Throwbag

[Dean Lofthouse]

Has anybody had a go at using one of the dog ball thrower things for launching?

[Gray git]

Yes, bloody hopeless, either went off nowhere near where I intended or line got snarled round the end and went nowhere.

Tryed tieing the line to a tennis ball which worked better for directional and released better but was lethal bouncing around the crown and not heavy enough to come down, went back to just lobing the ball for the dog with it.

 

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[Dean Lofthouse]

Thank you... You've saved me a few Bob and a load of time ☺

[john meehan]

Doesnt steve bullman have something like this? Sure i read that in the apta thread

 

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[Joe Newton]

Doesnt steve bullman have something like this? Sure i read that in the apta thread

 

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His was a blank firing thing purpose built for throwlines.

 

Think he's gone back to using ladders.

[john meehan]

Fair do's wass it not so good?

 

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[Steve Bullman]

His was a blank firing thing purpose built for throwlines.

 

Think he's gone back to using ladders.

 

Yep thats what I have and I think thats what Dean was referring to. Its adapted from the dog ball launcher.

 

Its pretty good, but I never used it enough. I suspect Graygit had the cheaper version that came as a gun minus the fishing real. That was the one good thing about mine, it just never got tangled.

 

There is infinite adjustment to set the distance, its all down to how you place the weight on the device prior to squeezing the trigger. Unfortunately there is no gauge anywhere so it really is a case of experience to know how to set it. I never used mine enough to get that experience, mostly due to the fact we just dont have that many big trees. It is overkill for most of our trees! Fun toy though

[felixthelogchopper]

Yep thats what I have and I think thats what Dean was referring to. Its adapted from the dog ball launcher.

 

Its pretty good, but I never used it enough. I suspect Graygit had the cheaper version that came as a gun minus the fishing real. That was the one good thing about mine, it just never got tangled.

 

There is infinite adjustment to set the distance, its all down to how you place the weight on the device prior to squeezing the trigger. Unfortunately there is no gauge anywhere so it really is a case of experience to know how to set it. I never used mine enough to get that experience, mostly due to the fact we just dont have that many big trees. It is overkill for most of our trees! Fun toy though

 

Could have done with that on the last job before Xmas.

[Andyhope1977]

I've picked up the tennis ball catapult. Got a old knackered throw bag with half the shot missing. As long as you get the throw line running tidy it will throw it. For 10 quid off eBay ita a laugh and you can annoy your team leader with crab Apple's from a tidy range.

 

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[MattyF]

One of tree stuffs APTA launchers is your best bet and far more accurate dean.

Got one of the 22 dog launchers it's ok you need to put atleast 12oz of lead in it to calm it down from ricochet and make it retrievable... the only time it's seen any real use is the kids playing war with it at Christmas though.