Change default "create archive" from .zip to .sitx

Hi everyone.
This probably sounds like a crazy question (why on earth would I want to do this??). In any case, I'm in an office situation where we transfer files over a network and an outside office connects to our servers via FTP. As we transfer files, we've had to zip them in the past, but now we're having weird issues with the some of the larger files getting corrupted, so our IT guy has told us we need to start trying to stuff them instead. (We're a Mac-based company, so no PC issues here).
In any case, when I zipped the files in the past, I'd just do the handy right-click and select "Create Archive..." option from the menu.
Is there a way to change the Create Archive function to default to creating a sitx file instead of a zip file?
Our IT guy doesn't seem to know off hand. He's a busy person so I figured I'd try to do some research for him, and if there's a way to do it, I'd let him know how.
Really appreciate any help!

Just to add a bit to this: if you do get StuffIt Deluxe in order to have the Contextual Menu item available, BEWARE! The unpatched version of their menu will cause the Finder to crash when accessing the Contextual menu. There is a patch available on their web site. But the next system update may cause the problem to reappear.
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