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FS: DIY 30' Bungee's

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DBL
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I'm just seeing if anyone would be interested in this.

I'm going to be selling 30 foot DIY bungee's for $140 shipped (to Canada, dont know how much for shipping to usa)

I have made a 20 foot version and it gave enough speed for most flat and down rails, but a 30' one will definitely give enough speed for all rails!

The bungee's are 3 - 30' shock cords braided and tied off with a 30' lead line and one or two PVC handles

Pics of my 20' (minus the lead line)
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Please PM me if you are interested!

Daniel
Aug 30 2012 11:51AM
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DBL
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Forgot to mention PayPal only
Aug 30 2012 11:53AM
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Mag
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instead of making it longer you could have just made it thicker, or doubled it over, also why are you using leadline?
Aug 30 2012 12:19PM
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DBL
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by leadline i mean a rope to tie the bungee down, and it is more cost effective to make it longer (imo) i am open to suggestions to modify the design
Aug 30 2012 12:39PM
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Mag
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fair enough, why did you use leadline instead of normal rope? personally I would have had a carabiner attached at the end so you don't have the chance of a knot coming out at one end, but rather the only danger is that the bungee rips, which it shouldn't . I don't see how it makes it any more cost effective to make it longer, as it'll be exactly the same strength just need less of an inrun.
Aug 30 2012 12:49PM
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DBL
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it is normal.rope, and yes there will be a carabiner at tge end :) and i had understood that you mean morr bungee at the same.length versus doubling it over :) thanks for the input
Aug 30 2012 12:58PM
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Mag
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If you're looking for efficiency normal rope would be a LOT cheaper, lead line is ridiculously expensive in comparison.
Aug 30 2012 12:59PM
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james6345789
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This looks really legit, nice, OP.
Aug 30 2012 1:44PM
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Mag
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If you don't mind me asking what thickness are you using for this? Te one I made out of catapult elastic was way too thin.
Aug 30 2012 2:24PM
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DBL
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1/2 inch shock cord, anything less would not work
Aug 30 2012 2:31PM
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DBL
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thanks!
Aug 30 2012 2:31PM
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jordy19
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video footage might be intrested
Aug 30 2012 2:45PM
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jaredmdub
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Fact.
Aug 30 2012 2:48PM
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Mag
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So that's 1.5 inches braided? Not .5 inches braided yeah?
Aug 30 2012 2:49PM
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DBL
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yeah in total 1.5 inches when braided, each cord is 0.5 inches thick
Aug 30 2012 2:55PM
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jaredmdub
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You have a video of it in use?
Aug 30 2012 2:59PM
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DBL
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i might have some footage, i just gotta talk to my friend who has some of it, i hope i can get it!
Aug 30 2012 3:22PM
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DBL
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In this video there was both my bungee and a real one, I want to see if you guys can see the difference in the two just by looking
Aug 30 2012 3:33PM
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DBL
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sorry for the triple post, the vid is my buddys that i filmed.
I also was able to hit this rail by myself caus my bro bailed on me so i pulled the bungee back alone,
which obviously ends up giving less speed than 2 or 3 people pulling.
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Aug 30 2012 3:42PM
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jaredmdub
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video is set to private. no one can watch
Aug 30 2012 5:52PM
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