Deal or no deal 1998 monark sun spa 24ft

Here my intentions where to come up with the money for a bass boat or trade for a bass boat. I ended up trading my motorcycle for a 92 chevy 1500 extended cab 350 v8 figured maybe i might be trading up might make a little more money to put toward a boat if I sold the truck. Well my uncle wants to trade me a 98 model monark 24ft sun spa 240 with a 90hp 98 model force on the back. The motor runs on the boat but the seats are bad, carpet is good steering cable is good, has power tilt and trim. I just dont want to make a mistake and get the bad end of the stick if u know what I mean. I seen an 01 model monark same length bigger motor for sale I couldnt believe how much they were asking for it but then i looked at the blue book value, seen the blue book value on the 98 also but u cant always go by blue book. How much would I be looking at spending to fix up the interior? Would u make the trade. Is this boat as it is now worth more then this truck?

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wildmaninal said:

Here my intentions where to come up with the money for a bass boat or trade for a bass boat. I ended up trading my motorcycle for a 92 chevy 1500 extended cab 350 v8 figured maybe i might be trading up might make a little more money to put toward a boat if I sold the truck. Well my uncle wants to trade me a 98 model monark 24ft sun spa 240 with a 90hp 98 model force on the back. The motor runs on the boat but the seats are bad, carpet is good steering cable is good, has power tilt and trim. I just dont want to make a mistake and get the bad end of the stick if u know what I mean. I seen an 01 model monark same length bigger motor for sale I couldnt believe how much they were asking for it but then i looked at the blue book value, seen the blue book value on the 98 also but u cant always go by blue book. How much would I be looking at spending to fix up the interior? Would u make the trade. Is this boat worth more then this truck?

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I am in the process of redoing a 24' suntracker and the seats run from a thousand to two thousand depending on what you want. The boat with new seats and what ever could be worth more than your truck by quite a bit but as the boat stands now I wouldn't do the deal. You might get two grand out of it if you find the right person. Does it have a trailer? I buy and fix and sell and the boat to the right cost me $12000 and with the addition of $2000 I sold it for $27000. You need to look and try to figure what it is going to cost you to put it back in shape to make a profit.

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Yes the boat has a trailer, its a single axle though which doesn't seem right to me should be a double axle I think. Sounds like I would be getting in over my head on this boat.

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If you have to buy the seats, that's going to be $2k, at least. You need to be the deciding factor because we know nothing about the truck, you do. Safe to say, though, the truck's done depreciating....boat isn't.

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The trucks in good shape decent paint like new tires done a compression check today on the motor its good interior needs a little TLC I value the truck at 2500. I know boats hold there value.

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I don't think boats hold their value much. If this isn't the boat you want hold out for it. I still think you're better off trading a truck for a bass boat, but then again, you're looking at them both, not us. Can you put a feeler out to see? I'm thinking 2 craigslist ads to trade for the bass boat to see which gets the most attention, the truck or the pontoon.

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I did have some people interested in trading there bass boat for my motorcycle only one person came out with a boat it was a pile of junk hull was rated for an 85hp he had a 95hp merc on the back just one of many problems. If I don't trade for this toon I will probably just ask for cash this way I can go for what I really want. And yes I do my ads on craigslist. Just thought that this pontoon might be a good deal but I guess if u got the time and the money it might be and I have neither lol. You see bass boats from the 80s going for 3000 around here take a car from the 80s it ain't worth much.

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Off brand barge that's in need of new upholstery and possibly new seat bases, obsolete and undesirable power plant and single axle trailer under a 24 footer all add up to no deal IMO. I wouldn't even consider it. YMMV

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thank you all for your input. I traded the truck for a 1987 procraft bass boat 16ft with a 125hp force. I'm happy with the deal,

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There you go! Congrats and I knew if you held out you'd get what you wanted. That's a nice looking boat, now order yourself a service manual and get to know the thing like the back of your hand. A little bit of prevention is with tons of cure when it comes to boats and motors. And yes, a person can avoid the "break down" if he pays attention and does what needs to be done BEFORE it becomes a problem. Lots of really smart guys over in the Chrysler/Force Forum, so come pay a visit. I know, because I have a Force and they've helped me a bunch.

No get out there and catch some fish!!! Oh...and take a boater's safety course too. We could ALL use a little extra learning.