Size and type
A 14-foot aluminum fishing boat is one job. A 30-foot cabin cruiser is a different one. Length, beam, and weight decide the crew and the equipment.

Kansas
Twenty years of hauling junk boats out of driveways, marinas, and backyards. Firm quote before the truck rolls.
The typical junk boat in Kansas is not a wreck on a lake. It is a bass boat on a trailer that has not moved since the motor quit, parked where the neighbors see it every day. Maybe it came with the property. Maybe it was a project that never started. The tags lapsed years ago. I have stood in a lot of driveways next to a lot of boats like that, and the owner almost always says the same thing: I just want it gone.
That is what boat removal is for. My crew comes to you, loads the boat, takes the trailer too if you want it gone, and handles transport and disposal in one pass. No registration in hand? Still fine. Specifics further down this page.
Junk boat on a trailer that rolls, with room for the truck to reach it. From there, four things move the number.
I will tell you which ones apply to yours before we schedule anything.
A 14-foot aluminum fishing boat is one job. A 30-foot cabin cruiser is a different one. Length, beam, and weight decide the crew and the equipment.
Driveway on a trailer is the cheapest boat removal there is. On blocks in the backyard takes more work. In a slip, it needs a haul-out. Sunken, it needs recovery.
Engine already out is cheaper. Fuel still aboard, a hull full of rainwater, a trailer that will not roll: each adds handling.
Miles to the processing yard are part of the quote. Boat hauling cost scales with them.
People ask about free junk boat removal. Sometimes the boat has enough going for it, a running outboard, decent aluminum, and we take it for nothing. Sometimes it does not, and there is a fee. We will tell you which one you have.
Twenty years in, nobody has heard a different price at the curb.
Kansas is landlocked, so nearly every job starts in a driveway, a barn, or a storage lot instead of at the water. Because this is an inland state, the long boat hauling run out to the processing yard is what usually moves the quote more than anything about the boat itself. Trailer condition and property access still play a part, but distance carries the most weight here. Spring cleanouts bring the heaviest call volume, though work stays steady through the rest of the year. I lock the number in before I dispatch a truck, and that number holds no matter what the drive looks like.
Real crew snapshots from recent Kansas pickups. Watermarked photos are placeholders while we swap in the real jobs.



One boat, a whole yard, or an emergency. Old boat removal from a driveway or an estate. Junk boat pickup for the one that never sold. Marinas and boat yards call us to clear a season of abandoned slips in one visit. Insurance adjusters call after storms. My crew has floated sunken boats, hauled sailboats out of backyards, and moved a 40-footer through a neighborhood that was not built for it. One call covers removal, transport, and disposal. If it floats, floated, or was supposed to float, we haul it.
Kansas does not title boats. The state's own boating agency, the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, is direct about it: Kansas does not title watercraft, and does not register or title motors either. Every boat here runs on registration, a Certificate of Number, instead.
To hand a boat over, the new owner files an Application for Certificate of Number with a $42.50 fee to the KDWP Pratt Operations Office. If you want to be clear of a boat you are getting rid of, notify KDWP that you are disclaiming your registration, otherwise you can be presumed responsible if it is later abandoned.
We could not find a published statewide removal program in Kansas. State law does ban abandoning a boat on a public waterway or on public or private land without consent, and the last registered owner is presumed responsible for the cost unless they told KDWP or police they gave up their rights.
If the boat is not yours. Kansas does give a landowner a real path: an officer can identify the registered owner of a boat on your property and hand you that information, then you give the owner five days written notice before removal, or remove it immediately if the owner cannot be found. Finding the owner, writing notice, and the wait are on you. If you would rather have the boat gone, removal is the shorter road. We handle Kansas pickups without a registration.
We pick up boats across all 105 counties in Kansas. Cities below are the ones we reach most often; if yours is not listed, call and we will confirm coverage.
Iola, Humboldt, Marmaton, La Harpe, Gas, Moran, Osage, Salem, Cottage Grove, Logan, Geneva, Deer Creek, Savonburg, Elsmore, Bassett, Mildred
Garnett, Walker, Ozark, Jackson, Reeder, Colony, Monroe, Rich, Washington, Putnam, Greeley, Lincoln, Welda, Westphalia, Indian Creek, Kincaid, Mont Ida, Lone Elm, Harris
Atchison, Shannon, Mount Pleasant, Center, Grasshopper, Effingham, Walnut, Kapioma, Lancaster, Muscotah, Huron, Benton
Medicine Lodge, Kiowa, Elwood, Hardtner, Sharon, Valley, Elm Mills, Hazelton, Mingona, Isabel, Moore, Sun City, Eagle, McAdoo, Turkey Creek, Deerhead, Aetna, Lake City
Great Bend, Hoisington, Ellinwood, Independent, South Bend, Claflin, Comanche, South Homestead, Lakin, Liberty, Pawnee Rock, Cheyenne, Clarence, Odin, Albert, North Homestead, Fairview, Union, Olmitz, Eureka, Grant, Wheatland, Galatia, Cleveland, Susank, Beaver, Albion, Buffalo
Fort Scott, Scott, Marion, Freedom, Bronson, Mill Creek, Drywood, Franklin, Uniontown, Pawnee, Timberhill, Fulton, Mapleton, Redfield, Devon, Garland
Hiawatha, Sabetha, Horton, Mission, Irving, Everest, Morrill, Padonia, Robinson, Kickapoo Site 5, Kickapoo Tribal Center, Kickapoo Site 1, Reserve, Powhattan, Kickapoo Site 7, Hamlin, Willis, Kickapoo Site 2, Kickapoo Site 6
Andover, El Dorado, Augusta, Pleasant, Rose Hill, Richland, Prospect, Douglass, Spring, Towanda, Milton, Little Walnut, Whitewater, Leon, Plum Grove, Fairmount, Murdock, Potwin, Sycamore, Rock Creek, Chelsea, Elbing, Clifford, Glencoe, Rosalia, Cassoday, Latham, Hickory, Clay, Beaumont, Bruno, Bloomington
Falls, Cottonwood Falls, Strong, Strong City, Toledo, Diamond Creek, Cottonwood, Matfield, Cedar, Matfield Green, Elmdale, Homestead, Cedar Point, Bazaar
Sedan, Cedar Vale, Little Caney, Chautauqua, Peru, Niotaze, Elgin, Lafayette, Belleville
Baxter Springs, Columbus, Galena, Garden, Oswego, Spring Valley, Riverton, Ross, Crawford, Weir, Pleasant View, Shawnee, Salamanca, Scammon, Lyon, Lowell, Cherokee, Lola, Neosho, Mineral, Sheridan, West Mineral, Roseland, Crestline, Hallowell
Wano, St. Francis, Bird City, Cleveland Run, Orlando, Jaqua, Calhoun, Benkelman
Ashland, Minneola, Englewood, Lexington, Appleton
Clay Center, Wakefield, Clifton, Morganville, Green, Longford, Vining, Idana, Oak Hill
Concordia, Elk, Clyde, Starr, Solomon, Glasco, Miltonvale, Jamestown, Sibley, Shirley, Lawrence, Nelson, Simpson, Meredith, Aurora, Summit, Oakland, Colfax, Arion, Ames
Burlington, Lebo, Waverly, LeRoy, New Strawn, Gridley, Key West, Pottawatomie, Star, Hampden, Spring Creek, Avon
Coldwater, Protection, Powell, Wilmore, Avilla
Arkansas City, Winfield, Creswell, Ninnescah, Pleasant Valley, Maple, Silver Creek, Udall, Burden, Vernon, Parkerfield, Tisdale, Omnia, Dexter, Geuda Springs, Windsor, Atlanta, Rock, Harvey, Cambridge, Silverdale, Otter, New Salem, Bolton
Pittsburg, Frontenac, Girard, Arma, Sherman, Mulberry, Chicopee, McCune, Arcadia, Radley, Croweburg, Hepler, Yale, Farlington, Ringo, Opolis, Baker
Oberlin, Norcatur, Jennings, Olive, Clayton, Dresden, Finley, Harlan, Custer, Prairie Dog, Garfield, Sappa, Cook, Roosevelt, Bassettville, Allison, Altory
Abilene, Herington, Noble, Chapman, Enterprise, Newbern, Hope, Fragrant Hill, Hayes, Willowdale, Rinehart, Jefferson, Woodbine, Cheever, Flora, Ridge, Detroit, Navarre, Talmage, Holland, Manchester, Carlton, Buckeye, Banner
Iowa, Wathena, Troy, Highland, Wolf River, Independence, Wayne, Bendena, Denton, White Cloud, Severance, Leona, Burr Oak
Palmyra, Eudora, Baldwin City, Wakarusa, Willow Springs, Kanwaka, Clinton, Lecompton
Kinsley, Lewis, Trenton, Offerle, South Brown, North Brown, Belpre
Howard, Wildcat, Moline, Longton, Greenfield, Grenola, Paw Paw, Elk Falls, Union Center, Oak Valley, Painterhood
Hays, Ellis, Victoria, Herzog, Lookout, Catherine, Catharine, Schoenchen, Munjor, Big Creek
Ellsworth, Wilson, Kanopolis, Holyrood, Green Garden, Empire, Lorraine, Clear Creek, Langley, Thomas, Carneiro, Palacky, Columbia, Trivoli, Black Wolf, Ash Creek
Garden City, Sherlock, Holcomb, Ivanhoe, Terry, Pierceville
Dodge City, Wilroads Gardens, Spearville, Dodge, Bucklin, Grandview, Royal, Ford, Fort Dodge, Concord, Wright, Wilburn, Sodville, Bloom
Ottawa, Wellsville, Pomona, Cutler, Ohio, Peoria, Homewood, Richmond, Harrison, Greenwood, Williamsburg, Princeton, Lane, Rantoul, Centropolis, Appanoose
Junction City, Smoky Hill, Fort Riley, Grandview Plaza, Milford, Wingfield, Blakely
Oakley, Quinter, Grainfield, Grinnell, Payne, Gove, Jerome, Park, Gove City, Gaeland, Larrabee
Hill City, Wildhorse, Millbrook, Morland, Bogue, Gettysburg, Morlan, Graham, Happy, Indiana, Pioneer, Nicodemus, Allodium, Bryant
Ulysses
Cimarron, Montezuma, East Hess, Ingalls, Copeland, Ensign
Greeley County, Tribune, Horace
Madison, Twin Grove, Salt Springs, Janesville, Severy, Hamilton, Otter Creek, Shell Rock, Fall River, Quincy, South Salem, Piedmont, Pleasant Grove, Virgil, Climax, Neal, Bachelor
Syracuse, Coolidge, Kendall, Bear Creek
Anthony, Harper, Attica, Bluff City, Danville, Waldron
Newton, Emma, Hesston, Halstead, North Newton, Sedgwick, Burrton, Darlington, Macon, Walton, Lake, Alta
Haskell, Dudley, Sublette, Satanta, Lockport
Jetmore, Marena, Hanston, Sterling, Sawlog, South Roscoe, Hallet, North Roscoe
Holton, Hoyt, Mayetta, Whiting, Circleville, Delia, Denison, Netawaka, Soldier
Delaware, Kentucky, Kaw, Oskaloosa, Valley Falls, Sarcoxie, Norton, Perry, McLouth, Rural, Meriden, Ozawkie, Nortonville, Winchester, Grantville, Williamstown
Mankato, Jewell, Prairie, Formoso, Randall, Montana, Esbon, Sinclair, Limestone, Calvin, Erving, White Mound, Holmwood, Webber, Vicksburg, Odessa, Allen, Ionia, Athens, Browns Creek
Overland Park, Olathe, Lenexa, Leawood, Gardner, Prairie Village, Merriam, Spring Hill, Bonner Springs, Roeland Park, De Soto, Fairway, Mission Hills, Oxford, Edgerton, Westwood, Lake Quivira, McCamish, Westwood Hills, Mission Woods, Aubry
Deerfield, Southside, Hartland, East Hibbard, West Hibbard
Kingman, Evan, Norwich, Cunningham, White, Vinita, Galesburg, Hoosier, Rochester, Dale, Peters, Chikaskia, Canton, Zenda, Spivey, Nashville, Penalosa, Belmont, Bennett
Greensburg, Haviland, Mullinville
Parsons, Altamont, Chetopa, Elm Grove, North, Hackberry, Edna, Mound Valley, Canada, Dennis, Bartlett, Labette
Dighton, Healy, White Rock, Alamota
Leavenworth, Lansing, Basehor, Tonganoxie, Stranger, High Prairie, Kickapoo, Reno, Linwood, Easton, Alexandria
Lincoln Center, Sylvan Grove, Colorado, Beverly, Barnard, Salt Creek, Golden Belt, Battle Creek
Potosi, Pleasanton, La Cygne, Linn Valley, Mound City, Paris, Blue Mound, Parker, Prescott, Stanton, Centerville
Winona, Monument, Western, McAllaster, Paxton, Russell Springs, Elkader, Logansport, Lees, Augustine
Emporia, Americus, Fremont, Pike, Elmendaro, Olpe, Hartford, Waterloo, Ivy, Neosho Rapids, Admire, Reading, Bushong, Agnes City
Hillsboro, West Branch, Peabody, Goessel, Centre, Florence, Menno, Burns, Gale, Risley, Durham Park, Catlin, East Branch, Lincolnville, Lehigh, Tampa, Durham, Fairplay, Ramona, Pilsen, Lost Springs, Doyle, Eastshore
Marysville, Blue Rapids, Frankfort, Waterville, Murray, Axtell, Guittard, Beattie, Bremen, Elm Creek, St. Bridget, Summerfield, Cottage Hill, Wells, Vermillion, Oketo, Home, Clear Fork, Herkimer, Blue Rapids City, Bigelow, Balderson
McPherson, Lindsborg, Mound, Moundridge, Superior, Inman, Galva, Marquette, Lone Tree, King City, New Gottland, Little Valley, Meridian, Elyria, Groveland, Delmore, Gypsum Creek, Castle, South Sharps Creek, Windom, Roxbury, Battle Hill, Bonaville
Meade Center, Meade, West Plains, Plains, Fowler, Mertilla, Crooked Creek, Sand Creek
Paola, Louisburg, Osawatomie, Wea, Middle Creek, Ten Mile, Sugar Creek, Miami, Fontana, Hillsdale, Bucyrus, Somerset
Beloit, Cawker, Cawker City, Glen Elder, Tipton, Plum Creek, Solomon Rapids, Hunter, Walnut Creek, Scottsville, Round Springs, Carr Creek, Blue Hill, Bloomfield, Asherville
Coffeyville, Cherryvale, Fawn Creek, Caney, Drum Creek, Cherry, Dearing, West Cherry, Rutland, Elk City, Tyro, Havana, Wayside
Council Grove, White City, Dwight, Wilsey, Parkerville, Latimer, Dunlap, Burdick
Elkhart, Rolla, Richfield
Seneca, Illinois, Centralia, Wetmore, Mitchell, Corning, Gilman, Bern, Capioma, Nemaha, Baileyville, Goff, Red Vermillion, Neuchatel, Reilly, Granada, Oneida, St. Benedict, Kelly, Berwick, Adams
Chanute, Erie, Tioga, St. Paul, Shiloh, Canville, Thayer, Ladore, Walnut Grove, Stark, Earlton, South Mound, Urbana
Ness City, Bazine, Nevada, Ransom, Utica, Forrester, Waring, Eden, Johnson, Highpoint, Brownell
Center-District 1, Highland-District 2, Almena, Lenora, Solomon-District 3, Edmond, Almena-District 4
Osage City, Ridgeway, Valley Brook, Carbondale, Junction, Lyndon, Overbrook, Vassar, Burlingame, Scranton, Fairfax, Melvern, Quenemo, Dragoon, Olivet, Agency, Barclay, Arvonia
Osborne, Downs, Natoma, Sumner, Penn, Alton, Portis, Tilden, Corinth, Delhi, Hawkeye, Round Mound, Mount Ayr, Victor, Hancock, Kill Creek, Covert, Bethany
Minneapolis, Bennington, Morton, Delphos, Tescott, Fountain, Culver, Niles, Ada, Henry, Blaine
Larned, Burdett, Santa Fe, Rozel, River, Orange, Pleasant Ridge, Keysville, Valley Center, Sawmill, Shiley, Conkling, Ash Valley, Browns Grove
Phillipsburg, Plum, Agra, Long Island, Kirwin, Prairie View, Stuttgart, Glade, Crystal, Glenwood, Dayton, Speed, Plainview, Granite, Rushville, Woodruff, Arcade, Bow Creek
Manhattan, Wamego, St. Marys, St. George, Westmoreland, Onaga, Olsburg, Belvue, Emmett, Louisville, Havensville, Wheaton, Vienna, St. Clere, Blue Valley, Blue
Pratt, Iuka, Preston, Sawyer, Cullison, Coats, Byers
Atwood, Rocewood, Herl, Herndon, McDonald, Driftwood, Mirage, Ludell, Achilles
Hutchinson, South Hutchinson, Little River, Medora, Buhler, Haven, Nickerson, Pretty Prairie, Arlington, The Highlands, Castleton, Turon, Sylvia, Partridge, Westminster, Medford, Huntsville, Roscoe, Loda, Plevna, Willowbrook, Abbyville, Yoder, Grove, Langdon, Bell
Scandia, Courtland, Cuba, Elk Creek, Rose Creek, Munden, Narka, Republic, Agenda, Farmington, Norway, Big Bend
Lyons, Chase, Farmer, Bushton, Geneseo, East Washington, Rockville, Alden, West Washington, Raymond, Galt, Frederick
Ogden, Riley, Leonardville, Keats, Swede Creek, Randolph, Fancy Creek, May Day, Zeandale, Bala
Plainville, Stockton, Palco, Damar, Woodston, Zurich, Codell
La Crosse-Brookdale, La Crosse, Otis, Lone Star, Hampton-Fairview, Bison, McCracken, Rush Center, Liebenthal, Alexander, Timken, Pleasantdale, Alexander-Belle Prairie, Big Timber
Russell, Gorham, Lucas, Plymouth, Luray, Dorrance, Bunker Hill, Winterset, Paradise, Waldo, Fairfield
Salina, Smoky View, Assaria, Gypsum, Cambria, Brookville, Smolan, Falun, Mentor, New Cambria, Kipp, Glendale, Bavaria, Bridgeport
Scott City, Isbel, Shallow Water
Wichita, Derby, Rockford, Riverside, Haysville, Park City, Bel Aire, Mulvane, Maize, Goddard, Minneha, Oaklawn-Sunview, Clearwater, Kechi, Cheney, McConnell AFB, Colwich, Andale, Garden Plain, Mount Hope, Eastborough, Grand River, Waco, Bentley, Viola, St. Marks, Greenwich, Peck, Furley, Afton
Liberal, Fargo, Kismet, Seward
Topeka, Williamsport, Monmouth, Dover, Menoken, Silver Lake, Auburn, Rossville, Tecumseh, Willard
Hoxie, Selden, Bowcreek
Goodland, Itasca, Stateline, Voltaire, Kanorado, Llanos, Edson
Smith Center, Kensington, Oak, Lebanon, Houston, Gaylord, Webster, Swan, Dor, Athol, German, Cora, Crystal Plains, Martin
St. John, Stafford, Macksville, North Seward, Douglas, Hudson, West Cooper, York, East Cooper, South Seward, Rose Valley, Radium, Byron, Albano
Johnson City, Manter, Big Bow
Hugoton, Moscow
Wellington, Gore, Belle Plaine, Conway, Conway Springs, Caldwell, London, Springdale, Dixon, Argonia, South Haven, Harmon, Seventy-Six, Creek, Palestine, Ryan, Guelph, Valverde, Mayfield, Greene, Milan, Hunnewell, Morris, Bluff
Colby, Morgan, Brewster, West Hale, Smith, South Randall, Rexford, Summers, Lacey, Rovohl, East Hale, Gem, Kingery, Levant, North Randall, Wendell, Menlo, Barrett
WaKeeney, Collyer, Wilcox, Ogallah
Alma, Maple Hill, Plumb, Wilmington, Mission Creek, Alta Vista, Eskridge, McFarland, Paxico, Harveyville, Wabaunsee, Newbury
Sharon Springs, Weskan, Wallace
Hanover, Linn, Greenleaf, Barnes, Palmer, Morrowville, Strawberry, Haddam, Little Blue, Charleston, Coleman, Kimeo, Lowe, Mahaska, Hollenberg, Brantford
Leoti, Marienthal
Neodesha, Fredonia, Altoona, Verdigris, Newark, Guilford, Benedict, Coyville, New Albany, Lafontaine
Yates Center, Toronto, Neosho Falls, Piqua
Kansas City, Edwardsville
Top 16 cities by population. 1288 cities covered across Kansas.
In Kansas, getting rid of an old boat means selling it if it still runs, donating it to a group that wants a working hull, dropping it at a salvage yard for scrap value, or calling a removal service. I handle that last option.
Boat disposal cost in Kansas depends on the boat's size, its condition, the length of the haul from a driveway or storage lot, and how workable the trailer is. The pricing section above breaks down those factors rather than a single flat rate.
Since Kansas is landlocked with driveway, barn, and storage-lot pickups dominating the work, boats here typically go to a salvage yard, a metal recycler, or a removal service, and long hauls to the yard are routine. No landfill will accept an unwanted boat as waste.
Free junk boat removal in Kansas comes down to whether the boat still has salvage value left in the motor, aluminum, or parts. When it does, my boat removers waive the fee instead of charging for the haul.
Yes, Kansas has boat salvage yards, though water pulls are rare here since most boats sit in a driveway, barn, or storage lot. Boat junkyards still expect the boat loaded on a trailer, so a stuck one usually needs a removal service first.
A fiberglass boat in Kansas cannot go to a normal landfill since no facility there serves as a boat dump for a hull that resists breaking down. My crew cuts it into sections and hauls the pieces to facilities equipped for fiberglass, a removal-service job.
Yes, I can remove a boat without a title in Kansas, since the state does not title boats, which makes this one of the more straightforward abandoned boat removal calls I take. The legal section above still lists the proof of ownership I need.
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