How to Scrap a Boat Hull

The way you scrap a hull and the effort required will vary according to the hull material. Scrapping a steel hull may net you a small profit, a wooden hull may take the most effort. Scrapping a fiberglass hull is more disposal than scrapping the other types, but it still gets the hull out of your driveway.

Instructions

  1. Steel Hull

    • 1

      Contact the local scrap yards. Ask what they are paying per-ton for scrap steel.

    • 2

      Pull the boat to the scrapyard. It will weigh the boat and trailer and remove the boat from the trailer.

    • 3

      Pull the trailer onto the scrapyard's scale, when instructed. The scrapyard will weigh the trailer and pay you for the hull -- the difference in weight.

    Wooden Hulls

    • 4

      Extract the fasteners that hold the boat's planks to the interior framework. Pull the planking from the frames.

    • 5

      Remove the fasteners that hold the small, lengthwise, wooden stiffeners from the larger parts of the framework.

    • 6

      Pull the fasteners out of the larger parts of the framework -- the ribs and keel -- and separate them from each other.

    • 7

      Set the scrapped wood out for trash collection.

    Fiberglass Hulls

    • 8

      Connect the boat's trailer to your car. Cross the trailer's safety chains and to the car's frame.

    • 9

      Tow the trailer and boat to the municipal landfill.

    • 10

      Direct the landfill attendant to remove the boat from the trailer, if you wish to retain the trailer.