Prop Repair/Replace Advice

[ryanmitchell]

Gents

I am bringing in my boat to get it winterized. The prop on my 40 horse 4 stroke Merc is a little dinged up. A couple of the blades have a one inch wide/half inch deep chunks missing from the blades. I know that sounds bad, but we managed most of the season with the damage. When a prop is repaired are the blades shortened and grinded down to meet the dinged area, or is something applied to the missing area, sealed and then grinded. Ideally i would like to get a new one and repair the old one.

What is the best place to get a new prop? Winterizing shop quoted me at $150, but I think I can beat that price online and change the prop myself. Go with a differnet pitch than the current one. Leaning towards more top end over quick to plane.

[cjac]

That much wear and tear is not worth repairing, unless maybe to keep as a back-up. $150 is high too, look up Soderblooms and you'll get a better price and advice on what pitch you can change to.

[ryanmitchell]

Thank you.

I am glad we got thru the season with it. I will feel much better about getting a new one. My brother and I can work on the old one and get it into good enough shape for a spare.

[ryanmitchell]

I just talked to Jay at Soderbloom's. Real nice guy and very helpful. He was actually the first guy to suggest instead of dissuade me from buying a stainless for my smallish 40hp motor. I don't think he was trying to sell me on anything. He said he was getting 3-4 more mile an hour on the stainless and he said a lot of boats up there run stainless.

[Sifty]

Jay is a great guy and helped me and a co worker out when we where both in a pinch.

Talked to him on a Monday and we had our prop's on Wed. and where able to hit the lake on Sat.

Great gut and great service.

Sifty

[ryanmitchell]

Can someone send me a link to the boating section of this site? I looked around for it but could not locate. I would also like to ask a couple questions about fishfinder/GPS units. Looking to upgrade over the winter. Thanks!

[propster]

Here's a link, but really all you have to do is click on Hop To right below this and select Boats & Motors. Lots of good info there.

www.fishingminnesota.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/forums/117/1

[Sifty]

Here is for the boats

http://www.fishingminnesota.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/forums/117/1/Boats_Motors

For the questions you can check out the Equpimnet Forum.

Sifty