Throw bag - tossing a rocket!!

[TREETX]

I am hesitant to post because I know I will get a bunch a feed back and guff from people saying how they don't need this product and theirs is better, etc............eventhough they have never thrown this one.

I picked up a couple of Harrison Rockets as an impulse buy at TCI.

At first I thought wow, there is $30 I will never see again....

I already have a pile of weaver bags which are a good product.

I will say that since throwing the Harrison Rocket, I am a convert. It is a great bag and much easier to manipulate through a dense canopy than a Weaver bag. It is just plain more sleek.

It is especially useful when over-shooting and then dragging a bag back to the desired crotch.

It moves with such ease, that I have put the 8oz to use several times.

Review in a nutshell - Good product!!! Worth a few extra bucks.

I heard Andy Harrison's wife makes them herself.

 

[TREETX]

I would say it moves through foliage like a 10-12 oz weaver but when hanging, it is still just 8oz.

Having said that, an 8oz still makes me go - I am sure I will put it to work in Germany on all those smooth trees. Birch, beech, chestnuts....

I have found the 10oz is the ticket though.

Amazing to hear your about-face on that bag.

I was glad it wasn't just adding a few more bags to the stack of unused ones.

I already own about 5-6 throwbags

Collecting climbing gear seems to be my guilty spending habit. And throwlines/bags/storage my fetish.

I have 6 weaver bags, a nifty bag from www.drayer.de , the 2 Rockets, sherrill cube, target cube, and now the Falteimer.

If that line tamer could hook on midline and deal with kinks, I would probably have it too.

 

[NickfromWI]

About 90% of the time I toss with an 8oz. I toss, let the momentum bring it down. Rarely does it not come all the way down. If there is a lot of drag and I have to do a lot of finaggling to get it in place, then I'll put a 12oz on it for that part, but that is rare. I use the 1.75mm Zing-it, and soon Yales little 1.75mm throwling. I just have to put a splice on it!

love
nick

 

[rbtree]

You guys are a hoot.. Come on out and try to set a line in some of our brushy conifers with those light pouches. Just be prepared for the odd toss where a 14 or 16 is needed even with 1.75 Zing-It. I usually use my 12 oz and hope it comes down. And prefer the 2.2 Zing-It for most work as it tangles less.

 

[t6140p]

Every tree has it's own bag. An 8 oz. in a shagbark hickory. I don't think so...Sometimes I wish I could shoot a concrete block through a hickory crotch to make sure that it returns to earth. A Beach tree on the other hand, 8 oz. is more then enough. then again with a "limby" Beach sometimes I'll just climb it from the ground, alternating between buckstrap and tossing my rope over the next limb...

 

[Tom Dunlap]

RJS,

I believe that Harrison was the first person to put the loop on the bottom of a production throwbag. There were some people who stitched their own on before that though.

Something that isn't evident that sets the Rocket apart from other bags is the liner. They have put the lead shot inside a bladder to contain the lead dust/slime that comes off the shot. It also gives another layer of protection if the cover gets a rip. That saved me from loosing the shot from my first Harrison Rocket.

Tom

 

[Tree Machine]

Haven't tried a Harrison...

Anyone got a link, or an address? I'll order one and try it, just to give it a fair shake. -TM-

 

[Tom Dunlap]

Fresco sells Harrison Rockets:

http://www.frescoarborist.com/


Tom

 

[Frans]

The only part I DONT like about the Rocket bag is the color.
When they get into a wet dirty redwood 60-80' up they just vanish from view
Frans

 

[wiley_p]

Tiny throebags

Amen to that Rog remember I always use my 20oz when throwing by hand never had a problem with any bark or crown density.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Originally posted by Frans
The only part I DONT like about the Rocket bag is the color.
When they get into a wet dirty redwood 60-80' up they just vanish from view
Frans

Try this on your bag.

 

[geofore]

logger fogger

If you spray it with white primer, let dry, then fog it it will be 67%-80% more reflective. The white under coat makes the top coat shine brighter, easier to see.

 

[Nathan Wreyford]

I was seperated from my Rockets and Falteimer. I have a new falteimer , but I need new Rockets. Fresco still the only rocket source??

 

[Florida16]

Ok, I thought it was illegal to take down a redwood tree and also,
what do you use to store the throwballs line? i have a sicamore limb that i wrap it around. its like 300 feet so thats another reason how i dont see a friction saver to be worth the trouble, unwrapping 300 feet, putting the friction saver on, then wrapping back up 300 feet just to get it in the tree....

 

[jkrueger]

Originally posted by Florida16
Ok, I thought it was illegal to take down a redwood tree and also,
what do you use to store the throwballs line? i have a sicamore limb that i wrap it around. its like 300 feet so thats another reason how i dont see a friction saver to be worth the trouble, unwrapping 300 feet, putting the friction saver on, then wrapping back up 300 feet just to get it in the tree....

Use a bag or cube.
Jack

 

[Nathan Wreyford]

Thanks for the hijack!!

Lots of Rockets out there. They all from Fresco?

 

[roachy]

I've been using the rocket for a couple of years now and love it .For me its simply a better design last twice as long as sherrill bags.

 

[tophopper]

Ive been using rockets for over a year, since i bought them (8oz and 10oz), ive only used my weaver bags once or twice. I do agree that the rockets are the best bags Ive ever thrown. Ive used the 8 and 10 oz bags in all different types of trees with 1.75 zing it. I never have friction troubles.

Try one, you wont go back!

 

[NickfromWI]

I don't know what it is, but the rockets ARE better. I use the 8oz as my primary shot and use it for about 95% of all shots.

It does move through the tree better, that's for sure.

love
nick

 

[Frans]

Originally posted by Florida16
"Ok, I thought it was illegal to take down a redwood tree"
Just curious, but how did you come to the conclusion that a redwood tree was to come down?
Frans