Paid on pickup
Selling a Transformer in a Storm Damage
Units released by this situation bought across Ohio, with the removal and paperwork handled.
What we buy
What we buy here
In storm damage, a fast no is more useful than a slow maybe. Sometimes the unit is fine and the site is not: a lease ends, a yard is sold, a building is coming down.
| What happens | Wind, ice and lightning take out bushings, arresters and sometimes windings, leaving a unit that may be repairable. |
|---|---|
| Deadline | the utility or the plant wants the site restored immediately |
| Paperwork | an insurance loss report, photographs and a cause-of-loss note |
| Buying note | Storm units range from cosmetic damage to a burnt core, and the difference is decided by testing rather than by looking. |
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 storm damage means for a transformer
In storm damage, the transformer is usually the last thing standing between the site and its next use. Details that seem trivial on the phone become decisive on the pad, which is why they are asked about early.
A demolition pickup is fast, dirty and often the most profitable, because the alternative is a unit in a rubble pile. A seller should never feel rushed into a decision, and a buyer should never need to rush one.
The paperwork that has to be right
A chain of custody that starts at the pad is easier to defend than one reconstructed later. A contact who can open a gate is worth more on pickup day than any amount of paperwork.
A leased unit belongs to the lessor, and the tenant cannot sell what the tenant does not own. 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 step deck lowers the load and often removes the need for a permit, which is why padmounts travel that way.
A vault removal needs ventilation, a rigging plan and a street that can be closed for an afternoon. A network unit comes out through a hatch, and the hatch decides the crane, the rigging and the day.
What to send us first
The question that decides most purchases is not what the unit is but where it has to go next. 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 storm damage situation?
Ohio only is not a limitation for us, it is why the logistics work: the crews, the cranes and the permits are all in-state. storm damage usually comes with a deadline somebody else set, and the pickup is planned backwards from it. A unit with elevated gas that has been stable for a decade is a different proposition from one where the figure doubled.
Service area
Who signs the paperwork in a storm damage?
A buyer reads the tag, checks whatever oil history exists, and says what the unit is worth as it stands rather than what it might be worth rebuilt. A bill of sale should name the unit, the serial, the kVA and the date, because a document that says one transformer is not a document. A relocation leaves behind exactly the units that were built into the building, which is why they become surplus.
Payment
How fast can you move in a storm damage?
We buy in Ohio and only in Ohio, which is why a truck can be at a Ohio gate the same week the number is agreed. The urgency in storm damage is real, and it is also where sellers get taken advantage of, so we quote against condition rather than against the calendar. A short list of photographs covers the cabinet, the tag, the bushings and the access, and nothing else is needed at the start.