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Transformer Asset Recovery for Ohio Industry
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
A seller with a deadline needs a buyer with a crane, and that combination is rarer than it should be. An overstock sale is where matching sets appear, and a matching set is worth more than the units bought one at a time.
A buyer who explains a deduction is easier to trust than one who simply reduces the figure. A price that includes removal is a different number from one that does not, and the difference is the crane.
How it works here
A transformer that is still connected belongs to the plant's electrician until it is isolated, and that is the first call. A buyer who quotes without asking anything has quoted for a different transformer.
The industry runs on relationships, but the first one starts with a nameplate photograph. A purchase is a handover of risk as much as a handover of metal.
What we need from you
We would rather see a bad photograph of the right thing than a good photograph of the cabinet door. A seller who sends four photographs at the start usually gets a decision the same day.
An insurance salvage is bought on the adjuster's valuation rather than the seller's hope, which keeps the process honest. A decommissioning is orderly, which makes it the easiest kind of large project to buy from.
Compared with the alternatives
A sealed unit that has lost its gas blanket has lost the advantage that justified the price. A number agreed before the lift is a negotiation, and the same number after the lift is a dispute.
The arithmetic is simple even when the judgement is not: what the unit can earn against what it costs to move. A seller comparing two offers should compare the assumptions behind them rather than the headline figure.
Ohio only, on purpose
We do not buy in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Kentucky, Indiana or West Virginia, and we say so rather than waste a seller's week. A purchase that finishes in a week is normal, and one that finishes in a day is a favour returned.
The second data plate on a rebuilt unit matters more than the first, and it is easy to photograph by mistake. A seller should keep the photographs after the sale, because the next buyer will ask for the same ones.
Common questions
A unit that has been disconnected for a year is not the same proposition as one that came out last week. The best outcome is a unit that leaves the site and turns up somewhere useful, and that happens more often than people expect.
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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?
You will not be handed to a call centre. The person who answers the phone is the person who decides whether we buy. If a unit sits just over a state line, the honest answer is that somebody closer should buy it. A quick decision is a kindness when the unit is standing in the way of a project.
Service area
Is there a fee to get a number?
When the answer is no, it is usually about the core, the oil or the access, and we name which one. Funds can clear before the crane hooks on if that is the arrangement you want, and we will put it in writing. A unit that has been looked after is obvious within a minute, and so is one that has not.
Payment
How fast can a unit leave the site?
One desk, one state, one set of hauling relationships, which is why a Ohio pickup does not need a national carrier. Nothing sits in our queue for a week waiting for approval, because the buyer who quotes you also books the crew. A number is only as good as the description behind it, which is why the questions are short and specific.