Paid on pickup
Sell a Single-Phase 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
single-phase padmount transformers appear in subdivisions, farm services and small retail buildings work more often than anywhere else, and that is where most of our Ohio pickups come from. We buy single-phase padmount 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 14,400 volts |
| Usually found | subdivisions, farm services and small retail buildings |
| What we inspect | cabinet rust, secondary lug condition and oil level |
| How it travels | a pickup truck and two people, or a small telehandler for the larger cabinets |
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 single-phase padmount transformer is
Most single-phase padmount transformers are bought for a project that never happened, which is why so many of them are in good condition. A nameplate that has been painted over is a nameplate that will have to be read under a torch.
Harmonics put current on the neutral and heat in the core, and a standard unit dislikes both. A dry-type in a damp room fails from the room rather than from the load.
Where these units turn up in Ohio
A transformer that has been idle for two years may still be perfect, and the test sheet is how you find out. A city with a rail yard inside its limits is a city where heavy units move easily.
A unit that has been disconnected for a year is not the same proposition as one that came out last week. Details that seem trivial on the phone become decisive on the pad, which is why they are asked about early.
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 stored with its bushings uncapped will take water in through the top and hold it.
Condition, oil and contamination
What a single-phase 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 single-phase padmount transformer that has already failed?
You send a photograph of the nameplate, a buyer reads it, and you get a number with the conditions attached instead of a range that means nothing. A single-phase padmount transformer that failed a high-potential test is a teardown candidate, but the tank and the core often outlive the winding. A short conversation at the start saves an argument at the gate, and the argument is the expensive part.
Service area
What does a single-phase padmount transformer weigh, and does that change the pickup?
Nobody asks you to front the crane, the permits or the haul, and nobody nets those out of the offer afterwards. 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 single-phase padmount transformer outside Ohio?
When the answer is no, it is usually about the core, the oil or the access, and we name which one. If a unit sits just over a state line, the honest answer is that somebody closer should buy it. A purchase is a handover of risk as much as a handover of metal.