Once you get your adjustments right, you can kick it across a 100ft span, and a lubricant does well but I used silicone spray, even soaked the 2 spools of wire, that stuff will impregnate the lasher and repeal water and don't collect dust or muck like grease will, for new build, the wind will blow it across the strand, for overlash, throw the J.
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