long warehouse lines

i have a large warehouse job coming up all new layout. can anyone give me some pointers on long lines in large warehouses? a string line only goes so far.

-dont use cable.... -your better off using weedeater line ( the thickest you can find) ( it stretches better and easier on the hands) - if such a long line, make sure your linemen pull that weedeater line tight as heck - make several tick marks to see your line isnt bowing - confirm layout with super - confirm layout with super - confirm layout with super if in dallas get hardrock to stripe for you....he stripes one (expletive) of a straight line

LaredoStriping wrote on Dec 9, 2009:Go to #2

-dont use cable.... -your better off using weedeater line ( the thickest you can find) ( it stretches better and easier on the hands) - if such a long line, make sure your linemen pull that weedeater line tight as heck - make several tick marks to see your line isnt bowing - confirm layout with super - confirm layout with super - confirm layout with super if in dallas get hardrock to stripe for you....he stripes one (expletive) of a straight line

You mean ROCKHARD

lmao....sorry bout that ...yeah rockhard....... its your mexican cooking that still has me crazy....lol

At most home centers, you can buy a bucket of nylon pulling string in the electrical department. It has 6500 feet of line in the bucket. It has great pulling strength. About 40 bucks.

we buy 1000' of nylon cord. It's about the same diameter as the pull cord on your machine. You have to have someone or something standing on both ends (a full 5 gal paint bucket works good) Our longline thermoplastic guys will use the full 1000', but I generally cut mine down to around 500' and i keep a couple of older ones around that are 200' or less for the smaller stuff. For straight-line work, I really think weed-eater line will do what you want. I've never used it myself, but I've never heard anybody that has used it say it doesn't work well.

We use bailing twine. Comes in a box 1500 foot and pulls out easly. Cheap enough to throw away rather than rewind. On a long road pull we have someone on the pickup tail gate or the golf car hold the box and just drive down the road pulling string.

Go to home depot and buy a box of Polypropylene Tying Twine. It comes in a box with 6500' LF. You can usually find it near the rope and chain section. The cost is about $25 to $30 bucks. Its cheap enough to use and toss. I think product is similar to what StraightLineJim was talking about. Works great.

I use the same stuff but I keep it rolled up on a extension cord reel the type that has a hole in the center and you hold in one hand and reel with the other. works great

wally wrote on Dec 9, 2009:Go to #6

we buy 1000' of nylon cord. It's about the same diameter as the pull cord on your machine. You have to have someone or something standing on both ends (a full 5 gal paint bucket works good) Our longline thermoplastic guys will use the full 1000', but I generally cut mine down to around 500' and i keep a couple of older ones around that are 200' or less for the smaller stuff. For straight-line work, I really think weed-eater line will do what you want. I've never used it myself, but I've never heard anybody that has used it say it doesn't work well.

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