Paid on pickup
Selling a Transformer in a Oil Leak
Units released by this situation bought across Ohio, with the removal and paperwork handled.
What we buy
What we buy here
If oil leak has a receiver or a trustee involved, add a week for signatures and plan the truck after that. 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 gasket, a weld or a radiator fails and the unit starts losing oil, which is a containment problem before it is an electrical one. |
|---|---|
| Deadline | containment is urgent because a leaking unit near a drain is a reportable event |
| Paperwork | spill records, disposal manifests and a bill of sale |
| Buying note | A leaking unit is bought on the assumption that the tank needs work, and the offer says so. |
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 oil leak means for a transformer
In oil leak, the transformer is usually the last thing standing between the site and its next use. A dark sample is not automatically a failed sample, and a clear one is not automatically a good one.
A three-winding unit needs a test sheet rather than a description, because the tertiary changes everything. A fire-damaged unit is a teardown candidate unless the oil test says otherwise, and it rarely does.
The paperwork that has to be right
A high-impedance unit is specified by an engineer rather than chosen from a table, so the tag is the only reliable record. The bill of sale fixes the moment risk moves, and that moment should be the moment the unit leaves the pad.
A purchase order from a plant takes longer than a check from a receiver, and both are normal. An estate sale produces units that are undocumented and well preserved, because nobody has touched them in years.
How the pickup runs
Two people and a truck handle most padmounts, while a substation unit brings a crane operator, a rigger and a supervisor. Municipal weight restrictions catch more heavy moves than state permits do.
A lowboy is the answer when the unit is heavy and the approach is long, and the answer is expensive either way. A bridge rating can turn a twenty-mile drive into a sixty-mile one, and the permit names the route for that reason.
What to send us first
A short list of photographs covers the cabinet, the tag, the bushings and the access, and nothing else is needed at the start. A unit that has been disconnected for a year is not the same proposition as one that came out last week.
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 oil leak situation?
You send a photograph of the nameplate, a buyer reads it, and you get a number with the conditions attached instead of a range that means nothing. oil leak means the paperwork and the schedule matter as much as the condition. A tank that has been repainted recently deserves a closer look than one that has not.
Service area
Who signs the paperwork in a oil leak?
The offer arrives with the reasoning attached, so it can go to a board or a finance team without translation. 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. A unit with a clean surround has usually been maintained by somebody who cared, and that shows in the oil.
Payment
How fast can you move in a oil leak?
Send the tag, the cabinet, the bushings and the pad, and the answer usually arrives before the end of the working day. Most units leave within a week of the number being agreed, and a unit that has to clear a site by Friday can usually be gone by Friday. A buyer who turns up with a torch and a tape measure is not there to argue about the paint.