Ok I'm not responsible for any arguments this may cause. I had five reels to strip of old line today, annual deep clean and respool day. Anyway inspiration struck, I took the wife's mixer put one beater on it, tied the old line to it, wow that's the fastest I've ever removed line from a reel. Took about a minute each reel, I kept it on low and I was amazed how easy it was. Why didn't I think of this sooner?

I use this:

 

Berkley Line Stripper

 

 

Berkley line stripper works great.

This has been working well for years...

Tie it to the back of a car and drive away.

I put a small section of dowel rod into the chuck of a cordless drill. It works very similarly to the beater bar that you mentioned (which was brilliant, by the way), except you can just throw it away when you are done.

I put a small section of dowel rod into the chuck of a cordless drill. It works very similarly to the beater bar that you mentioned (which was brilliant, by the way), except you can just throw it away when you are done.

Thank you, what made it even easier is the beater is shaped so the lines slides of in one piece.

I put a small section of dowel rod into the chuck of a cordless drill. It works very similarly to the beater bar that you mentioned (which was brilliant, by the way), except you can just throw it away when you are done.

This is basically what I do too, except I wrap bubble wrap around the dowel to make it about 6" in diameter.  This really gets the line off quick, especially when you're doing multiple reels.

This has been working well for years... image.jpg

Dude what is that, looks like an aerator pump. JK, am curious how it works, can't figure it out by just looking at it

Trolling motor prop

Dude what is that, looks like an aerator pump. JK, am curious how it works, can't figure it out by just looking at it

Lol, it's a line remover! The bottom left & right tubes are for 2(ea) D size batterys, the Top is the motor head, as well as the line insertion point. Line enters the rear, into a dual set of rubber rollers, one is powered the other is inert... Peels line off very quickly, 200 yds in maybe 1:30.. So fast it creates major Static electricity ( at times). Batterys last 3 to 4 years depending.

Tie it to the back of a car and drive away.

all good and fine until the line gets caught or hits a knot and you're dragging your setup around on the road.

I use this:

 

Berkley Line Stripper

^^ This is the way to go. The spooling stations come with them (or at least they did) I've used one for years. I think it's faster than a drill. 

Ok I'm not responsible for any arguments this may cause. I had five reels to strip of old line today, annual deep clean and respool day. Anyway inspiration struck, I took the wife's mixer put one beater on it, tied the old line to it, wow that's the fastest I've ever removed line from a reel. Took about a minute each reel, I kept it on low and I was amazed how easy it was. Why didn't I think of this sooner?

There ya go!!

I learned something today!

Thanks

Mike

Berkley line stripper

Trolling motor prop

 

 

Yeah, that works pretty well. It's a pain in the butt to clean up, though.

 

Tom

I guess I'm behind the times. I just pull the line off by hand.

I chuck an old spool in the drill and let it rip.

 

Josh

 

 

I 2nd this. Throw it on a drill and let her rip. I like that you can take the line off of a lot of reels and not have to worry about taking the line off the stripper until you are done and it comes off the stripper in a neat pile.

While watching college hoops of course! March madness is almost upon us!!

While watching college hoops of course! March madness is almost upon us!!

woohoo!

Wow, after reading this thread, I'm gonna go tell my wife that I need to buy a stripper! 

 

No, wait....

 

Let me rethink that...

 

Tom

Empty toilet paper roll slid onto cordless drill chuck. Can use it for lots of line removal or get rid of it after one wipe:)

I guess I'm behind the times. I just pull the line off by hand.

x2 ... Plenty of time in the winter to get this done the old fashioned way for me.  LOL