Handy way to carry 550 cord

[1776]

Make your boot laces out of mil spec 550 cord. You need boots at least 6 Inches tall I prefer 8in or taller. Cut a piece of 550 7-9ft long. Remove old laces, center up the 550 on bottom lacing holes, lace up to top holes. Secure with square knot. Wrap the tails in opposite directions around the boot top. Secure the ends with another square knot. This will give you 6ft or so of 550 per boot. If you actually. Need it don't just cut off the tails rather unlace the boot and lace to the top such that you end up with one tail 6ft long and cut that off. I do this on all of my boots.

[hunter63]

You know, I actually prefer using real leather laces for my boots....Yeah, I know, that's a sacrilegious statement....but they stay tied better for me.

[Stiffy]

Why not just keep your regular laces and, at the top of your boots, wrap some 550 around several times and tie it off?

[hunter63]

Truthfully, I can't think of a time where I needed paracord....I carry drag rope for deer, which doubles as a haul your gear into a tree stand.

Rifle sling is paracord, and since I been hanging around here, I do carry some in coat pockets, fanny pack, back pack, etc..........I just don't like trying to keep my laces tied or catch on things.

Y'all do what you want.......just not for me.

[intothenew]

I used to use sash cord for drag rope, and loved it. I also kept a nylon string for bow/rifle/muzzleloader drag. The 550 replaces all of the above, and more.

[hunter63]

Too skinny, cuts into may hands with a good size deer.......

[intothenew]

Even with the sash, a poplar limb for a handle. Wrap it different for uphill, downhill, etc. Two hands on a handle.

[hunter63]

Well, the last one, I drove the tractor and carried back with the bucket.........No cord needed.

I'm not saying that y'all can't do what ever y'all want, I just don't consider paracord as a necessity, sorry.

[intothenew]

Iffun you actually drag deer, cord is really nice.

Iffun you actually sleep out in a shelter, cord is really nice.

Iffun you actually fish, cord is really nice.

Iffun you actually cook on an open fire, cord is really nice.

Pine root and willow branch will do sometimes, as well as the inner bark of poplar, and many grasses if you can weave. But, as a general tool, para cord is the shiznit.

[hunter63]

Iffen you got the proper equipment for all of the above.....you don't need it.....LOL........
I give up....and I don't really care altoids tins either....LOL
Your move....LOL

[intothenew]

Why should I carry a dedicated drag rope?

Why should I carry a tent with all of the accompanying guy line?

Why should I carry monofilament?

Why should I carry a billy can cord?

Why should I carry a weapon raising/lowering cord?

When I can carry a cord that will do all of the above, and more.

[le Metis]

Never carry it .....Paracord may be a solution to the problem of cordage for some, suitable for a number of jobs where shock loading isn't a factor. But, with a safe, static working load of barely 300 lbs or less depending on age, and prior use, it's to weak for the many jobs I need done. For myself, prefer having two ropes. One at 120 feet of 10.5 mm static line as a basic working rope on the river.Allows me to rig z drags, and 3 to 1 pulley systems for hauls, or to unpin canoes. The second, another 30 feet of 10.5 to build anchor systems Additionally those ropes will be supported with 1 inch tubular webbing, as well as 5 mm cordage that has a tensile strength 2.5 greater then 550 since they serve as the basis for prusik loops.

[jfeatherjohn]

There are large deer in Wisconsin? I never saw one.
All of my boot laces are paracord, but I wasn't planning on pulling a deer with them, anyway. I have this really big tow rope, but I'll pass on using it as a shoe lace.
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