Iowa Transformer Buyers
Direct buyer of surplus, used and failed transformers throughout Iowa. 15 kVA to 100 MVA, any condition, same-day nameplate pricing — payment upfront before loading and all freight and rigging at our cost.

| Cities covered | 103 |
|---|---|
| Ratings | 15 kVA – 100 MVA |
| Freight & rigging | Our cost |
| Payment | Upfront, before loading |
| Testing | Not required |
Buying Transformers in Iowa
Utility territory and equipment supply
Distribution equipment in Iowa comes off systems operated by MidAmerican Energy, Alliant Energy, Cedar Falls Utilities, Muscatine Power & Water and their municipal and cooperative neighbours, which means most of what we see here is standard-voltage, well-documented and genuinely resaleable. Iowa combines two of our best sources — hyperscale data center refreshes and first-generation wind repowering, both releasing young pad-mounted fleets
What generates surplus equipment here
very large data center campuses in Des Moines, Altoona and Council Bluffs, ethanol and grain processing, wind generation at scale, and agricultural equipment manufacturing Each of those situations releases transformers on a schedule that has nothing to do with the equipment market — a demolition mobilization, a service upgrade, an outage window — which is exactly when a buyer who can commit to a date matters more than one who can quibble over a price.
Freight lanes across Iowa
I-80 and I-35 cross at Des Moines and the Mississippi River barge system handles our oversize station loads We build routes rather than sending a truck for a single item, so a pickup in a remote part of the state is combined with other regional freight instead of being discounted for distance. Distance does not reduce your offer and the haul never appears on your invoice, because there is no invoice — you are paid, in full, before we load.
Removal scope in every county
Crane or boom truck, rigging crew, spill containment sized to the unit's oil volume, oversize and street-occupancy permits, escorts and heavy-haul trucking are all our cost. Conduit cut and capped, anchor bolts cut flush, pad left broom-clean. Nights, weekends and planned outage windows are available.
Equipment We Buy in Iowa
Padmount Transformers
Pad-mounted distribution transformers are the single most liquid item we buy. A dead-front loop-feed unit in the 75 to 2500 kVA range with a legible nameplate and a sound tank can be priced from photographs the same day.
75 kVA – 5000 kVA300+ oil-filled units purchased annuallyOil-Filled Transformers
Liquid-filled units — mineral oil, silicone or ester — from 25 kVA pole-mounts up to 20 MVA power transformers. Oil is not a problem for us; containment, testing and disposal are part of what we do.
25 kVA – 20 MVA120–160 dry-type units handled per yearDry-Type Transformers
Ventilated, sealed and cast-coil dry-type units from 15 kVA control transformers up to 5000 kVA unit substation sections. Copper-wound units carry a materially higher offer than aluminum.
15 kVA – 5000 kVA40–60 substation-class units per yearSubstation Transformers
Station-class and power transformers from 1 MVA to 100 MVA, including units with load tap changers, radiator banks and conservator tanks. These are heavy-haul projects and we run them end to end.
1 MVA – 100 MVALots of 10 to 400 units purchased at a timePole-Mount Transformers
Single-phase and three-phase overhead distribution transformers, 5 kVA to 500 kVA. This is a volume item — we buy them by the pallet and by the trailer load out of utility and co-op surplus programs.
5 kVA – 500 kVA25–40 complete lineups per yearUnit Substations
Complete primary-transformer-secondary lineups: incoming section, transformer, and low-voltage switchgear or switchboard bolted as one assembly. We buy them whole and we buy them by the section.
300 kVA – 5000 kVAIowa Cities We Cover
We purchase throughout Iowa — all 103 communities below, plus the unincorporated areas between them. Pick the nearest city for local utility context, access notes and freight detail.
- Adel
- Algona
- Altoona
- Ames 68,494
- Anamosa
- Ankeny 72,615
- Asbury
- Atlantic
- Bettendorf
- Bondurant
- Boone
- Burlington
- Camanche
- Carlisle
- Carroll
- Cedar Falls
- Cedar Rapids 195,323
- Centerville
- Chariton
- Charles City
- Cherokee
- Clarinda
- Clear Lake
- Clinton
- Clive
- Coralville
- Council Bluffs 62,586
- Creston
- Davenport 281,044
- DeWitt
- Decorah
- Denison
- Des Moines 570,091
- Dubuque 69,698
- Dyersville
- Eldridge
- Estherville
- Evansdale
- Fairfield
- Forest City
- Fort Dodge
- Fort Madison
- Glenwood
- Grimes
- Grinnell
- Hampton
- Harlan
- Hiawatha
- Humboldt
- Huxley
- Independence
- Indianola
- Iowa City 133,565
- Iowa Falls
- Jefferson
- Johnston
- Keokuk
- Knoxville
- Le Claire
- Le Mars
- Manchester
- Maquoketa
- Marion
- Marshalltown
- Mason City
- Monticello
- Mount Pleasant
- Mount Vernon
- Muscatine
- Nevada
- Newton
- North Liberty
- Norwalk
- Oelwein
- Orange City
- Osceola
- Oskaloosa
- Ottumwa
- Pella
- Perry
- Pleasant Hill
- Polk City
- Red Oak
- Rock Valley
- Sergeant Bluff
- Sheldon
- Shenandoah
- Sioux Center
- Sioux City 112,803
- Spencer
- Spirit Lake
- Storm Lake
- Tiffin
- Urbandale
- Vinton
- Washington
- Waterloo 119,632
- Waukee
- Waverly
- Webster City
- West Des Moines 71,083
- Windsor Heights
- Winterset
Tell us what you have and where it is in Iowa. Firm number, usually the same business day.
Transformer to move in Iowa?
Payment upfront before loading, no testing required, all freight and rigging covered.