On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:43:59 -0700, "M. Baker"
wrote:

My husband is going to look at a 17' Lund Mr. Pike fishing boat
tonight. I believe it's a 2001 with a 115hp 4-stroke motor. Has 4
electric downriggers already, I believe the guy is also throwing in
all his lures and poles. Not sure what else is included. Anyway, he's
asking $16K.

What should DH be looking at/for when he goes to look at it? I called
a marine service shop and they said they could do a compression check,
check the lower unit for $80. But their hours are M-F 8-5, which
doesn't work for my husband at ALL.

Also, if he were to buy it, does it need to be registered/insured
before he can get it home? Do you have to do that at the SOS like you
register cars? I already called State Farm about a different boat he
was looking at, so we have an inkling of what insurance would cost -
this one's 1' shorter and older, so I'm sure it'd be less than the ~
$340/year they quoted me for the 18' Fisherman a couple weeks ago.

Also - he's got a 99 Silverado pick-up. He's got a hitch, but no
wiring yet. He thought there was a wiring harness package you could
get from GM that you just hook up and it's ready to go...is there?

Can't answer many of your questions, but a truck of that vintage
should be set up to wire for a trailer very easily. Go to most any
auto parts store and look at the wiring harnesses and find the one
specified for the truck. It should have plugs that plug right into the
wiring harness back near the bumper. Usually the harness for the
taillights has a connection that you unplug and then plug your new
harness into the connection then plug the taillights back in. For my
2000 Dodge Dakota and my prevoious 1995 Ford Ranger the harnesses were
about $25 and were purchased at, I believe, WalMart. Took about 5
minutes to install each and most of that was spent routing the wiring
and wire-tying it so that it was out of the way but easily accessable
for plugging into.

Dave Hall