Thread: 14' john boat questions

I would think 700 a little high considering the trailer. There will be some bargains. Patience can be your best friend.

The stickers look to be 2007. If it has not been registered since then, the back taxes will have to be paid to get a current registration. They won't be much, about $3 a year or less. But you will have to get all that done before you can register it in your name.

Prices can be tricky. Around here in West Kentucky, near the lakes, for $700 that would sit for a long while. Being winter it would not even get looked at. In the spring folks drag out the old boats and decide to sell them because they want newer/bigger/faster or what ever. Last summer I priced a jon with a 25HP and a similar trolling motor on a much nicer trailer that that one for $1000. I don't know where in Kentucky you are but look at https://www.vci-classifieds.com/index.php to get an idea what something like that will fetch here in West Kentucky.

That package looks a little rough for $700
try ths link to get some idea about prices .... http://www.statewidelist.com/results...-8&newwindow=1

Hold on for a few more weeks unless price isn't a option. Check Craigslist a lot of us buy and sell on the list

Like everyone else I think you can do better for the money. It would take quite a bit to really fix that one up. Plus that trailer would be real suspect to me.

I'd stay as far away from that thing I could get.

Looks like a 1438. They can be had new for under $1000. Trailer can be had new for $400 something if you go with the bolt together Northern Tool or snag ya something off craigslist like a personal watercraft trailer for the price of the bolt together trailer. You would have to get a tongue extension or longer bunks to get the boat to fit. Looks like the transom wood is shot. Would needed replacing. What's the bottom look like? Is the combo worth $700? One could argue. Scrap the bad flooring and transom wood, pressure spray the boat and trailer, repack or replace the trailer bearings and maybe some paint on the trailer and it would be good to go. I would try to get it for $500-600 and argue the transom is shot and doesn't have a battery or ya would. Good 1st time fixer upper. If you get it, I would definitely fill it up with the water house to test for leaks. Leaks can be fixed with water weld or 3m 5200. Check out tinboats.net for help, ideas, etc.

I was just about to say to check the bottom of it for anything that looks like a patch or JBWeld. We got caught a few weeks out on the lake when the JBWeld patch decided it was time to be set free. No real problem as we made it back to shore fine. Just something else to look at when you are buying one is all. Good luck. I have to agree with the others though. I would try and get if for between $400.00 and 500.00. I am not sure I would go much higher to be honest.


Bobo