Throw Bag with Rings on Both Ends?

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Back to the original conversation, its not a sack with rings at both ends but it does have a ring and a very durable cordage loop, I love Wesspurs "unbreakable throw weights" I get more than a year out of them and use them hard every day. Best projectile I have used...
 
Re: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly!

SO whats the price of a SLUG nowadays Tuttle. I would like to give one a whirl too...
 
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It's a bit of a derail, but...

To leap over, or plow through smaller sprouts or stubs (sacrificial, or course), you can tie a piece of wood into the middle of the length of your throwline. You only need a piece roughly the size of a typical hammer handle. After pulling it up to the branch, you can work it back and forth over the branch to walk the throwline along the limb and closer into the branch collar.

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That's a good tip, I'll try that Oceans, thanks.

Oops!!! I didn't mean to be any part of a derail. I don't know of any two ring bags. I use both ends of the RopeKnight that way at times by slipping a split ring in the provieded hole.

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You can use it like this Merle
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You will find this works better than a stick which can get you stuck or adding another line to hop or jump past stubs cause another line may not drag down to th ground.
And with no rings to hang you up its smooth and easy. Just one smooth and easy tool, unless you want rings and than you can just add or subtract them as you wish.

Desperation is when your bags get jammed,hung up and/or bust open and you have to resort to whatever you have to get into the tree and finally progressing to your TiP.

Cheers
 

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Yes. I used many Harision Rockets over the years. They all break.

I still don't see anyone running with this idea and making a throw weight like I suggested. It would be much more durable than what is out there.

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Lindens. I know some huge ones that you think you could find a nice union to aim for, but NO! You have to throw your climb line with a monkey fist.

I never knew of the ThrowPod. Seems a great deal like RopeShield's design. A while ago, I swore the day one of my Harrison Rockets blew out that I would buy a RopeShield. I'm still waiting for that day. (oceans, Jun 22, 2013)
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Yes! To be perfectly honest. The Harrison Rockets just won't quit.

I'm probably lucky to work in a community without much hardscape around. Rural areas might allow for longer throwbag life than more metropolitan environments.
 
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Yes! To be perfectly honest. The Harrison Rockets just won't quit.

I'm probably lucky to work in a community without much hardscape around. Rural areas might allow for longer throwbag life than more metropolitan environments.
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Just amazing. What a contrast to @Jamin_Mayer's experience.

@Jamin_Mayer said: " Bump.

Yes. I used many Harision Rockets over the years. They all break.

I still don't see anyone running with this idea and making a throw weight like I suggested. It would be much more durable than what is out there."

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It makes me wonder if hardscape is the big difference between these two user experiences, or if it was something else. If it was just the hardscape aspect, maybe trying to control the descent to avoid the impacts could drastically improve life expectancy of the throwbag. That does cause other problems, sometimes, I realize, as trying to hold back on a falling weight can often cause it to pendulum around a branch and get hung up solidly. Nice to be able to just let it fall freely to the ground.

Interesting question about Tuttle's disappearance; too bad.

Tim

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Just amazing. What a contrast to @Jamin_Mayer's experience.

@Jamin_Mayer said: " Bump.

Yes. I used many Harision Rockets over the years. They all break.

I still don't see anyone running with this idea and making a throw weight like I suggested. It would be much more durable than what is out there."

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It makes me wonder if hardscape is the big difference between these two user experiences, or if it was sonething else. If it was just the hardscape aspect, maybe trying to control the descent to avoid the impacts could drastically improve life expectancy of the throwbag. That does cause other problems, sometimes, I realize, as trying to hold back on a falling weight can often cause it to pendulum around a branch and get hung up solidly. Nice to be able to just let it fall freely to the ground.

Interesting question about Tuttle's disappearance; too bad.

Tim

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You raise some good points. I guess mine are lasting forever just because I hit all my throws exactly where I want them to go on the very first try, day in and day out. In fact, I can't ever remember missing a throw. :numberone:;)
 
Tim I BigShot with my line on a spool on the ground just in front of me and frequently or usually reach out and grab it with a gloved hand to put the brakes on. I don't think I can remember it wrapping a limb as a result of this. When I do wrap a limb for other reasons of my own creation I can still pull it and get it to unwrap. I think that is another benefit of using the RopeKnight most of the time. (By the way, they are very affordable on ebay still.)
 
I have played around with that technique in the past. On the ground I would throw the bag over a branch while letting the string slide through my almost closed other hand. As the bag just passes the branch the string is grabbed momentarily so it will stop and come back to you. With a little practice I was able to catch the bag in my shirt pocket. Great fun until one shot came back as a line drive rather than a nice arc and smacked me hard in my chest. I had also thought about catching it in my front pants pocket, but after the line drive hit decided against it!
 
I never really look at the cost of throwbags as a big deal. They all break occasionally or get lost. If you want your rope 75ft above you there are really only 3 options; You riding the crane, you riding the bucket, you throwing a $15 dollar throwbag. I can buy a lot of throwbags for less than 100k.
 
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