what is considered low hours

[mrmark1]

looking at buying a new used boat. it is a 2004 with a 496

 

[Bondo]

Ayuh,.... Welcome Aboard,..... An '04, with 260 hours is low hours,....

With proper feedin' 'n care, that motor should be cable of 2000 hours to 4000 hours,....

 

[agallant80]

I put about 100 a year on my boat if that helps. I would like to put 200 a year on but thats another story...

 

[garbageguy]

I put about 100 a year on my boat if that helps. I would like to put 200 a year on but thats another story...

about the same for me, but I'd like to do about ??00 a year

 

[81 Checkmate]

The way i look at it is.... #1 is condition of the boat and motor. You can tell if something has been used and abused. It could have a 5000 hrs on it, but the boat has been well Maintained.

If you break down the 496 hrs, 11 yrs old......45.09 hrs per yr......Here in southwest ohio we normally get a solid 4 months per yr of boating time. Most boaters only boat the weekends. So thats 16 day's per 8 weekends....So thats 2.81 hrs per day. Looks like it wasnt used all that much.

Most of the hrs on your chart indicate...Idle time and alot of no wake zones.

BTW - Welcome to iboats

 

[southkogs]

496 hours on a 2004 boat means that around 3 months per year they ran the boat about 4 hours per week ... it's probably got a little life left in it

Welcome aboard.