How many wraps on a portawrap?

[BewtifulTreeMan]

How do i determine how many wraps to use on my portawrap for different size loads?

 

[Nickrosis]

Practice, practice, practice. There's no perfect equation (they've been posted before) since some applications call for letting the rope run, some call for letting the pieces feather-flit down. (Sounds like a Spidey-ism.)

 

[MasterBlaster]

The most important thing is to WEAR GLOVES WHEN WORKING THE ROPE.

 

[Nickrosis]

And don't wrap it around yourself. Not your hands, not your waist, nothing.

 

[SteveBullman]

try and find a good rope man and stick with him.

 

[Treeman14]

Originally posted by Nickrosis
And don't wrap it around yourself. Not your hands, not your waist, nothing.

I was told a long time ago, and have often repeated: "You may take a wrap around any part of your body that you are willing to lose."

 

[MasterBlaster]

Homemade porty's, eh?

 

[MasterBlaster]

 

[MasterBlaster]

One guy I told about it made one as big as a boat anchor. It was funny, but he mounted it on his truck. It worked!

 

[DDM]

porty 2.jpg

That ressembles a boat anchor!

 

[Toddppm]

Originally posted by BewtifulTreeMan
How do i determine how many wraps to use on my portawrap for different size loads?

Take Three Wraps?

Could it be?

 

[MasterBlaster]

That's usually too many. I can run a tank with two. And my gloves.

 

[rahtreelimbs]

Also depends on the rope you are using.

Some way require 2 wraps and some 3.

 

[Lumberjack]

I would say 2-3 will handle almost anything, however if your gonna be holding the load for a long time, take another just to make it easier. Also before locking it off, sometimes it is good to make a coupla extra wraps to keep the load from moving when getting it off. Hard locking with just 2-3 wraps is fine, its just hard to keep the load from moving at all, it normally drops a few inches.

 

[rahtreelimbs]

Originally posted by Lumberjack
I would say 2-3 will handle almost anything, however if your gonna be holding the load for a long time, take another just to make it easier. Also before locking it off, sometimes it is good to make a coupla extra wraps to keep the load from moving when getting it off. Hard locking with just 2-3 wraps is fine, its just hard to keep the load from moving at all, it normally drops a few inches.

Don't forget to half-twist on the pins for a secure lock-off!

 

[TheTreeSpyder]

Don't stand too close to the draw in point of the line, and have a pre-planned route to dive into to get more friction on line against something in case of miscalcualtion.

Forearms are tender and easy to ropeburn.

 

[Toddppm]

Nobody remembers Take3wraps?


Man I been reading this stuff for tooooo lonnnnnng.

 

[tophopper]

Originally posted by Toddppm
Nobody remembers Take3wraps?


Man I been reading this stuff for tooooo lonnnnnng.

Im with ya

 

[Nickrosis]

Originally posted by tophopper
Im with ya

Todd's outrunning nearly all of us. He joined over 2 years before you did.

 

[tophopper]

What I meant was that I remembered who take3wraps was

do you?

also Nick this is my second log in name, trust me Ive been around