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Selling a Transformer in a Expansion
Units released by this situation bought across Ohio, with the removal and paperwork handled.
What we buy
What we buy here
expansion that is already in progress needs a buyer who can be on site within days rather than weeks. A transformer that is redundant costs money every year in testing, space and insurance, and that is usually what starts the conversation.
| What happens | An expansion usually means a bigger transformer arrives and the old one becomes redundant, still connected to nothing. |
|---|---|
| Deadline | the old unit has to move before the new one is set, so the window is short |
| Paperwork | a bill of sale and a service record that shows the unit was replaced rather than failed |
| Buying note | Expansion units are the best buys in the market, because they were working when they were disconnected. |
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 expansion means for a transformer
In expansion, the transformer is usually the last thing standing between the site and its next use. A short drive within one county costs less than a long drive across three, and the number shows it.
A unit that has been looked after is obvious within a minute, and so is one that has not. A unit that came out of a working plant is almost always the better buy, and sellers rarely realise it.
The paperwork that has to be right
A closure releases every transformer on the site at once, and the good units are the ones that were never run. Records matter more on a large unit than on a small one, because the buyer is taking on more risk with the same information.
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.
How the pickup runs
Our people carry their own tools, their own slings and their own spill kit, and they do not need the seller's labour. The last hundred feet decide the day, and they are the hundred feet nobody photographs.
A rigging plan written on the back of an envelope is the reason some lifts take two attempts. A lift over a fence needs a crane with reach, and reach costs more than capacity.
What to send us first
A seller who knows what the unit is saves everybody an hour, and the hour is often the difference. The unit will outlast the building it serves, which is why so many of them change hands.
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 expansion situation?
You are paid when the unit leaves the pad, not thirty days after it arrives somewhere else. expansion means the paperwork and the schedule matter as much as the condition. A buyer who turns up with a torch and a tape measure is not there to argue about the paint.
Service area
Who signs the paperwork in a expansion?
Answers come back the same day in most cases, and the truck is scheduled the moment the paperwork is signed. Municipal sellers need a purchase order, an invoice and a W-9, while plants usually need a bill of sale and a certificate of insurance. The question that decides most purchases is not what the unit is but where it has to go next.
Payment
How fast can you move in a expansion?
If there is a bill of sale, a lien release or an asset tag, photograph that too, because paperwork is part of the condition. 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 unit with a clean surround has usually been maintained by somebody who cared, and that shows in the oil.