Big Wake Jake
Boatless
Calif
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Posted: Sep. 06 2003,4:51 pm |
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I go to great lengths to avoid hitting anything with my Direct drive prop.
My V drive and direct drive boat owning friends can't understand why they have dings and bends on their props.
The answer is easy, when they get into shallow water like the sandbars, they're too shallow and as the wakes roll by, the prop is striking the river bed.
Nahh, they tell me, cheap props,,,
I have a ACME machined brass 13" X13". This is a high dollar premimum tow prop. Was a $400 option from TIGE'. The prop is so good, it's now standard on Tige's towboats.
Much smoother than cast tow props, and Tige swears, far smoother than the stainless that are now appearing on the tow market.
DAMFINO, that's what they say, seems to be correct.
See, kinda shallow water for a prop thats hanging 2+ feet below waterline. They all bitch that their props are bent. Gee,, I wonder why???
This is my ACME 13X13 machined brass prop.
Survived the whole summer by taking precautions at the sand bar. At the sundance sand bar, I anchor in about 4 feet of water to avoid damage.
The chrome plate isnt trim. It's the TIGE TAPS wake size adjustment plate. It's operated by a rocker switch on the throttle and works excellent. Tige' dropped the good but slow hydrolic control last year and went to the electric shown. Instant response,, really a great option. Works bitchen.
Need no Ballast bags with this system.
"Being Fearless, Doesn't Mean Being Stupid"
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11-23-2024 Gas price in your area (Rep.#7,276) from: stingray
I just want to make sure you're not one of those guys that goes by Roadrunner and Fox's within 20 feet of the bar with your plate down. 
. Same goes for the quirters, I know people that spend a ton of money on a pump just to take it in 3ft of water and stand on it and sandblast the impeller and fill up the block with shit. Then bitch like hell when the boat slows down and the motor overheats!!.. 
