Tree Machine

Answering this question: It is a shotline winder designed specifically for managing and stowing throwing line, available at Treestuff.com Look how the Throwpod lays in there with the reel upside down. I have found this combo to be very practical together. That is nice, as I store the reel upside down, on the underside of a shelf so it is always within reach and never in the way of anything. I use the reel because you can fire 80 foot shots directly off the reel*, rarely if ever a tangle and line is retrieved at 10 feet per second. Cubes justr don't do that. This is part of the reason I enjoy linesetting so much, not just the accuracy, but the streamlined management of the line itself, tangles and line stuffing is pretty much a thing of the past. I still keep a cube on board, though. P.S. Not an old workbench. This is my mobile unit. It's what I roll with. * using 1.75 mm Dyneema

But that is my only complaint, and that is really rather small. Here's a sweet advantage, and this goes along with the other guys who are finding phenomenal control with the Throwpod in working the device through the crown, whether pulling a fouled shot or tracing your line back down. Here is something entertaining to try and make work for yourself. I find this to be a MAJOR advantage over any other bag or weight. I think I can describe why this works so well. This will take a few pictures: We've all had the situation where we need to just crawl the weight over top of whatever its draped over so it will just drop over, not be flung back and over too far. These were really challenging pictures holding the shotline with one hand and the camera with the other, but I think these pictures really show what is happening. Here is what I think is going on. As the Throwpod is gently crested over the limb the Thropod's elongated eye is pulled over top, just below the eye becomes a fulcrum point. Pull a little more and the stiff, smooth, tapered form tilts, slides, inverts and drops over, like in as slow-a-motion as you like. Like buttah. This is really quite difficult to do with a bag over a small-diameter limb because a floppy, contour-changing surface does not give a point of pivot. I love this new element of control. Like going from an acoustic guitar to an electric guitar, or from rack and pinion steering to power steering. Different in an overall easier way while still achieving essentially the same goal. I'll take easier any day.

This is an issue I need solving. Long ago I went to eye terminations in my ropes. The picture shows a 10 oz Harrison Rocket snuggled up to a mini spring gate biner. I have lived so long with offing the bag, and onning the rope in one single, one-second motion with climbing gloves on, then projectile off and bag back on in one second. I miss this swiftness, and though I have found new advantages in the throwpod, having to take my gloves off to tie hitches or knots in small stuff is not where I want to be spending any time, but like Bolam, I am looking for a solution.

Hey guys, Tree Machine, from across the pond. I came across your 10 oz throwpod at Treestuff.com. Just had to have one. I took a deep breath, as I learned this would cost me SEVENTY U.S. dollars I reminded myself, this is not a $70 'cost'. It is not a consumable like petrol, or bar oil or food. This lets me take tree gear out of the category of 'cost' and I will rationalize it in my head it as an investment; the more advantages I find in the new tool, the better the investment. Besides, I take line setting very, very seriously. It is one element in the profession of arboriculture that I just really, really enjoy, probably more so than anything else. I am freakishly accurate, so those of you who also possess this mutant gene for tossing and shooting projectiles, you share with me a joy that is hard to describe to anyone other than another tree guy. I know this crowd can relate. Nailing the shot or throw on the first try is where the bar is set. That is always the goal.