Super User Darth-Baiter Posted September 12 Super User Share Posted September 12 i fished today. rods go in the truck with me lovingly, but i had to pick up a friend to drive us to his bass boat. no way, i make him ride in back while my rods ride shotgun , since it is his bassboat. so i took them in the back, and we drove to the water at Dark-thirty. i got there and was missing some of my cheaper, rod sleeves. the ones without the strap. DUH!!! hahahha.. lesson learned. i put a bungee strap around the entire pile on the ride home. no issues. however, i forgot all the about the loss, when i realized i lost ONE of my new Simms sun gloves. GRRRRR!!! that one hurt, and now one of my hands is brown, and the other is light tan!! DUHx2. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediAmoeba Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 A few years ago I put 10 of my rods in the back of my buddies boat, with the tips pointed towards the rear of the boat. When we got to our destination I had 0 rod sleeves left. I learned this lesson as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Hammer 4 Posted September 13 Super User Share Posted September 13 When traveling I always put my rods, with reels attached in the bed of my truck (8') bed. Never used sleeves on any of my rods. Never had any damage to my rods or reels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Jig Man Posted September 13 Super User Share Posted September 13 I’ve had that happen in a guy’s boat. Now I use velcro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvhunt Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 8 hours ago, Hammer 4 said: When traveling I always put my rods, with reels attached in the bed of my truck (8') bed. Never used sleeves on any of my rods. Never had any damage to my rods or reels. I had a rod in the back of a truck with the rod tip forward once. After I hard, unexpected brake, the rod flew forward and broke the tip off. I now put them butt forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironbjorn Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 14 hours ago, Hammer 4 said: When traveling I always put my rods, with reels attached in the bed of my truck (8') bed. Never used sleeves on any of my rods. Never had any damage to my rods or reels. One can't tell a man something doesn't work when it has clearly worked for him, but I do believe you have been lucky. Even light bouncing and the small, continuous vibrations can damage blanks and guides. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Darth-Baiter Posted September 13 Author Super User Share Posted September 13 i have that Rod-Mule transportation system i will use next time. hard to think straight at 2:00 AM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Hammer 4 Posted September 14 Super User Share Posted September 14 5 hours ago, ironbjorn said: One can't tell a man something doesn't work when it has clearly worked for him, but I do believe you have been lucky. Even light bouncing and the small, continuous vibrations can damage blanks and guides. You may be right, in that I've been lucky. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
immortl Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 Last summer I had my rods (minus reels) in a canoe in the bed of my truck. Upon arriving home, canoe was still there, but NO RODS. I was bummed. But hey, good excuse to pick up new rods for the next 20 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex from GA Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 I lay the butts in the truck and strap the tips to the corner with the tips sticking up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggiesmaster Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 I lost a couple of rod sleeves the same way….don’t have a solution other than to leave them off in this situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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