dynaglide...

[Widow Shooter]

Sucks large in my opinion...

I have relegated it to pullling out hangers since it is 1100# break strength.

pretty much all it is useful for.

that shit gets stuck all the time and the tension it has necessitates the use of a super heavy throwbag to get it down.

More than thrice have I had BOTH ends get hung from the tension...

I pretty much stick to Zing-it 1.75 now, 'specially with both ends being spliced by Nick

Anybody else have bad luck with dynaglide?

 

[inztrees]

Its not so bad on the hands tho.

 

[Widow Shooter]

bout the only trees I would use it on would be soft maples, beech and red oaks...anyhting else, no 'effin way

 

[SkwerI]

Scott, I had the same problem with 1.75 Zing-it cutting my hands. Went to the heavier 2.2mm Zing-it and have been using that for the last several years. Much easier on the hands and it doesn't get wind knots as easily. If I were regularly setting lines over 100' then I might go back to 1.75 for the extra distance, but it isn't needed here in Florida.

 

[inztrees]

Yeah I was big into the dynoglide but when I started the ALB I was given a zing it and I'm still throwing it. It doesn't get hackled up and that's good in the woods.

 

[rangerdanger]

Zing It is the bomb. I love my spliced 1.75mm Zing It. Also rocking some 2.2mm Fling It, but I prefer the Zing It, because I can splice it.

Surprised me on Tuesday. I actually broke some Zing It pulling on it with just my weight. Had it wrapped around a stick for leverage, and where it broke, a few fibers appeared to be compromised, so it wasn't full strength. But still, with a BS of roughly 500lbs I believe, it still surprised me. First time I've ever broken Zing-It.

 

[Old Monkey]

I buy stuff and then forget what it is.

 

[rbtree]

Sure, 2.2 sized throw lines will always tangle less than 1.75......but, that said, in our rough barked conifers, and often, with the throw line going over a bunch of needled foliage, I've found that 1.75 is the better size and Fling It runs better than Z-I....but it does tangle rather easily...

 

[Old Monkey]

OK upon further research, I have Dynaglide on top, 1.75" Zing it below it , and polyethylene below that in my throwline bucket. The only one that I hate is the polyethylene as it kept breaking, the others work fine for me. The Dynaglide has lasted longer than any other line I've had and has a nice feel now. I do a lot of silver maples and their branch ridges tend to stop the line so now I have been using a heavier bag, the red Bullet bag, I think its 16 oz. The combo has been working OK.

 

[NickfromWI]

I traded someone on the buzz for some dynaglide a couple years ago. Used it religiously for a month, and never again. I gave it to karina. Too thick, too loosely woven, not GLIDEY enough. Cary's right- you need to step it up 2 ounces on throwbag to get it to come down the way you're used to.

I've been using the 1.75mm for years and love it. A few years ago I figured out that if I splice it, I liked it even more. Then I figured out if I bury the tail a couple few feet down the rope, it made the end of the line feel thick (maybe 2.2mm or a little more?) so I had the advantage of easy grip for throwing, but still being light weight line for flying through the air.

love
nick

 

[Old Monkey]

Did you make a video of that one?

 

[NickfromWI]

hah- nope.

 

[thattreeguy]

i have dyna glide
youre right it hangs up without a heavier weight
i cut mine in half the other day and threw weights on all the ends and bagged them up seperately
i never used the whole length , 150 or 200 ft it was stupidly long

i liked zing it , but it was hell on my hands and seemed to tangle easily

 

[SkwerI]

Did you make a video of that one?

I was just going through my files looking for a picture and found Nick's PDF on splicing Zing-It (I think it was Nick's).

 

[Old Monkey]

Thanks for that Brian. Wouldn't you want a bigger loop so you could girth hitch it to the throw ball? Right now I have maybe a 2 1/2" loop tied in the end of my line for attaching the throw ball.

 

[NickfromWI]

Nope- that' one's not mine. For kicks, I do a locking brummel on most of my throwline splices.

I wonder where that PDF came from...

 

[Old Monkey]

The Brummell is the one where you weave back and forth through the line four or five times?

 

[NickfromWI]

Just twice. Running end through the standing end, then standing end through the running end, then bury the tail.

 

[bstewert]

I liked the green neon color, but on my white oaks it took a 16oz bag to drop, where a 10oz would with anything else. So it didn't work out for me.

 

[NickfromWI]

Someone told me they recently reworked the formula to make it better. The piece I had was from when it was FIRST sold as a throwline.

Anyone try the new stuff? I think luke at treestuff said he's been selling a lot of it.

love
nick

 

[stig]

I just got some about a month ago.
I mainly bought it because Dave mentioned that he liked it back when Lou was putting some gear together.
It takes at least a 12 ounce bag to pull it through on anything else than beech.
We used it in the near-dark to pull a very small maple last week.
That stuff almost glows in the dark!

 

[FJR]

I have yet to break dynaglide, and I have tried pretty darn hard. I have broke zing it many times.

 

[Blinky]

I don't like it. 1.75 Zing-it is all I use. I don't put a BIG eye on my throwlines, I make it just big enough to easily pass the ball through... and I cannot remember why but there was a good reason.

 

[bstewert]

Nick, it was 3 years ago when I tried mine, so if they remade the formula I would love to try it again. The color is great, and I remember trying to break it when it got stuck. I couldn't. Almost felt I could climb on it.

But it was too frustrating to use so I actually took it back to the store after one day. It sounds like many of the posters here had recent purchases. Good thread!

 

[NickfromWI]

Agreed, Bob. Good thread.

So has anyone bought some in the past few months?