mike tkach

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the boat appears to be in good shape.

mikebrls

if the boat is 10 year's old that would be 360 hour's a year . That's a whole lot of cruising and gas money
just buy it knowing that you will have to rebuild or replace motor's , gen set , and drive's in the near future
give us some other spec's on the boat
thank's
and good luck with it

mike

motor

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It isn't all bad buying a nice boat needing repower as long as present owner is willing to deal accordingly .At 3600 hours the guy either knows the drivetrains are due or can prove to you why they aren't .If he won't deal, sometimes you gotta pass. There's another boat out there

mike tkach

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1988 trojan 10 meter,350 hp crusader 454s,inboard with velvet drives,owner states gen and engines run good,the hrs would be about 145 per year.does seem high but anything is possible,im still waiting on a dollar amount he will take,divorce sale so you never know.

mikebrls

145 hour's a year for a cruiser down here in Florida is not that bad at all, I just never herd of a gas motor running that many hour's . If you get it for a good price then it will be worth it , run the boat for a while and rebuild or replace when ready .
just remember you have to run it like a cruiser and not a go-fast

cigrocket

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Well, at least you can't say the guy fudged the hour meters or unplugged it, he is being up front. LOL.... Sounds like a lot of hours, but price accordingly and know that you will have to rebuild. Now if we could get those kind of hours out of Supercharged Big Blocks.........of course the gas bill would be something...

mittens

seena 1400 hours on our old searay and it was still running strong. but 3600 is some use! but at that kind of use, he probably spent the money to make sure it was all working good too.

so see what the story is on rebuilts and maintentnce.

Knot 4 Me

I've talked to a couple different parasail boat owners that had untouched 454's in their boats with 3000+ hours on them. This has been years ago, but I believe the one guy said the only reason he had to replace one of his engines was due to it rotting away from the inside out (saltwater boat).

Budman II

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I would want to see receipts for all those oil changes.

stevesxm

in the great scheme of things, why do you care ? if they really have 3600 hours on them then you aren't exactly going to leave them in the boat... and no test you do is ever going to convince you that they are not worn completely out even is they have been superbly maintained. just include two repowers or two full rebuilds in the price and move on. at the very least 3600 hours on a crank and rods is timed out by any standard