Question... Want some advice...

DouglasMB

DouglasMB

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Apr 22, 2012
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Eastern NC
Boat Info
1981 sea ray 255 amberjack
Engines
2 185 mercruiser
The boat yard I had delt with to get most of my work done to get my boat in the water told me about someone who had a boat in storage. A 27" bayliner on an aluminim trailer. the Bayliner's engine is shout but out drive and electronics are good. He told me this because he knew I was looking for a trailer, and said I could probably pick up everything for around 2k. that there was a ton of stuff on the newer boat I could use on mine or keep as spares. And then part out the other boat.

ok my thoughts

All of this sounds good for me I do not mind doing the work... but... when I am done I have a 27" boat shell that my wife will want me to lie under while she kicks the jacks from under it for having it in the yard. There is an option of donating it to the school they have a boat "class" of some sort and take donations but I am not sure what condition it has to be in. Is there a good way to get rid of a boat? 2k is not bad for a trialer and I am not sure what all on the boat I can part out... I may be able to make my money back... or I could buy the whole thing... drop another motor in it and just sell the boat without a trailer... but yeah I know how easy that is... so... give me some thoughts
 
large hulls can be hard to get rid of..especially with no trailer
I would watch craigs list for a trailer ....probably cheaper than that
as for a motor change on the bayliner...why put 5k into a boat without a trailer to try to recoup your investment...you probably wont
 
Probably costs $2k to dispose of the shell at the dump.
 
moparlvr4406 said:
large hulls can be hard to get rid of..especially with no trailer
I would watch craigs list for a trailer ....probably cheaper than that
as for a motor change on the bayliner...why put 5k into a boat without a trailer to try to recoup your investment...you probably wont
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Turtlesboat said:
Probably costs $2k to dispose of the shell at the dump.
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2k to take it to a dump? ouch...

as far as craigslist... i have an app on my phone that allows me to search 5 regions at once... so anywhere within say about 400 miles from me in any direction. The best trailer I have found was 2500.00 I called him and it sold within 15 min of him posting it... tons of others who claim it will fit, then when I ask them about the leifs and the breaks and the rating on the tires they come back will all the wrong answers. I'm not pulling my boat on anything I do not know 110% will handle it. and do so safely. I will only trailer it about 15-20 miles... but that is a long distance when I think that any mistake I make with a boat that on its own will weigh 6k+... I'm just not taking that kind of chance.
 
moparlvr4406 said:
large hulls can be hard to get rid of..especially with no trailer
I would watch craigs list for a trailer ....probably cheaper than that
as for a motor change on the bayliner...why put 5k into a boat without a trailer to try to recoup your investment...you probably wont
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Turtlesboat said:
Probably costs $2k to dispose of the shell at the dump.
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that was what I was thinking with the local college here...

KarenS said:
........or you could donate the hull to a charity and get a tax write off...
http://www.boatangel.org/
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As mentioned a boat hull is expensive to get rid of. I know several MILITARY members who have just abandon their broken or unwanted boats on the military post. Either in a parking lot, storage lot, etc. The post will ticket it, and then tow it, and then have an silent bid auction 2 or 3 times a year for all vehicles as such. The ticket price will be deducted from sale price and the rest the post keeps for MWR funds. I missed the last auction, but there was a 25' searay I was going to bid on (it had sterndrive complete on it). It sold with trailer for $400.

Hit or miss... go with your gut, but be ready for an empty hull disposal.
 
chandalen said:
As mentioned a boat hull is expensive to get rid of. I know several MILITARY members who have just abandon their broken or unwanted boats on the military post. Either in a parking lot, storage lot, etc. The post will ticket it, and then tow it, and then have an silent bid auction 2 or 3 times a year for all vehicles as such. The ticket price will be deducted from sale price and the rest the post keeps for MWR funds. I missed the last auction, but there was a 25' searay I was going to bid on (it had sterndrive complete on it). It sold with trailer for $400.

Hit or miss... go with your gut, but be ready for an empty hull disposal.
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I would love to go to one of those auctions
 
OK, here's a food for thought thing....if you parted out the old Bayliner and got everything out of it, could you just cut it up with a chainsaw and throw the parts in one of those dumpsters the garbage companies will set in your driveway?

Just thinking outside the box here.
 
Gofirstclass said:
OK, here's a food for thought thing....if you parted out the old Bayliner and got everything out of it, could you just cut it up with a chainsaw and throw the parts in one of those dumpsters the garbage companies will set in your driveway?

Just thinking outside the box here.
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done that before with smaller boats
 
Just saw one crushed and put in a dumpster near my neighborhood. The guy used a huge cat backhoe and broke it into pieces. I wouldn't get involved with any trailer that comes with an inoperable boat. I doubt any charity would want it as they would get stuck with it and have to pay for disposal. Be patient and you will find a trailer that works you just have to keep looking.
Gofirstclass said:
OK, here's a food for thought thing....if you parted out the old Bayliner and got everything out of it, could you just cut it up with a chainsaw and throw the parts in one of those dumpsters the garbage companies will set in your driveway?

Just thinking outside the box here.
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Douglas...
if you know any really sick vikings ...you could make them a deal on it as a casket ...
I told my dad to do that with this POS 21' Barreta cruiser he bought cheap with a bad OMC cobra drive
:lol:
 
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Gofirstclass said:
OK, here's a food for thought thing....if you parted out the old Bayliner and got everything out of it, could you just cut it up with a chainsaw and throw the parts in one of those dumpsters the garbage companies will set in your driveway?

Just thinking outside the box here.
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that is a real good idea... but i am sure they charger per lb too... so the dump might be a better rout if I cut it up...
 
Two words - Gasoline + match! Presto, a good old fashioned bonfire.
 
Bucit said:
Two words - Gasoline + match! Presto, a good old fashioned bonfire.
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can you really burn a boat that big?? i live in the country and we burn alot of stuff... but I just did not think the fiberglass would burn that well lol
 
Fiberglass burns really well. Not a pretty site usually.
 
maybe I can donate it to a local fire department to burn for a class or something lol
 
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