gf beranek
Old Schooler
You're a breed apart from most bucket operators. I was bucket man too, for a while. Though my true love was always the ropes.
Those new ropes had a unique smell and would squeak running through the tautline.
I never dragged one down a road! New rope days you were bound to get splinters even with the burnishing.
I still have a few old manila ropes in the shed... can't bring myself to toss them out... witnesses to a different time.