Bungee Cord Control

RichNJKubota · Aug 5, 2004

For years I've kept my bungee cords in a cardboard box and it's a disaster. It's like a can of worms. They hook each other and it's impossible to pull just one out of the box.
I counted them today and I've got 32 bungee cords of various lengths.
Does anyone have a solution to keep them so they don't become a tangled mess?
I need to be able to bring the bungees with me in the car or up to the barn from the garage. So the solution needs to be able to fit in a box.

Thanks,
Rich

rockinmywaypa · Aug 5, 2004

First thing that came to my mind was some welded wire mesh cut down to one square wide and one square longer than your longest bungee. I have some in mind that's 1/4'' thick and 4'' square holes. I use it for building pens for livestock.

Tom_W · Aug 5, 2004

Try a piece of pvc pipe cut to a length just longer than your bungies. Hook over the ends. It's what we do at work. I don't have that many at home so here I have a piece of rope between studs in the garage and hang from there.

normde2001 · Aug 5, 2004

Just curious, what in the world does one do with 32 bungee cords?

thcri · Aug 5, 2004

( Just curious, what in the world does one do with 32 bungee cords? )

Spend the majority of your time separating them and getting ticked off because you can't separate them.

I hang mine just from some hooks along the garage wall. I have 15 of various different sizes that I will never use.

RichNJKubota · Aug 5, 2004

What does one do with 32 bungee cords?

That's a personal question

I use them to tie down "stuff" that is being carried on the trailer or car roof rack, temp fix for a broken mailbox, hold the tarp over the baler and hay wagon. The kids use them to tow things behind their tricycles.
99% of them I picked up from the side of the road. So the price was right.
The most I ever used at one time might have been around 20-25.
I do like the pipe idea.
If the kids have not cut up all the PVC pipe I'll give it a try. It's amazing what 4 and 5 year old kids will do.

Rich

markct · Aug 5, 2004

( Just curious, what in the world does one do with 32 bungee cords? )

funny ya should say that, i bought an assortment of 36 bungee cords from wal mart a couple years ago when i needed a few to hold a tarp on my dump truck while hauling sand, well i know where one bungee is but thats it! i have no idea where the rest went

RichNJKubota · Aug 6, 2004

As I was driving thru CT I picked up a few /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Rich

Golfgar4 · Aug 6, 2004

( As I was driving thru CT I picked up a few )

Must have been around Northfield, huh? /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Currmudgeon · Aug 6, 2004

My active bungees, I hang from the expanded metal rear window grate of my pickup. They're always handy. The reserve ones, I sort by length and tie into bundles with string. They can then e stuffed into a duffle bag without becoming a bag of snakes.