Paid upfront. No testing required. Freight, rigging and teardown at our cost.
MJ Electrical Switchgear Buyers logo MJ Electrical Switchgear BuyersBuying switchgear nationwide
  1. Home
  2. Locations
  3. Colorado
  4. Lamar

Lamar, CO · the Mountain West

Lamar, CO Switchgear Buyers

Sale your Electrical Switchgear now !

  • Paid before pickup
  • No testing required
  • Freight and rigging covered
  • Any amperage, any condition
Switchgear section rigged with yellow nylon slings and lifted by an Xtreme telehandler in the yard, showing in-house rigging capability
50States Covered
100A - 5000AAmp Range Purchased
Same DayTypical Offer Turnaround
$0Cost to the Seller

Request a Quote

We buy switchgear in Lamar, CO and throughout Colorado. There is no obligation.

Or call 954-740-1983. Photos of the nameplate and the full lineup get you the fastest, firmest number — text or email them anytime.

Why Sellers Choose Us

What a Lamar switchgear sale involves on your end

01You Are Paid Before It Moves

Funds change hands before a single section leaves your property. There is no consignment and no waiting on a downstream resale.

02No Testing Is Required

You are never asked to test, energize, clean or repair the gear. Our team evaluates it from the nameplate photos and our own inspection.

03We Cover Freight and Rigging

Lowboys, flatbeds, cribbing, section separation and permits are billed to us. That cost is already priced into the offer you receive.

04Our Crews Handle Teardown

Disconnection coordination, dismantling, rigging out of the electrical room and loading are performed by our crews at our expense.

The Lamar Market

Nothing about a Lamar switchgear sale should cost you money. We buy the equipment and absorb every removal expense. Whether your gear is in Lamar or another corner of Colorado, the process and the price basis are identical. No testing is required. We evaluate condition ourselves and accept the gear as it sits, breakers and all.

Every class of distribution equipment is in scope. What we see most often in Lamar is 15kV metal-clad lineups with vacuum breakers and 4000A paralleling switchgear from a standby plant. Across Colorado we also buy 5kV magnetic air breaker sections on skids, molded case breakers by the pallet, untested and panelboards in bulk lots off a gut renovation.

Who We Buy From

Our sellers here are typically plant maintenance managers after a service upgrade, demolition crews stripping a site, electrical contractors clearing out a job trailer. We also buy from property owners who inherited gear with a building and commercial property managers doing a tenant retrofit.

The reasons vary less than you would expect:

  • A ground lease is ending and the yard has to be returned empty.
  • An arc flash study recommended replacing gear that was past its maintainable life.
  • A tenant vacated and the existing service is oversized for the next occupant.
  • The site is scheduled for demolition and the electrical rooms have to clear first.

Pickup and Freight in Lamar

Lamar is an easy run for us off the Denver lane, which keeps our freight cost down and our offer up. We are used to sites where the only access is a single dock door.

The gear is valued on its own merits. The cost of getting it out of Lamar is absorbed on our side. Sellers who already hold a scrap quote often find the difference substantial, because a scrap figure deducts hauling and ignores what the breakers, buckets and bus are worth to somebody who needs them.

Common Colorado Equipment

Arc-Resistant Switchgear

Type 2B arc-resistant lineups with plenums and pressure relief, low and medium voltage.

How we buy arc-resistant gear →

Switchboards

Front-accessible service entrance and distribution switchboards from commercial buildings.

How we buy switchboards gear →

Bus Plugs and Busway

Plug-in and feeder busway runs, elbows, tees and bus plugs from industrial ceilings.

How we buy busway gear →

Medium Voltage Switchgear

5kV and 15kV class metal-clad lineups with vacuum or air breakers, indoor and outdoor.

How we buy medium voltage gear →

Quote a Lamar Lineup

Send a nameplate photo and receive a firm number, usually the same day.

Or call 954-740-1983. Photos of the nameplate and the full lineup get you the fastest, firmest number — text or email them anytime.

How the Sale Works

Four steps, none of which cost you anything

  1. Send What You Have

    A photograph of the nameplate and one wide shot down the front of the lineup is enough to begin. If the nameplate is gone, photograph the gear anyway and we will work from the construction, the bus and the breaker frames.

  2. Receive a Firm Offer

    We respond with a committed cash figure, usually the same day. It is an offer rather than an estimate, and it does not move afterward.

  3. Schedule on Your Terms

    Pickup in Lamar is arranged around your outage window, plant shutdown or building access hours. Where a utility disconnect has to happen first, we coordinate the timing.

  4. We Pay, Then We Haul

    Payment is completed before anything moves. Our crew performs the teardown, the section separation, the rigging and the loading, and our truck removes it.

White outdoor-rated switchgear enclosures staged on pallets in the yard with crew in hard hats inspecting the sections before shipment — bought in Lamar, CO
Outdoor enclosures staged for pickup. Weather exposure does not disqualify a lineup.

Selling Switchgear in Lamar: Common Questions

Straight answers

Do you actually come to Lamar to pick up switchgear?

Yes. Lamar is an easy run for us off the Denver lane, which keeps our freight cost down and our offer up. We do not ask you to arrange freight, separate sections or deliver anything to us.

Do I need to have the gear tested first?

No. Testing is never a condition of our offer. We assess a lineup from photos, the nameplate and our own inspection at pickup.

What if the breakers have already been pulled out?

We still buy it. A complete lineup with its breakers installed is worth more, but empty structures have real value in bus and steel, and loose breakers sitting on a shelf are worth quoting on their own. Tell us what is still there and what has already gone.

When do I get paid?

Before anything leaves your property. Payment is not contingent on us reselling the equipment afterward.

Will you buy a single section in Lamar, or only full lineups?

Both. One switchboard section is worth a call, and if you have a full electrical room or several buildings coming down we will quote the entire lot as one purchase.

What if the lineup is still energized and in service?

That is normal. Tell us and we will coordinate the disconnection timing with your electrician or the utility, then handle the teardown and rigging ourselves.

Have Switchgear in Lamar to Sell?

Call or text a nameplate photo and we will return a firm offer, usually the same day.

Call or text 954-740-1983

Ready to Sell?

Send a nameplate photo and we will return a firm cash number for your Lamar switchgear.

Or call 954-740-1983. Photos of the nameplate and the full lineup get you the fastest, firmest number — text or email them anytime.

Call 954-740-1983