A clear plan for removing your unwanted boat

Assessing sailing and powered vessels for collection

Our crew handles boat removal for every type of craft, whether you need to recycle it, scrap it, or cut it up for good. We pull vessels off moorings, clear them off dock cleats, float them off anchors, winch them off broken trailers, or drag them off rotted wooden blocks in your backyard. We take your vessel out of the driveway or get it off the water quickly. Send a couple photos to Boat Hauler, and you get a clear boat disposal quote without any runaround.

Arrange Vessel Collection

White runabout with a blue canopy on a driveway trailer

Red-trimmed motorboat floating beneath a waterside roof — White runabout with a blue canopy on a driveway trailer

Coordinate vessel pickup in your service area

Boat Hauler video illustration: workers position lifting straps around a weathered cabin boat before a crane raises it from a narrow canal.

Side view of a yellow open boat beside leaf-covered ground

Covered red-striped motorboat on a tandem-axle trailer — Side view of a yellow open boat beside leaf-covered ground

Does Boat Hauler handle sunken boat removal, search, and recovery?

We handle full vessel disposal, and the crew also offers search and recovery for vessels. If you do not know the exact spot where the craft sank, give us the GPS coordinates, and we will find and recover the vessel once located.

How our crew coordinates vessel pickup and disposal

Boat Hauler provides complete boat removal, salvage, and disposal for any size hull from driveway skiffs to offshore rigs. We take care of big sinking sailboats out in open water or small bass boats parked on asphalt. If it floats or used to float, we clear it out. The crew can float your vessel if it sits submerged, sunken, or actively taking on water, tow it across the bay, winch it up a ramp, transport it by land, dismantle the hull, handle complete boat disposal, salvage usable parts, recycle fiberglass or aluminum, and repurpose metal.

Illustration of worker tightening a stern strap on a worn white cabin boat mounted on a transport trailer — Illustration: A worker checks the stern tie-down on a cabin boat supported by a transport trailer.

Illustration of worker examining a detached panel beside a partly dismantled cabin boat — Illustration: A worker checks a removed panel beside a cabin boat undergoing dismantling.

Understanding when a vessel pickup carries a charge

No, boat removal is not free because hauling and scrapping a hull costs real money in fuel, labor, and dump fees. Every price request gets answered right away when you send a form or call, and our sales team follows up to walk through the numbers. A free boat removal does not happen in this business. The price changes based on your city, township, county, or state.

Keep these key factors in mind when looking at boat removal pricing.

Land-based boat removal and disposal typically costs less than taking a vessel out of the water.
Having a roadworthy trailer under the hull usually lowers the overall cost of boat removal and disposal.
Taking the motor out beforehand typically lowers your final price for boat removal and disposal.

Discuss payment arrangements for your clearance project

We offer boat removal financing options based on your credit score to help cover the costs of diesel fuel, transport trucks, heavy machinery, yard storage, demolition space, water tow boats, trailer upkeep, landfill fees, crane haul-outs, and crew payroll. We work with you to keep the rate as low as our yard can manage. Just ask the sales team about our financing plans when you call.

Can someone else provide access on pickup day?

No, you do not have to be on site while we perform the boat removal. Our crew handles jobs for boat owners who live in another state, live out of the country, or are put in a full shift at work. Once the vessel is tied down on the trailer, we text photos directly to your phone.

How can insured recovery work be coordinated?

Yes, Boat Hauler works directly with insurance companies, local government agencies, municipal marinas, and government contractors. We know the paperwork involved and serve as an approved vendor to wrap up jobs without delay. If you want to add Boat Hauler to your approved vendor list for Insurance, government jobs, boat removal, vessel disposal, marine salvage, or vessel search and recovery, drop your details into our contact form and a sales rep will call you back.

Examples of craft that can be assessed for clearance

We clear out cabin cruisers, cuddy cabins, motor yachts, sailboats of any rig, trailer sailors, liveaboards, center consoles, side consoles, bow riders, open hulls, catamarans, jet skis, wave runners, motorboats, power boats, walk-arounds, bass boats, and wooden or fiberglass fishing boats.

Collecting a vessel and separating useful materials

Getting an old vessel stripped and recycled takes proper equipment, time, and careful planning. Boat Hauler understands how boats wind up sitting for years. Our boat removal customers face all kinds of hard hits, including medical issues, unexpected injuries, lost income, severe hurricane damage, or simply moving out of state away from the marina. Whatever put you in this spot, our job is solving your boat removal problems first.

Blue-trimmed stern of a cabin boat parked beside recycling bins

Collecting and breaking down an end-of-life hull

Dismantling a boat is part of our standard service when a hull can no longer be repaired or lived on. We break down non-habitable sailboats, motorboats, fishing vessels, trimarans, catamarans, monohulls, open hulls, motor yachts, flats boats, bass boats, dinghies, jet skis, and wave runners. Tell us if your vessel needs to go straight to the scrap yard.

Moving a vessel from its current site to the next destination

Hauling a vessel depends heavily on the boat type, overall length, beam width, keel draft, and mast height. Land transport is not always the best way to move every craft, so Boat Hauler LLC checks the dimensions and picks the safest transport method for the rig.

Recovering a vessel before arranging its onward move

Some owners need lift bags inflated to save a vessel taking on water, while others simply need marine flotation gear attached so we can tow the hull to the yard for scrap. Contact Boat Hauler to get your price and set up a schedule.