The June sun was already baking the dock by eight in the morning, which meant old gas fumes would be strong if we made a mistake. A boat owner in South Union called us after his HOA sent a deadline letter about his faded metallic blue Grady-White Fisherman 180. The 18 ft fiberglass center console had been sitting at his private lake dock for three years without moving.
Our crew backed our truck down the narrow slope toward the water to tow the vessel out. The main obstacle was a built-in fuel tank still half full of old gasoline that had turned dark and sour. Before moving the boat onto our trailer, we grounded our transfer pump to the hull frame to prevent static sparks and pumped twenty gallons of stale fuel into approved safety drums. With the weight reduced, we winched the center console out of the slip without scraping the dock pilings.
We brought the craft to a scrap yard where workers crushed the hull for fiberglass recycling, while the trailer was cleaned up and prepped to be reused. Our price sheet lists boats under 20 feet at about $75 a foot. Call 833-658-4847 if you need boat removal in South Union or anywhere in Fayette County.
In our experience, water that sits inside a hull through winter freeze and thaw cycles will expand, cracking the gelcoat and soaking the back of the hull until the structure rots. Before any boat goes to a scrap facility, we drain all residual fuel and oil and pull the battery for proper disposal. We take the title from you when one exists, or we sign a release of liability so the craft is off your name.
What this job involved
| Boat | 18 ft Grady-White Fisherman 180 center console |
|---|---|
| Where it sat | Private lake dock |
| Coverage area | Fayette County |
| Outcome | Trailer cleaned up and reused, boat recycled |
Illustrative only: a representative Fayette County boat removal, not a specific customer’s job. Photos are for illustration.
Boat disposal questions
Is my old boat worth anything?
Most hull materials like fiberglass have no resale value once a boat stops running, and scrap yards charge to process them. Motors or aluminum hulls might fetch a few dollars, but hauling costs almost always exceed the value of the raw materials.
How much does it cost to remove a boat?
We price each job by the overall length of the hull, its location, and the work required to move it. Boats on trailers in driveways cost less to haul than submerged hulls or vessels stuck in mud without wheels.
Junk boat removal across Fayette County
Crews cover Fayette County: Connellsville, Uniontown, South Connellsville and Masontown. Early summer brings a steady wave of boat removal requests as neighborhood associations inspect waterfront lots and property owners clear out hulls damaged by heavy winter snow loads before hot weather sets in.
Have a boat like this in South Union? Call 833-658-4847 or send a few photos, and we will tell you what it takes.
