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Strapper_Squared

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Dry Lane Equipment
« on: February 16, 2018, 02:32:58 PM »
What are the current thoughts on equipment for the burn?

I remember a year or two ago, I bought a loco pearl... Just to find out that on the real dry, it was crazy strongl

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Re: Dry Lane Equipment
« Reply #16 on: February 17, 2018, 07:20:45 PM »
Nobody ever mentions Columbia Scout 3 piece pancake weight block.The old superflex cover.Very cheap and are very weak.Weaker than the breezes.Trust me I have tried all the so called low end balls

The pancake core virtually removes the core from any participation in the ball reaction.

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.Most low end balls are as strong as medium balls.

So untrue. I can't even believe you said this. I suspect this involves a speed dominant delivery.
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Re: Dry Lane Equipment
« Reply #17 on: February 17, 2018, 07:26:07 PM »
Nobody ever mentions Columbia Scout 3 piece pancake weight block.The old superflex cover.Very cheap and are very weak.Weaker than the breezes.Trust me I have tried all the so called low end balls

The pancake core virtually removes the core from any participation in the ball reaction.

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.Most low end balls are as strong as medium balls.

So untrue. I can't even believe you said this. I suspect this involves a speed dominant delivery.

That's me where on fresh THS everything under a Hy-Road goes dead straight.  How about the Seismic Desperado for the burn?  That thing has a strong core too so don't have to give up the hitting power.
« Last Edit: February 17, 2018, 07:28:39 PM by HackJandy »
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Re: Dry Lane Equipment
« Reply #18 on: February 18, 2018, 07:05:16 AM »

The Slay/R didnt work for you? You mustve been bowling in the parking lot, unpaved. I had a 5.5 inch pin Slay/R and that thing did nothing.

 Didn’t work for me, and I tried two different ones.

 Like yours, they did nothing.
 That is, until they did, and then they did too much.
 Not predictable for me at all.
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Re: Dry Lane Equipment
« Reply #19 on: February 18, 2018, 08:32:52 AM »
Should have known hack would throw in a comment.Yes I said most low end balls are strong as medium stuff.Cyclones have over .50 diff gb 10.7 cover equal STRONG.900 Global low end Boost .43 diff.Didn't say all said Most.Unless you are maybe under 300 rr they may not be strong for you.

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Re: Dry Lane Equipment
« Reply #20 on: February 18, 2018, 09:09:52 AM »
Should have known hack would throw in a comment.Yes I said most low end balls are strong as medium stuff.Cyclones have over .50 diff gb 10.7 cover equal STRONG.900 Global low end Boost .43 diff.Didn't say all said Most.Unless you are maybe under 300 rr they may not be strong for you.

For the record I totally agree with you which is why I bought a Blue Hammer for my wife as I didn't trust any of the reactives to always go straight like she wanted (wanted her to have ball with a non pancake core) even with surface management.
« Last Edit: February 18, 2018, 01:03:41 PM by HackJandy »
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Re: Dry Lane Equipment
« Reply #21 on: February 19, 2018, 01:32:05 AM »
20-year old Matrix Conquest with the pin about 5.5 inches away from PAP and the thumb drilled dead into the MB will do the trick. That thing hooks less than my XXXL spare ball some nights.

I think it's true that there's really no such thing as dry-lane resin, provided you mean if you drill it with a leverage drill just like you do your main stuff. What I've found most people mean when they ask this question is more like: "I want something with the same hook shape as my strike ball so that when the lanes turn to sand I can just switch equipment and throw the same ball on the same mark and get the same reaction as I get from my hook monster on the fresh."

In the current state of resin technology, that doesn't exist. By an older piece of equipment with a three-generations-old cover technology and you might get close, though.

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Re: Dry Lane Equipment
« Reply #22 on: February 19, 2018, 11:45:33 AM »
I probably should pick up two urethane like reactives and throw them on house. Hate throwing nearly anything that is strong front to back on house. Urethane works great for me on house, but I don't want to screw everyone. Scout looks enticing.
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Re: Dry Lane Equipment
« Reply #23 on: February 19, 2018, 11:53:49 AM »
20-year old Matrix Conquest with the pin about 5.5 inches away from PAP and the thumb drilled dead into the MB will do the trick. That thing hooks less than my XXXL spare ball some nights.

I think it's true that there's really no such thing as dry-lane resin, provided you mean if you drill it with a leverage drill just like you do your main stuff. What I've found most people mean when they ask this question is more like: "I want something with the same hook shape as my strike ball so that when the lanes turn to sand I can just switch equipment and throw the same ball on the same mark and get the same reaction as I get from my hook monster on the fresh."

In the current state of resin technology, that doesn't exist. By an older piece of equipment with a three-generations-old cover technology and you might get close, though.

Jess

 
I think what I bolded above is accurate. That's what I'm looking for on drier lanes. If the condition is so dry that I have to use my Storm Mix spare ball for the strike shot, I'm probably not going to bowl. Period.


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Re: Dry Lane Equipment
« Reply #25 on: February 19, 2018, 09:22:16 PM »
It's a good point.  Trying to set up a buddy with a dry lane ball.  Drilled a Rhino with a 2" pin.  Claimed that it hooked at the arrows.  It does have a 500/ polish cover...  Maybe taking to 4k will help some, but as all have said, I suspect most are going to hook early on the dry.
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Re: Dry Lane Equipment
« Reply #26 on: February 19, 2018, 09:34:03 PM »
Smaller pin to pap drills are going to control the hook more.  If it is a "reactive", it is still going to hook, but will at least hook earlier and hopefully control the back part of the lane.  Power groove dry/r was the weakest ball I found in recent.  Unless you go get a early 90's reactive.  If you want to reduce the hook on something you already have try neo-tac/brunswick control it or powerhouse/ebonite/track delayed reaction.
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