Paid on pickup
Selling a Transformer in a Relocation
Units released by this situation bought across Ohio, with the removal and paperwork handled.
What we buy
What we buy here
When relocation carries an insurance deadline, the salvage decision is usually separate from the repair decision. The usual reason a transformer leaves a site is that the load it was built for is gone, not that the unit failed.
| What happens | A plant moves to a new building and takes what fits, leaving the transformers that were built into the old one. |
|---|---|
| Deadline | the lease end date is the deadline, and it is usually sooner than expected |
| Paperwork | a lease surrender document, a bill of sale and a landlord release |
| Buying note | Relocation units are often oversized for the new site, which is exactly why they become surplus. |
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 relocation means for a transformer
relocation creates a specific kind of transformer sale, and the specifics decide how quickly the unit can move. A quick decision is a kindness when the unit is standing in the way of a project.
A seller should ask what happens to the unit after it leaves, because the answer says what kind of buyer they are dealing with. A unit in a building that is coming down is a different problem from a unit in a plant that is staying.
The paperwork that has to be right
A bill of sale that names the serial is worth ten that describe a transformer in general terms. A seller who keeps the removal photographs has a record that answers most later questions.
The bill of sale fixes the moment risk moves, and that moment should be the moment the unit leaves the pad. A contact who can open a gate is worth more on pickup day than any amount of paperwork.
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 two gates is a site with options, and options are what a rigging plan needs.
A pad that does not drain will rust a tank base long before the winding fails, which is a cheap thing to check. A gate that is four inches too narrow turns a morning into a week.
What to send us first
Paint is a cosmetic question, and seam rust is a structural one, and the two are often confused. A decommissioning is orderly, which makes it the easiest kind of large project to buy from.
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 relocation situation?
Payment goes out by bank wire, ACH or certified check on pickup, with no holdback waiting on somebody else's sale. relocation can put a very large unit on the market with very little notice, and that is where a buyer with a truck earns their keep. A seller who knows what the unit is saves everybody an hour, and the hour is often the difference.
Service area
Who signs the paperwork in a relocation?
Every county in the state is covered, from the lake shore to the river, and Ohio sits inside the regular loop. Nothing here needs a notary, though a municipal seller may want one, and we will meet that requirement. The market for used transformers is smaller than the market for new ones, and it rewards honest descriptions.
Payment
How fast can you move in a relocation?
Our interest is in the core, the copper and the paperwork that proves the unit is yours to move, not in a commission. 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 seller should keep the photographs after the sale, because the next buyer will ask for the same ones.