Joe Pylka wrote: > > >I have some truckers' rubbery bungie material (black and about 3/8" thick) > On the other hand, you'd be amazed at how many of those truckers' bungees I > see lying on or beside the road around here in NJ (lotsa trucks). They do > not last. Mostly, they're broken where the rubber wraps around the > hook..... I think the truckers probably overkill the use of them so if > one comes off it won't matter much. > My experience is finding them broken about 6" from the hook. I can always use another S-hook. I don't think the truckers use them to fasten loads to the truck as much as to tie down the tarp over the load, at a rate of 1 bungie/4 feet or so. My boats are fastened to the rack with NRS straps or 4mm accessory cord. Steve -- Test Scoring and Reporting Services University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602-5593 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Aug 26 1999 - 10:28:32 PDT
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