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by Chaban
Mon Feb 09, 2015 5:08 pm
Forum: Trojan Boats Forum
Topic: Rebuilding vs. New
Replies: 4
Views: 2512

Re: Rebuilding vs. New

Thank you for your advice. The boat surveyor that I know said that he couldn't evaluate the engines unless they were in the water. However, transporting the boat alone is $500 each way, not counting the charge to put it in the water. That's why I am trying to get a rough estimate on the engines as t...
by Chaban
Sun Feb 08, 2015 8:35 am
Forum: Trojan Boats Forum
Topic: Rebuilding engines versus new.
Replies: 4
Views: 2198

Re: Rebuilding engines versus new.

Thank you for both moving the column and for your comments. Hard for me to tell the condition since it's hard for me to get down there physically. How much actually is it to replace an engine or 2? Nobody can seem to give me a straight answer. And how much is it to refurbish one? Thank you again for...
by Chaban
Sun Feb 08, 2015 8:28 am
Forum: Trojan Boats Forum
Topic: Rebuilding vs. New
Replies: 4
Views: 2512

Rebuilding vs. New

I bought my Trojan F28 6 years ago. Intended to use it rrequently after updating and upgrading it. Long story short, fell in with an unscrupulous boat yard who stole most of the new electronics I had purchased and drained my capital quickly. Am disabled and my son, who was to help, has since develop...
by Chaban
Sun Feb 08, 2015 8:01 am
Forum: Trojan Boats Forum
Topic: Rebuilding engines versus new.
Replies: 4
Views: 2198

Re: Rebuilding engines versus new.

Did I put this in the wrong forum?
by Chaban
Sat Feb 07, 2015 1:29 pm
Forum: Trojan Boats Forum
Topic: Rebuilding engines versus new.
Replies: 4
Views: 2198

Rebuilding engines versus new.

About 6 years ago I bought a 1977 Trojan F28 that had spent it's life on Lake Michigan. the original owner and treated the boat very well but he had sold it to somebody who is not a boater. he did not reregister it nor did he take care of it. By the time I got to it there was a mess of paperwork to ...