Paid on pickup
Selling a Transformer in a Cancelled Project
Units released by this situation bought across Ohio, with the removal and paperwork handled.
What we buy
What we buy here
cancelled project often means multiple units, and a mixed lot moves faster than a single unit because the truck is already there. Utilities retire units on a schedule, and the ones coming out of a substation are often better built than anything a plant owns.
| What happens | A project is designed, equipment is bought, and then the project stops, leaving new units in crates with no destination. |
|---|---|
| Deadline | there is no operational deadline, but there is a balance sheet pressure |
| Paperwork | the original purchase order, the crate labels and a bill of sale |
| Buying note | Cancelled-project units are the best condition in the market and the hardest to find, because they never appear on a surplus list. |
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.
Situation
What cancelled project means for a transformer
cancelled project cases are handled differently from a routine surplus sale, starting with who has authority to sign. A substation unit is a project rather than a purchase, and it should be planned like one.
A short conversation at the start saves an argument at the gate, and the argument is the expensive part. A demolition pickup is fast, dirty and often the most profitable, because the alternative is a unit in a rubble pile.
The paperwork that has to be right
A bill of sale that names the serial is worth ten that describe a transformer in general terms. The bill of sale fixes the moment risk moves, and that moment should be the moment the unit leaves the pad.
A unit sold as equipment is not waste, which is why the paperwork describes it as equipment rather than scrap. A record kept for seven years is a record that answers the auditor's question before it is asked.
How the pickup runs
We do not send a broker with a clipboard. The person on site can confirm the number on the phone. A unit in a yard with a wide gate and a flat approach is worth more than the same unit behind a fence.
A crane set up on a slope will not lift what its chart says, and the operator will say so before the lift. The buyer who arrives with a tape measure and a torch is the buyer who will not reduce the number at the gate.
What to send us first
A transformer that has been idle for two years may still be perfect, and the test sheet is how you find out. A seller who has the serial number to hand moves through the first call in half the time.
Common questions
Other situations we handle
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 in a cancelled project situation?
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. cancelled project means the paperwork and the schedule matter as much as the condition. Most of what a buyer needs to know is stamped on a plate the size of a postcard.
Service area
Who signs the paperwork in a cancelled project?
If a unit is scrap, we will tell you it is scrap instead of dressing it up as something better. A bill of sale should name the unit, the serial, the kVA and the date, because a document that says one transformer is not a document. An insurance salvage is bought on the adjuster's valuation rather than the seller's hope, which keeps the process honest.
Payment
How fast can you move in a cancelled project?
We would rather lose a unit than quote a figure we cannot honour once the cabinet is open. A single padmount is a half-day job once access is confirmed; a substation unit is a week of planning and a permit. Remanufacturing keeps the footprint, and the footprint is often the reason the unit cannot simply be replaced.