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Selling a Transformer in a Demolition
Units released by this situation bought across Ohio, with the removal and paperwork handled.
What we buy
What we buy here
If demolition has a receiver or a trustee involved, add a week for signatures and plan the truck after that. Storm damage, a failed winding or a leak will take a unit out of service, and what follows is a decision about repair against recovery.
| What happens | A building comes down around the equipment, and the transformer has to be out before the excavator reaches the wall. |
|---|---|
| Deadline | the demolition contractor's schedule is the deadline, and it is unforgiving |
| Paperwork | a demolition permit, a bill of sale and a utility disconnect confirmation |
| Buying note | Demolition pickups are fast, dirty and often the most profitable, because the alternative is a unit in a rubble pile. |
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 demolition means for a transformer
demolition creates a specific kind of transformer sale, and the specifics decide how quickly the unit can move. 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.
A mine-duty unit is designed to be dragged, and it looks it, which is not the same as being worn out. Paint is a cosmetic question, and seam rust is a structural one, and the two are often confused.
The paperwork that has to be right
A waste manifest names three parties, and all three have to be right before the truck moves. A manifest names the generator, the transporter and the facility, and all three have to be right.
A utility upgrade produces the best-documented units in the state, because the utility has kept a record since installation. A bill of sale written after the truck leaves is written from memory, and memory is unreliable.
How the pickup runs
If a plant requires a background check or a safety orientation in advance, tell us at quote stage. A county with a rail siding is easier to work than one without, because rail takes what road cannot.
A lift that starts level ends level, and a lift that starts crooked rarely does. A municipal weight restriction can stop a move that the state would allow without a second look.
What to send us first
Most of what a buyer needs to know is stamped on a plate the size of a postcard. A unit that is documented is easier to move than one that is not, in every sense of the word.
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 demolition situation?
Nobody asks you to front the crane, the permits or the haul, and nobody nets those out of the offer afterwards. With demolition, the first question is not what the unit is worth but who can release it. A unit that has been looked after is obvious within a minute, and so is one that has not.
Service area
Who signs the paperwork in a demolition?
There is no fee to look, no commission on the number, and no deduction invented after the truck is loaded. 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. A seller should ask what happens to the unit after it leaves, because the answer says what kind of buyer they are dealing with.
Payment
How fast can you move in a demolition?
If the building changes hands at the end of the month, say so at the start and the schedule gets built backwards from that date. A single padmount is a half-day job once access is confirmed; a substation unit is a week of planning and a permit. A unit that was replaced during an upgrade is almost always a better buy than one that failed on a Tuesday.