Zip Ties to hold racks

[displayfireworks1]

Watch this video at around the 26:55 mark, you will see racks held together with zip ties. Has anyone used this technique? Or anything other than nailing them together?

http://youtu.be/IrVKZ4c7fpA

[Donnbishop]

I was a side board guy. I even think the 1x2s are pushing your luck. In my opinion, the zip tie route is just laziness. Good playing it off in the vid though DF1.

[tntrealty1]

this would never fly in ME, NH, MA, CT where we shoot...Does look quicker than the strapping route but "MAN" not sure I'd trust it...

[PuroJon]

Not me. If it melts - it should not be used for racking. I don't trust lives with plastic just so someone can save $1.00 on a rack build, and I would not leave both legs of the "C" shape unanchored to the ground. The way he has them rigged if there is a flowerpot the whole rack set might pivot and fall.

I understand all the "no" reasons for doing it - I can't think of any "yes" reasons.

[smilli]

Seen it lots of times in europe because we mainly use steel racks that cannot be nailed together.
Also seen just a couple inches of hard steelwire used to tie racks together.
Have a look in this clip from an italian set-up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqiMrIDGqSI

[SCPyrotechnician]

I was a side board guy. I even think the 1x2s are pushing your luck. In my opinion, the zip tie route is just laziness. Good playing it off in the vid though DF1.

Yep. Pure laziness, in my opinion.

[displayfireworks1]

On day a person with an engineering background will design an easy inexpensive way to setup mortar racks it will change the way this is done throughout the world. I am surprised we do not see more companies from outside of fireworks industry trying to look at this.
I have seen many variations on setups, to name a few , don't pound the nails in to far, use just a few nails, do not fill the sand box all the way with sand and zip ties.
Just as bad are the stabilization extremes, use more nails , use screws , pack the sand so tight its ridiculous.
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Then there is setting up the fireworks display to minimize the clean up. Remove all the foil from the top of the cakes , place all the mortars in the final in one tight area to make clean up easy and do not use foil to cover the finale.
Here is what that gets you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3Ascwn4HzE