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Reply With QuoteStainless is much harder than aluminum.
When force hits an object, something's got to give.
With a stainless prop, a lot of times it's the gears in your lower unit.
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My first SS Prop...
I bought a new boat/motor and it has a SS Prop - I have always had aluminum props and really never have any thought on hitting anything with the propr.
All ways very cautious, but is there really that much difference between the SS and aluminum if you do contact underwater structures?
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Stainless is much harder than aluminum.
When force hits an object, something's got to give.
With a stainless prop, a lot of times it's the gears in your lower unit.
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The huge advantage to stainless is better performance and the small things wood sand mud will not put a mark or bend it. With the new hubs you have to really cream something at very high speed before you would ever take the gears out of the lower unit. The only place I would consider running an aluminum prop is places like Rainy Lake where EVERYTHING is rock. Even aluminum if hitting a rock at any speed more then likely at least the skeg is going to be torn off.
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I’ve hit several stumps and rocks with my stainless,,,just used a file and she’s good as new,,,can’t imagine what an aluminum would look like...
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If you hit anything hard enough to break gears in the lower unit its not going to matter what prop you have.
