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Sell a Broken Transformer
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 unit that has never been rewound carries a premium that is easy to explain and hard to argue with.
Solar inverter units are recent enough that the first wave is only now reaching the used market. A unit with new bushings has usually had money spent on it, and that spending is visible.
How it works here
Remanufacturing keeps the footprint, and the footprint is often the reason the unit cannot simply be replaced. A unit that has been disconnected for a year is not the same proposition as one that came out last week.
A desk that buys for its own account answers with a figure rather than a promise to find one. A seller who mentions the deadline in the first sentence gets a schedule rather than a queue.
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. An insurance salvage is bought on the adjuster's valuation rather than the seller's hope, which keeps the process honest.
A unit that came out of a working plant is almost always the better buy, and sellers rarely realise it. 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.
Compared with the alternatives
Value follows the rating before it follows the condition, because an unusable size is worth its metal and nothing more. The gap between scrap value and resale value is the whole reason a buying desk exists.
A seller comparing two offers should compare the assumptions behind them rather than the headline figure. A range on the phone and a firm number after the photographs is the honest sequence, and sellers recognise it.
Ohio only, on purpose
Every county in the state is covered, from the lake shore to the river, and Ohio sits inside the regular loop. A seller should never feel rushed into a decision, and a buyer should never need to rush one.
A buyer who turns up with a torch and a tape measure is not there to argue about the paint. A transformer that is still bolted down belongs to the building until somebody unbolts it, and that is a decision.
Common questions
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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?
Site names, addresses and photographs stay in the file, and the file does not leave the desk. We do not buy in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Kentucky, Indiana or West Virginia, and we say so rather than waste a seller's week. A transformer with its original documentation is easier to insure, easier to resell and easier to explain.
Service area
Is there a fee to get a number?
We would rather lose a unit than quote a figure we cannot honour once the cabinet is open. Payment goes out by bank wire, ACH or certified check on pickup, with no holdback waiting on somebody else's sale. A unit with elevated gas that has been stable for a decade is a different proposition from one where the figure doubled.
Payment
How fast can a unit leave the site?
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. 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. A unit in a building that is coming down is a different problem from a unit in a plant that is staying.