Outboard Motor Removal in Darien, GA

Small motors are carried out by hand. Bigger ones go onto a dolly or stand, strapped and kept upright, because a top-heavy motor that tips on a step is how floors and doorframes get damaged. A photo tells us roughly how big it is and what’s between it and the truck.

Fuel or oil still in it? Mention it with the photos. If anything special is needed, we’ll sort it out with you when we quote.

Send us a few photos and tell us what you need removed. We’ll take it from there.

Of everything the marsh side of a McIntosh County property collects, an outboard that hasn’t turned over in years is one of the most familiar. The hull goes first; the motor gets pulled off to rebuild later and ends up on a stand in a garage, a barn or a shed down by the water.

That could be a garage up the coast in Crescent or a workshop on a riverfront lot along the Sapelo River.

Where the motor sits decides more than its size. A small kicker is a one-person carry; a big outboard at the back of a narrow shed, or up a step into a workshop, takes planning that a kicker never needs.

When the motor is part of an inherited property — a family finally working through the house, the barn and the water side — it goes whenever it fits the family’s pace, alongside the boat, the trailer and the rest of the gear.

The metal — block, lower unit, shaft — usually goes to scrap at SA Recycling in Brunswick.

Plastic cowlings, rotted hoses and other worn-out parts go to disposal.

A depth finder or marine radio in the parts box goes to a place like Broadhurst, since the McIntosh County landfill isn’t able to accept electronics.