Cheap spare prop?

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Thinking a spare prop would be good to have on hand. Any recommendations for a cheap option for a Yamaha F70?

Thanks

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I bought a OEM Yamaha off Ebay, open box, $142. It’s my starter prop, then will be a backup.

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I also bought the same generic aluminum prop for a backup. It’s been in the box ever since. Doesn’t even have a brand name but made in China. Think I paid about $100 a couple years ago off eBay.

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Go aluminum to keep the weight down.

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I run the exact same prop that @gtpvette sent above as my primary. You can find them on Amazon for about $200. Been running it for 6 years with no issues.

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I keep a few Solas Amita 3 props around for my boats. You can find them pretty cheap and they come as OEM on my tohatsu.

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Thanks everyone for the suggestions!

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If it’s truly just for a spare, buy the cheapest that will fit and operate. If you’re concerned about the combination of speed and hole shot, then you’ve probably researched the best prop for your boat and should buy one of those for a spare.

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The thought did occur to me to upgrade to a cupped prop and make my current prop the spare.

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Piranha props is what I have to get me home if I ever need. I keep mine in my tool box. Breaks down to hub and blades and stores perfectly.

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Before I moved down to the LLM I kept the OEM aluminum prop as a backup to my Foreman prop. But down here if you don’t have a prop that you can run really skinny, you may have to idle several miles to water where you can get up on plane, if you spin a hub or mangle the blades in some of the areas we fish. I run a Baumann prop on the boat and a Baumann for a backup, both with heavy cup. On a recent trip I had to run 1.65 miles across shin deep and less water with much of it over a hard bottom, to get us to our spot. No way you’re going to change out your prop and jump up on plane with the OEM aluminum prop in that. Most places the OEM will work as a spare, but in some places you need a high performance prop for a backup. Just something to consider. A long idle on a nice day is inconvenient, but if a storm blows up and the winds & lightning are getting bad I don’t want to have to idle for miles to try to beat it.

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Good points. I’m mostly upper Texas Coast, so potentially more “forgiving”.

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Im also on the upper coast, our soft mud is way more forgiving than the hard sand down south.

My spare is the stock tohatsu aluminum. I bought a heavy cupped stainless for the performance I wanted then just kept the stock for back up. Miles difference regarding performance.

With that said, my “spare prop” sits in the garage or in the truck when im fishing, only once have I had it in the boat with me so doesnt even serve me much purpose. If I damage my prop out fishing get towed back or idle back to the ramp to where I can replace it and keep fishing the next day if I’m spending a few days somewhere.

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I have a stainless 15P for sale…It’s sitting in the box…I didn’t like the way it ran on the Merc 115…previous owner…no idea why he put it on?

it’s a $600 prop…I’ll let it go for OBO .

DC

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Since I’ve got over $5k in a trolling motor and lithium battery plus a $1500 push pole I can’t afford a spare prop.

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I guess the prop on the TM is your backup

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@tailchaser16 - thanks for the info - that is a good find. Their site could use some work though - the finder doesn’t show Tohatsu, though the hub type is supported. The model numbers are hard to understand unless someone knows what they are reading.