WorkBoat Magazine Features ImpelPro: A Tool Built for Commercial Fleets

Written by Eddie Protzeller, Marine Mechanic & Inventor of ImpelPro® Impeller Puller. We're thrilled to share a major milestone: WorkBoat Magazine has published a feature on ImpelPro, highlighting how our impeller puller is transforming one of the most frustrating maintenance tasks for workboat operators and marine technicians.

At Pacific Marine Expo in Seattle, our founder Eddie Protzeller demonstrated the ImpelPro puller live on the show floor for Senior Editor Ben Hayden. After watching Eddie pull an impeller with one hand, Ben tried the tool himself on a dry impeller from our display. In under two minutes, he removed it—no wrestling threads, no fighting for leverage, no two-handed struggle.

Eddie then walked Ben through a real-world scenario: a water pump buried in a cramped engine compartment, wedged behind guards, plumbing, and brackets. The kind of space that makes even veteran shipyard mechanics and tug crews groan when it's time for an impeller change. That hands-on experience led to the feature story now published on WorkBoat.com.

For workboat fleets and offshore operators, downtime is money. ImpelPro delivers the reliability commercial operations demand with a bearing-driven extraction system, independent tightening and extraction threads, and compact arms engineered for tight engine compartments—no removing cabs or guards to get the job done. Designed, engineered, and assembled in America, with most parts coming from Washington and Idaho, and a few components from trusted sources in China.

For Eddie, who spent 14 years maintaining engines and pumps at Western Towboat Co. in Seattle, this tool represents a decade-long mission: a better way to remove impellers safely, quickly, and with confidence.

We're honored to be recognized by WorkBoat Magazine—and excited to demo ImpelPro at the International WorkBoat Show (booth #3963).

👉 Read the full article on WorkBoat.com: https://www.workboat.com/marine-technician-designs-tool-to-simplify-impeller-removal See how ImpelPro can reduce downtime for your fleet at impelpro.com Eddie Protzeller is a Seattle-based tugboat mechanic, marine mechanic, and the inventor of the ImpelPro® Impeller Puller. With 15 years of hands-on experience servicing inboard engines and generators, Eddie designed ImpelPro after struggling to remove a severely stuck impeller in a tight engine compartment. He specializes in boat cooling systems and impeller maintenance.

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