Re: [HCDX]: Re: Beverage reels

[Mauno Ritola <ritola@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 08.50 22.1.1999 -0400, you wrote:
>With what you have described here as usuable  reels, you could put one or
>more miles of wire on them.  I am not sure I could pick it up.  The reels
>that I am talking about are about a foot in diameter and usually used for
>rolling up long extension cords.  I have had several thousand fee on one and
>still able to put more on. The problem is the weight.  A bit hard to hold in
>one hand and crank with the other.  I am not a weight lifter but just a
>skinny guy!

Why carry the reel? I have enough things to carry without the reel,
especially in a dense forest. Put the reel on a branch or build some kind
of system to let it roll free and then just draw the wire while walking. An
you can reel it in the same way when needed.

73, Mauno

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>From: Paul Ormandy <paulorm@xxxxxxxx>
>To: hard-core-dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <hard-core-dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Date: Thursday, January 21, 1999 10:51 PM
>Subject: Re: [HCDX]: Re: Beverage reels
>
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>>Beverage winders...
>>
>>There are two options available in NZ, apart from building one from
>>scratch... and I would think similar units are available elsewhere...
>>
>>1. Buy a watering hose reel from a garden shop... I would suggest paying
>the
>>extra and buying a metal one.
>>
>>2. An electric fence reel from an agricultural goods supplier.
>>
>>73s Paul
>>
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