Return-path: BijiliE_at_aol.com From: BijiliE_at_aol.com Full-name: Bijili E Message-ID: <ad885264.24f6bcda_at_aol.com> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 11:52:58 EDT Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] bungies (was: Yakima/Thule Bars) To: WJLeonhardt_at_bnl.gov MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 10 I have some truckers' rubbery bungie material (black and about 3/8" thick) with hooks that are moveable. I've had them for 5 or more years, with no stretching or degradation. Got them at a sports rack place in Sacrament (The Sports Rack, which I believe now has a website), but they don't carry them any more and I can't find them elsewhere. I got the idea from Kate McClain of Blue Waters Kayaking (Marin County, California). BijiliE *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
> >I have some truckers' rubbery bungie material (black and about 3/8" thick) >with hooks that are moveable. I've had them for 5 or more years, with no >stretching or degradation. Got them at a sports rack place in Sacrament (The >Sports Rack, which I believe now has a website), but they don't carry them >any more and I can't find them elsewhere. I got the idea from Kate McClain of >Blue Waters Kayaking (Marin County, California). > You can certainly find them at truck stops, e.g. Petro. 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. Joe P. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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/ ***************************************************************************
At 12:04 PM 8/26/99 EDT, BijiliE_at_aol.com wrote: > >I have some truckers' rubbery bungie material (black and about 3/8" thick) >with hooks that are moveable. I've had them for 5 or more years, with no >stretching or degradation. Got them at a sports rack place in Sacrament (The >Sports Rack, which I believe now has a website), but they don't carry them >any more and I can't find them elsewhere. I got the idea from Kate McClain of You have to go to a real hardware store, or even better, something like a farm supply store -- something like Quality Farm and Fleet, in this neck of the woods. -- Wes *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Thank you, thank you, for your thoughts on big black stretchies. We've used them for years, along with a front-tie webbing, and haven't come close to any scarey episodes. Pam Stohrer NH *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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