What size line for limblines?

[Whiskers]

The other day I picked up a new roll of line but they were out of what I usually get.I bought #18 tarred 160lbs it was the biggest they had at the time.I usually get a bigger size.You reckon this will be strong enough?

[Sinker]

I use a limger limb or a hunk of inner tube fer a shock absorber. 80lb snaggin line from the year before has never let me down.......yet!

[Wolfman]

I use braided nylon usualy but have used just the plain white cotton line. I hardly ever use more then about 100 test and use it down to about 80lb.
Got to remember the limb itself is takeing up most of the shock. Don't want it to thick and don't want it to thin.

I did have some 160lb test on an iron wood tree on a big rock/gravel/mud bank that had survived countless floods and several large cats. Tree itself was about 5 or 6 inchs thick with a nice long limb about 1 1/2 inchs thick. The last time i used it it was still real solid in the bank. Next morning it was flat gone!...lol
Ive had one or two other large limbs ripped off tree's and a large bush pulled out of the bank one time. So it's not really the line itself thats the weak link...lol

[Critter]

I've had that happen a few times myself.The way I always ran mine down home in the country was pretty primitive.I'm looking to do things completely different now that I'm up here in civilized territory.lol! I'm learning everything from scratch up here now.