Massachusetts Transformer Buyers
Direct buyer of surplus, used and failed transformers throughout Massachusetts. 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 | 62 |
|---|---|
| Ratings | 15 kVA – 100 MVA |
| Freight & rigging | Our cost |
| Payment | Upfront, before loading |
| Testing | Not required |
Buying Transformers in Massachusetts
Utility territory and equipment supply
Distribution equipment in Massachusetts comes off systems operated by Eversource Energy, National Grid, Unitil, Braintree Electric Light and their municipal and cooperative neighbours, which means most of what we see here is standard-voltage, well-documented and genuinely resaleable. Massachusetts biotech and hospital campuses replace well-maintained dry-type and cast-coil units during renovations, and maintenance records there are unusually complete — which raises what we can pay
What generates surplus equipment here
biotech and pharmaceutical manufacturing in Cambridge and along Route 128, universities and teaching hospitals, precision manufacturing, and offshore wind staging at New Bedford 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 Massachusetts
I-90 and I-95 with the Port of Boston and New Bedford for marine freight 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 Massachusetts
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 kVAMassachusetts Cities We Cover
We purchase throughout Massachusetts — all 62 communities below, plus the unincorporated areas between them. Pick the nearest city for local utility context, access notes and freight detail.
- Attleboro
- Beverly
- Bliss Corner
- Boston 4,453,352
- Brockton 105,386
- Cambridge 118,796
- Chelsea
- Chicopee 55,295
- Cochituate
- East Falmouth
- East Harwich
- Everett 50,045
- Fall River 94,082
- Fitchburg
- Framingham 72,399
- Gardner
- Gloucester
- Haverhill 67,698
- Holyoke
- Lawrence 88,736
- Leominster 110,022
- Lowell 118,368
- Lynn 101,709
- Malden 65,906
- Mansfield Center
- Marlborough
- Medford 59,354
- Melrose
- Middleborough Center
- Millis-Clicquot
- New Bedford 160,431
- Newburyport
- Newton 89,044
- North Adams
- North Plymouth
- North Scituate
- North Westport
- Northampton
- Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock
- Peabody 54,695
- Pinehurst
- Pittsfield
- Quincy 102,114
- Raynham Center
- Revere 60,012
- Sagamore
- Salem
- Smith Mills
- Somerville 81,036
- South Yarmouth
- Springfield 439,199
- Taunton 60,433
- The Pinehills
- Turners Falls
- Waltham 64,902
- West Concord
- West Yarmouth
- Westfield
- Whitinsville
- Woburn
- Worcester 496,386
- Yarmouth Port
Tell us what you have and where it is in Massachusetts. Firm number, usually the same business day.
Transformer to move in Massachusetts?
Payment upfront before loading, no testing required, all freight and rigging covered.