Packing Tip: Easy as PVC
If you are going on an extended trip and taking a number of rods with you, you might have something at home already to help get them to your destination in one piece. PVC tubes are available at a number of retail home improvement locations. Banas, Lowe’s and Menard’s all have them in stock, and you might be able to pick them up cheap at the Habitat for Humanity resale store by Jones and LaPlaisance roads.
Four and 6 inch tubes will get the job done, and depending on the number of rods you have, you might need one or two, or even three tubes for the trip(s). Get the tubes to measure a few inches longer than your longest rod. You will need two caps, one for each end. You can glue one end or leave both ends open, and just duct tape them shut when you get the rods in. This can also be done for 2 piece rods for when you break them down.
To help protect the rods, go to a discount store and pick up some beach towels. Wrap the rods in the towels to cushion them inside the tube. If you have some soft foam, rough cut some circles to fit into the tube at each end.
Now you have some rod tubes, easy as PVC!
August 8th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
Never really thought of it as using PVC - I think that’s a great tip and your nothing short of a genius for thinking of it - normally I just break the rods down and transport that way - something definately to think about.
August 8th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Definitely not a genius, but I have been lucky enough to have seen many different ideas, and either make them my own, or change them to fit my needs. You can either spend 45 bucks in the stores to get a good/decent tube for traveling, or you can spend 15 in the local hardware (is there such a thing anymore?) and make something even more durable. Glad you liked!