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Post by lynxcat on Sept 6, 2007 7:07:40 GMT -6
Started yesterday making another hundred or two drags...sold some of my users this year and need to replenish..PLUS I'll have extra's to sell. Just WISH it wasnt so much work to make em..and the neighbors LUV my cutoff saw sawing the 1" rebar... ;D
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Post by Maineman on Sept 6, 2007 8:20:15 GMT -6
Lynx,
what style drag are you making? You must be really bored or have some extra time on your hands...
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Post by lynxcat on Sept 6, 2007 10:21:51 GMT -6
Ones like this... the shank is 1" rebar...3/8cold roll on the rest..finsih weight just over 2lbs.. lynx  |
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Post by Lone trapper on Sept 6, 2007 10:34:32 GMT -6
Sweet...
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Post by robertw on Sept 6, 2007 10:54:42 GMT -6
Nice drag.
The weight evidently is not a problem for you. For me hauling 100- 180 of these across country with 10 feet of chain on them adds up to a considerable amount of weight. Consequently I prefer a lighter drag.
An "Anti-Hitching" device would be an assett to these drags and would put some additional weight on the points of the drag.
Have you considered welding a crush proof swivel to the end of your drag shank for your chain attachment point?
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Post by markymark on Sept 6, 2007 11:10:57 GMT -6
Looks like a Vern Howey copy without the anti-hitch.
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Post by lynxcat on Sept 6, 2007 14:24:52 GMT -6
I weld on a sterliing type swivel on the end... 99% of my sets I use em at...I DONT USE EM as drags... merely anchors. The area I trap its NOT possible to stake..only other option is a rock drag..or tie off to sagebrush. MOST do the later. the drags allow me to "tie off" to the brush..and NEVER loose one due to the brush getting destroyed...also VERY easy to pick up at the end... MOST of my trapping is fairly close to the vehicle OR can be run close with a wheeler. On the LONG treks I use the cable ties on brush due to weight. The anti tangle bit is nice but not necessary for the purpose they serve. Dont know about Verns drags...cant say as how I've ever seen one. My idea came from one SIMILAR w/ 3/8" rebar for points... VERY flimsy..the 3/8 coldroll is MAJORLY stronger and does NOT bend. I've sold these as far away as Kansas..Alaska..Canada etc. IF I were in more open area the anti hitch would be an asset... doesnt make any diff where I trap cats at. packing them separatly is easy..I wrap the chain around the drag and then use some cut up motorcycle tubes as bands..
lynx
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Post by Maineman on Sept 6, 2007 15:32:52 GMT -6
Real Sweet...
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Post by markymark on Sept 6, 2007 19:01:30 GMT -6
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Post by Kyle on Sept 6, 2007 19:23:13 GMT -6
Both of those drags are really nice!
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Post by lynxcat on Sept 6, 2007 20:43:28 GMT -6
Is that the Howey drag???
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Post by Yodog on Sept 6, 2007 22:01:47 GMT -6
What is the purpose of the anti hitch? Brent I still want a doz of those........
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Post by markymark on Sept 7, 2007 0:18:07 GMT -6
Yes it's a Howey drag, and the next set look like copies of Conner's and Clefus's drags.
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Post by kyboy on Sept 7, 2007 0:48:34 GMT -6
Yea two of them are basically copys of Jc's drags(I never would sell any because of that)..Ive never saw a "clefus drag"..Those other ones I modeled after some old hand forged drags I have with the points forged up and down. They are made from 5/8 cold rool though with a smiths twist in the shank. I couldent do that so I used 1"x1/2" bar stock with a 1/2" cold rool for the tines. I added the offsets after I saw some wimberly plows with them and liked it..(In fact I think it was Lynx who showed them to me)
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Post by lynxcat on Sept 7, 2007 7:12:56 GMT -6
Good pic's.. ONLY thing i dont like is the rebar tines...I've had the rebar on the sides BENT all to heck before... that's why I went withe the 3/8" cold roll.. MUCH stronger..even the BIG lions dont bend em.
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Post by Stef on Sept 8, 2007 7:59:51 GMT -6
RR spike for me now A wolf or a huge yote can't bend that A pound each or so (1 spike)... they really dig.   Even in the ice/snow!!!  Stef |
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Post by kyboy on Sept 8, 2007 20:04:44 GMT -6
Good pic's.. ONLY thing i dont like is the rebar tines...I've had the rebar on the sides BENT all to heck before... that's why I went withe the 3/8" cold roll.. MUCH stronger..even the BIG lions dont bend em. What rebar I use is 1" or 1/2"..Its a lot tougher than 3/8'...The rest is all 1/2" cold roll...I wouldent use 3/8" rebar either... |
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Post by trappnman on Sept 9, 2007 15:58:07 GMT -6
with just limited experience on drags, I find the "fish hook " type in certain conditions whne dragged over frozen grass, will get the grass balled up in the barbs- making the drag bounce along and not dig in.
I for sure prefer the dragger type as made by JC.
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Post by markymark on Sept 9, 2007 17:36:09 GMT -6
I find the "fish hook " type in certain conditions whne dragged over frozen grass, will get the grass balled up in the barbs-
I wouldn't even classify that as a Drag AKA Hook.
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Post by lynxcat on Sept 9, 2007 18:16:18 GMT -6
ROTFLMAO... ;D wussie...just put the end of an OLD rake on the end of your chain..SHOULD BE FINE... ;D
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