I've pulled boats out of Elmhurst backyards for years. Most calls come from someone who inherited the house with the boat still sitting there, or an estate cleanout where the old boat is part of the pile. Sometimes it's simpler, someone listed it a season, got no offers, and now the storage lot bill costs more than the hull's worth. A dead motor with a repair quote that eclipses the whole vessel tends to make people decide fast.
We handle the junk boat start to finish in Elmhurst. Load it, tow it, handle the title work, and get it to the processor. Jobs in Berkeley often stack with an Elmhurst call, so we run both the same afternoon. Missing paperwork does not stop the job, details on the Illinois page.
