Best tool to cut up a fiberglass boat

DeepCMark58A

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Skill saw or saws all. I tried giving away a 14' arkansas travler nobody wants it. Time to go.
 

MTboatguy

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Last time I did one, I used a sawzall, worked good, threw the pieces away at the dump. The last one I got rid of was a 17 glasspar that weighed 1100 pounds, took it to the dump, pushed off the trailer, paid $17.00, it is $35 dollars a ton to get rid of whole boats here.
 

fishrdan

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I did the same as MT, hauled my old 16' glass boat to the dump and paid $40-50. I had to show them my title to the boat, ran it back and one of the guys chained a D9 Cat to the transom and drug it off the trailer, then my son and I got to watch the guy run it over monster truck style with the D9. Looked like the guy was having fun pulverizing the boat, and I was happy to see it crunched up.

I've heard a chain saw works good, if you need to cut it into bite sized pieces....
 

Scott Danforth

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put it on craigslist for free.... someone will be by shortly to pick up.

a chain saw works, so does a sawz-all or a circular saw.
 

mickyryan

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sawzaw with a shark toothed pruning blade was my go to for one boat , after that it was tow em to junk yard and pay to toss and watch them flatten it :)
 

Bondo

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Skill saw or saws all. I tried giving away a 14' arkansas travler nobody wants it. Time to go.

Ayuh,..... My choices are, in order, the track-hoe, the bulldozer, or lastly, the stihl hand held demo-saw,.....

The demo-saw walks right through anything in front of it, but ya gotta deal with the itchy dust,.....
 

Scott Danforth

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not that I suggest it, however a gallon of styrene enhanced gas and a road flare works too..... you just have to have a really big fire pit
 

Scott Danforth

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Mike, looks like a road flare and the color and glow in the background is about right for napalm......not sure why your wearing the hoodie.
 

DeepCMark58A

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3 blades into it started last night going to take another pack of blades. The transom and bow and floor are going to take the most effort the middle is like cleaning a fish cut around the bones.
 
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