The rain stopped around noon in Hayesville, OR, but the dirt driveway stayed soak-and-sink soft. The owner called us after a June storm branch smashed through the roof of his detached garage and split the bow of his black and silver Hurricane SunDeck 201. He had kept the 20 ft fiberglass deck boat parked inside for years, but the roof leak finished what age had already started.
Our crew could not back the heavy truck onto the soft ground without burying the tires to the axles. We set down heavy composite mud mats from the paved road up to the narrow garage doors. The sterndrive boat sat with two inches of clearance on each side. We checked the trailer tires, pumped them up, and winched the rig slowly onto the mats using an electric hand-winch anchored to our hitch, keeping a guide on each side to clear the door frames.
Once we cleared the structure, we prepped the hull for transport to a local facility for proper disposal and recycling. The trailer was washed down, cleared of debris, and saved for reuse. Boats over twenty feet are priced over the phone because size and setting change the work. If you have an unwanted hull in Marion County, call us at 833-658-4847 for boat removal.
In our experience, months of damp Northwest weather turn small roof leaks into rotted decks and ruined wood fast. Water trapped under dark tarps quickly breeds heavy moss and rusts out steel trailer frames from the bottom up. Before any boat leaves the property, our crew drains all fuel and engine oil and pulls the battery to keep hazardous materials out of the salvage process.
The job at a glance
| Boat | 20 ft Hurricane SunDeck 201 deck boat |
|---|---|
| Where it sat | Detached garage that it barely fit into |
| Coverage area | Marion County |
| Outcome | Trailer cleaned up and reused, boat recycled |
Representative example of our work in Marion County; it does not describe a particular customer job, and the photos are illustrative.
Two questions we hear on jobs like this
Can you scrap a boat at a scrap yard?
Most scrap yards only accept metal, so they turn away fiberglass hulls. We haul the boat away, strip the metal fittings for salvage, and haul the remaining fiberglass shell to a landfill or processing center that accepts it.
What if my boat engine is inoperable?
We take boats with seized, broken, or missing engines all the time. Our crew uses electric winches, dollies, and ramps to load non-running boats onto our flatbed trailers without needing the onboard motor to run or tilt.
Boat removal and disposal around Hayesville
Crews cover Marion County: Keizer, Woodburn, Silverton and Stayton. Early summer calls across this area usually come from boat owners clearing out damp sheds, overgrown yards, and barn bays after months of heavy rain and mold growth have ruined old fiberglass hulls.
Call 833-658-4847 about a boat in Hayesville. A few photos and the address are enough to start.
