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Sell a Buck-Boost Transformer in Ohio
Padmount and dry-type units of this type bought across Ohio, in any condition, with the oil sampled before we quote.
What we buy
What we buy here
You find a buck-boost transformer at the point where the utility's voltage stops being useful to the process behind it. We have bought buck-boost transformers out of plants, substations, hospitals and yards, and the process does not change with the setting.
| Size band | 0.05 to 100 kVA |
|---|---|
| Voltage | 120 to 600 volts |
| Usually found | machine tools, irrigation, older buildings and small industrial panels |
| What we inspect | tap wiring, enclosure condition and winding temperature |
| How it travels | a hand truck, because most of these are under 200 pounds |
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.
Transformer type
What a buck-boost transformer is
Buck-Boost Transformer units run from a few kVA to tens of MVA, and the ones we buy in Ohio sit across that whole range. A transformer with an unusual secondary is usually matched to one process, and that process is the market.
Bushings fail far more often than windings, and they are far cheaper to replace. A locomotive transformer rarely travels far, which makes it a specialised purchase rather than a general one.
Where these units turn up in Ohio
A purchase that finishes in a week is normal, and one that finishes in a day is a favour returned. A demolition pickup is fast, dirty and often the most profitable, because the alternative is a unit in a rubble pile.
A flat county with wide roads makes a heavy move routine, and the number reflects it. A transformer that has been idle for two years may still be perfect, and the test sheet is how you find out.
What we check before we quote
Condition is read from the outside in: paint, rust pattern, radiator fins, bushing condition, then the oil. A cabinet that does not close will collect water, and water in a cabinet becomes water in a tank.
A unit with a nitrogen blanket that has lost pressure has been breathing damp air for years. A tarp over a transformer traps condensation and is often worse than no cover at all.
Condition, oil and contamination
What a buck-boost transformer is worth to us
Getting it off the pad
Common questions
Other transformer types we buy
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 a buck-boost transformer that has already failed?
We would rather lose a unit than quote a figure we cannot honour once the cabinet is open. When the answer is no, it is usually about the core, the oil or the access, and we name which one. A mine-duty unit is designed to be dragged, and it looks it, which is not the same as being worn out.
Service area
What does a buck-boost transformer weigh, and does that change the pickup?
We know the Ohio permit routes, the scales and the bridge limits because that is the only ground we work. The truck is chosen from the weight, the height and the axle count, not from whatever happens to be in the yard. Most of what a buyer needs to know is stamped on a plate the size of a postcard.
Payment
Can you collect a buck-boost transformer outside Ohio?
Demolition schedules, lease expirations and closing dates all work the same way here: give us the date and we work to it. If a unit sits just over a state line, the honest answer is that somebody closer should buy it. A short conversation at the start saves an argument at the gate, and the argument is the expensive part.