We handle the freight
Selling a Transformer in a Lease Return
Units released by this situation bought across Ohio, with the removal and paperwork handled.
What we buy
What we buy here
The urgency in lease return is real, and it is also where sellers get taken advantage of, so we quote against condition rather than against the calendar. Sometimes the unit is fine and the site is not: a lease ends, a yard is sold, a building is coming down.
| What happens | A lessor owns the transformer and the lessee is handing the building back, so ownership has to be established before anything moves. |
|---|---|
| Deadline | the lease end date governs, and the lessor's signature is required |
| Paperwork | the lease, the lessor's release and a bill of sale from the owner |
| Buying note | Lease returns are where sellers most often discover they do not own the unit, so the paperwork comes first. |
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 lease return means for a transformer
lease return creates a specific kind of transformer sale, and the specifics decide how quickly the unit can move. A purchase order from a plant takes longer than a check from a receiver, and both are normal.
A utility seller adds a disposal authorisation, and a company adds a purchase order. A cyclic load leaves a different signature in the oil than a steady one, and the lab report shows it.
The paperwork that has to be right
A bill of sale written after the truck leaves is written from memory, and memory is unreliable. A repaired unit with documentation is a known quantity and often better than an original of the same age.
An estate sale produces units that are undocumented and well preserved, because nobody has touched them in years. A closure releases every transformer on the site at once, and the good units are the ones that were never run.
How the pickup runs
A site induction takes an hour and we plan for it, because an uninducted crew sitting at a gate is a wasted day. A site with a hard deadline should be scheduled backwards from the crane, not forwards from the phone call.
A bridge rating can turn a twenty-mile drive into a sixty-mile one, and the permit names the route for that reason. A gate that is four inches too narrow turns a morning into a week.
What to send us first
A transformer is heavy, oily, regulated and awkward, and every part of the process reflects that. A decision made on a photograph is reversible; a decision made after the truck arrives is not.
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 lease return situation?
Nothing sits in our queue for a week waiting for approval, because the buyer who quotes you also books the crew. lease return usually comes with a deadline somebody else set, and the pickup is planned backwards from it. A number is only as good as the description behind it, which is why the questions are short and specific.
Service area
Who signs the paperwork in a lease return?
With the tag and the access photographs, a working number becomes a firm number and the truck can be booked against it. A bill of sale, a lien release if there is a lender, and a serial number that matches the tag are the three documents that matter. The unit is the easy part; the site, the access and the paperwork are where the time goes.
Payment
How fast can you move in a lease return?
We would rather lose a unit than quote a figure we cannot honour once the cabinet is open. Timing is the whole conversation in lease return, because a unit that can wait a month is a different negotiation from one that cannot. A relocation leaves behind exactly the units that were built into the building, which is why they become surplus.