Questions on tending/storing throwline

[CLEARVIEW TREE]

Need suggetions on tending/ storing throwlines. For the longest i've rolled my lines into a small ditty type bag designed for the throwline. Always tossing the bag as far as i can to tighten the line and eeze entry into the bag one roll at a time. Anybody know a faster/better way? Storage cubes? Buckets?:monkey:

 

[treemandan]

I just stuff mine in a bag and hope it flies out nice. It usually does but let me just say there is nothing in this world that extracts a tantrum out of me than that little yellow line.

 

[CLEARVIEW TREE]

Yep

:monkey: I hear ya dan, especially the toss that goes about 15 ft and stops due to a large rats nest of a knot! The customer just stands there in pure amazement, puzzled while you spend the next 15 minutes untying the knot that they would've gave up on in 30sec.

 

[CLEARVIEW TREE]

Fabric softener?

Thought about soaking the line in fab softener for obvious reasons to see if it would help. A friend just rolls his up by hand and his line stays soft and pliable. Never saw him get kinked either really. He says that use has made it soft and maneuverable. Every time one of mine gets soft, that's when they tend to break.LOL Dono?

 

[md_tree_dood]

The cubes are awesome, I've seen them used a number of times and they are definitely worth the money. That being said, I have a small bag and I take off the ball from one end, feed the line in and then store the other end with the ball and my extra ball outside of the bag, this stops any tangling during travel. This method seems to work well on my line which actually has a memory and isnt' very soft.

 

[treemandan]

:monkey: I hear ya dan, especially the toss that goes about 15 ft and stops due to a large rats nest of a knot! The customer just stands there in pure amazement, puzzled while you spend the next 15 minutes untying the knot that they would've gave up on in 30sec.

Usually the knot comes from someone else putting it in the bag as I do lay it in but it is the make or break shot of the day sometimes.
Always, no one is around when I strut my stuff with that ball for safety and embarrasment reasons. Sometimes I look around to see if OL' DIRTY is hiding around the corner taking pictures.

 

[treemandan]

The cubes are awesome, I've seen them used a number of times and they are definitely worth the money. That being said, I have a small bag and I take off the ball from one end, feed the line in and then store the other end with the ball and my extra ball outside of the bag, this stops any tangling during travel. This method seems to work well on my line which actually has a memory and isnt' very soft.

I would definately like one of those but I have't the room on my truck. I am sick of that bag. Some guys use pails of varing size. Wrapping it around a stick or a loom is to slow.
Anyone try the LINETAMER?

 

[Dadatwins]

The fold up cubes work the best. Always keep one end tied to the bottom of the bag, now that really makes for an embarrassing shot as the whole length of line goes up and over the branch and back to the ground with both ends. The small bags let the rope get all tangled quickly.

 

[oldirty]

Sometimes I look around to see if OL' DIRTY is hiding around the corner taking pictures.

ummm.....

i actually do this. lol



get an old protien bucket dude. if not go big and get a cube.

i use the bucket and like it.

2 fatties (2fatguys) has a pretty good way of line storage. its in another thread that is relatively new.

from what ive heard the linetamer is not worth it.

 

[DonnyO]

two words...F-CUBE

hey JC you leavin tomorrow or what?

 

[Nailsbeats]

I use a 5 gallon bucket with the one end tied to the handle and the bag on the other. Seems to work good. Line just lays back in when done. You can use frisbies or other disks to separate multiple lines in the same bucket. Throw a disk in and stack all kinds of crap in there, 5 gallons=capacity.

 

[oldirty]

I use a 5 gallon bucket with the one end tied to the handle and the bag on the other. .

poke a hole the size of your line down near the bottom and slide the end of the line through and throw a quick 8 on the line to lock it into the bottom of the bucket. that way the line lays totally flat when you load it in and leaves the bucket nicely when you throw.

 

[Nailsbeats]

poke a hole the size of your line down near the bottom and slide the end of the line through and throw a quick 8 on the line to lock it into the bottom of the bucket. that way the line lays totally flat when you load it in and leaves the bucket nicely when you throw.

Beautiful, I knew I needed something on that order. Just beautiful.

My first thought was to put a log chain in the bottom of the bucket and tie to that. That way I would always have a spare flipline or some on the spot bracing material. lol. ooooohh. ooooohh.

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

two words...F-CUBE

I have two of them, the red ones from Sherrill are good two, and a little cheaper. i do not like the small knitting ones that they brought in as a cheap substitute.

 

[2FatGuys]

poke a hole the size of your line down near the bottom and slide the end of the line through and throw a quick 8 on the line to lock it into the bottom of the bucket. that way the line lays totally flat when you load it in and leaves the bucket nicely when you throw.

The one gallon ice cream buckets work amazingly well. They are small enough to take up very little room but large enough to hold a LOT of line. They stack well and you can cut a disc from a lid to place on top of the top bucket in the stack to keep things from messing up the line in it. What I shared with Oldirty in the other thread is that we use CHEAP mini-blind chord for throw lines. It is braided... strong as HE#%... CHEAP... flexible... CHEAP... comes in a variety of "designer" colors... ties and unties easily... slick... and did I mention CHEAP?? We use different colors for different lengths... that way I can tell a groundie to get me the silver throw line (he has no clue that the silver is a 200') or the yellow throw line (150'), etc. Rather than the disc on top idea, we now have one extra bucket where we put our various throw bags and also some small climbing / rigging stuff (like pulleys, snap links, etc.).

We've all had times when the inevitable bird's nest happens. This stuff is so cheap that I don't bother spending more than 2-3 minutes untangling it. I toss it and spool off more when we get back to the shop.

 

[(WLL)]

The one gallon ice cream buckets work amazingly well. .

and taste even better