We handle the freight
Sell a Polemount 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
The typical polemount transformer in service has been doing one job for decades, and the job has usually changed around it. We buy polemount transformers in any condition that can be moved, from a running unit to one that failed a test last month.
| Size band | 10 to 167 kVA |
|---|---|
| Voltage | 7,200 to 19,900 volts |
| Usually found | rural distribution, older residential streets and small commercial services |
| What we inspect | tank rust, bushing condition, oil level and the mounting bracket |
| How it travels | a bucket truck or a small crane, and a pickup for anything under 50 kVA |
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 polemount transformer is
A polemount transformer is normally chosen for one duty, and the duty is the first thing to understand before the tag matters. The photograph of the nameplate is worth more than a page of description, and it takes about four seconds to take.
A replacement unit with different impedance can turn adequate switchgear into inadequate switchgear. A transformer energized on a light load first gives the unit a chance to settle and the protection a chance to hold.
Where these units turn up in Ohio
The market for used transformers is smaller than the market for new ones, and it rewards honest descriptions. A county that has lost its manufacturing base still has the substations and the water plant, and both hold transformers.
A buyer's first question is about the rating and the second is about the access, in that order. A site that has been photographed properly can be quoted without a visit, and the visit is only a confirmation.
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 bushing, a gasket and an oil processing are the three cheapest ways to raise a number.
Condition, oil and contamination
What a polemount 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 polemount transformer that has already failed?
If the building changes hands at the end of the month, say so at the start and the schedule gets built backwards from that date. We would rather lose a unit than quote a figure we cannot honour once the cabinet is open. A yard with a dozen units in it is a record of what Ohio plants have been replacing.
Service area
What does a polemount 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 seller who knows what the unit is saves everybody an hour, and the hour is often the difference.
Payment
Can you collect a polemount transformer outside Ohio?
Nothing here needs a meeting. A nameplate photograph and a sentence about access is enough to start, and most answers come back the same day. 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. A desk that buys for its own account answers with a figure rather than a promise to find one.