Wisconsin Transformer Buyers
Direct buyer of surplus, used and failed transformers throughout Wisconsin. 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 | 173 |
|---|---|
| Ratings | 15 kVA – 100 MVA |
| Freight & rigging | Our cost |
| Payment | Upfront, before loading |
| Testing | Not required |
Buying Transformers in Wisconsin
Utility territory and equipment supply
Distribution equipment in Wisconsin comes off systems operated by We Energies, Alliant Energy, Xcel Energy, Madison Gas & Electric, WPPI Energy and their municipal and cooperative neighbours, which means most of what we see here is standard-voltage, well-documented and genuinely resaleable. Fox River Valley paper mill consolidation is releasing substantial mill electrical equipment, and Milwaukee heavy manufacturing turns over large industrial transformers
What generates surplus equipment here
paper mills along the Fox River, food and dairy processing statewide, heavy machinery and engine manufacturing in Milwaukee, and electronics assembly 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 Wisconsin
I-94, I-43 and I-41 with the Port of Milwaukee and Green Bay handling Great Lakes 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 Wisconsin
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 kVAWisconsin Cities We Cover
We purchase throughout Wisconsin — all 173 communities below, plus the unincorporated areas between them. Pick the nearest city for local utility context, access notes and freight detail.
- Allouez
- Altoona
- Antigo
- Appleton 230,473
- Ashland
- Ashwaubenon
- Baldwin
- Baraboo
- Bayside
- Beaver Dam
- Bellevue
- Beloit
- Berlin
- Bristol
- Brookfield
- Brown Deer
- Burlington
- Caledonia
- Cedarburg
- Chilton
- Chippewa Falls
- Clintonville
- Columbus
- Cottage Grove
- Cross Plains
- Cudahy
- De Pere
- DeForest
- Delafield
- Delavan
- Dodgeville
- East Troy
- Eau Claire 109,971
- Edgerton
- Elkhorn
- Elm Grove
- Evansville
- Fitchburg
- Fond du Lac
- Fort Atkinson
- Fox Crossing
- Fox Point
- Franklin
- French Island
- Germantown
- Glendale
- Grafton
- Green Bay 222,170
- Greendale
- Greenfield
- Greenville
- Hales Corners
- Harrison
- Hartford
- Hartland
- Hobart
- Holmen
- Howard
- Hudson
- Jackson
- Janesville 71,973
- Jefferson
- Kaukauna
- Kenosha 126,951
- Kewaskum
- Kimberly
- Kronenwetter
- La Crosse 97,218
- Lake Geneva
- Lake Hallie
- Lake Mills
- Lake Wisconsin
- Lisbon
- Little Chute
- Madison 470,689
- Manitowoc
- Marinette
- Marshfield
- Mauston
- Mayville
- McFarland
- Medford
- Menasha
- Menomonee Falls
- Menomonie
- Mequon
- Merrill
- Middleton
- Milton
- Milwaukee 1,291,752
- Monona
- Monroe
- Mosinee
- Mount Horeb
- Mount Pleasant
- Mukwonago
- Muskego
- Neenah
- New Berlin
- New London
- New Richmond
- North Fond du Lac
- Oak Creek
- Oconomowoc
- Oconto
- Okauchee Lake
- Onalaska
- Oregon
- Oshkosh 75,313
- Platteville
- Pleasant Prairie
- Plover
- Plymouth
- Port Washington
- Portage
- Prairie du Chien
- Prairie du Sac
- Prescott
- Pulaski
- Racine 136,637
- Reedsburg
- Rhinelander
- Rib Mountain
- Rice Lake
- Richfield
- Ripon
- River Falls
- Rothschild
- Salem Lakes
- Saukville
- Shawano
- Sheboygan 75,453
- Sheboygan Falls
- Shorewood
- Slinger
- Somers
- South Milwaukee
- Sparta
- St. Francis
- Stevens Point
- Stoughton
- Sturgeon Bay
- Sturtevant
- Suamico
- Sun Prairie
- Superior
- Sussex
- Tichigan
- Tomah
- Twin Lakes
- Two Rivers
- Union Grove
- Vernon
- Verona
- Village of Waukesha
- Viroqua
- Waterford
- Watertown
- Waukesha 71,233
- Waunakee
- Waupaca
- Waupun
- Wausau 77,888
- Wauwatosa
- West Allis 59,612
- West Bend
- West Milwaukee
- West Salem
- Weston
- Whitefish Bay
- Whitewater
- Wind Lake
- Wisconsin Rapids
Tell us what you have and where it is in Wisconsin. Firm number, usually the same business day.
Transformer to move in Wisconsin?
Payment upfront before loading, no testing required, all freight and rigging covered.