Horrible as in holeshot? That's kind of strange even though they were a 26 and 27 and you have noted your best results have been with a 24. I have run ET's, Hydromotive Quad variants, Choppers, Modded choppers, the entire Hoss Line, Yammys, etc. etc. Now most of these weren't load carriers, but the best all around prop I found was the Trophy whether it was 2" below the pad all the way to 3/4" above. Handled great, carried weight very well and ran balanced without a abundance of bow lift and still had a very respectable top end.