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Elastic straps.....whatdaya call 'em????

Submitted: Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 15:59

Member - Roachie (SA)

You know,......... those common elastic straps with a hook on each end.

I used to ride touring bikes many years ago and we strapped luggage and sleeping bag onto the bike's rack with an "OCCY" strap (short for "octapus" I reckon).

I know other blokes who refer to them as "JOCKY" straps and now, in the post about water storage in a GU with 2 fridges in the back, there is a bloke who refers to them as "HOCKY" straps.

What's right and has anybody got any other names for them (aside from the obvious one that you call it about 3 seconds after it's slipped out of your hands under full tension and has just ripped your left eye out!!!!)

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AnswerID: 164399   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 16:08

Tim HJ61 (WA) replied:

Ocky straps - short for Octopus, is what I'd call them if I ever used them. Pretty wary myself.

Young shopping trolley collector in Karratha I think either died or lost an eye a few years back exactly the way you describe. Now you notice the trolley collectors use webbing straps not Ocky Straps.

But language evolves Roachie, maybe it's just another thing for us to get confused and bewildered about..... :-)

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FollowupID: 419290   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 18:26

Member - Mike DID posted:

. . . like the spelling of "voila" you see in many posts :-)

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AnswerID: 164401   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 16:15

Member - David 0 replied:

The red one is called Reddy
The green one Kermit
The yellow one Sunshine

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FollowupID: 419268   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 16:21

Member - David 0 posted:

it can get confusing though, because the green Range Rover is called the Green Goddess, and the red rag that is the universal, "dust everything off", and "lay on the ground to look under the vehicle" rag is called "red rag to a bull"

Red rage to a bull has travelled more of Australia than most Australians, so he is very precious :-)

Hey I didn't say I was sane :-)
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AnswerID: 164402   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 16:19

Eric from Cape York Connections replied:

In australia we call them occy straps in NZ they call the bungy straps.

All the best
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FollowupID: 419286   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 18:04

Member-Neil & Margie-Cairns posted:

Damn Eric , you beet me , yep bungy cord , (strap) ,, thats the one !!

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AnswerID: 164404   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 16:23

Member - David 0 replied:

I think technically the occy strap is the one that has several stretchy bits attched to a centre ring.
So I guess bungy strap is universal. Several bungies make an occy

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AnswerID: 164405   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 16:23

Member - Ian H (NSW) replied:

Another name is "eye removers".

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FollowupID: 419310   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 20:04

Member No 1 posted:

ditto
also a bloke in WA didnt know what hit him...he is now with the almighty

those things are dangerous and should be banned.
wouldnt let any of my mechanics use them in or on their vans....

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FollowupID: 419340   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 21:48

Richard Kovac posted:

They are band in WA work places

youngen was killed by one getting shopping trolleys

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AnswerID: 164407   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 16:31

Lone Wolf replied:

Now, there are some shops, which have neon on the front windows, with the letters...XXX. I don't know if these are proper camping supply shops, but I have seen a few campers in them. These straps come in all shapes and sizes, but I've never heard the words that have been suggested in the above threads, oh no...

They even have other clippy things on the ends instead of the hooks as well. I think from memory, you can buy snatch straps from here, as well as those things you blow up.... I think they are for lifting out of sand or something.

Cheers

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FollowupID: 419270   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 16:36

Patrolman Pat posted:

I'll be sure to check these shops out sometime Wolfie.

Which one do you recommend?
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FollowupID: 419298   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 19:23

Joe King posted:

Yeah, I think I know the ones, lots & lots of instuction manuals & video's, plugs for various uses & usually a very well educated, extremely well informed upstanding pillar of the community behind the counter, is that the place????
("Snatch strap" LMFAO!!!!)
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AnswerID: 164411   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 17:00

Michael ( Moss Vale NSW) replied:

You dont mean "suspenders"??? They look much better with a pair of red fish nets atached to them. :)
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FollowupID: 419287   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 18:08

Member - Roachie (SA) posted:

Michael,
How did you go with Pud?
Cheers
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FollowupID: 419291   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 18:35

Member - Pud & Barb R (NSW) posted:

They are going to meet in Sydney somewhere
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FollowupID: 419293   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 18:56

Michael ( Moss Vale NSW) posted:

Hi Bill, Martin is going to throw it in his truck, when he is waiting somewhere close to Bankstown, he will give me a ring. That should work out ok.. Thanks again bill.. Michael
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AnswerID: 164413   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 17:06

Member - Brian (Gold Coast) replied:

What do you call 'em???

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AnswerID: 164421   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 17:39

Member - Willie , Epping .Syd. replied:

I used to call them " bloody dangerous " until I started buying longer ones and putting a knot into each one so they could not slip through and unleash their full fury on my face .
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FollowupID: 419311   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 20:05

Member No 1 posted:

willie it aint the rubber band thats going to hurt...its the efin hook at the other end you wont see

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AnswerID: 164427   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 18:34

Kiwi Kia replied:

Also often known as "stretchies"
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AnswerID: 164434   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 19:03

roofscooter2 replied:

These are the stretchy SHOELACE noes are they?
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AnswerID: 164443   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 19:42

Mr Fawlty replied:

The technical nomenclature for these things is (drum roll)... "elastic tie downs" I actually found a better way of getting them. Buy the bulk shock cord, as it is called, from Bunnings and get some decent hooks also from Bunnings and secure the hooks to the ends of your chosen length shock cord with a half blood knot or crimp with the crimp on clips that you can also buy. So strong that I can tie Sybil to the roof with them.
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AnswerID: 164451   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 20:02

Willem replied:

$HIT (when they hit you in the face)
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FollowupID: 419312   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 20:07

Member No 1 posted:

ouch if your lucky...
you only need to get hit once eh willem

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AnswerID: 164456   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 20:12

Axle replied:


Those elastic straps with a hook on each end? My ol man held his duds up with them , BRACES!!
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AnswerID: 164467   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 20:46

Member - Doug T (QLD) replied:

Dunno my wife [when i was married to her ] had some elastic straps with hooks and she called it a BRA

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AnswerID: 164471   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 21:00

GaryInOz (Vic) replied:

Used to come with a steel ring that attatched 4 straps together ie. 8 ends. This is the origin of the "octopus" strap. Originally made to hold down tarps and things on trailers.
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AnswerID: 164481   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 21:29

Trevor R (QLD) replied:

Bloody strong.
These were holding a surfboard down on the el cheapo roofracks on my datsun 240K many years ago when I hit a "Road Closed... Flooding Ahead" sign, (no brakes at time) and the sign flew up over the windscreen....lodged under the surfboard and promptly ripped the roofracks off and the whole setup went bouncing down the road behind me. When I eventually stopped and got back to where the roofracks and board were, they were stilled attached by these "bloody strong " straps.

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FollowupID: 419343   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 21:58

Member - Pezza (QLD) posted:

You speeding in a 240K with a skeg board on the roof and no brakes, why is it that doesn't surprise me? LOL.

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AnswerID: 164488   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 21:53

drew replied:

Use something else if possible - see attached...

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AnswerID: 164493   Submitted: Sunday, Apr 02, 2006 at 22:13

Jimbo replied:

In Victoria,

we call shock absorbers shockers, not shockies (shockies sounds a bit soft).

We call rubber straps Ocker Straps, Not Occy Straps (sounds a bit Homo).

Occy, pussy, shockie, wankie, softy. Not for us LOL.

That's just the way we are here.
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FollowupID: 419362   Submitted: Monday, Apr 03, 2006 at 07:42

Member No 1 posted:

typical...you lot have to be different dont you....
bloody vics hehehe

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AnswerID: 164536   Submitted: Monday, Apr 03, 2006 at 11:16

Sand Man (SA) replied:

Guys,

Get with it!

Those old "Occy" straps are history.

If you want something that is much safer and more practical, you need ROK Straps.
These straps, available from most camping and the larger hardware stores are "flat" with hooks that don't come off. The stretch is limited and based on the length of the strap.

They are available in two different widths and a few different lengths.

There is also an adjustable type, of which I use two to secure the Engel to the fridge slide, while at the same time allowing a "bit of play".

Bloody good they are and safe as well.

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FollowupID: 419401   Submitted: Monday, Apr 03, 2006 at 11:44

Gramps (NSW) posted:

Sand Man,

Agree. I've been using the ROK straps for several years now without a problem. Binned all the old Occy straps. Available at Big W etc as well.

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AnswerID: 164585   Submitted: Monday, Apr 03, 2006 at 17:14

Bonz (Vic) replied:

I got a bundle of them here Roachie, come past and you can call them.....YOURS!

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