The Dana Planes and the Eddie Marine Planes look very similar. The only difference I see is the color of the piston-- and the price. Makes you wonder if both of these guys are buying the K-Planes from someone and just slapping their names on them.

i was think'n that same thing . . .they do look very much alike. . . . that eddie marine is a dangerous site to be on . . . lots of cool on there

I spoke to Eddie Marine today. It seems that they don't powder coat their K-Planes. They first put a clear anodized coating on, then they put a fusion coating of color on. The pistons stay clear anodized. Personally, I prefer powder coating.

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Hey Checkmate,
Thinking of spring ha? me too
Ive used dana hatch lifts, great product but i found thier powdercoating didnt handle saltwater very well.Eddie marine does make thier own tabs although very similiar and thier coating for me has help up better (fusion coating) Iv got lots of eddie fusion coated stuff , battery hold downs,cleat trims and it all has held up really well in salt .

Jim

Hey Jim;
Yes I am thinking of spring. I have had about enough of these sub-artic temps around here. That is good to know about the coatings. I was leaning towards getting the Dana tabs. They seem to be working with me regarding an issue I have about which indicator would work for me. Eddie marine told me that they can't help me. I am still sitting on the fence with this one. I have time before making a decision.
How is your motor coming along? Will you be back at OceanOutboard this year? I will still be at Grovers. I did look around for another place. But no one with indoor rac storage would take me in. Blue Water told me that my boat is too big for their racs!! I said I have a 25 Checkmate, are you kidding me.. How much smaller of a boat can you get than that? Then I looked into buying a HydroHoist and renting a spot for it. That didn't work out either. I looked into Ocean Outboard, but they told me that they wouldn't even allow me to change my own oil there. At Grovers, I can swing a motor if I had to. So it's back to Grovers.

Hey guys I think fusion coating and power coating are exactly the same thing. Check it out. Eddies tabs are $250 cheaper then danas. Both have the look of quality. I think they are machined in house by both companys.

mnwalters,

I think you are right about the coatings. But, I most likely will have to go with Dana Marine. They were able to work with me regarding a trick indicator set-up I need . Eddie Marine could not help me.

Hey Vin,
Yea Ocean Outboard can be a pain and they are expensive 120/ft $3600.00 for a 30 footer. Even Tony admits he can be anal, but he runs a very tight ship.The place is kept immaculate, his staff is all very good , his drive guy jimmy is one of the best and even the guy who runs the lift is also excellent , never a mark on my hull. But I have loyalty to him because of the trouble I had when I bought my Superboat , I think I told you the story but Its worth repeating in OSO.
Ocean Outboard of Freeport NY brokered the sale of my 30Y2K Superboat. It was a boat that I knew was raced by John the owner of Superboat and was throttled by his son an experienced throttleman and had seen some very rough water.It than had a blower added and was run a season by a novice boater, and still had the original bravo xr upper with an Imco lower .Needless to say ,no guarantee with my purchase !The day I took delivery , I ran the boat for 2 or 3 hours never going over 3500rpms(new boat to me, 30 ft single screw 7 ft beam 32pitch prop 725hp ,definetely took a little getting used to !)heading back in running 3200rpms terrible grinding and the rpms start screaming!The upper went,scrapnel flew wiped the lower also!Well long story short, The people from Ocean Outboard didnt know me at all and just figured I was some green as_hole who beat on his new toy and fried the drive with air and over rev.(I couldnt blame them)I exected very little from them to be honest. It was mid july an xr upper was impossible to find , so they got mercury to overnight a complete xr drive , overnighted the imco parts, installed a new xr upper and rebuilt my imco lower and had me back in the water in a week, and charged me about $2000.00 ,about 1/4 of the complete bill! I gotta say Thanks again Tony!! He really did go above and beyond.
Jim