Bungee warning

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May 6, 2015
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warning about bungees, replace every year or so.

I use a bungee to secure crap (canopy mostly) in/on top of folding wagon. couple of weeks ago, had some ligh to moderate winds, and of course stakes and ropes for canopy are long gone, so was using bungee to hold canopy down by fastening it to wagon with small cooler in it.

larger gust of wind, bungees snapped, got DW on the arm (think she threw arm up in front of face thank god), pretty thick bungee as well, left several large welts on her arm (much better than in face or eye though). looking in retrospect, was pretty sun faded, so probably should have been tossed.

inspect and if in doubt, toss em. cheap enough, and they can do some serious damage (honestly, based on welts on DWs arm, suprised they did not break skin)
 
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Jun 23, 2018
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My Mom used to work for an Insurance company and she tells my dad all the time to be careful because she said they are one of the highest rates of eye injuries.

I have some similar to these on my wagon and they are a have to have. They are adjustable and you can tighten them down after hooking them (safer than stretching to hook and snapping back and hitting you) and they fit almost every size load on the wagon. Try one and you will love it. Super strong too.

Amazon product ASIN B07BHRLBR3
 

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Dec 18, 2014
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A guy at work had a resistance band fail, the clevis pin clip thingy smacked him in the mouth! Knocked some teeth out and broke his jaw.
 

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