Any condition, any size
Selling a Transformer in a Plant Closure
Units released by this situation bought across Ohio, with the removal and paperwork handled.
What we buy
What we buy here
If plant closure has a receiver or a trustee involved, add a week for signatures and plan the truck after that. A closing plant has to clear a building by a date, and a transformer is the heaviest thing between the crew and an empty floor.
| What happens | A closure releases every transformer on the site at once, from the service entrance to the spares in the back of the warehouse. |
|---|---|
| Deadline | the date is set by the landlord, the receiver or the buyer of the building, and it does not move |
| Paperwork | a bill of sale, a lien release if there is a lender, and an asset list that matches the serials |
| Buying note | Closures are the single largest source of surplus transformers in Ohio, and the good units are the ones that were never run. |
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 plant closure means for a transformer
plant closure usually comes with a deadline somebody else set, and the pickup is planned backwards from it. A transformer that has been idle for two years may still be perfect, and the test sheet is how you find out.
A number is only as good as the description behind it, which is why the questions are short and specific. A unit that has been disconnected for a year is not the same proposition as one that came out last week.
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 fault history is not automatically bad news, because a repaired fault is often better documented than an unrepaired one.
A closure releases every transformer on the site at once, and the good units are the ones that were never run. A high-impedance unit is specified by an engineer rather than chosen from a table, so the tag is the only reliable record.
How the pickup runs
The crew that arrives is our crew, not a subcontractor who has never seen the site. A crane on the street needs a lane closure, and a lane closure needs a permit.
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.
What to send us first
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 plant closure situation?
We do not list your unit anywhere, we do not need another buyer to appear, and we do not ask you to hold it while we look. plant closure creates a specific kind of transformer sale, and the specifics decide how quickly the unit can move. A decision made on a photograph is reversible; a decision made after the truck arrives is not.
Service area
Who signs the paperwork in a plant closure?
What you send stays with the buying desk, and we do not publish your plant, your nameplate or your deadline anywhere. We sign the seller's paperwork when they have it and provide ours when they do not. A buyer who explains the reasoning gets a second call, and the second call is where the good units are.
Payment
How fast can you move in a plant closure?
Funds can clear before the crane hooks on if that is the arrangement you want, and we will put it in writing. plant closure that is already in progress needs a buyer who can be on site within days rather than weeks. A unit described honestly sells faster than one described optimistically, because the second one gets renegotiated.