Used & Surplus Transformer Buyers — Cambridge, MA
Direct buyer of surplus and decommissioned transformers in Cambridge, MA. 15 kVA to 100 MVA, any condition, same-day offers — and we cover all freight and rigging.
| County | Middlesex County |
|---|---|
| Market | Mid-Size City |
| Ratings | 15 kVA – 100 MVA |
| Freight & rigging | Our cost |
| Payment | Upfront, before loading |
| Testing | Not required |
Selling a Transformer in Cambridge
We buy surplus, used and failed electrical transformers in Cambridge, MA and throughout Middlesex County. Padmount, oil-filled, dry-type, pole-mount and substation-class units from 15 kVA to 100 MVA, in any condition — working, de-energized, surplus or internally failed. Send a photograph of the nameplate and we will price the unit the same day. Every purchase includes the freight and the rigging at our cost.
The Massachusetts market for used transformers
What comes available in this state is shaped by what it runs: biotech and pharmaceutical manufacturing in Cambridge and along Route 128, universities and teaching hospitals, precision manufacturing, and offshore wind staging at New Bedford. On the utility side, Eversource Energy, National Grid, Unitil, Braintree Electric Light all operate here, and surplus programs and system upgrades release both distribution and station-class equipment. Moving it out of Cambridge means I-90 and I-95 with the Port of Boston and New Bedford for marine freight. Notably, 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.
Why a mid-size city like Cambridge is easy for us
Mid-size markets are frequently where the best-value equipment sits, because there is less local competition bidding on it. A well-maintained padmount or a copper-wound dry-type out of a Cambridge plant or school district often carries strong resale value and simply has not had a buyer with a truck show up. We are that buyer, and we consolidate Cambridge pickups with other Massachusetts freight so the haul cost never lands on your side of the ledger.
Single units and small lots
You do not need a yard full of equipment to get our attention here. One 750 kVA padmount, three pole-mount cans on pallets, a pair of dry-types out of a mechanical room — we will quote it and we will schedule it. If a single small unit does not justify a dedicated truck immediately, we will tell you honestly and either hold it for the next Massachusetts run or price it to move now.
Removal and Value
What our crew brings to Cambridge
A removal in Cambridge is scoped from your photographs before anyone mobilizes, so the crew arrives with the right equipment rather than improvising. Depending on the unit that means a boom truck or rough-terrain forklift for a padmount, machine skates and stair gear for an indoor dry-type, or a hydraulic crane and multi-axle lowboy for station-class equipment. We bring rigging hardware, spill containment sized to the unit's oil volume, and our own insurance certificates naming your entity. You provide site access and a de-energized, disconnected unit; we do the rest.
Resale value versus scrap weight
Sellers in Cambridge are often quoted a scrap number by a metals yard and assume that is the market. It usually is not. A serviceable transformer priced as recoverable equipment commonly brings several times its scrap weight value, because the buyer is paying for a working asset with a long lead time on the new-build alternative. Even a failed unit carries core steel, windings, a tank, a tap changer and accessories worth more assembled than shredded. We will tell you honestly which category yours falls into.
Equipment We Buy in Cambridge
Substation 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 kVACambridge Questions
Should I drain the oil before you arrive?
Do you actually pay for the freight and rigging out of Cambridge?
How fast can you get a crew to Cambridge?
What do you need from me to make an offer?
Do you buy transformers that no longer work?
Nearby Coverage
We cover the communities around Cambridge on the same terms, and we frequently combine pickups across this area into a single route.
Send the nameplate and the location in Cambridge. Firm number, usually the same business day — and the removal is included.
Transformer to move in Cambridge?
Payment upfront before loading, no testing required, freight and rigging covered.