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Cowboy Question Re : Lariet

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ktheo1

05-17-2007 06:35:11

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This is probably a dumb ? Last winter at a sale I bought a lariet,quick release,new .Last week I went to use it and it was soooo!!! stiff that it was unusable .I mean you can't hardly make a loop or get the kinks out . is there a way to " break it in " ,condition it ,make it usable ? A cowboy secret? Help,This makes #9 wire seem flexible.

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John A.

05-17-2007 21:31:49

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Re: Cowboy Question Re : Lariet in reply to ktheo1, 05-17-2007 06:35:11

ktheol, Chances stannd to reason you are trying to rope with Hard lay,This lariet that has more in common with a cable than a rope!
But since that is what you have lets see if we can get it conditioned so it can be used.
First unloop the loop, then put the hondo over the ball hitch of you pickup, then uncoil the rope out and take the back end and loop around a good solid object, another truck hitch, post, tree. Use a reversed square knot so not to break the way the rope lays. Then streach it out, get the slack out and drawn taunt, then take up extra tension, in 1 to 2 ft streaches. Leave it taunt for an hour or so in between take ups. Just don't get radical/overzelious in the streachens. try it some, Loop it back up and try it, If it is still too stiff, restreach it. Go get your buddy to help. Those ol Nylons will streach a long way before they break.
Next time.....Buy a 3/8 Scant, Soft or Med-soft
"Classic Rope Co." Green Money Maker rope. Leave the Hard lay ropes alone. Hope this helps,
Later,
John A.

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Sandbur

05-17-2007 20:43:49

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Re: Cowboy Question Re : Lariet in reply to ktheo1, 05-17-2007 06:35:11

I rope a lot, so I know what I am talking about. I'm guessing you have a nylon rope, most of those ropes are that have the breakaway honda. Nylons will stretch and have some give, poly ropes feel softer but are harder and don't give or stretch and will "jerk". The proper way to break ina a new rope is use. Some guys say to tie it on your truck and drag it down the gravel road, this will "soften it up", but it also takes the "life out of it"
If you want a good rope for everyday use, buy a 3/8 60' ranch rope, if you are pasture roping of a horse. If just around the barnyard get a 40-45' rope, anything less is too short. National Roper Supply is good place to buy a rope. www.nrs.com or smith bros. Or do a search on Allie's RANCH ROPES.

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hayray

05-17-2007 16:00:37

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Re: Cowboy Question Re : Lariet in reply to ktheo1, 05-17-2007 06:35:11

I don't know why but those lariats with the quick release honda always seem to be cheap, and those hondas always break loose, happened to me yesterday when the vet was out doing a herd check I had a small heifer leap through the air and get caught up high in my home made head gate. We had to use one of those to lift up her hind end and get her hips out and the honda kept busting loose. I went and bought a nice softer calf type rope so I could actually toss it at some calfs in the pen that are too small to get caught in the head gate, the guick release ropes are just too crapy and stiff to toss unless you are some kind of expert at it.

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Bubbatized

05-17-2007 09:26:13

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Re: Cowboy Question Re : Lariet in reply to ktheo1, 05-17-2007 06:35:11

Just sit that rope by the tv and next time Hillrod C comes on it will be limp as can be lol.

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Walt Davies

05-17-2007 08:46:12

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Re: Cowboy Question Re : Lariet in reply to ktheo1, 05-17-2007 06:35:11

Not dumb, most of the stuff they sell for ropinf now would not pass for a lariat when I was growing up on the Ranch.
We made our own from old rope that had stiffened some. I was at a sale a while back and found some Rope that was stiff and everyone was passing it up I thought that would work good for a Lasso so I bought it. Worked very good was just the right stiffness. Sometimes you just luck out I guess.
If you can find one the Mexican ropes are very good but hard to find and costly.
Walt

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Tim...Ok

05-17-2007 08:21:27

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Re: Cowboy Question Re : Lariet in reply to ktheo1, 05-17-2007 06:35:11

I'm sure there are other decent ropes out there now,but I've never liked anything but a smith brothers..darn good ropes

Get on a green broke 2 year old,gather ya a loop and make a nice head catch on a 1700 lb. brangus bull,dally off and you'll have that new rope stretched and "broke in" in no time at all. 8^) j/k!!

Tim

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Allan In NE

05-17-2007 08:45:19

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Re: Cowboy Question Re : Lariet in reply to Tim...Ok, 05-17-2007 08:21:27

I've learned that when the critter is draggin' ya across the corral on yer belly, always turn your head sideways. :>)

Allan

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Nebraska Cowman

05-17-2007 10:56:05

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Re: Cowboy Question Re : Lariat in reply to Allan In NE, 05-17-2007 08:45:19

I remember doing that with a cow years ago. She had gotten away from me and was kinda having her way when I tripped and went down. I'm not sure how I did it but there was a skiff of snow on the ground I was pretty stout back then. I got my feet around ahead of me and let the cow stand me back up again. By that time she was getting run down and I was just getting my 2nd wind. Got her back to the barn and loaded in the trailer. Nahh, I don't know nothin' about lariats but I do know if the horse and the cow are moving at the same speed it ain't no big trick to drop a loop over bossie's head. Now if you are afoot it is a whole different game. BTDT mzny times.

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Larry NE IL

05-17-2007 21:31:28

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Re: Cowboy Question Re : Lariat in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 05-17-2007 10:56:05

35 years ago we got a 3 year old horse in that was supposed to be green broke. When the driver opened the trailer, he caught his halter and tore it off, then bolted away, but didn't jump a fence. I spent the next week trying to get withen 30 feet of 'em with no luck and he was getting closer to going to the butcher shop. I got out an old rope a fella gave me with a saddle I bought and hid by the gate. I got him on the first try, just forgot to tie the rope off!
That critter yanked my arms through the top 2 boards on the gate and had most of the skin off my hands before I could say, let go.Spent the night soaking in epsom salts! The next day I hopped on my trusty Oliver 880 and chased that paint devil around the pasture for just over 3 hours....then got off and put a halter on him.
Naw, he never went to the killers, in fact we got along pretty good once we had an "understanding";
I just had to put the 38 year old guy down this winter. I believe that was the last day I ever tried to rope anything, and I don't have a clue what that rope was made of.

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Tim...Ok

05-17-2007 08:54:55

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Re: Cowboy Question Re : Lariet in reply to Allan In NE, 05-17-2007 08:45:19

Words to live by Allan..haha

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Case Lady

05-17-2007 08:58:06

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and remember, in reply to Tim...Ok, 05-17-2007 08:54:55

if you can't keep your mouth closed, grit your teeth....that stuff don't taste very good.

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Jim K

05-17-2007 13:40:28

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Re: and remember, in reply to Case Lady, 05-17-2007 08:58:06

I think the rodeo boys call that "raw atmosphere"

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Sam#3

05-17-2007 10:28:15

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Re: and remember, in reply to Case Lady, 05-17-2007 08:58:06

I thought you were supposed to keep your mouth open so the stuff didn't hit you in the face.

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KRUSS1

05-17-2007 07:07:34

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Re: Cowboy Question Re : Lariet in reply to ktheo1, 05-17-2007 06:35:11

Next time you take your truck out to the pasture, fasten the lariat to the bumper and drag it around for a while. If that doesn't work, rope a politician by the ankles and drag him around for a while.

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Coloken

05-17-2007 07:06:03

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Re: Cowboy Question Re : Lariet in reply to ktheo1, 05-17-2007 06:35:11

Depends on what it is made from. Sound like a nylon one--no hope for it. Some never loosen up What the cowboys do is tie it to the saddle horn and drag it for hours. Then the other end. Used to be hard to find a good rope, probable worse now. I have saved a light 20 footer grass rope that I call my "catch rope" .

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IRONSALES

05-17-2007 07:05:02

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Re: Cowboy Question Re : Lariet in reply to ktheo1, 05-17-2007 06:35:11

PUT THE LOOP AROUND THE BALL OF YOUR TRUCK, AND TIGHTEN IT, COIL OUT TO THE END AND SET BACK ON IT A FEW TIMES, I HAV SEEN IT DONE BUT NEVER TRIED IT, SEEMS TO WORK FOR A BUDDY OF MINE

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