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duckhunting84
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 Hard Facing Just wondering if any of you guys have had a hard facing put on your prop, and if it extended the life of your prop?
I have a guy that runs a welding shop near me, that has been doing it to his props. He claims to get about 3 times the life out of the prop. He charges $100.00 to do it. Trying to decide on if I want to try it out or not. I am due for a new prop and would like it to last a bit longer than the last one.
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cb5331
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Joined: Fri Dec 18, 2009 8:10 pm
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Location: Rowlett, TX
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Re: Hard Facing Yeah. I have stainless steel on mine. Pretty hard stuff.
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duckduckboom
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Joined: Tue Nov 23, 2010 6:33 pm
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Location: Corner of Hell an high water, La
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Re: Hard Facing Cb you are a dick. Stay out of sand and rocks and they will last
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duckhunting84
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Joined: Tue Oct 11, 2011 3:45 pm
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Re: Hard Facing This guy is using tungsten carbide. 
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duckhunting84
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Re: Hard Facing The mud we run in out here is a very gritty mud, and will eat a prop pretty quick. This guy runs the same areas that I do. I may just give it a try, and let you guys know what I find out.
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cb5331
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Location: Rowlett, TX
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Re: Hard Facing Takes one to know one, Ginger.
Look through some older prop posts. I remember some guys talking about this a while back. Ddb was right though, stay outta the rocks and sand and they will last a lot longer.
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muddawgchuck
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Joined: Fri Oct 01, 2010 9:22 pm
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Location: Spurger Tx.
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Re: Hard Facing Curious about this as well.
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HUNT4DEER
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Joined: Sun Jan 03, 2010 10:39 am
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Location: DODGIN ROCKS ON THE RIVER OR CARS ON THE INTERSTATE
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Re: Hard Facing ss is not hard, just chewy
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Tenpoint
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Location: Patterson LA
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Re: Hard Facing Seems like it would have to work. I have hard faced a couple dredge cutting heads before. I dont think they would do that if it wasnt for a reason. Id try it and see. for 100 bucks it may be worth it considering the price of a new prop.
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Gigafowl
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Location: Trinity Bay - Texas
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Re: Hard Facing It is a layer of hard material - so it works for a short while - I would
no pay 100.00 ( 1/3 cost of new prop ) to get maybe 2 or 3 extra
hours out of a 50 to 75 hour prop...
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muddawgchuck
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Location: Spurger Tx.
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Re: Hard Facing
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BradS
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Location: Lafayette, La
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muddawgchuck
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Re: Hard Facing
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Gigafowl
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Re: Hard Facing
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Quack Stackin
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Re: Hard Facing
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duckhunting84
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Re: Hard Facing The guy that is hard facing his prop, is telling me he would get about 1 duck season out of a prop that wasn't hard faced, and that he would get about 3 seasons out of a hard faced prop. So 100 bucks for hard facing vs 400 plus for new props is a big difference. I have him doing my new prop this week!
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Gigafowl
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Re: Hard Facing Post a pic when it is done as well as a description of the process....
Will be interesting to see it after one pass over oysters and sand also....
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duckhunting84
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Re: Hard Facing
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