Any condition, any size
Sell a Mine Duty 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
mine duty transformers sit wherever voltage has to change between a source and a load, which in Ohio means plants, utilities, campuses and substations. A mine duty transformer that has been partly disassembled is still a purchase, provided the parts came with it.
| Size band | 300 to 2,000 kVA |
|---|---|
| Voltage | 4,160 to 13,800 volts |
| Usually found | underground mines, quarries and portable crushing plants |
| What we inspect | skid condition, cable entry, enclosure integrity and grounding provisions |
| How it travels | a lowboy with the skid intact, since the skid is part of the unit |
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 mine duty transformer is
The mine duty transformer category covers several vintages, and the year of build changes the materials inside the tank. A marine unit corrodes at the enclosure long before the winding notices, so the cabinet is the first inspection.
A transformer is one of the few pieces of plant equipment that keeps a meaningful value after it has been disconnected. A transformer with an unusual secondary is usually matched to one process, and that process is the market.
Where these units turn up in Ohio
A seller should keep the photographs after the sale, because the next buyer will ask for the same ones. A unit that has been in service is a known quantity, and a unit that has been idle is a question.
A unit that is documented is easier to move than one that is not, in every sense of the word. A town that lost its main plant still has the substation that fed it, and that substation is where the surplus is.
What we check before we quote
The cabinet tells you whether anybody has been inside it recently, and the bolt heads tell you whether they knew what they were doing. A flooded unit is a teardown inspection rather than a purchase, and the analysis is what decides it.
A sample taken from the bottom drain after the unit has stood is worth more than one taken in a hurry. A clean test sheet travels with the unit and makes every later conversation shorter.
Condition, oil and contamination
What a mine duty 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 mine duty transformer that has already failed?
We work to your deadline rather than ours, which is why the first question is when the site has to be clear. We turn down units that cannot be moved safely, and we say so before anybody spends money on a crane. The unit will outlast the building it serves, which is why so many of them change hands.
Service area
What does a mine duty transformer weigh, and does that change the pickup?
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. Rigging weight, shipping weight and operating weight are three different numbers and only one of them belongs on a permit. A unit substation is convenient in service and awkward to move, because the sections are bolted together.
Payment
Can you collect a mine duty transformer outside Ohio?
The paperwork is between your company and ours, and it does not travel. We do not buy in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Kentucky, Indiana or West Virginia, and we say so rather than waste a seller's week. An insurance salvage is bought on the adjuster's valuation rather than the seller's hope, which keeps the process honest.