup is fast, dirty and often the most profitable, because the alternative is a unit in a rubble pile.
A buyer who arrives unprepared wastes the site's morning, which is remembered long after the unit is gone. A number is only as good as the description behind it, which is why the questions are short and specific.
What we need from you
Send the access as well: the gate, the turn, the overhead lines and the distance from the pad to where a trailer can stand. The industry runs on relationships, but the first one starts with a nameplate photograph.
The unit will outlast the building it serves, which is why so many of them change hands. A transformer with its original documentation is easier to insure, easier to resell and easier to explain.
Compared with the alternatives
A unit with documentation is worth more to a plant that has to satisfy an auditor, and that market is real. A test that costs less than a tank of fuel can change a five-figure decision, which is the whole argument for doing it.
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.
Ohio only, on purpose
One desk, one state, one set of hauling relationships, which is why a Ohio pickup does not need a national carrier. Paint is a cosmetic question, and seam rust is a structural one, and the two are often confused.
A transformer is heavy, oily, regulated and awkward, and every part of the process reflects that. The paperwork at the end is short, and it is the part that keeps everybody out of trouble.
Common questions
An emergency removal is priced against a clock, and the clock is usually set by a landlord, an insurer or a utility that wants the vault clear before the next inspection. Send the address, the access and the deadline in the first message, because a crane booked tomorrow costs more than one booked next week and the offer reflects that difference honestly.
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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?
Once access is confirmed, the offer stops being conditional and starts being a pickup date. 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 transformer that is still bolted down belongs to the building until somebody unbolts it, and that is a decision.
Service area
Is there a fee to get a number?
A municipal seller needs an invoice and a W-9; a plant needs a wire against a bill of sale. We do both without drama. 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 unit that is documented is easier to move than one that is not, in every sense of the word.
Payment
How fast can a unit leave the site?
The first pass costs nothing and takes ten minutes, because no site visit is needed to reach a working number, only to confirm it. Nothing sits in our queue for a week waiting for approval, because the buyer who quotes you also books the crew. A quick decision is a kindness when the unit is standing in the way of a project.