No fees, no broker
Surplus Electrical Transformer Buyers 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 unit with new bushings has usually had money spent on it, and that spending is visible.
A price that includes removal is a different number from one that does not, and the difference is the crane. A K-rated unit holds its value in any building full of electronics, which is most buildings now.
How it works here
The second data plate on a rebuilt unit matters more than the first, and it is easy to photograph by mistake. A cabinet that has been opened recently has probably been looked at by somebody who knew why.
A transformer is a boring asset until the day it fails, and then it is the only thing anyone discusses. A seller with a deadline should say so early, because the schedule is built around the date rather than the unit.
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 substation-class unit sits between what a plant can maintain and what a utility would own, which is why it changes hands.
A site manager who has already cleared the pad has done most of the work that matters. An insurance salvage is bought on the adjuster's valuation rather than the seller's hope, which keeps the process honest.
Compared with the alternatives
A seller comparing a scrap quote with a purchase quote is comparing two different services. A unit with a failed winding still has a tank, a core and a set of bushings, and those have a market.
A seller who understands why an offer is low can often move the offer up without spending much. The buyer's number is a purchase figure rather than a valuation, which is why it does not move once agreed.
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 buyer who quotes without asking anything has quoted for a different transformer.
A seller should be able to tell, from one phone call, whether the buyer has done this before. A unit that came out of a working plant is almost always the better buy, and sellers rarely realise it.
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?
If the sale sits inside a confidential process, say so on the first call and the file is handled accordingly. 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 site that has been photographed properly can be quoted without a visit, and the visit is only a confirmation.
Service area
Is there a fee to get a number?
Coverage means all eighty-eight counties, and the cities inside them are worked the same way as the farms between them. Funds can clear before the crane hooks on if that is the arrangement you want, and we will put it in writing. A site visit answers in twenty minutes what a week of messages cannot.
Payment
How fast can a unit leave the site?
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. Answers come back the same day in most cases, and the truck is scheduled the moment the paperwork is signed. A purchase that finishes in a week is normal, and one that finishes in a day is a favour returned.