I've used those super stakes with chain and loved them for all reasons except removing them. Great idea with the cables to pull them out, because they are a PITA to get them out otherwise! Very nice idea!
Absolutely probably the very best staking system I have yet seen in any trapping video on the internet, and I have watched hundreds of them. Not the cheapest option initially but since you can easily recover each stake without fail, it is more cost effective in the long run than using cheap disposable cable stakes. Plus I feel the chains are far stronger and less likely for an animal to defeat. I'm going to be upgrading my trapping gear and I think I am going to build some of these and give them a try! Thanks for sharing your idea. I've subscribed and look forward to your videos.
Looks OK but it could be improved with a small dia short galvinized spring on the chain between the two swivels. Size of spring ballanced to animal weight. Go to a lighter spring if trapping multiple species as spring is only to take the jerking action out of an animal hitting the chain end. Short springs do not tangle! Plus small diameter spring as they last for a lot more years........! No escapes! No pulled stakes & No injury if you get someones pet dog or a non target animal it can be released unharmed. (Jaws of a trap are not a factor in most injury its an animal jumping in the trap with a sudden jerk as it hits the chain end. Amassing how many animals you can catch held by just one claw with 2 swivels on the chain (which you have) & the correct size & shape of chain spring!
I believe the hole in the nut is about 3/16. Cable is about the same. You could probably get away with using slightly smaller cable because of how it flips it back to vertical and has less drag when pulling back up. If your ground is extra rocky or freezes really deep you may want to go heavier. Good luck!
That depends alot on soil type and how deep you go. You will have to go as deep as necessary to best suit your target animals. Without the retrieval system to flip it back upright, you'll probably have to dig them out. Some guys say they pull them with a truck or SxS but that isn't always feasible
I've used those super stakes with chain and loved them for all reasons except removing them. Great idea with the cables to pull them out, because they are a PITA to get them out otherwise! Very nice idea!
Ive dug them up a few times got a puller this year see how that works
Absolutely probably the very best staking system I have yet seen in any trapping video on the internet, and I have watched hundreds of them. Not the cheapest option initially but since you can easily recover each stake without fail, it is more cost effective in the long run than using cheap disposable cable stakes. Plus I feel the chains are far stronger and less likely for an animal to defeat.
I'm going to be upgrading my trapping gear and I think I am going to build some of these and give them a try! Thanks for sharing your idea. I've subscribed and look forward to your videos.
Thank you very much! I was bending and losing so many of the wolffangs so I decided it was time for a permanent upgrade.
Drill bits a slick idea for sure! Nice work!
Yeah that red clay in my area dries rock hard. Makes more sense to get it out asap. Thanks!
Awesome rig man
Thank you. Very reliable and I enjoy tinkering with equipment to customize my setup.
I got some of the same one's but that have cable on mine. The chains look way better brother for sure.👊💀👍🇺🇸
Thanks man. The chain is really nice how it drops down below the trap in the bed.
I was on TH-cam trying to figure out what to do after I threw all the wolf fangs away😂
Great job !!
Thank you! They work great.
Looks OK but it could be improved with a small dia short galvinized spring on the chain between the two swivels. Size of spring ballanced to animal weight. Go to a lighter spring if trapping multiple species as spring is only to take the jerking action out of an animal hitting the chain end. Short springs do not tangle! Plus small diameter spring as they last for a lot more years........! No escapes! No pulled stakes & No injury if you get someones pet dog or a non target animal it can be released unharmed. (Jaws of a trap are not a factor in most injury its an animal jumping in the trap with a sudden jerk as it hits the chain end. Amassing how many animals you can catch held by just one claw with 2 swivels on the chain (which you have) & the correct size & shape of chain spring!
I tried this but broke a lot of cables. I just drill down beside the chain to pull them. I use #3 instead of #2 . 18" seems a bit long.
What size nut do you weld on? Also what size cable are you using for retrieval?
I believe the hole in the nut is about 3/16. Cable is about the same. You could probably get away with using slightly smaller cable because of how it flips it back to vertical and has less drag when pulling back up. If your ground is extra rocky or freezes really deep you may want to go heavier. Good luck!
I'm a fox hollow bullet guy myself wolf fang and cable have let me down to many times
Do these pull out ok
That depends alot on soil type and how deep you go. You will have to go as deep as necessary to best suit your target animals. Without the retrieval system to flip it back upright, you'll probably have to dig them out. Some guys say they pull them with a truck or SxS but that isn't always feasible
Get them in the ground 20” and nobody except maybe a linebacker is going to steal your trap
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