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Post by trappnman on Apr 26, 2011 12:25:38 GMT -6
you can't do more to a 1.5 than jason did on this victor- if he sees this he will scold me for not using it, but I couldn't bear to get it lost/stolen. there's not a rough edge on it, sets smooth and easy- its one of those traps that just makes you feel good holding it in your hands..........    |
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Post by thebeav2 on Apr 26, 2011 19:44:48 GMT -6
Looks nice.
But why 4 coil a 1 1/2 sized trap. Way over powered to my way of thinking.
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Post by stickbowhntr on Apr 26, 2011 20:30:47 GMT -6
the ones jason did for me were not a lot stronger than a std 2coil but much more balanced in power and the wire levers cut thru the soils a bit faster to my thoughts.
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Post by wheelers on Apr 27, 2011 9:59:47 GMT -6
Jason does some nice work.
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Post by milkie62 on Apr 27, 2011 12:39:39 GMT -6
They look super.Unfortunately the one spot that I trap has way too many people poking around so I have to settle for nite-latched 1.5 dukes.
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Post by trappincoyotes39 on Apr 27, 2011 15:32:44 GMT -6
so are these like a 20.00 coon trap?
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Post by trappnman on Apr 27, 2011 16:28:47 GMT -6
free to me......LOL
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Post by stickbowhntr on Apr 27, 2011 18:08:26 GMT -6
tc...some areas coyotes aren't worth much more for their skins...and we all know what a sterling goes for.
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Post by stickbowhntr on Apr 27, 2011 18:09:21 GMT -6
BTW - I do agree a but much...but man are they nice traps. Here I use soem for grey fox too...
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Post by trappincoyotes39 on Apr 28, 2011 6:11:07 GMT -6
I can see the need for sterlings,jakes and other high end traps for coyotes for a few reasons 2-3 day checks, larger animals that fight a trap hard, never had a coon bust up a trap, coyotes can cause damage to lesser traps on a more common bases.
Each to his own and they look really nice no doubt and if you have the money and want to run high end coon traps and fox traps great!.If they lessen damage all the better, I'm sure he has time into each one and needs to make a living.
I was just wondering taking a stock 1.5 and finished what cost was involved is all.
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Post by lumberjack on Apr 28, 2011 6:14:10 GMT -6
I bet those springs are fun to wrestle on. Where did he get the wire lever/springs?
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Post by 17HMR on Apr 28, 2011 6:27:57 GMT -6
He made them....
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Post by trappnman on Apr 28, 2011 7:23:35 GMT -6
guys- this isn't a production trap nor meant to be one-
its just creativity-
but it is a smooth trap, like bill said, its not any harder to set than a stock 1.5- but man is it fast!
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Post by GaTrapper on Apr 28, 2011 9:02:21 GMT -6
My grey fox getter  |
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Post by stickbowhntr on Apr 28, 2011 10:52:01 GMT -6
I ENVY ALL WHO CAN WELD........I got two [gifted and cant ]
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Post by Wright Brothers on Apr 28, 2011 11:02:42 GMT -6
If I'd have known Jason D was going to do this, I'd never have sold off monty low levers.
They were just too much work the way I wanted them, the way I did them up.
Bill, park one them migs over here.
I may be running your direction daily soon, I'll let you know if/when.
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Post by Jason Dufresne on Apr 28, 2011 14:19:43 GMT -6
Thanks for the kind words guys! The background behind these wire levers: I have always customized everything I own it seems from this to that, it was only a matter of time before I had to have a 1.5 "my way". They are not over powered at all, and the 4 coils are equal to a pair of #2 music wire springs. I will say that they really "load up" at the bottom end of setting the trap, and almost unload at the top end. Overzealous, no doubt. Just had to have 'em that way for myself. And the only way to justify it was to have thousands made to justify the cost. So you can buy them yourself for $3 a pair (enough to do one trap) or TC39 I charge $25 a trap to do what you see in the picture on your clean trap. Not for everybody, but everyone should own one...  I run Duke dbl jaws for coon, and feel you can not do any better than that for a long line trap. Cost vs. gain. That being said MB's 450 is THE nicest 1.5 size trap period, and people think they're too spendy lol. What a bargain, we are lucky as trappers to have so many options... |
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Post by mustelameister on Apr 29, 2011 9:11:56 GMT -6
"I run Duke dbl jaws for coon, and feel you can not do any better than that for a long line trap."Jason . . do you weld your own double jaws on a stock #1 1/2 Duke trap, or do you purchase stock Duke double jaws? 
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Post by schweg2 on Apr 30, 2011 10:55:43 GMT -6
Jason does some nice work. +1 |
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Post by stickbowhntr on Apr 30, 2011 12:07:59 GMT -6
your questipon
Jason . . do you weld your own double jaws on a stock #1 1/2 Duke trap, or do you purchase stock Duke double jaws?
Did you See Steves PICS --THAT IS JASONS WORK AND TRAP -be it duke, Victor or whatever--he puts his own jaw materilal in.
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