Topic: Prop storage dilemma – Antique Outboard Motor Club,Inc

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May 20, 2017 at 5:11 pm #7077
opposedtwin
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I have waaaay too many props, but I hate to get rid of them out of fear I may need one some day. Until I have my collection somewhat more complete, I’ll have to hang onto them.

Until that day, I need to find an efficient way to store them. How do you guys store your props if they’re not on a motor?

Thoughts? Suggestions? Pictures?
Thanks!
May 20, 2017 at 5:19 pm #58059
dave-bernard
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use a heavy base. add a threaded rod to the center slide the props on the rod works great. I used a brake drum. now have 6ft rack taking up no space.
May 21, 2017 at 1:55 am #58075
chris-p
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I stack them in totes.
May 21, 2017 at 3:40 am #58086
mr-asa
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I’ve seen ’em strung up on lines and hung between rafters in people’s shops.
May 21, 2017 at 12:39 pm #58093
Buccaneer
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I solved my prop storage problem……. gave a whole tub
of them away at Tomahawk….. a lot of them were
Chrysler, or which I had nothing to put them on!

Prepare to be boarded!
May 21, 2017 at 12:52 pm #58094
fisherman6
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I hope I can find someone giving away Chrysler props at Tomahawk. I have a 9.6 Sea King that has kind of a beat up prop on it. It needs a few other things too, but a prop is one.

I have seen them on threaded rod posts and strings lots of times. I have them in a tote, but I don’t have that many of them.
-Ben

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May 21, 2017 at 12:59 pm #58095
opposedtwin
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quote Buccaneer:

I solved my prop storage problem……. gave a whole tub
of them away at Tomahawk….. a lot of them were
Chrysler, or which I had nothing to put them on!

Hey buccaneer! I will definitely be giving away many this year at tomahawk. Many of them I simply can’t identify so there’s no use hanging onto them.
May 21, 2017 at 3:19 pm #58103
Tubs
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Use drywall screws to hang them on.

A "Boathouse Repair" is one thats done without having tools or the skills to do it properly.
May 24, 2017 at 12:12 am #58222
garry-in-michigan
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We used iron spikes driven into the logs of the garage at Houghton Lake – 84 of them, as I recall. Here in Florida I used 1/2" dowling set into the studs. Our termites love them . . .
May 25, 2017 at 6:58 pm #58315
retiredoz
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Ol rusted Merc driveshafts (the ones with the pinion gear attached) work just fine too. Stack them and put them where you have to trip over them.
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