[Elecraft] Trees eating wire

[rich hurd WC3T]

I bought a 12 ounce throw weight for arborists from SherrillTree.com but I
didn't get any slick line (what the pros call it.)   Beware if you use
SherrillTree; once they have your address, you'll never be shut of them.

On Sun, May 26, 2019 at 3:04 PM Walter Underwood <wunder at wunderwood.org>
wrote:

> I was on a 50 mile Scout trek and two Scouts got a bear-bagging rope with
> a rock tied to it stuck in a tree. They pulled as hard as they could and it
> shot back and hit one of them in the neck. Luckily, it only hit soft
> tissue, but he was in shock and couldn’t turn his head for a couple of days.
>
> There is a kind of rope which is specifically designed to not get stuck in
> trees, “arborist throw line”. These days, I exclusively use that for bear
> bagging and for field antennas. Arborists also have throw weights for
> trees, though I don’t take those on hikes.
>
> http://www.wesspur.com/throw-line/zing-it-throw-line.html
>
> wunder
> K6WRU
> Walter Underwood
> CM87wj
> http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog)
>
> > On May 26, 2019, at 11:35 AM, Tom Boucher <tomg3olb at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Wayne's problem with a tree eating his wire reminds me of an incident
> some
> > years ago when I was attempting to get an antenna halyard over a tall oak
> > tree. I used some braided nylon cord with a probable breaking strain of
> > several hundred pounds, which was attached to a drilled golf ball.
> >
> > My catapult put the ball and cord over a branch somewhat lower than
> > intended so I attempted to pull it back. Of course the inevitable
> happened
> > and the ball wound itself around the branch. No matter how hard I pulled
> > the cord it wouldn't come. So I wound the cord around a piece of wood and
> > with my heels dug into the ground, gave it my full body weight plus some.
> >
> > Finally it released itself and the golf ball shot towards me hitting me
> in
> > the right foot and breaking several bones. I had literally shot myself in
> > the foot! I'm just thankful it wasn't 2 or 3 feet up otherwise my voice
> > would now be an octave or so higher.
> >
> > Heard the guys sniggering behind the curtain in the hospital A&E
> department
> > after I told them I had shot myself with a golf ball. XYL not at all
> > impressed at having to drive me to the salt mine for 6 weeks.
> >
> > Lead weights used by anglers could be even more lethal.
> >
> > Needless to say I don't use that method any more and now use a compressed
> > air device with weighted tennis balls which works a treat!
> >
> > 73,
> > Tom G3OLB
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