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Post by bobwendt on Jul 8, 2007 10:30:56 GMT -6
trailors are like barns. what seems big is always less than you need. If I get another trailor I`ll go heavier duty axles and a longer trailor too. but I`m thinking me and the trailor I have now should both run out at about the same time. lol, perfect timing. you`re not far behind bob!
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Post by robertw on Jul 8, 2007 12:06:29 GMT -6
One of the tricks that I use when piling large amounts of fur in a freezer fast is using scrap copper tubing (cut to 1" less than the width of the freezer). By placing this copper tubing between layers of pelts (especially if freezing 2 layers at time) about every 6" or so apart. The copper tubing acts as a "thermo conducter" and helps transferr the cold temperatures into the fur mass faster. This does away with worrying about unfrozen areas or "hot spots" in a freezer.
#2 Also if freezening damp fur or un bagged fur I layer sheets of news-paper betwen the layers of pelts and around the edge of the freezer to keep furs from freezing together or sticking to the edge of the freezer.
#3 I put as many road miles on freezers each year as anyone out there. Always rachet strap your freezers down solid to the trail floor. Always level the trailer and let the freezers set at least 1 hour before plugging them in and restarting them.
#4) I purchase new chest type freezers from a national chain (Sears) and use these on the road trips.
#5) Always have each freezer equippeed with a thermometer so you know exactly how each freezer is performing and what temperatures they are operating at. Most freezers do give substantial warnings prior to failure if you monitor them.
#6) I prefer an enclosed cargo trailer for transporting freezers in so that the freezers can be more easily locked up and secured, this also keeps the freezers out of the weather and keeps road slime and rain off of them.
Good luck.
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Post by Bob Jameson on Jul 8, 2007 12:46:05 GMT -6
Great tip Robert on the copper pipeing. Geez a man begins to think he just about has covered all the bases and here you go helping an ole fart out... LOL I think my expanded metal sheets and your copper tubing has given me great insight to making my operation more efficient. I dont know bob w. I hope I can out last my new trailor. I have had 3 now in my lifetime but as you suggested I think my current model should out last me but I still need a bigger and stronger model to haul the extra weight. My kids can fight over it when I am in the nursing home.
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Post by wilkinson on Jul 11, 2007 1:01:59 GMT -6
It dosent pay to buy new! The old models (at local flea markets)are able to take the traveling , off and on, ALOT more than the new ones!!!! I always take 1 extra, cuz it never fails one aint gonna get gold!!!
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Post by robertw on Jul 11, 2007 7:33:31 GMT -6
I should mention that I do scarf up all of the used freezers that I can lay my hands on, providing....They are thin walled larger freezers. The old heavey walled freezers are just to much weight to have to haul or move. I do operate "used" freezers mainly except for the ones that haul over the road.
Last year my "traveling freezers" saw close to 7000 miles.
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Post by Rally Hess on Jul 16, 2007 23:37:55 GMT -6
Might try going to an appliance store and getting large pieces of corrugated cardboard. I cut them to fit the inside of the freezer. When freezing alot of beaver just put one piece of cardboard between each layer. The pieces of cardboard can be stored or transported inside the freezers in the off season and used as fire starters when they get full of beaver grease and blood. Can also be used to put on the floor of rented "Fur Shed" so you don't wear out your welcome so soon. Some landlords just don't appreciate the fine odor of beaver grease or castor/urine. Imagine that.
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Post by bobwendt on Jul 17, 2007 4:36:42 GMT -6
rally, you ought to trytrenting a barn for 100-300 head of live fox or coyotes, lol, the SECOND year. the smell never leaves, ever. one place in wyoming the fall hunters camp next to my barn that was empty since the last spring. when I got there this year I see a big blue plastic tarp over the outside pile where we dumped the chit scrapings from under the cages. rancher is a good old boy and thinks it`s funny. turns out the eastern dudes figure the smell sourceand get this brainstorm to cover it with this staked down tarp, thinking then it wouldn`t smell so bad. uh uh! I stole the tarp when I left to cover my load.
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