I guess I did it this way because we were running a straight run for a bit, then off in a ditch for a bit, then back up the road in another ditch, basically all over the place. I left them like this because they rode well, were not gonna get stolen at the eatin house. I'd roll off 75' or so in the morning and just wrap it up like this and then roll off what I needed at a particular spot where I was working. This way spools didn't get hot or anything and was not rolling them up and then out 10 times. End of the day one of the guys or me would roll up the garden hose extension cord and welding leads and go home. Rolling up before lunch meant, unwinding all of the cable around the hitch/vise, pulling it straight, rolling it up and then doing the opposite when I got back from lunch. If I left it wrapped around the hitch/vise and went to lunch I've saved myself time/extra work peat and repeating and I could just get to work instead of toying around connecting everything again. Sure it probably only amounts to a few minutes to roll up but figure 5-10 minutes to roll up, 5-10 to unroll and repeat this for a week you've got 100 minutes of work doing something you can eliminate easily. 100 minutes I don't have to charge them for rolling out/up over and over, 100 minutes I can get straight back to working on the line instead of dragging out again. Basically, it works for me and it didn't sound like a smart azz question 52lincoln, just a question.