Love to boat?  Show your pride with a trailer hitch propeller

Choosing the right kind of trailer hitch propeller is very important for your boat's performance.  The correct size and style of the propeller keeps the engine from over revving, giving the maximum performance.

Not all the propellers are same.  Propellers come in different sizes.  The number of blades and size of blades vary with each propel while pitch is forward movement of the propeller through one complete revolution.  Pitch can be described as speed.  Higher the pitch of the propeller faster the boat will go.  But remember pitch and rpm have inverse relationship; increasing the pitch reduces rpm and reducing the pitch increases rpm.  So if your engine performs below the average rpm consider propeller with less pitch and if your engine over revs then increase the pitch. 

Sufficient blade area is needed to properly distribute the engine power across the blade surface.  If the blade area is not sufficient enough, the prop cannot absorb all the power from the engine.  Though 2 blade and 4 blade props are available.  A 3blade prop is considered best for the job!

Usually propellers are made up of composite, aluminum or stainless steel.  The composite props are good, durable and inexpensive.  Though the aluminum props are a little bit expensive than the composite props, they are more popular as they are easy to repair.  The composite props are used and thrown, as they are irreparable.  The stainless steel props are not that popular as they are very expensive and difficult to repair.  Also they are very heavy.  But the advantage of stainless steel props is that they are durable and give higher performance. 

If you are looking for speed, then you should go in for stainless steel props for your trailer.  But if you use your boat for fishing and weekend cruising they we recommend you to use aluminum props for your trailer.  Props are described by the diameter and pitch.  Diameter can be defined as twice the distance from the hub to tip of any blade,