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Sell a Padmount 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
padmount transformers appear in subdivisions, retail pads, small plants and industrial parks work more often than anywhere else, and that is where most of our Ohio pickups come from. If the padmount transformer is still connected to a live system, the utility disconnect comes first and the paperwork follows.
| Size band | 75 to 2,500 kVA |
|---|---|
| Voltage | 12,470 to 34,500 volts |
| Usually found | subdivisions, retail pads, small plants and industrial parks |
| What we inspect | cabinet damage, oil level, elbow condition and whether the pad has settled |
| How it travels | a step deck with the bushings blocked and the cabinet doors secured |
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 padmount transformer is
The padmount transformer category covers several vintages, and the year of build changes the materials inside the tank. A transformer is one of the few pieces of plant equipment that keeps a meaningful value after it has been disconnected.
A unit with four bushings on the secondary is a different animal from one with three. A working unit replaced during an upgrade carries no fault history, which is the main reason it is worth more.
Where these units turn up in Ohio
A site inside a city limit usually means an overnight move and a closed lane, which is planned rather than improvised. A unit that has been in service is a known quantity, and a unit that has been idle is a question.
A short drive within one county costs less than a long drive across three, and the number shows it. The unit is the easy part; the site, the access and the paperwork are where the time goes.
What we check before we quote
We grade on the core, the coil, the tank and the bushings rather than on cosmetics, because a faded cabinet with a clean core beats a painted one with a wet tank. A unit that has been topped up repeatedly is leaking, and the leak is the story.
A fire-damaged unit is a teardown candidate unless the oil test says otherwise, and it rarely does. The oil is the cheapest diagnostic on the machine and the one most often skipped.
Condition, oil and contamination
What a padmount 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 padmount transformer that has already failed?
The difference shows up when a deadline is tight: a buyer can move on a Thursday, a broker usually cannot. We tell a seller when a padmount transformer is a teardown, because pretending otherwise wastes everybody's week. A unit with elevated gas that has been stable for a decade is a different proposition from one where the figure doubled.
Service area
What does a padmount transformer weigh, and does that change the pickup?
When the answer is no, it is usually about the core, the oil or the access, and we name which one. Overweight is a permit problem before it is a crane problem, and Ohio scales are not forgiving. A seller should be able to tell, from one phone call, whether the buyer has done this before.
Payment
Can you collect a padmount transformer outside Ohio?
We do not photograph a site for publication and we do not name a seller in anything we write. We do not buy in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Kentucky, Indiana or West Virginia, and we say so rather than waste a seller's week. A unit substation is convenient in service and awkward to move, because the sections are bolted together.