The trailer held the boat up, but the metal tongue was snapped in two from rust. Moving the boat meant fix the trailer first or load both together. A Fallbrook widow called us because her late husband left the 19 ft Skeeter ZX190 on the gravel driveway beside her house, and she needed the yard cleared.
Our crew backed our flatbed winch truck up to the gravel drive. We wrapped heavy tow straps around the frame behind the broken tongue to lift the front end off the ground. We ran our winch cable to the straps and pulled the burgundy hull and white deck, trailer and all, slowly onto the bed. Steel skids under the frame kept the broken metal from digging trenches into her gravel.
The outboard motor went to a shop for salvage parts, and the trailer frame was cut down for scrap. The fiberglass hull went to a disposal yard that grinds down old glass. Our price sheet lists boats under 20 feet at about $75 a foot. If you have an old vessel sitting in San Diego County, call us at 833-658-4847.
In our experience, the dry California sun bakes these hulls for years, leaving cracked seats and brittle trailer tires that flat instantly when you roll them. We pull the battery, drain the gas tank, and drain the engine oil before taking anything to a recycling facility. We take the title when there is one, and when there is not we sign a release of liability so the boat is off your name.
Boat removal job details
| Boat | 19 ft Skeeter ZX190 bass boat |
|---|---|
| Where it sat | Gravel driveway beside the house |
| Coverage area | San Diego County |
| Outcome | Engine and trailer salvaged, hull crushed at a scrap yard |
This is an illustrative case built from the kind of work we do in San Diego County, not a record of one customer’s job. The photos are illustrative as well.
Two questions we hear on jobs like this
Is my old boat worth anything?
An old hull rarely has cash value if it sat outside for years. The hull usually costs money to crush and dump. Sometimes an outboard engine, stainless hardware, or a clean aluminum trailer can be sold for salvage to lower the cost of your haul.
What is the procedure for boat disposal?
We load the vessel onto our trailer or flatbed, strip the hazardous materials like oil and fuel, and tow it to the proper facility. Metal parts go to scrap recycling, engines go to salvage shops, and stripped fiberglass hulls are crushed and landfilled.
Boat disposal across San Diego County
Crews cover San Diego County: San Diego, Oceanside, Poway and Carlsbad. Early summer sun dries out old fiberglass quickly in these inland valleys. Property owners call us this time of year to clear space before fire season hits and local yard codes trigger fines for stored junk.
Got one sitting in a yard or at a dock around Fallbrook? Call 833-658-4847 and describe it; photos help.
