Throwline alternatives

[sac-climber]

Just picked up 50' of 3mm accessory cord for to keep some odds and ends tidy on my saddle. Then it struck me as I was wondering what to do with the other 49' that it might work as throwline. Well it passed the test with me and I'm hooked. No more tangled a** mess, slick as snot in tight crotches and rough bark, and has a 450lb breaking strength.

Has anyone else given this stuff a shot or have any other non conventional lines they use?

 

[imagineero]

I've tried using some of the crap that other guys use as throw lines - small diameter 3 strand nylon, builders string line etc, and every time I have a go at that it reminds me of why I always use throwline. Throwline works really good as throwline from my experience. It's almost like it was made for it.

3mm accessory cord must cost more than throwline if it's the stuff I'm thinking of anyhow (from rock climbing store?). 50' is nowhere near enough. Might be ok if you are climbing 25' trees, but you can get ladders bigger than that. If you get 150' of it, you'll find that even a 16 oz ball probably doesn't get it back to the ground, and that it absorbs too much wetness and quickly is no longer slick which makes the problem even worse. Try 2.2mm fling it.

 

[sac-climber]

I've tried using some of the crap that other guys use as throw lines - small diameter 3 strand nylon, builders string line etc, and every time I have a go at that it reminds me of why I always use throwline. Throwline works really good as throwline from my experience. It's almost like it was made for it.

3mm accessory cord must cost more than throwline if it's the stuff I'm thinking of anyhow (from rock climbing store?). 50' is nowhere near enough. Might be ok if you are climbing 25' trees, but you can get ladders bigger than that. If you get 150' of it, you'll find that even a 16 oz ball probably doesn't get it back to the ground, and that it absorbs too much wetness and quickly is no longer slick which makes the problem even worse. Try 2.2mm fling it.

I figured 50' could prove itself handy for advancing a line in the tree and it has. The stuff cost five bucks for fifty feet. Idk what it cost if you buy it per foot, probably more than a quality throw line. Typically I use zing-it but also have two hanks of standard old slick line, the kind that ties itself in knots if you look at it wrong.

What's the difference in fling it and zing it?

 

[imagineero]

This must be different stuff from what I'm thinking at that price. Can you take a photo of it?

 

[sgreanbeans]

It's almost like it was made for it.

LMAO!

 

[imagineero]

I've got to stop drinking before posting

 

[imagineero]

What's the difference in fling it and zing it?

I can't really answer that. I've used both, and I find fling it to be stronger, last longer, tangle less and handle nicer. I use the 2.2mm, and usually have 3 or 4 throw line setups on hand. Two in cubes, and two on reels. When I buy a new line it goes in the cube, and the old cube goes on the reel. The reels get used for hand throwing, and get used a lot for pulling out dead wood, pulling trees over and swing branches. It's incredible how strong 2.2mm fling it is. I've had 4 guys on doubled fling it all pulling as hard as they can and never been able to break it. By doubling it I mean the throw line goes over the crotch, back to ground then wrap the ball/line around the reel a few times and the reel is now a handle.

I reserve the cubes for big shot use.

 

[sac-climber]

I'll get a pic up this afternoon.