prop recomendation

tritoon 150

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I have a 21 foot 2300 lb pontoon with a 90 hp on it. Now it has a 12.0" , 21p on it alum, I am preaty sure this is wrong the motor just came of a 17ft fishing boat. ps. The tack does not work right now. Asking for your recomendation. Thanks
 

lakegeorge

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Re: prop recomendation

If the company that made your toon is still in business I would call them and ask them what they put on them. I think this is the safest way to buy one.
You need to get your tach fixed so that you will know what rpm's your turning.
 

lncoop

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Re: prop recomendation

Calling the manufacturer won't really help, but lakegeorge is correct that you need to get your tach working. That's the surest way to determine whether a given prop is the right one. One can say with certainty the 21 is wrong, most likely over by quite a bit, but the thing about propology is this; you can put the same prop on three identical motors on three identical barges and not get three identical sets of results. Were I you I'd start the process by getting a 15 pitch prop from a dealer who will take it back if 15 turns out not to be the magic number, then I'd fix the tach and take a test run under conditions most likely to be encountered on a regular basis and compare the max RPMs attained to the max RPMs recommended and go from there. Your motor's specified RPM band will be in the owner's manual and should also be somewhere on the motor. Good luck.:cool:
 
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