They stack nice. smaller ones hold 2-300 feet of like 1/2 " . Larger ones hold 300 or so feet of 5/8ths and 400 or so of 1/2. Get into 600 foot spools and you need a good solid commercial Brute Tuff Can. Rubbermaid® Brute® Trash Can - 44 Gallon, Gray H-1046GR - Uline -...
Throwline gets stowed AND shot from cube. Lid is for having to flake on ground in lieu of cube when isolating or pulling the rope through the tree from the cube end. It's some times easier to pull a line in a tree following the flight path. Pull lines on conifer especially. That way, the end...
17 and 27 gallon. Even the smaller lid is about 24" long.
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Yeah, we often use mesh tarps over landscaping that would be hard or impossible to rake. Even gravel so clean up is faster.
Harbor Frieght has some pretty reasonable mesh tarps.
I tried making a throw line tarp set up. Canvas. Went right back to cubes. Tangled way more than a throw line cube. Tangles will always happen. Just like anything, mitigate the problem with a back up plan. Move on. Do job.
Buckets work fine. As long as you dont kick them :D
Old junk lines, beat up cube, i keep a couple handy for leaving a line in a tree I need to come back to. That way, if we get called out on an emergency Or something, good lines are handy.
always have more than one cube and line with weights set up grass hopper. You can pull an untangled line in to pull your rope up with. then the tangle won't set into a tight knot you will have to deal with. I keep 3-4 throw line set ups in each truck. You get one stuck, pull out the next one...
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