Snow had piled up four inches deep on the tarp over this 1970 walkaround fishing boat, and the heavy winter air in Casper had frozen the cover right to the gunwales. The couple who called us were downsizing to a condo, and this 23-foot hull sitting in the back corner of their yard was the last thing keeping them from putting the property on the market. Decades of Wyoming sun had split the vinyl seats, faded the gelcoat, and webbed the windshield with cracks. It had no trailer under it, just four old jack stands sinking slowly into the dirt.
The hard part was getting our rig back there. A low power line ran right across the driveway, leaving us very little room to work with overhead. Before anyone touched a strap, we sat at the kitchen table, found the registration papers in an old shoebox, and had the owner sign the release of liability. Out in the cold, our crew checked for any hazardous fluids in the bilge, then cleared the snow off the hull. We carefully rolled the boat upright, blocked the keel, and backed our trailer underneath it inch by inch using heavy straps to control the movement.
We hauled the vessel away for proper disposal. Our crew separated the metal fittings for recycling and brought the heavy fiberglass hull to a licensed disposal facility. The owners walked away with a clean backyard and their receipt. If you have non-running or unwanted vessels sitting on your dirt or at a local dock, give us a call at 307-278-7836 for your boat removal.
How the boat removal process works on our jobs
Usually, we clear off frozen covers and check how deep the stands or tires are locked into the icy dirt before moving anything. Cold weather hardens plastic, turns rubber brittle, and makes old boat trailers dangerous to haul down the highway. Dried-up grease in the hubs and cracked tire sidewalls tell our crew right away that a rig cannot travel safely, meaning the boat needs to be loaded directly onto our own equipment instead.
The Casper, WY boat removal in brief
| Job | Boat and trailer pickup |
|---|---|
| Boat | 1970 walkaround fishing boat, about 23 feet |
| Where it sat | On jack stands in a back corner of the yard, no trailer under it |
| Who called | A couple downsizing to a condo with no room for a trailer |
| What was wrong | Faded gelcoat, sun-split seats and a cracked windshield |
| Estimate | Free estimate, photos helped |
| Paperwork | Paperwork sorted first, release of liability signed |
| Area | Natrona County, WY |
Representative example of boat removal in Natrona County, not a record of a single client. Pictures are illustrative.
Before you book boat removal in Casper
Do you handle hurricane-damaged boats?
Yes, our boat removal process covers storm-damaged vessels, whether they are smashed against a dock, sitting half-sunk along the waterfront, or tossed onto a yard. Our crew brings the gear needed to extract crushed hulls and haul them away safely.
Can you take a boat to a junkyard or salvage yard?
We handle the boat removal and disposal ourselves from start to finish. Our crew hauls the junk boat away, strips down the metal parts for scrap recycling, and disposes of the unusable fiberglass hull at a legal disposal facility.
Where we remove boats near Casper, WY
We pick up boats across Natrona County, in Mills, Evansville, Bar Nunn and Midwest. Hard winter freezes in this part of Wyoming turn trapped water into ice that splits fiberglass hulls and rots out wooden floors fast. When summer hits, rapid temperature swings expand those fractures, making old vessels structurally unsafe to pull onto a trailer without proper rigging.
Call 307-278-7836 with the boat’s size, where it sits and whether it has a trailer, and we’ll take it from there in Casper.