As with all of my threads, I like to post a little background. If you don't care, skip to post 2.
My childhood neighbor bought these things 10 years ago. I think I might have had the chance to ride them one time. Then the lake rose so no one could go out on the water. They sat for couple years and when we tried to take them out again, the 96 didn't want to run all that great. According to my neighbor, it would rev on the water but wouldn't actually accelerate. So he took it to a dealership and they suggested the impeller and wear ring were the culprit. He had them rebuild all four carbs while he was there. He got them back, took them on the water and it had the same issue. They sat again. We had a tornado hit the neighborhood in 2016(?) which hit the yellow one leaving a hole in the fiberglass hull. That's where he lost all motivation. In 2017, he told me (a broke college kid) that if I posted them on craigslist, I could keep 10% of the sale price. I was optimistic and listed them higher than I should have. No bites, ad expired and I never renewed it.
Fast forward to this afternoon, my dad got a call from his neighbor. He asked my dad if he wanted the jet skis. My dad wants nothing to do with owning them but said he knew someone who might. So, I got the call from my dad, hopped in the truck and headed that way. When I showed up his neighbor tossed me a set of keys to the various locks on the trailer and I gave it a once over.
They aren't in great shape. Neither have ran in almost 5 years. Trailer tires are shot and it's missing a taillight which was robbed for another one of his trailers. I asked what he wanted for them and he told me to haul them off and he'd sign the title over. So, that's $0.
My childhood neighbor bought these things 10 years ago. I think I might have had the chance to ride them one time. Then the lake rose so no one could go out on the water. They sat for couple years and when we tried to take them out again, the 96 didn't want to run all that great. According to my neighbor, it would rev on the water but wouldn't actually accelerate. So he took it to a dealership and they suggested the impeller and wear ring were the culprit. He had them rebuild all four carbs while he was there. He got them back, took them on the water and it had the same issue. They sat again. We had a tornado hit the neighborhood in 2016(?) which hit the yellow one leaving a hole in the fiberglass hull. That's where he lost all motivation. In 2017, he told me (a broke college kid) that if I posted them on craigslist, I could keep 10% of the sale price. I was optimistic and listed them higher than I should have. No bites, ad expired and I never renewed it.
Fast forward to this afternoon, my dad got a call from his neighbor. He asked my dad if he wanted the jet skis. My dad wants nothing to do with owning them but said he knew someone who might. So, I got the call from my dad, hopped in the truck and headed that way. When I showed up his neighbor tossed me a set of keys to the various locks on the trailer and I gave it a once over.
They aren't in great shape. Neither have ran in almost 5 years. Trailer tires are shot and it's missing a taillight which was robbed for another one of his trailers. I asked what he wanted for them and he told me to haul them off and he'd sign the title over. So, that's $0.