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I'm not sure its ever going to be much more than a hobby, from what I'm seeing lately, it not worth putting much into any used motor here because things just don't sell for much. While condition is everything, I highly doubt going through and getting a motor up and running for resale would ever...

In NJ they used to have full service DMV offices in nearly every town, you rarely had to drive far to find one, then slowly they started to consolidate them about 20 years ago or so. Now, since 2020, they now specialized those that were left. Designating some for new licenses or to issue free...

I've been around these year motors most of my life, so most are nothing new. I've had an '78 model 35hp on my one boat for 20 years now. Before the 35hp motors I was into the big twins, (40-60hp). These 35hp motors are lighter and on a tin boat, they're far ore bang for your buck without the...

Its kind of too late now, I'm sort of committed now. I just got back with 7 more motors and an SK tool chest full of gaskets, plus about 300 small props. I figure two more trips and it'll all be gone. So much for the Saturday deadline I guess but I think they're just glad to see it go. The way I...

The problem here is that there's two types of boaters, those who have plenty of cash and would never buy anything used, and those who are flat broke and can't come up with $100 if their life depended on it. People will no longer drive 10 miles to buy something either. I've spoke to people on the...

Its suppose to rain here on Monday, but today is supposed to be the best day. I drove by the one ramp on the river about ab hour ago, there had to be 30 old rusty jet ski trailers there and a line of them waiting to get in the water. There was one large, new looking boat with out of state...

I sold two of the motors and the green boat from the first run to PA, I didn't want to sell the boat but needed the space. I bought another $200 gutted camper for storage for now and I've got it stuffed with motors. I sold the 9.8hp Mercury, and the super clean 9.9 Evinrude for $900 each, the...

I answered an ad which a buddy of mine pointed out to me yesterday. It was some old guy in his 80's who's come into some health issues. His daughter is trying to get a head start on clearing out all his things that he's accumulated. I was told he had a garage full of outboards and that he at...

The pay to launch ramps here are enforced by either park comm police or the local PD. You have to sign up and pay online before a deadline date before the season opens, then they only sell 200 permits to non-residents of that town. I heard that this year they extended the deadline indefinitely...

I tried something similar to those and when I decided to test it I was glad I did it in a pool. I jumped into the water with my legs tucked in and hit the bottom so hard it hurt for month. The vest slid up under my arms and I and the vest hit the bottom, even though it was inflated. In fact...

Since I had the camera out the other day, I snapped a few pics of a couple motors that came from this place too. 1971 Mercury 40hp 20" shaft This one is in amazing condition, it appears 100% original and spot clean inside and out. I got 171/172 psi compression 1981 Mercury 40hp 20" shaft...

There's nothing that new, the 1989 110 and little 3hp were the newest motors in the lot. There is a loose earlier 140 cover, we used it to load tools and small parts in. Probably around a '78/'79 or so. I took this morning to start checking compression on all of these and so far everything is...

A buddy came by Saturday morning and said there's an auction near his hunting cabin in PA, lets go. Not having anything better to do with the prospect of bad weather coming I took the ride. He brought a truck so I knew he was serious. We got to the place late, nearly 9am and the sale was...

Back in 2007 I bought a Superfisherman 196 that was listed 'For Parts Only'. The boat looked brand new, but I was told the hull was no longer seaworthy and could not be fixed. I got it at auction for $400. I was mainly after the motor, a minty clean 115hp Mercury, and the then 2 year old Load...

The boat that I left was older, and there was 4" holes rotted though the transom along the water line stain. when it fell, two of the bench seats slid off their mounts, all rotted, and both rear corner caps were broken. It simply wasn't worth the work or the time to get it out of there, I also...