Clearly the main benefit to purchasing pontoon boat parts at junkyards is saving money. You can get significant discounts versus purchasing parts from the manufacturer. Another advantage is the sheer amount of parts you can find from various years. Often these salvages are your only option when doing a restoration. The other thing that is great is you will get OEM parts in most instances. These parts aren’t just OEM, but were the parts that were installed and assembled by the manufacturer.