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| I am purchasing a new Legend Elite 9 foot heavy for this upcoming season and am looking for a way to properly transport it. I mainly fish out of a friend's boat so I sometimes have to transport rods from my house to his. I have looked around for a rod case but I don't think anyone makes one that long and I know it comes with a rod sock but I was looking for something stronger.
I have an SUV and it would be tight to just put the rod in the car. My first thought was to buy a PVC pipe and line the inside with either carpet, bubble wrap, or a combination of both. Curious as to what you guys think about this. |
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Location: North St. Paul, MN | Do it. That's how my rods go to and from Canada. Cheap, too |
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Location: mercer wi | What kind or suv do you have. I transport 9' rods in my trailblazer. I have a visor cap around my rear view and run butt end of rod though there. Otherwise I use rod sleeve you can get at musky shop or I think elites come with them. |
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| I also have a trailblazer but I am leaning on the cautious side given how expensive the rod is. Over the years, I have had walleye rods break while transporting them in the car due to my error and/ or some bad luck. I don't want to risk it with a rod this expensive so I'm looking for options that can prevent that. |
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Location: Elk River, MN | If you live near Thorne Bros you can stop by this weekend for the Spring Sale and pickup a leftover rod sleeve for a buck or 2, they work great for travel. |
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| I'm not near Thorne Bros but the rod comes with a rod sleeve already. I might try it out for a while but am leaning towards something that will completely protect it from breaking. |
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| I have purchased several rods from online vendors and have always used the tube they came in to protect them during transport. Usually it is a 3" very heavy walled cardboard tube with plastic endcaps although g Loomis and Kistler were in pvc. I take the reels off after every trip and string them up before launching the boat. Kinda slow but never damaged. |
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Location: Wisconsin | I made a rod tube out of 4" pvc with a cap on one end and a threaded cap on the other end. Went to menards and bought some carpeting and rolled it into tube shape and stuck it inside of the tube and it was complete. I put my rods in tube with the rod sleeve on them and they are good to go. Message me if you would like to get some pictures. It would awfully hard to break them inside of the pvc storage tube. |
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| Dirtybird: was thinking of doing the exact same thing you said. Thank you. Ill probably load the end that the end with bubble wrap so the tip doesn't jam into it. |
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Location: one foot over the line | MDassow25 - 4/14/2016 1:26 PM
Dirtybird: was thinking of doing the exact same thing you said. Thank you. Ill probably load the end that the end with bubble wrap so the tip doesn't jam into it.
I use half inch water pipe insulation wrapped around my rods inside of my pvc tube. It's a foam insulation and comes in 5' lengths. Also, use the 30/34 green sewer pvc, it is lighter than schedule 40 and will be more than strong enough for transportation purposes. |
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| Do you have a roof rack?
Two options:
Fasten a pvc tube to the rack (size would depend on how many rods you want to carry).
Get a snowboard rack, thats how I transported my poles when I only had a car. |
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| I put the rods in some fabric sleeves my mom made, lightly bungee them together and then carefully put them into a Plano Bazooka tube. Then the tube is strapped atop the SUV or in the truck bed, making sure not to crush the tube, for the long drive. Then, I carefully remove them and rig them up.
From there, "careful" seems to be lost. Can't tell you how many times I've laughed at myself for grabbing them in a clump carrying them to-from the boat while banging them on at least one thing along the way, moved them with my feet in the boat, leaned a tackle bag against them so they'd stop bouncing around, etc.
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| PVC works great with the rods in nylon rod socks. I used PVC pipe with Caps affixed by hinges for many years. I broke down and bought a Plano Bazooka case a few years back and its great and can hold up a 9 foot rod. At the end of the day one is not better/more protective but checking your rods on a commercial flight is a heck of a lot easier with a commercially made product. |
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