Re: Free Boat - Great Gift or White Elephant?
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08/04/21 05:29 PM
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Turtledale
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B - bust O - out A - another T - thousand
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Re: Free Boat - Great Gift or White Elephant?
[Re: Pike River]
#7321748
08/04/21 05:42 PM
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Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 16,150 Tennessee
Scuba1
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"color blind Kraut"
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There is no such thing as a free boat. Its like leftover bacon ... it does not exist. How old is the Merc, how long has it been sitting still, was it kept in a garage or out in a field. So may things that come into it. Did it run on ethanol fuel last ??? Was it fogged before it was put away ?? Could be a little as 300 bucks to get her serviced or it could be an anchor weight and anything in between.
Let's go Brandon
"Shall not comply" with morons who don't understand "shall not infringe."
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Re: Free Boat - Great Gift or White Elephant?
[Re: Scuba1]
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08/04/21 05:48 PM
08/04/21 05:48 PM
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Posts: 5,573 Dunbar, Wisconsin
Pike River
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There is no such thing as a free boat. Its like leftover bacon ... it does not exist. How old is the Merc, how long has it been sitting still, was it kept in a garage or out in a field. So may things that come into it. Did it run on ethanol fuel last ??? Was it fogged before it was put away ?? Could be a little as 300 bucks to get her serviced or it could be an anchor weight and anything in between. I know next to nothing. I'll check the year of the motor tomorrow. It was last registered in 2015 and I would assume had ethanol fuel in it. Was kept outdoors in Wisconsin. Sometime next week I plan on filling her up with water to check for leaks before I think about sending the motor in.
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Re: Free Boat - Great Gift or White Elephant?
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08/04/21 06:17 PM
08/04/21 06:17 PM
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Posts: 21,228 St. Louis Co, Mo
BigBob
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A boat is a hole in the water you shovel money into!
Every kid needs a Dog and a Curmudgeon.
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Beware! Jill Pudlewski, Ron Oates and Keven Begesse are liars and thiefs!
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Re: Free Boat - Great Gift or White Elephant?
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08/04/21 07:52 PM
08/04/21 07:52 PM
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Posts: 5,524 New York border
Cragar
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An old outboard if can be made to run has value. If not it has scrap value.
An old boat trailer if can be made roadworthy has value. If not it has scrap value.
An old boat ( fiberglass hull ) that floats has value. If not , you have something that you have to pay to get rid of it , no scrap value in a giant piece of plastic. I've known people who had to cut up a boat into small enough pieces in order to save the cost of demolition. Not fun , many hours and plenty of saws-all blades. Obviously an aluminum boat hull has scrap value.
Depending on the brand/type of boat hull and the shape it is in will tell you if it is worth trying to fix up. I would not give you a nickel for a 10 year old Bayliner but a 40 year old Boston Whaler is worth something.
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Re: Free Boat - Great Gift or White Elephant?
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08/04/21 09:15 PM
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Posts: 17,740 Central Oregon
AntiGov
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Dad gave my brother and I a boat
I got out early with only $200 in the shredder
My brother stayed in a bit longer and lost about $300 . He did get the privilege of towing it from Nevada to Oregon....lol
We never had it on the water
He took it to a boat guy and they gave him an estimate to make it back into a boat .........he told them to keep it ....lol
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Re: Free Boat - Great Gift or White Elephant?
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08/04/21 09:34 PM
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AntiGov
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I've never wanted to throw my traps away .....lol
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Re: Free Boat - Great Gift or White Elephant?
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08/04/21 09:40 PM
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The two happiest days in a boaters' life... The day he buys it and the the day he sells it.
jim
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Re: Free Boat - Great Gift or White Elephant?
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08/04/21 09:51 PM
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