TOPIC: Prop prices

So today I go to local marine shop to purchase a new prop for my dads fisihing boat ( i hit one to many sand bars last year) anyway...for a Mercury prop was $150 bones?

Should I have shopped ROUND?

I had a gift certificate to use there anyay.

Actually that sounds like a deal, Mike

matt wrote:

So today I go to local marine shop to purchase a new prop for my dads fisihing boat ( i hit one to many sand bars last year) anyway...for a Mercury prop was $150 bones?

Should I have shopped ROUND?

I had a gift certificate to use there anyay.

I just got a Solas ( www.solas.com/newweb/index.asp ) 3 blade 21 pitch aluminum prop from iboats for 92 bucks, free shipping.

Frank

Matt wrote:

Should I have shopped ROUND?

Always! But that's just my "frugal upbringing", I guess. You didn't do too bad, and you got a Merc prop, and it's water under the bridge now. The best prop prices I've found lately are at www.iboats.com , with free shipping. I think that's where Frank got his, I just got the same Solas Amita 3 21P three blade for $84.95. Have been running a four blade 19P I paid $118 for a few months ago. (Prop testing tomorrow, wooooo hooooo!)

Plus I'm brought my good but dinged merc 19 pitch 2 blade to a prop guy in town yesterday who tells me 20 to 30 bucks to fix it.

Gonna take the boat out this a.m. on nice flat water for a bit of testing.

Frank

your not back yet!!! oh i hope that don't mean problems.

PC1000 wrote:

matt wrote:

So today I go to local marine shop to purchase a new prop for my dads fisihing boat ( i hit one to many sand bars last year) anyway...for a Mercury prop was $150 bones?

Should I have shopped ROUND?

I had a gift certificate to use there anyay.

I just got a Solas ( www.solas.com/newweb/index.asp ) 3 blade 21 pitch aluminum prop from iboats for 92 bucks, free shipping.

Frank

Guessing i paid extra becuase it was in a Mercury Box..haha...oh well..I have used my dads boat for 3 years rent free its the least i can do right....

Try Propco...thats where i get mine...and you can get just about any aluminum for 100 bucks or less give or take.

150 bucks isnt totally out of line for a quality prop though.

Dang, you guys are getting props for a houndred bucks....Aluminum ones though, Right. Can you get a quality SS prop for $150? Just cerious is all, Mike
Kicking back in So Cal.

Mike wrote:

.Aluminum ones though, Right. Can you get a quality SS prop for $150?

Yup, they're alum. at that price. The cheapest SS props on that site right now are in the $250-$275 range as I recall. Not in my budget right now, but someday..... Plus I'm still doing prop testing, looking for the sweet setup, so it just didn't make sense to go that route yet. Used OMC V4 props aren't easy to come by around here either (ATL, GA).

JerrfyLube wrote:

Try Propco...thats where i get mine...and you can get just about any aluminum for 100 bucks or less give or take.

150 bucks isnt totally out of line for a quality prop though.

good to hear that !

I use a Piranha composite prop... they're about $140. But the nice thing is if you trash a blade, or want to repitch, replacements are $20 a blade.

Downside is you do take a bit of a performance hit with composite props.