Last night sold the ol ’92 lund pro v had for last 8 years.Boat was great but needed to upgrade to a fish and ski with the wife and kids wanting to go tubing and skiing. Didn’t make sense to have 3 boats.
Was surprised of how odd a feeling it is to see your boat in someone else’s driveway. felt like a country song.
I hear you. My first boat is now on limited time. Between the memories and sweat equity in restoring it, seems really weird that I won’t have it much longer.
I’ll write the verse that has a beer in it so it’s a proper country song
I know the feeling. I just sold my fishouse at Mille Lacs that I built 25 years ago. I can’t remember how I felt when I sold my first boat, but this was hard for me. Will be really weird when I go back next spring and it’s not there 
My two boys 8 and 6 are just devastated when we sell a vehicle or even worse when some machine dies. They still talk in mournful tones about “Ol’ Blue”, my SUV that died almost 3 years ago!
A couple of weeks ago my 25+ year old Snapper mower died and you’d have thought the kid’s dog had just died. They mourned. They asked if we could take it in to get it fixed. I found a nice, nearly new Snapper mower on Craigslist that was almost identical and I brought it home and my 6 year old walks up and kicks it and says, “We liked the OLD Snapper better.”
Must be because every machine is not personified on TV, but dang. God forbid anything happen to their favorite machine, Big John our farm tractor. They’d never forgive me.
Grouse
I sold a boat to a guy and had to see it for several years in a row over opener.
That sucked!
Still regret selling my old 1990 Lund Alaskan 18,it was never afraid of getting dirty or wet.Now they want crazy money for those.
Still regret selling my old 1990 Lund Alaskan 18,it was never afraid of getting dirty or wet.Now they want crazy money for those.
It is nuts what those Alaskan’s go for!
My two boys 8 and 6 are just devastated when we sell a vehicle or even worse when some machine dies. They still talk in mournful tones about “Ol’ Blue”, my SUV that died almost 3 years ago!
A couple of weeks ago my 25+ year old Snapper mower died and you’d have thought the kid’s dog had just died. They mourned. They asked if we could take it in to get it fixed. I found a nice, nearly new Snapper mower on Craigslist that was almost identical and I brought it home and my 6 year old walks up and kicks it and says, “We liked the OLD Snapper better.”
Must be because every machine is not personified on TV, but dang. God forbid anything happen to their favorite machine, Big John our farm tractor. They’d never forgive me.
Grouse
That’s hysterical!
Sitting on our old 95 gmc 3/4 ton suburban with a 6.5l diesel. My 2 oldest kids make me feel like a horse’s behind whenever I talk about getting rid of it, even though it hasn’t been anything but a planter and mouse breeding grounds for a couple years. They are attached to their childhood memories I guess.
Have teared up a bit watching an old boat leave. Worst is selling it to a neighbor.
Sold my boat a month ago. I got this weird feeling when I hooked the ball onto the buyer’s truck-it felt like I was cheating on my wife not that I know what that feels like but I’m sure it is a similar feeling.
My 2 oldest kids make me feel like a horse’s behind whenever I talk about getting rid of it, even though it hasn’t been anything but a planter and mouse breeding grounds for a couple years
So when Mrs. Grouse and I come driving home with the replacement for Ol’ Blue, my sister was watching the kids at our house. We roll up the driveway and the kids are standing on the back steps with their little arms folded and giving the new SUV a good, disapproving look-over.
The new SUV is a white GMC Acadia.
So I get out and say, “Guys, what do you think of the new SUV?”
I was totally unprepared for what happened next. The older son (then 6) says, “What’s his name?”
Oh sh!t. Holy Moses, I didn’t see that coming. ALL vehicles MUST have names. I was totally drawing a blank. I had to answer, but the freaking pressure… My mind went blank. I got nothing. Whatever I say here, it’s going to stick and I didn’t want to end up spending the next 10 years with a freaking truck with a dumb name.
Mrs. Grouse saw me drowning and saved me. She comes walking around the truck and says to the kids:
“His name is Moby. He’s the Great White SUV, of course.”
It stuck like glue. The kids nodded in approval and I’ve been driving Moby ever since.
Grouse
I was actually surprised how easy it was for me to sell some of my toys.
I sold a 79 Trans am that I owned for 10 years and put a lot of time and money in it. It was very hard to accept the offer but when the guy came back with the money a few days later it was very easy for me to load it on the trailer for him. Maybe it helped that I had just picked up a nice 98 Trans Am WS6.
I sold my Harley last summer. Guy was very happy with it and asked why I was selling it. Told him it’s a beautiful day for riding but at this point in my life I’m loading the kids into the boat (more on that boat next) and taking the wife out on a date with the t tops off in the TA. Wasn’t hard to see him ride away. Plus my wife and I left for a road trip vacation to Colorado Springs for my brothers wedding and we had an amazing time.
I sold my 1st boat this year. I loved that boat. It got me back into fishing like i never thought that I would and I watched my son catch his first fish in that boat. It was in great shape, had a new powerhead (see my old posts) and it fit me very well. Sold it to my uncle so I get to fish out of it now and again. Don’t miss the boat only thing that stings a little is I kept it much cleaner than my uncle does.
was really thinking about how reliable the boat was and how good it was setup for fishing but the reality is its mainly the memories in the boat and remembering the different stages of life owned it that made it hard to see it go.
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