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Sell or Remanufacture? Choosing the Right Path
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. The offer reflects what the unit can be used for, not what it cost when it was new.
A missing bushing subtracts more than its replacement cost, because it signals how the unit was treated. Value follows the rating before it follows the condition, because an unusable size is worth its metal and nothing more.
How it works here
A seller who sends four photographs at the start usually gets a decision the same day. A buyer's first question is about the rating and the second is about the access, in that order.
An insurance salvage is bought on the adjuster's valuation rather than the seller's hope, which keeps the process honest. A unit that has been in service is a known quantity, and a unit that has been idle is a question.
What we need from you
A phone photograph of the oil sight glass and the radiator bank says more about condition than the seller's description does. A unit described honestly sells faster than one described optimistically, because the second one gets renegotiated.
A buying desk earns its keep by answering quickly, because a seller with a unit in the way is not looking for a relationship. A substation-class unit sits between what a plant can maintain and what a utility would own, which is why it changes hands.
Compared with the alternatives
An overstock sale is where matching sets appear, and a matching set is worth more than the units bought one at a time. Solar inverter units are recent enough that the first wave is only now reaching the used market.
A spill kit on site before the first bolt comes out is cheaper than the phone call that follows a missing one. A mixed lot is priced unit by unit, and the junk in the corner is part of the arithmetic rather than a gift.
Ohio only, on purpose
Coverage means all eighty-eight counties, and the cities inside them are worked the same way as the farms between them. A unit that has been disconnected for a year is not the same proposition as one that came out last week.
A seller who mentions the deadline in the first sentence gets a schedule rather than a queue. A unit that has been looked after is obvious within a minute, and so is one that has not.
Common questions
Related pages
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?
A single padmount is a half-day job once access is confirmed; a substation unit is a week of planning and a permit. Ohio only is not a limitation for us, it is why the logistics work: the crews, the cranes and the permits are all in-state. A seller who knows what the unit is saves everybody an hour, and the hour is often the difference.
Service area
Is there a fee to get a number?
A broker has to shop a unit before committing to it; we own the decision, so the number you hear is a number that holds. 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. A transformer with its original documentation is easier to insure, easier to resell and easier to explain.
Payment
How fast can a unit leave the site?
A unit with no tag is not a dead end; it is a unit that needs a tape measure and a close look at the bushings. A mixed lot takes longer than a single unit because every tag has to be read, but it still moves in days rather than months. A hot mechanical room quietly derates everything in it, and nobody notices until a unit fails early.