Free Metal!! Helping a Neighbor Out

So my neighbor's house is being foreclosed on and I am going to help sell items to help her pay for an apartment. This includes reel to reels, a car, industrial freezer, air hockey table, and some other stuff. Anyway, her ex left 2 boats (no engines) about 3 years ago in the backyard. She planned on just leaving them but I mentioned I could strip off the metal and she said "If you want to, have at it!". I've looked at them and mainly it is aluminum and SS parts. Fiberglass hulls so those will stay. Also hoping some of the parts may be sell-able, help get her some extra money.

What was wrong with the boats? Are they on trailers? Might be best to get 50 or a hundred off of CL than to try the scrap metal route.
If that wasn't your plan, if the parts aren't too badly tarnished or corroded, they might also sell on Ebay or even a yard sale

The boats have been sitting, uncovered, with no engines, for the past 3+ years. They're on trailers but they're just rotting into the ground. Honestly if you tried to move one of them it would probably snap in half

Somebody will pay you good money for them...even the trailers are worth something....double axle and all.

Jon.

Only problem is there is a foot of frozen snow and they are way in the back yard so you can't access them and she has to be out by 28th, hopefully it will melt before then

If you can get them out, or heck even if you can't. I'd still throw up an add on CL for them. I see folks do that all the time here on the sandbar for little boats like that. All banged up, etc. They do sell. Same with the trailers. Always someone looking for a boat trailer, even if needing some fixing up. A buddy down here bought a boat like one of those, been sitting, etc. He put some work into it, now has a nice little boat to take out on the sound for some fishing/crabbing/relaxing.

Never know till you try. Make sure you hit surrounding areas, an places near water or with a high fishing population. Your junk just may be that project some body was looking for.

An good on you for helping out your neighbor. A cooler salute to you.

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Would they still be interested if the tires are all shot. I think the single axle ones are in betterish shape but the double ones are terrible

someone who deals with tires, boats, or trailers might, you'll never know till you toss the ad up there. Start at a 100 each, and if they want it for 50, they'll still be thinking they got a real deal ; )

Alright, I'll be putting them up tomorrow to see what they do. Thanks everyone!!!

Do yourself a favor and look thru the boat section on CL. Things like the out drive on that yellow boat should be an easy sell. The controls tend to sell as would the swim platform on the yellow one. Good luck with it.

We cleaned out the garage/shed today and she let me have all this! Kerosene heater, compressor, car fan, misc. car/camper parts, 4 foot or so copper pipe, weedwacker, router table, and a few cords from cb's (cut unfortunately).

Lol, that's how one year I gave away a 26 ft sail boat .No trailer must pick up.

A teen got the boat with his mom's permission and she got it moved. Anything for a client and mankind. We can all benefit . I used cl .Free section.

Help is not profitable. It's effective.

I put em on for free and STILL no interest. She can just leave em there so that's probably what will end up happening