It's a very clever idea mind you. The problem is that both the "up side" and "down side" of the cord have to go through the same binner and so need to be close to eachother. But during the night the food bag may spin and the cord winds up. With a thick cord like the 550 or the REI cord this may not be a problem. But the mason line can really get twisted up and then you can't get your food down easily. You pull the hanging line to get the stick out and it doesn't want to come. And since you can't see the line up there well enough you can't figure out which way to spin it to get it unwound.
Not sure what you mean by tieing to a tree, but Rather than tie to a tree to support the bag, just use the pct method and tie the lines slightly off to the side either to a ree/bush or use a stake in the ground. to put a little sideways pressure on the line so it is at an angle. the bag isn't supported by this pressure (if something chews through it it doesn't come down) but the little bit of "angle" on the line
means that as the bag blows in the wind it returns back to "normal" and your line doesn't twist up on itself.
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