"Wally" wrote in message
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I am considering putting a Pirahna Composite prop on my 17 foot
aluminum bass boat, 90 HP Mercury, The syatem looked good, with
replaceable ears. The lake I fish in South Texas, Choke Canyon, has
lots of debris, trees, easy to ding an aluminum and rewelds here were
arouns $70. I really am twitchy about changing to stainless steel, if
the clutch does not slip, may have serious lower unit damage and I
have been told by a couple people in the area not to go steel.

Any thoughts or advice greatly appreciated.

It all depends on how fast you intend to be going when you hit something. I
fish a lot of shallow water, with stumps, rocks, gravel and sand. If I know
I'm in an area that I'm likely to hit something, I simply slow down.

I run a stainless prop, have for over 10 years now. I have yet to have to
have a prop repaired. Prior to that, with aluminum, I fixed or replaced
them with alarming frequency. I still hit things, but a stainless prop is
much tougher than aluminim and won't bend.

A composite prop I think would make a great backup prop, but I wouldn't run
one as a main prop from the reading I've done about them. But then again,
that's just me.
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Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
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