linecutters. are they worth it?

chauzer · Post by **chauzer** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 12:59 am

a friend of mine is giving me a set of linecutters to put on the prop shafts. they are off an f32 and they are the right diameter for mine. seems like alot of messing around to get them on but on the other hand it seems like cheap insurance. opinions? also, does the shaft support have actual bearings in it, or is it just a bushing?

RWS · Post by **RWS** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 8:13 am

They are a great idea in theory...... I considered them for my International, but was told that they will disrupt water flow around the prop to a small degree.

I chose not to utilize them.Since you already own them, why not run some detailled performance tests botb before installing them and after?

Then you'll know for sure.

RWS

Danny Bailey · Post by **Danny Bailey** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 10:28 am

I have lived 60 years without them and have had to go overboard only once to get a crabpot bouy line out of the wheel. When I got to the prop the line had freed itself and was gone. Your shaft support strut has a removeable bronze and rubber bushing / bearing in it that is water lubricated.

chauzer · Post by **chauzer** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 1:52 pm

thats a good idea to run a test with and without the cutters. thanks guys for the info and ideas. the only reason i considered putting them on was, every year there seems to be a group of "tree huggers" that attack the sportfishing boats. what they do is dump huge bundles of plastic baler twine in to the water so it spins up into the props of boats. its happened just about every year for the last 5 years and the coast guard can't seem to catch them.

rossjo · Post by **rossjo** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 2:48 pm

Brilliant!

Tree huggers protest fishermen by throwing huge bundles of plastic baler twine in to the water for birds, otters, etc. to strangle in.

Years ago - the tree huggers would protest our dirt bike enduros by laying across the trail out in the woods ... never hit one, but did have to go around a few. Their camp sites were often left dirty ...

chauzer · Post by **chauzer** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 3:46 pm

i always thought that was pretty stupid myself! a friend of mine spun a bunch of baler twine into his prop just north of milwaukee and had to run on one screw all the way to algoma. instead of a 12 hour trip it was more like 22 hours! as you can guess he wasn't all smiles and laughter when he came into port. they better hope, for their sake, they get caught by the coast guard and not the sportfishing community!