Serving Des Moines and the surrounding metro
Des Moines, IA Industrial Electrical Equipment Purchase and Removal
When a line-up in Des Moines comes out, the equipment stops being an asset on a depreciation schedule and becomes a rigging problem with a disposal cost attached. We buy that problem outright. Switchgear, transformers, generators, bus duct and plugs, panelboards, breakers, motor control centers and copper cable — and the teardown, rigging and freight are ours, not a subcontractor you have never met.
Iowa · statewide- Location
- Des Moines, IA
- State
- Iowa
- Utilities
- MidAmerican Energy, Alliant Ener
- Offer
- Same business day
- Payment
- Before load-out
- Phone
- 954-740-1983
Plate 01
Buying electrical equipment in Des Moines
Our Iowa routing runs along I-80, I-35 and I-380, which keeps trailer and crew cost predictable on Des Moines projects. Utility territory matters too — MidAmerican Energy, Alliant Energy, Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities each have their own clearance, metering and disconnect expectations, and we have worked inside them. Ethanol plants, grain processing and pork operations produce MCC line-ups and large drives, and Iowa utility standardization programs clear pad-mount transformers in quantity.
If the Des Moines equipment is still carrying load, we phase it. Usually that means dead sections and spares first, then distribution as circuits are released, then the main line-up once the last feeder is isolated. The phasing goes into the offer so nobody is improvising in an energized room at two in the morning.
Plate 02
What we buy in Des Moines
Fourteen categories. We buy every one of them at Des Moines sites.
Electrical Switchgear
Low and medium voltage, indoor and outdoor
480 V – 38 kV, up to 5,000 AGenerators
Standby, prime and mobile sets
100 kW – 3 MW diesel and gasTransformers
Pad-mount, dry-type, substation, unit
75 kVA – 50 MVABus Plugs
Fusible switch and circuit-breaker plugs
30 A – 1,200 A fusible and breakerBus Duct & Busway
Feeder and plug-in, copper and aluminum
225 A – 5,000 A runsPanelboards & Switchboards
Panelboards, switchboards, distribution
100 A – 4,000 AWire & Cable
Copper and aluminum, new and reclaimed
#12 AWG – 1,000 MCMLoad Banks
Resistive and reactive, portable and permanent
100 kW – 3 MW resistiveCircuit Breakers
Molded case, insulated case, air, vacuum
15 A – 6,000 A framesMotor Control Centers
Low and medium voltage MCCs
MCC line-ups, buckets, VFD sectionsSubstations
Up to 138 kV primary
Complete unit and station substationsTransfer Switches
Automatic, manual, bypass-isolation
100 A – 4,000 A ATSCapacitors & Power Quality
Fixed and automatic capacitor banks
50 kVAR – 10 MVARComplete Plant Lots
One deal, one crew, one number
Whole-facility electrical scopePlate 03
What drives the number
Three things drive the number: condition, whether the equipment is still supported, and copper content. A medium-voltage line-up with current vacuum breakers and a recent test report prices as reusable equipment. An identical structure with obsolete air-magnetic breakers and no nameplate prices on its bus and steel. We tell you which bucket your Des Moines gear falls into before you commit to anything.
| Input | Detail |
|---|---|
| Condition | Working, retired, water-damaged, or already dismantled |
| Support | Are breakers and parts still available for this line-up? |
| Copper | Windings, bus bar and cable weight |
| Access | Rigging path, crane need, dock reality at the Des Moines site |
| Freight | I-80, I-35 and I-380 |
Plate 04
Safety and documentation
If your Des Moines facility runs permits — hot work, confined space, elevated work, site orientation, background checks — tell us at the quote stage and we build the time into the schedule rather than asking for an extension later. Our people are used to refinery, hospital and utility permitting cultures.
Paper you receive
Certificate of insurance before we mobilize, a written itemized offer, a signed bill of sale, and load documentation for every trailer. If your compliance team needs something specific, ask before we schedule.
Plate 05
Nearby cities and buyer desks
We cover the whole Iowa market, so if your equipment is not in Des Moines itself, one of these is probably closer:
Plate 06
Des Moines questions
How do you handle transformer oil in Des Moines?
Oil is tested, drained and manifested through licensed handlers, and you receive the documentation with your paperwork. PCB-suspect units go under a separate waste profile. Nothing is left on your pad in Des Moines and nothing gets dumped — the handling cost is already in the offer.
When do we get paid?
Before the equipment leaves your Des Moines dock. Wire, company check or cashier's check, whichever your accounting group prefers. On large phased projects we pay per load as it ships rather than holding everything until the end.
What if the equipment is old or has no test records?
We still quote it. Records raise the number — a NETA test report on a breaker or a transformer is the single document that most improves what we can pay — but their absence disqualifies nothing. We price Des Moines equipment on what our technicians and the replacement market say it is worth.
Are you insured to work inside our Des Moines facility?
Yes. We carry general liability, auto, workers' compensation and umbrella coverage, and we issue a certificate naming your entity as additional insured before crews mobilize to Des Moines. We also complete vendor onboarding, background checks and site-specific safety orientation on request.
Can you work nights, weekends or during a shutdown in Des Moines?
Regularly. Most electrical removals happen outside production hours because that is when circuits can be released. Night, weekend, holiday and turnaround windows in Des Moines are normal scheduling for us, not a premium service.
What happens to the equipment after you buy it?
Serviceable gear is tested, reconditioned where needed and resold as replacement equipment — that resale is what funds your offer. What cannot go back into service is dismantled for copper, aluminum and steel recovery through permitted processors, with regulated fractions documented.
Form 1 — Request for Offer
Get a Written Offer
Send the asset list, or just describe what is in the room. We come back the same business day with a written, itemized offer.
Faster: call or text 954-740-1983
Email an asset list to electricalequipmentbuyers@gmail.com
Mon–Sat, 7am–7pm ET. We never resell your contact information.
Electrical equipment in Des Moines?
Photos of the nameplates are enough to start. Written offer the same business day.