Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 14:22:46 -0400
Reply-To: Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@HEWITT.COM>
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From: Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@HEWITT.COM>
Subject: Re: Westy roof-rack spider bungee net
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Looks great Malcolm ---- I bought this one from Cabelas a few years ago
for $10 USD and it is still going strong ---- not as heavy duty as your
home-grown version but serviceable enough for those who don't want to roll
their own.
Cheers,
Doug
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<snip?The really good bungee spider-net, that I have been using for my
Westy's roof rack, sort of gave
out this summer and the place from which I obtianed it, said they had no
more and could get no
more. So I decided to design my own. Yes, Yes, I know that maybe GoWesty
has them, but.......
One sub-optimal part of the design of my former bungee web was that it was
tied at each bungee
junction so that if it was tight on one side, and loose on the other side,
there was no way to use
the loose bit over on the tight bit. SO! I decided to use rings at each
bunge junction to allow
the bungee cord to slide around from any tight places to loose places.
I measured the length needed, and went to Canadian Tire and bought enough
bungee cord to do the
job. I used fairly thin bungee cord.
I went to Home Depot and bought some rings for the bungee cord to slide
through. The ones I found
are made by KingChain and are called a "Harness Ring", product code 0
66366 46361 3. I used 1"
rings, but smaller might have been better.
I re-cycled the hooks from my former bungee spider-web and threaded/hooked
it all together. I
left a foot extra bungee-cord on one end, so that I can loosen/tighten it
as need be. With the
rings, any adjustement will be effective thoughout the roof-rack. Photos
are at:
http://photos.yahoo.com/mwstebbins under "Van MISC"
I have not yet tried this with 'stuff' up there, so I may have to make
adjustments.
Enjoy. Malcolm</snip>
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