arkansasbasser
11-21-2008, 09:59 PM
I ran across this boat today for sale in a guys yard. The boat is in good condition except for one little thing. A buddy of his had hung this boat up from the rafters in his garage, for some unknown reason, and the the boat developed a split seam down the very center of the boat bottom from hanging unsupported by it's edges. This is the only seam on the boat except for the transom join. It looks to me like all it would take is a good acid cleaning of the seam and welding. This would require the seats and internal tube braces be removed first. They are all mounted with stainless hardware. No rivets on the hull anywhere.
The boat comes with a galvanized trailor that needs new tires and wheels, a winch and roller at the winch to park the boat nose against. It has 4 sets of rollers that the boat rests on. The axle and springs are rusted badly from being at the coast but he claims the boat has never been in saltwater. He stated that this is not the trailer that came with the boat. It has bearing buddies.
Other than that, the boat has no dents or other problems that I could see and looks good. It is rated for 50hp, has a live well in the middle bench seat and 2 very strong transom braces. Also has has brackets for boat seats. It's very deep and wide. It has a coating on the interior that looks like spackled drywall. Looks good.
He states that he paid $3700.00 for it 12 years ago. I went to Duroboat's website and one like it is over $4000.00, no trailor. The price is $500.00 for boat and trailor. I need opinions on what I might run into getting it right. It doesn't seem that I could hardly go wrong. I have a friend that said he would do the weld for me. I think I could get more than that for aluminum scrap. Thoughts???
The boat comes with a galvanized trailor that needs new tires and wheels, a winch and roller at the winch to park the boat nose against. It has 4 sets of rollers that the boat rests on. The axle and springs are rusted badly from being at the coast but he claims the boat has never been in saltwater. He stated that this is not the trailer that came with the boat. It has bearing buddies.
Other than that, the boat has no dents or other problems that I could see and looks good. It is rated for 50hp, has a live well in the middle bench seat and 2 very strong transom braces. Also has has brackets for boat seats. It's very deep and wide. It has a coating on the interior that looks like spackled drywall. Looks good.
He states that he paid $3700.00 for it 12 years ago. I went to Duroboat's website and one like it is over $4000.00, no trailor. The price is $500.00 for boat and trailor. I need opinions on what I might run into getting it right. It doesn't seem that I could hardly go wrong. I have a friend that said he would do the weld for me. I think I could get more than that for aluminum scrap. Thoughts???