Im in such a pissy mood.

[freebird 0]

I feel like hitting something

[GrumpySmurf 0]

Maybe you should go drink some margaritas instead?

[freebird 0]

MY boyfriend probly will not take me.

[freebird 0]

I can not close my container....it is fu***** killing my arm..and my b/f just can not do it.

[AggieDave 6]

If it didn't require swimming of using some sort of watercraft, it'd be fun to go to H-town for some Margaritas... (stupid rain)

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[AggieDave 6]

Do you have a power tool (that packing thingy made with the metal bar) or just pull up cords? When I started packing for a job I started using a power tool, you can damn near close anything with the leverage that gives you.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[freebird 0]

Oh.............No..... I do not have that........ I guess I need one........My hands have callouses on them only after about 10 min. of trying to close it......Im going to leave it open and have it shut at my DZ.

[Lindsey 0]

If I were unable to close it without the aid of a "power tool" I might lengthen the closing loop a tad. Just my $.02......then go have that margarita.

Peas~
Lindsey

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[drenaline 0]

Use your knee, it caught air when you stowed the lines, if you put pressure with the knee in the middle of the d-bag (inside the container) that way you will squeeze the air out giving you that lil space you need to pass the closing loop.

And then go drink some margaritas!

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[AggieDave 6]

Usually, yes, but there can be packing variables in there also, packing big/packing small, that can make the world of difference. Even with a correctly sized closing loop, sometimes containers can be very hard to close, a power tool helps on those days.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[drenaline 0]

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a power tool helps on those days.

Am broke , but might be a good investment.

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a power tool helps on those days.

Am broke , but might be a good investment.

Best one I ever made.

[michaelseddon 0]

Are you talking power tool as in one of those metal cylinders with the rod that you see people packing reserves with? How much would one of those set me back? Not being a large person closing containers can be rather hard at times

[AggieDave 6]

Yeah, that's the one, we have them at my DZ for something like $15. Once you buy one, that's it, they last, the only thing that you'll have to do is replace the string every once in a while (I've done around 70 pack jobs with the one I have and its still doing fine).

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[Staso 0]

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Do you have a power tool (that packing thingy made with the metal bar) or just pull up cords? When I started packing for a job I started using a power tool, you can damn near close anything with the leverage that gives you.

proper closing technique will help a lot more then any power tools. use your rig
as a leverage when you close it. if it tkaes to much efforts it just means that
your closing loop is way too short or you just do it wrong.

stan.

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[AggieDave 6]

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proper closing technique will help a lot more then any power tools

If you're packing a lot, a closing pull tears the hell out of your hands and they start to fall apart pretty quickly. That and as the day wears on, you get tired, it gets harder and harder to keep a really good grip on a closing pull and close containers, sometimes.

Basically the point wasn't to get flamed, the point of my original post was to say that if everything else is in order and you're still having problems getting it closed, one of those tools gives you an edge. Easier to grip, easier to get leverage with, easier on your hands and you'll find neat tricks that metal bar can do (for breaking rubberbands free of the bag when they just don't want to leave after breaking, for example). Do you *have* to have one? No, unless you're packing one of the new Sigma tandems, does it help otherwise? Yup, I never thought of getting one until I became a staff packer, now I wish I would have bought one a long time ago.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[Staso 0]

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proper closing technique will help a lot more then any power tools

If you're packing a lot, a closing pull tears the hell out of your hands and they start to fall apart pretty quickly. That and as the day wears on, you get tired, it gets harder and harder to keep a really good grip on a closing pull and close containers, sometimes.

Basically the point wasn't to get flamed, the point of my original post was to say that if everything else is in order and you're still having problems getting it closed, one of those tools gives you an edge. Easier to grip, easier to get leverage with, easier on your hands and you'll find neat tricks that metal bar can do (for breaking rubberbands free of the bag when they just don't want to leave after breaking, for example). Do you *have* to have one? No, unless you're packing one of the new Sigma tandems, does it help otherwise? Yup, I never thought of getting one until I became a staff packer, now I wish I would have bought one a long time ago.

didn't mean to start flame either. my point is that sometimes 100 lbs girl has less problem
closing student rig with spring loaded pc then big guy, just because she does it right. i'm not
saying that power tool is bad or unnecessary, it makes job eaiser, especailly if you're a packer
and pack a lot. but if you have too much trouble packing i would suggest to pay more attention
to the way you do it.

stan.

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