Sherrill buys Honey Brothers and Treekit in the UK

[CurSedVoyce]

My bad. It was Buckingham.

Teardrop Throwbags - 16A1

All Buckingham throw bags have a tighter, more aerodynamic design with all seams reinforced with two rows of stitching. The specific “teardrop” shape allows the bag to fly much more efficiently and provides a more accurate throw for setting your line.

buckinghammfg.com

 

[lxskllr]

That's a heavy bag. You handthrowing those?

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Yes. Or big shot as required.

 

[Burnham]

I don't know what use Stephen puts his 20 oz. bags too...but for me they are more often tied on after the throw or BigShot use with a somewhat lighter bag, for manipulations requiring pulling a lot of line back down.

edit: I see his answer.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Used for that too to help isolate a line.
I rarely use under 16oz here. You'll find those will often just not come down. Unless you really need a high shot. Like 100 foot plus.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Today I pulled my line right into a tree I hand threw a week ago. 20oz weight to 75 feet on 100+ ponderosa. Across two limbs with that bark, I would have had to let the throw weight run to the street at 16oz. Not cool.
Climbed up. Set the zip line and my tie in about 90. Then got to work. Had that lined out and topped in 3 hours, chunked down by 4hr mark. Just had to lay them flat. Up on a hill, thus brush lined to driveway. 4.5 hrs start to finish, including packed and billed.
Having that line in when I dropped the chipper off a week ago made the day go slick.
Yes. I wraptored up to the 75 foot mark saving my knee some stress. Plus a week of sick.

 

[Treeaddict]

A 20oz sounds nice. My APTA only shoots 12oz though. Maybe I could change barrels? It’s homemade with a 1.5” threaded galvanized steel barrel. I usually let it drop, clip on another bag, and then pull it up to work it where needed. The 20 may save that step.

 

[lxskllr]

You could stitch your own bag. Go longer instead of fatter.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

See if I can find some 1.5 pipe and see if it fits.

 

[friedrich]

the ftc stiffline has teflon spray coating on it when its new, some people use automotive teflon spray to make sticky throwline slick again..

 

[Treeaddict]

I made a mistake. It shoots a 12oz. At least that’s the perfect fit. Making a longer one is a good idea. I’ll never do it but it’s an excellent idea. I don’t know how to use a sewing machine and it’s too tedious to hand stitch 🤪

 

[lxskllr]

I assume yours is the same diameter as mine. I can squeeze a 14oz weaver bag in, and a wesspur 14oz fits easily.

edit:
The "wesspur" bag is made by climbright. It just has their name on it. a climbright bag from elsewhere would be the same thing I imagine.

 

[treebogan]

One of the best throw weights I had ,was the keeper pin from a 10" chevy rear diff.

It was deadly accurate and just sailed through Spruce crowns like a bullet. Give one a try.

 

[lumberjack]

Is that the cross pin that held the spider gears @treebogan ? Pull it to remove the c clips from the tips of the axles so they could be removed?

 

[Bermy]

One of the best throw weights I had ,was the keeper pin from a 10" chevy rear diff.

It was deadly accurate and just sailed through Spruce crowns like a bullet. Give one a try.

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Oh no, the silver dildo is reborn!

 

[lxskllr]

I really like the hard ball I got for positioning. In retrospect, I should have gotten the Pulsar, but the 12oz ball works ok. I like it specifically for manipulating the line through the canopy. Throw a regular bag, let it drop, then hook up the hard ball for positioning. It's not essential gear, but it's a nice addon to the kit that makes life easier in the right trees.

 

[Treeaddict]

What’s this hard ball you speak of?

 

[lxskllr]

This is the one I should have gotten...

18 oz Pulsar Throw Weight by FTC

Details18oz, metal core /polymer shell throw weight for precision work. Durable, easy to spot, with natural bounce.The Pulsar from FTC is a throw weight for precision tree work. The galvanized steel core with polymer shell makes this heavier (18 oz) and more durable than other weights...

www.wesspur.com

I got the 12oz Meteor, cause 12 is my preferred weight, but I like it better as a manipulation bag than a throwbag. They're expensive, and not absolutely necessary, but you can make them dance in the limbs. It's a nice tool to have for trickier setups.

 

[High Scale]

I've liked FTC stuff for years and we have been approached by them to sell their gear, we may start stocking the throwline but apart from that and maybe the lowering devices which are sexy but we probably won't sell that many of them, there's not much else that catches the eye.

 

[Treeaddict]

I've liked FTC stuff for years and we have been approached by them to sell their gear, we may start stocking the throwline but apart from that and maybe the lowering devices which are sexy but we probably won't sell that many of them, there's not much else that catches the eye.

You have a retail store ?

 

[High Scale]

You have a retail store ?

No I work for one.

 

[gf beranek]

The Silver Dildo ha! Treepedo!

 

[treebilly]

Was that the rope knight? More commonly known as the silver dildo of death. Pretty sure I volunteered to test one out with a big shot and/or APTA one night but Thomas didn’t want to send me one.

 

[Burnham]

You got off lucky, Rich. Remember all the grief he gave me after I reviewed the Rope Knight he did send to me?

There's at least three threads regarding the history between Thomas and the TreeHouse writ large. Search will get you there if anyone is curious, I suspect.

 

[Burnham]

The last two are in the EF. All three threads were closed by Butch...rancorous noise from both sides iirc. I was not entirely innocent .
LOTS of posts in all three threads.

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