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After three and a half years to develop the 1st generation Big Bite, we’ve taken another 3 years to develop the next generation wraps. 

 

We learned many, many things over the last few years, most of which came from our customers and their experiences using the Big Bite Dally Wrap. Initially, we were on the right track as we discovered that people were ready for something better than the rubber bands or the inner tube rubber that we were all used to…rubber that ruined our ropes before the rope even had a chance to be used to its fullest. At the cost of ropes today, this is a big waste of money.

 

One of the biggest things we found out was that not everyone had an easy time putting the wrap on their saddle horn. This was largely because most of our customers are riding saddles with a shorter dally horn, 2.75”. Most of the newer saddles made in the last 10 years or so have the shorter horns. There’s a very good reason for this, but I’ll not take up the time to explain why here. Suffice to say that a shorter horn displaces pressure over a smaller area which eliminated a lot of horns breaking away from the swells. The 1st generation wraps were rising above or very close to the top of the horn which caused two problems; first, the wrap if not applied tight enough would pull up over the top of the horn, and second, the wrap, again if not put on tightly enough would allow for space or bubbles between the layers. Bubbles or space between the layers allowed for the material to pull and tear in some cases. 

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To address this issue, we made all the 2nd generation wraps 2.75” high. This allows for the wrap to be put on without any gaps or bubbles between the layers. After a thermal study of the 1st generation wraps in the field, we discovered that the thicker and less elastic wraps did not dissipate heat as well as we would like. The thicker the material, the longer heat would remain present in the wrap. In other words, if you made a run where your rope slid even a little, the heat from that exchange would not dissipate quickly enough which could cause the material to weaken. We didn’t like that. We decided to test a thinner composition of the same material but with a proprietary additive to help maintain the integrity of the material as the heat dissipated more quickly under extreme circumstances. 

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In essence we made Big Bite Dally Wrap thinner, narrower, and more elastic. Doing that made easier to apply and still provide you with the best dally wrap known to man.

 

The results? Amazement. 

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We sent the next generation wraps to Buddy Hawkins, Heeler and Seven-time NFR qualifier, and admittedly our favorite cowboy for testing. Buddy put them to the test in the practice pen and in competition. Buddy and I talked at length about the results he saw in both the practice pen and in competition. What he said was that, “we made the best even better”, and “I knew as soon as I used the first test unit that we had another winner”. 

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Coming from a guy who makes a living one tenth of a second at a time, I’ll take those comments any day!

 

As Buddy Hawkins says, Big Bite Dally Wraps are the best thing since, well, dally wraps!