Thowlining paraphernalia recommendations

[MattyF]

Apta launcher was good , probably the best out of most the alternatives, as long as you had a good pump. 
my throwing was not great , just practice for 15 mins once a week and it will improve massively over a month or so.  
big shots are ok , with out sounding like a wet wipe the forces of what you need to propel 12-14oz bags up a tree are potentially lethal , didn’t some one die a year or so back when a pole collapsed or elastic broke ???  , I would just buy the stine one and save yourself the time and have some piece of mind.

[Steve Bullman]

yep had one of those rocket launchers, way overkill. The big rocket would drift off course with the slightest breeze, whilst the solid metal one would literally kill someone! Very loud too, you'd definetly want your ear defenders on or you'd get ringing ears. There was the option of adjusting the power by using one of 3 different sized pellets....but also you could reduce the distance you fire by how far you push the rocket down on the launcher. Never used it enough to really get a good feel of it. it was a £200 gimicky impulse buy.

[Rich Rule]

6 hours ago, MattyF said:

Apta launcher was good , probably the best out of most the alternatives, as long as you had a good pump. 
my throwing was not great , just practice for 15 mins once a week and it will improve massively over a month or so.  
big shots are ok , with out sounding like a wet wipe the forces of what you need to propel 12-14oz bags up a tree are potentially lethal , didn’t some one die a year or so back when a pole collapsed or elastic broke ???  , I would just buy the stine one and save yourself the time and have some piece of mind.

The didn’t die, unless it was another incident.

 

A guy I used to work with had a big shot collapse on him.  iIRC it fractured his skull

and he was seriously injured with memory loss for quite a while.

 

 

[MattyF]

40 minutes ago, Rich Rule said:

The didn’t die, unless it was another incident.

 

A guy I used to work with had a big shot collapse on him.  iIRC it fractured his skull

and he was seriously injured with memory loss for quite a while.

 

 

Not sure rich It was a while back … possibly in America or could have been your mate. 

[Rich Rule]

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[kram]

APTA appears to be a bog standard potato air cannon made from 2" plumbing  pipe and fittings, but they added a little ziptied handle to justify the $400 price.

 

A common tyre fitters tool is the 5 gallon bead blaster. In theory they are proper rated pressure vessels, just needs a bit of pipe for the launching barrel. It is far too big, dangerous with that much air.

 

 

Theres a smaller version.

3L of air should be plenty, but 9L might only need 30 or 40psi, and I suppose that might be safer over all. Lower pressure may need a longer barrel.

 

I'm thinking I will try a small blaster cannon, and a clone of the bigshot.

 

 

[Oldfeller]

These are pretty good, you can with a little practice get the saws, all the fuel cans,rigging, safety gear and enough food to see the day out, all in one go, with the added advantage if you misjudge it a bit you and all the kit will smash most of the top out saving a lot of work, and you can do the rest when you regain consciousness.