Re: New Prop advise wanted
Thanks again, Walleyehed, I didn't question him about this, I guess, because he is giving me no problems with swaping out Power Tech's. I am just guessing he may have experienced problems with returning Mercury Props in the past. The Prop dealer, did say, that at least once we fine tuned and found the right pitch prop, if the P.T. was in the right RPM's, but did not give a smoother ride, that we'd find a way to switch to a Mercury Prop in the same pitch. The guy appears to be genuine in trying to set me up with the right prop. During testing the Prop, he talked with me on my cell phone, checked some stats and ordered another prop, trying to save me a trip, and having another prop in stock when returning the one that didn't work. He seems to be leaning towards ordering a 14 pitch S.S. P.T. prop next. He will call me when it is in. <br /> <br />At least he is giving great service, and has been patient with explaining things to me. I would also guess that seeing how P.T. is nearer to us, that he may want to experiment with the P.T.'s instead of the Merc.'s with less returns and exchanges, considering convience. He understands I prefer the smoothness of the Merc. I tried before, but I am still open to giving the P.T.'s another chance, I am open to the possibility that the last P.T. may be just a little out of balance, or something. He even said after getting set, he'd keep an eye out for a good used Merc. prop in the right pitch, if it were to come to that. As long as he's working with me, I'll trust his reasons for going in the direction he wants to order in. Oh, just so you know the 17 pitch Mercury, was a good used one he had hanging on the wall, that we tried first, it was not ordered. <br /><br />Also Walleyehed, thanks for hanging with me, through this thread, I really appreciate your concerns, opinions, and advise. As they say, I'm a babe in the woods with this, but I'm learning. <br /><br />GodsBeast (Ken Bates)
