Fresh Water Runabouts - Page 7

fasternyou929 · 03-26-2013, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Rangerscott

...LOL. Are lakes are ponds now.

I wonder if we combined all of your posts, could they make a single complete thought?

CasterTroy · 03-26-2013, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by fasternyou929

I wonder if we combined all of your posts, could they make a single complete thought?

Elitist, educated, 2% bastard with your big words, and knowledge n' stuff!

fasternyou929 · 03-26-2013, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by CasterTroy

Elitist, educated, 2% bastard with your big words, and knowledge n' stuff!

Aw, nobody's ever called me educated before. Swoon...

Turbo Ghost · 03-27-2013, 02:37 PM

Not knocking on your purchase or anything. Just making a statement.

Unless you are in competition of some sort, I never understood the point of buying a stainless prop for freshwater use. Saltwater will eat one up but, freshwater won't and in lakes and rivers you always run the risk of hitting a log, stump, rock, etc. One good hit with a stainless prop and you've just lost your whole lower unit! (heh-heh...I said "lower unit") An aluminum prop will sacrifice itself and do no damage to the transmission. I've had two instances in the past 20 years where the prop hit rocks when we thought we were in the clear. Both times, the prop folded-up like a tulip and did no other damage. A stainless prop would have probably snapped the output shaft or worse! Just my thoughts on the matter. Carry on.

Krabill · 03-27-2013, 02:42 PM

A stainless prop will chew through a log with little to no damage to the prop, but will break expensive things if you hit a rock. An aluminum prop will break or bend if you hit a rock, saving the expensive bits.

Lakes with logs = stainless prop

Lakes with rocks = aluminum prop

Turbo Ghost · 03-27-2013, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Krabill

Lakes with logs = stainless prop

Lakes with rocks = aluminum prop

Ours are full of both!

03-27-2013, 02:42 PM	#5
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03-27-2013, 02:37 PM	#4
Turbo Ghost Movie Star Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Kingsport, TN. Moto: KLR650 Posts: 682	Not knocking on your purchase or anything. Just making a statement. Unless you are in competition of some sort, I never understood the point of buying a stainless prop for freshwater use. Saltwater will eat one up but, freshwater won't and in lakes and rivers you always run the risk of hitting a log, stump, rock, etc. One good hit with a stainless prop and you've just lost your whole lower unit! (heh-heh...I said "lower unit") An aluminum prop will sacrifice itself and do no damage to the transmission. I've had two instances in the past 20 years where the prop hit rocks when we thought we were in the clear. Both times, the prop folded-up like a tulip and did no other damage. A stainless prop would have probably snapped the output shaft or worse! Just my thoughts on the matter. Carry on.