Using rubber rope when tarping, anyone?

Rubber rope is the primary tie down for tarps and bungees secondary around these parts.

 

Kewl needle nose, okie.

 

if your paying $150, your paying too much. the boxes only cost $50. you can buy regular rope much cheaper then rubber rope. works just as good.

 

I've yet to get regular rope to stretch, especially twice it's orginal lenght. To me that's part of the problem with bugees, they just don't stretch far without creating a lot of force.

 

I like shock cord because there is less friction on it between the D-rings and the hooks. Rubber dragging on a D-ring will rip it off the tarp in short order pulled as tight as I pull my shock cord.

 

Do you still use S hooks on the very ends, or do you tie it to the bed. Just wondering how you secure it to the deck I guess.

 

Give me more details on the shock cord you use. I found 1/8" cord 100' length for $18. How well does it hold up?

 

I like regular rope. If you know 2 knots, it works as well as anything and is cheap. Bowline and truckers slip knot. I have bungees and 2 inch ratchet straps too. But rope rocks.