Paid on pickup
Sell a Traction 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
Where a traction transformer is installed, the rest of the system is designed around its impedance, its voltage and its footprint. A traction transformer that has been partly disassembled is still a purchase, provided the parts came with it.
| Size band | 1 to 15 MVA |
|---|---|
| Voltage | 13,800 to 138,000 volts |
| Usually found | transit substations, light rail and rail yards |
| What we inspect | rectifier compatibility, harmonic design, cooling and winding condition |
| How it travels | a lowboy and a permitted route, because these units sit in urban substations |
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 traction transformer is
What separates a traction transformer from the next family is usually the enclosure, the cooling and the way the winding is insulated. A fan that does not run turns a forced-cooled rating into a natural-cooled one without changing the tag.
Radiator fins that have been crushed in transit lose capacity permanently and do not announce it. Soft ground after a wet week has stopped more lifts than any mechanical problem.
Where these units turn up in Ohio
A decommissioning is orderly, which makes it the easiest kind of large project to buy from. A transformer is heavy, oily, regulated and awkward, and every part of the process reflects that.
A unit that came out of a working plant is almost always the better buy, and sellers rarely realise it. A seller should never feel rushed into a decision, and a buyer should never need to rush one.
What we check before we quote
The pad tells a story too: a settled pad, a rust line at the base and a tilted cabinet all point at water where water should not be. A spill on the pad is a reportable event in some jurisdictions, which is why the kit comes out first.
A sample bottle that has been sitting in a truck since Tuesday is not a sample, it is a guess. A transformer that has run at a steady percentage of nameplate for years usually has clean oil, whatever its age.
Condition, oil and contamination
What a traction 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 traction transformer that has already failed?
You deal with the same desk from the first call to the wire, and the person who quoted is the person who signs the bill of sale. We would rather lose a unit than quote a figure we cannot honour once the cabinet is open. A hot mechanical room quietly derates everything in it, and nobody notices until a unit fails early.
Service area
What does a traction transformer weigh, and does that change the pickup?
A firm number needs three things: the tag, the condition and a route out of the building. The truck is chosen from the weight, the height and the axle count, not from whatever happens to be in the yard. A unit that has been in service is a known quantity, and a unit that has been idle is a question.
Payment
Can you collect a traction transformer outside Ohio?
We do not buy in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Kentucky, Indiana or West Virginia, and we say so rather than waste a seller's week. If a unit sits just over a state line, the honest answer is that somebody closer should buy it. A short drive within one county costs less than a long drive across three, and the number shows it.