The boat owner in Benicia tried posting his old Chris-Craft Scorpion 16 online for weeks. Nobody came to pick it up, so he finally reached out to an insurance company that wrote it off. The 16 ft runabout had a burgundy fiberglass hull, a white deck, and an old outboard motor hanging off the back. It sat on a gravel driveway right beside his house, taking up space he needed for parking.
Moving it was tricky because both trailer tires were completely flat and cracked down to the cords. Rubber rots quickly in the sun, and trying to pull a trailer on bare rims across soft gravel will sink it into the dirt. Our crew brought heavy-duty floor jacks, lifted the trailer frame, and swapped the dry-rotted wheels for spare rolling tires we keep on our truck. Once the trailer could roll, we hooked it to our winch and hauled the entire rig onto our flatbed trailer without tearing up the driveway.
We brought the boat to a scrap yard where the old outboard motor and metal trailer parts were salvaged for metal recycling. The fiberglass hull was crushed and sent to a landfill that takes fiberglass. Our price sheet lists boats under 20 feet at about $75 a foot. If you have an unwanted vessel in Benicia or Solano County, give us a call at 833-658-4847.
In our experience, dry heat bakes dry-rotted tires and makes older fiberglass hulls brittle. We clear out all hazardous materials by pulling the battery and draining any leftover gas and motor oil before processing the rest of the craft. When a title is available we take it, and if it is lost we sign a release of liability so the craft is off your name.
The job at a glance
| Boat | 16 ft Chris-Craft Scorpion 16 runabout |
|---|---|
| Where it sat | Gravel driveway beside the house |
| Coverage area | Solano County |
| Outcome | Engine and trailer salvaged, hull crushed at a scrap yard |
A composite, illustrative job from Solano County, not one customer’s record. Photos show the situation, not the specific boat.
Boat removal questions from Benicia owners
Can you get a boat out of my backyard?
Yes, we pull vessels out of backyards and tight side yards all the time. Our crew uses portable winches and dolly wheels to move a hull safely into the driveway without tearing up your lawn or damaging nearby fences.
What is the procedure for boat disposal?
We haul the vessel off your property and drain all fuel and fluids. Metals like the outboard motor and aluminum hardware are salvaged for recycling. The fiberglass hull goes to a disposal facility that accepts crushed composite materials.
Boat removal and disposal around Benicia
Crews cover Solano County: Fairfield, Vallejo, Vacaville and Dixon. Strong dry heat through June often bakes old tires and rots canvas covers on parked vessels. When owners clean out their yards before summer, boat owners call us for boat removal to clear out damaged hulls that sat unused all winter.
Have a boat like this in Benicia? Call 833-658-4847 or send a few photos, and we will tell you what it takes.
