How does one properly tie a wind trolley?

[daddydg]

How does one properly tie/secure a wind trolley around a hat? I have an Akubra Campdraft with a wind trolley which has come loose.

 

[Blackthorn]

I'm glad someone finally asked this question. I eagerly await the answer, too.

 

[Mav]

How does one properly tie/secure a wind trolley around a hat? I have an Akubra Campdraft with a wind trolley which has come loose.

I've had the same problem with mine since I got it, and had to fix it again today. It loosens up over time.
Pry that button apart, and re- clamp it.
Or do what I'm going to do next time, and cut the damned thing off. Looks cool, but if you've ever tried to use it for its intended purpose, you'd find that you can't get it up over the crown without the button falling apart anyway. Great idea; bad functionality.

 

[gtdean48]

You don't technically "tie" a wind cord.
You make a loop like with a lariat. The button end has a loop, like the honda of a lariat. You pull the main part of the cord thru the honda loop to make the bigger loop that fits over the crown. Make the big loop as big as possible with the button part to the back of the hat, get it over the crown & slide it to below the band ribbon. To tighten the cord, push the button toward the back of the hat, keeping it down against the brim. I tuck my cord under the bow parts & between the bow & the brim all around the crown. HTH

 

[bolthead]

Stoney has a tutorial on here somewhere, you might want to do a search. [huh]

 

[B.U.H.]

May I suggest this thread:

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?p=538907

 

[W4ASZ]

You don't technically "tie" a wind cord.
You make a loop like with a lariat. The button end has a loop, like the honda of a lariat. You pull the main part of the cord thru the honda loop to make the bigger loop that fits over the crown. Make the big loop as big as possible with the button part to the back of the hat, get it over the crown & slide it to below the band ribbon. To tighten the cord, push the button toward the back of the hat, keeping it down against the brim. I tuck my cord under the bow parts & between the bow & the brim all around the crown. HTH

You have resolved a problem which I have not yet confronted.