Cheap bungee cord

47fivewindow · Mar 9, 2021

I saw some loose tarps and broken straps after the wind storm. I was out of new bungees so I drilled some air hose and put in the hooks. Worked well. Cheap

dcarp · Mar 9, 2021

Nothing like ingenuity, making due with what you have

JMOR · Mar 9, 2021

(quoted from post at 15:29:51 03/09/21) Nothing like ingenuity, making due with what you have

areful not to lose an eye.

47fivewindow · Mar 9, 2021

Thank you for that warning. A close friend lost an eye with one of those rotten cords

Part Time Pete · Mar 10, 2021

Nice - make due with what you have. I can't find good ones locally - I have to order them on line

Richard G. · Mar 10, 2021

Every time I use a bungee cord, I think of my oldest brother.
He was a PHD at LSU and was tying his canoe on top of his car.
Was pulling the cord down to the trailer hitch and it slipped out of his hand.
Jerked his glasses off and went beside his eyeball and ripped a long cut on his temple.
Found his glasses 100 feet away and he could not see out of his eye for 2 weeks.
Richard in NW SC

Determined · Mar 10, 2021

What kind of air hose did you use that has that much stretch to it?

showcrop · Mar 10, 2021

(quoted from post at 12:56:01 03/09/21)

(quoted from post at 15:29:51 03/09/21) Nothing like ingenuity, making due with what you have

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areful not to lose an eye.

JMOR, is a non OEM bungee more dangerous at the end of useful life than one of a "make do" type?

Blackhole49 · Mar 10, 2021

JMOR · Mar 10, 2021

(quoted from post at 09:45:09 03/10/21)

(quoted from post at 12:56:01 03/09/21)

(quoted from post at 15:29:51 03/09/21) Nothing like ingenuity, making due with what you have

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areful not to lose an eye.

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JMOR, is a non OEM bungee more dangerous at the end of useful life than one of a "make do" type?

ou will have to do the testing for that....not me.

fixerupper · Mar 10, 2021

I have a scar on an upper lip from one of those things. It felt like someone slugged me. I was lucky it was the back side of the hook. It if would have been the other away around it would have ripped my lip off. I still use them but I make sure I am out of the way if it lets go.

47fivewindow · Mar 10, 2021

They didnt stretch. I just took up the slack on the other side

Determined · Mar 10, 2021

(quoted from post at 14:18:17 03/10/21) They didnt stretch. I just took up the slack on the other side

Well that makes a lot more sense now than it did when I looked at half awake this morning.

I now see the red thing is the end of a tarp, when I first looked at it I thought it was tin of some sort and the hose was expected to stretch enough to allow the loader to tilt.

Thanks I am all better now.

showcrop · Mar 10, 2021

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I saw some loose tarps and broken straps after the wind storm. I was out of new bungees so I drilled some air hose and put in the hooks. Worked well. Cheap

47 5 W, be sure you keep that tarp really tight. I found out the hard way that a tarp that is not tight is worse than no tarp. Actually when you factor in condensation there is probably no tarp that is better than no tarp when it come to protecting machinery. A friend had a lot of rust damage done to an MF a few years ago by a tarp on it in the summer holding condensation in.

47fivewindow · Mar 10, 2021

The loader frame makes a kind of shed. The air gets under the tarp. I need a bigger barn!

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