Direct buyer · MI
Selling Industrial Electrical Equipment in Riverview, MI
Most Riverview plant engineers call us at one of two moments: the week a capital upgrade is approved, or the week a demolition contractor asks who is taking the electrical scope. The question is the same either way — what is it worth, and who gets it out of the building? One written offer answers both, because we are the buyer, the removal contractor and the hauler.
Michigan · statewide- Location
- Riverview, MI
- State
- Michigan
- Utilities
- DTE Energy, Consumers Energy, La
- Offer
- Same business day
- Payment
- Before load-out
- Phone
- 954-740-1983
Plate 01
Buying electrical equipment in Riverview
We treat Michigan as one service area rather than a list of towns. Crews moving between Detroit, Grand Rapids, Southfield and Lansing pass through Riverview regularly, which is why a single transformer or a pallet of bus plugs is still worth quoting here — we add it to an existing run instead of pricing a dedicated trip.
Paperwork travels with the job: a certificate of insurance naming your entity, a W-9, a signed purchase agreement listing every asset and its price, oil test and disposal manifests where transformers are in scope, and weight tickets or a bill of lading for what leaves the Riverview site. Maintenance, EHS and accounting each get the document they need.
Plate 02
What we buy in Riverview
Fourteen categories. We buy every one of them at Riverview 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
We do not quote high and renegotiate on the dock, which is the complaint we hear most often about this trade. If what our crew finds in Riverview matches what you described, the written price is the price we pay. If it does not — breakers already pulled, windings cut, a different model than the photo — we show you exactly which line changed and why.
| 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 Riverview site |
| Freight | I-75, I-94, I-96 and I-696 |
Plate 04
Safety and documentation
Nothing leaves a Riverview site undocumented. Nameplate data is recorded as equipment comes out, regulated items like transformer oil and older capacitors are separated under their own profile, and you receive a reconciled report your EHS group can file against the original purchase agreement.
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 Michigan market, so if your equipment is not in Riverview itself, one of these is probably closer:
Plate 06
Riverview questions
Do we have to disconnect the equipment before you arrive?
No. We handle removal. Your electrician or the utility performs the final isolation and we verify it; from there our crews lock out, cut and cap cable at the gland, unbolt the sections, skate them out and load them. If the Riverview room is still partly live we phase the work.
How do you handle transformer oil in Riverview?
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 Riverview and nothing gets dumped — the handling cost is already in the offer.
When do we get paid?
Before the equipment leaves your Riverview 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 Riverview equipment on what our technicians and the replacement market say it is worth.
Are you insured to work inside our Riverview 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 Riverview. We also complete vendor onboarding, background checks and site-specific safety orientation on request.
Can you work nights, weekends or during a shutdown in Riverview?
Regularly. Most electrical removals happen outside production hours because that is when circuits can be released. Night, weekend, holiday and turnaround windows in Riverview are normal scheduling for us, not a premium service.
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 Riverview?
Photos of the nameplates are enough to start. Written offer the same business day.