Paid on pickup
Who we buy from
Six kinds of seller, one buying desk, and the same set of questions for each of them.
What we buy
What we buy here
Most calls come from six kinds of seller, and each one has a different deadline and a different set of worries. Knowing which one you are talking to is most of the job.
Retired distribution units, rebuilt spares and substation equipment that has been replaced on a capital schedule. The documentation is usually excellent, the units are usually well maintained, and the disposal process is usually formal, which means the paperwork starts before the truck does.
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.
Sellers
The detail that decides the number
The units behind the process, often oversized for what the plant now runs and often older than the equipment they feed. The engineer usually knows exactly what is wrong with the unit, which makes the conversation short and the offer firm.
Dry-types in mechanical rooms, padmounts at building services, and a renovation that has left a unit with nowhere to go. Access is the constraint, and the room was usually built around the transformer.
Units bought for a job that changed, or removed during a fit-out and left on the contractor's books. The unit is usually clean, recent and taking up space in a yard that is needed for something else.
The building comes down and the transformer has to be out first. Speed matters more than condition, and the alternative to a sale is a unit in a rubble pile.
A farm, a small shop, a church, a machine shop with a single transformer behind it. One unit, one deadline, and a seller who has never done this before. Those calls get the most explanation and the same number.
What sellers worry about, in order
Sectors we work with
Questions
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 from private owners as well as companies?
The last thing we need is a contact on site who can open a gate, and that is often the hardest thing to arrange. You will not be handed to a call centre. The person who answers the phone is the person who decides whether we buy. A cabinet that has been opened recently has probably been looked at by somebody who knew why.
Service area
What paperwork do you need from a company?
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. Provenance is the story of where a unit came from, and a clean story is worth money to whoever owns it next. A unit that has been looked after is obvious within a minute, and so is one that has not.
Payment
Can you work with a receiver or a trustee?
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. A plant will not let a contractor through the gate without a certificate, so we send it with the quote rather than after it. The market for used transformers is smaller than the market for new ones, and it rewards honest descriptions.
Logistics
Will you talk to our finance team directly?
If there is a bill of sale, a lien release or an asset tag, photograph that too, because paperwork is part of the condition. A receiver, a trustee or a plant manager can send a list without it becoming public information. A transformer that has been idle for two years may still be perfect, and the test sheet is how you find out.