Washington Transformer Buyers
Direct buyer of surplus, used and failed transformers throughout Washington. 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 | 222 |
|---|---|
| Ratings | 15 kVA – 100 MVA |
| Freight & rigging | Our cost |
| Payment | Upfront, before loading |
| Testing | Not required |
Buying Transformers in Washington
Utility territory and equipment supply
Distribution equipment in Washington comes off systems operated by Puget Sound Energy, Seattle City Light, Avista, Chelan and Grant County PUDs, Tacoma Power and their municipal and cooperative neighbours, which means most of what we see here is standard-voltage, well-documented and genuinely resaleable. Columbia River hydro relicensing, PUD surplus programs and the aerospace supplier base together give Washington a steady flow of both station-class and industrial units
What generates surplus equipment here
aerospace manufacturing around Everett and Renton, aluminum smelting and data centers along the Columbia River, agricultural processing in the Yakima Valley, and shipbuilding and naval facilities 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 Washington
I-5 and I-90 with the Ports of Seattle, Tacoma and Longview handling heavy-lift, plus Columbia River barge 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 Washington
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 kVAWashington Cities We Cover
We purchase throughout Washington — all 222 communities below, plus the unincorporated areas between them. Pick the nearest city for local utility context, access notes and freight detail.
- Aberdeen
- Airway Heights
- Alderwood Manor
- Anacortes
- Arlington
- Artondale
- Auburn 85,676
- Bainbridge Island
- Bangor Base
- Barberton
- Battle Ground
- Belfair
- Bellevue 151,847
- Bellingham 135,591
- Bethel
- Birch Bay
- Black Diamond
- Blaine
- Bonney Lake
- Bothell
- Bothell East
- Bothell West
- Boulevard Park
- Bremerton 224,760
- Brier
- Bryn Mawr-Skyway
- Buckley
- Burien 51,513
- Burlington
- Camano
- Camas
- Cascade Valley
- Centralia
- Chain Lake
- Chehalis
- Chelan
- Cheney
- Clarkston
- Clarkston Heights-Vineland
- Clover Creek
- College Place
- Colville
- Connell
- Cottage Lake
- Country Homes
- Covington
- Deer Park
- Des Moines
- DuPont
- Duvall
- East Port Orchard
- East Renton Highlands
- East Wenatchee
- Eastmont
- Edgewood
- Edmonds
- Elk Plain
- Ellensburg
- Enumclaw
- Ephrata
- Esperance
- Everett 111,845
- Fairwood
- Federal Way 99,493
- Felida
- Ferndale
- Fife
- Finley
- Fircrest
- Five Corners
- Fort Lewis
- Frederickson
- Gig Harbor
- Graham
- Grandview
- Granite Falls
- Hazel Dell
- Hobart
- Hockinson
- Hoquiam
- Issaquah
- Kelso
- Kenmore
- Kennewick 259,487
- Kent 135,603
- Kirkland 92,621
- Lacey 57,737
- Lake Forest Park
- Lake Goodwin
- Lake Morton-Berrydale
- Lake Shore
- Lake Stevens
- Lake Stickney
- Lake Tapps
- Lakeland North
- Lakeland South
- Lakewood 62,937
- Larch Way
- Lexington
- Liberty Lake
- Longbranch
- Longview 71,347
- Longview Heights
- Lynden
- Lynnwood
- Maltby
- Manchester
- Maple Heights-Lake Desire
- Maple Valley
- Maplewood
- Martha Lake
- Marysville 166,250
- Mead
- Medical Lake
- Mercer Island
- Midland
- Mill Creek
- Mill Creek East
- Milton
- Minnehaha
- Mirrormont
- Monroe
- Montesano
- Moses Lake
- Moses Lake North
- Mount Vernon 69,561
- Mount Vista
- Mountlake Terrace
- Moxee
- Mukilteo
- Newcastle
- Normandy Park
- North Bend
- North Fort Lewis
- North Lynnwood
- Oak Harbor
- Ocean Shores
- Olympia 217,647
- Omak
- Orchards
- Orting
- Othello
- Otis Orchards-East Farms
- Pacific
- Parkland
- Parkwood
- Pasco 79,575
- Picnic Point
- Port Angeles
- Port Orchard
- Port Townsend
- Poulsbo
- Prairie Heights
- Prairie Ridge
- Prosser
- Pullman
- Puyallup
- Quincy
- Redmond 77,353
- Renton 105,317
- Richland 62,753
- Ridgefield
- Rochester
- Rosedale
- Salmon Creek
- Sammamish 66,463
- SeaTac
- Seattle 3,642,006
- Sedro-Woolley
- Selah
- Sequim
- Shelton
- Shoreline 61,431
- Silver Firs
- Silverdale
- Snohomish
- Snoqualmie
- South Hill 68,025
- Spanaway
- Spokane 462,286
- Spokane Valley 106,365
- Stanwood
- Steilacoom
- Sudden Valley
- Sultan
- Summit
- Summit View
- Sumner
- Suncrest
- Sunnyside
- Suquamish
- Tacoma 222,758
- Tanglewilde
- Tehaleh
- Terrace Heights
- Three Lakes
- Toppenish
- Town and Country
- Tracyton
- Tukwila
- Tumwater
- Union Gap
- Union Hill-Novelty Hill
- University Place
- Vancouver 195,300
- Vashon
- Venersborg
- Walla Walla
- Waller
- Wapato
- Washougal
- Wauna
- Wenatchee 85,048
- West Clarkston-Highland
- West Richland
- White Center
- Wollochet
- Woodinville
- Woodland
- Woods Creek
- Yakima 136,518
- Yelm
Tell us what you have and where it is in Washington. Firm number, usually the same business day.
Transformer to move in Washington?
Payment upfront before loading, no testing required, all freight and rigging covered.