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Post by furtrapper on Jul 28, 2004 15:13:30 GMT -6
Matt I see you cut the J hook. Quick links or screw connectors same thing work great for me .Never had a critter or a man take em apart yet! I normaly pull all my cable stakes as the ones I use are reusable. Haven't had a problem with 3/32 cable either other then it getting twisted up some then it is easy to replace.
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Post by PAMINK on Jul 28, 2004 16:36:30 GMT -6
I have used them all at one time or another. I like the bullet stakes the best. The definitely have the best holding qualities but are the most expensive.
I use 12" of 3/32 on mine, no troubles. You'd probably want some 15 inchers around for soft spots.
Berkshires are great if you're leavin them but bullets are better if you're pulling. Terry
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Post by Edge on Jul 28, 2004 19:52:51 GMT -6
"After all, I DO own a fancy bolt cutter now.... "
If you are meaning to cut cable with your bolt cutters,don't,get a pair of cable cutters,they cut wire well too.Bolt cutters *will*cut *some* cable,eventually,but they are designed to cut solid items,not mobile windings.
Edge
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Post by bubcat on Jul 28, 2004 21:10:33 GMT -6
No pounding, no pulling if I can help it.
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Post by Rob220swift on Jul 28, 2004 21:31:28 GMT -6
Matt: I had a location where coyotes were running the top of a sand pile that surrounded a pond dug with a dragline. I used 20 inches of cable and a paint can lid about 3-4 inches in diameter, with a J hook connecting the lid to the cable. No way a coyote could pull it and this was in loose beach type sand.
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Post by Hornhunter on Jul 28, 2004 21:38:12 GMT -6
I've got the bullet stakes planted along the logging roads In my area. Some have been there for 4 years. Sure makes things easy when setting the same spots each season. I use mostly drags, But sure have to spend lots of wasted trapping time looking for missing traps. If some one throws your trap In his truck. You can spend a heck of a lot of time looking for a coyote that never happened. Like a friend said! If you stake you know right off what happened to your trap. Or if It's gone or not. This year probably 75% of my traps will be staked with bullets. Bubcat? I wondered why you picked up that roadkill coyote yesterday!
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Post by RonMarsh on Jul 29, 2004 16:19:17 GMT -6
I would like to introduce you guys to the Retrievable Cable Stake. I have been reusing some of mine for the last 10 years. This stake is built on the bent washer design. 2 1/8" washer od with 20"s of 1/8 cable.
A second cable comes off of the V of the washer for the retrieve line.
A pull of less than 30 lb on the retrieve line sets the washer up on end for easy retrieval out the same hole that it was driven into.
Holding power: some people have been known to use them for an anchor to wench ther truck out of a sand bog.
No cost to replace or recable. No Trips back to get the stakes. The puller that I use is a piece of #9 wire that I bent into a hook with a handle.
PM me your postal address and I will mail to you an information pack.
Ron
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Post by briankroberts on Jul 29, 2004 21:04:11 GMT -6
I run the Iowas and 12" of cable, if I'm in tilled ground I just drive it in 4" farther and some of the chain is under ground, no problem at all and they hold great. I carry a pic axe and I can wrench them out of the ground in about 10 seconds and there ready to use again. I don't have to rehook or make up any thing else, if I'm cleaning the traps I take'm to the carwash and hose'em off good and then wax the whole works, I don't bother boiling them again unless they've been skunked which don't happen often. I rum 1/8" 7x19 cable on mine and when waxed it shows no wear at all after heavy use. If I went back to rebar I know it would really slow me down. I can have a stake in the ground in under 30 seconds and its already attached to my trap, nothing extra to carry around. So Matt I guess the answers YES, they make me money.....B.....
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Post by z on Jul 30, 2004 6:46:58 GMT -6
"If I went back to re-bar it would really slow me down"! I used to think so also......... I have often wanted to try cable stakes (Up yours Zaggar).......But never did, I get to much fun watching others fondle them at conventions....... In all practicality It would make no sense for me to even try to make the switch, I am guessing I might, might be able to utilize them at maybe 40% of my locations! So with each passing season more and more traps get outfitted with 8ft. of machine chain and some trackers. Working with grappled traps is simplicity at its finest. I have often wondered why my bag for staked sets and all the crap in it weighs more then I do......... Zz!
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Post by Clefus on Jul 30, 2004 17:52:14 GMT -6
Z... Zags diggin tool weighs more than you...lol... ;D He make me sweat just watchin him...
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