[RC] bungee ties....not my horses - JonniMarv posted : >>>The stretching of the bungees shrunk the diameter enough to pull them out of their clips while still retaining the clips to the cords on one side of the clips.One went completely through her lower lip and blew the backs off of two of her lower incisors and chipped one biting edge really good.During the two hours of Sunday barnyard surgery we had a lot of time to talk to the vet about bungee injuries and fatalities.<<< And I bet Marv was glad it was not a human that got hit by the bungee missile. Can you imagine something hitting a persons body that hard? Enough to take teeth off a horse??? Gawd, WHY would anyone use the dang things??? I have heard MORE accident "reports" from bungees breaking and giving, and then becoming a missile of destruction. And if you release one with a quick release snap as it is stretched out, that free end is most likely going to go flying and hit something, or someone. If anyone loves bungees, I have a couple hi-tie bungees I'll sell you....cuz they have been replaces with cotton rope ties on my horses.Also, if they get a leg over a cotton rope by accident, it will be much less of a rope burn that what the material in bungee ties will do...... Jonni =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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