Aluminum hard top value?

[drexer13]

I have a 1991 24 foot Sun-dancer pontoon with the original 16' aluminum hard top. We have decided to replace the hardtop with a couple of Bimini's and I was wondering what I should do with the hard top. Is there a market for this kind of thing? If so where should I try to sell it? I hate to take it to the recycler.

 

[ahicks]

After dealing with fabric tops since the mid '70's, I was finally was able to buy a boat with a 0 maintenance alum. hard top.a few years back. As the boat is never trailered, I flat love it.

As for what to do with one you no longer want, I can't think of anything but a trip to the scrapper - unless you know some nut like me that would jump at the chance to get one. Maybe advertise it for scrap value on Craigslist for a while? Somebody, faced with the price of replacing ANOTHER fabric top this spring, may have a great big grin after scoring something like that. -Al

 

[HotTommy]

I live near a large lake and there's a guy out in the woods nearby who buys/sells scrapped boat parts. I found him by asking around at the places that sell boat supplies and ethanol-free gasoline. Perhaps there is someone like that near you. ... Or you could advertise it on FB marketplace.

 

[Mechmagcn]

I sold the 10' hard top from my Bass Buggy last year for $200.

 

[5150abf]

Put it up and ask a lot for it, if it doesn't sell lower your price.
Always wondered why they stopped making them.

As with anything else it is worth what someone will give you for it.

 

[Scott Danforth]

Always wondered why they stopped making them.
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because they were expensive initially and outlast the fabric biminis. bimini manufactures do not make money on resale with the aluminum top, they then sell in bulk to the 'toon manufacturer

its all about the money.

 

[ahicks]

They aren't for everyone. I get that. If you were doing a lot of trailering for instance. Compared to a bimini, that top can be a pain to raise and lower by yourself. And for those who must maintain "appearances", a hard top may not be "cool".

If you keep your boat in the water though, and it's as much or more about function that style, you can't beat them.

 

[Cat nip]

I would post it on craigslist under boat parts and again under building materials.

 

[clemsonfor]

They aren't for everyone. I get that. If you were doing a lot of trailering for instance. Compared to a bimini, that top can be a pain to raise and lower by yourself. And for those who must maintain "appearances", a hard top may not be "cool".

If you keep your boat in the water though, and it's as much or more about function that style, you can't beat them.

You said it well. I trailer everywhere. My boat stays on it's trailer under my 16x32 metal shed. In the summer we go to the lake most Saturdays and Sundays. Big holiday long weekends were at the lake 3 or 4 days. Trailered there in the morning and taken out in the afternoon. That's a lot of lowering a hard top and raising one if I had one. That's why the fabric ones are favored like you said.

 

[bansil]

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