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Post by krank on Sept 6, 2011 11:11:52 GMT -5
Looking at some Victor #2 longsprings and #1 1/2s-I don't trust the chains. They are rusted and pitted and may break.
What would be wrong with replacing them with 1/8th" AC cable????
Make them center-pull from the base?
The duke conibears are like that.
Coon traps that may have to hold a bobcat....
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Post by krank on Sept 6, 2011 14:51:05 GMT -5
hey...I'll answer my own post! I went to lunch and thought about it. No good for a hole set as you would not have the option of coiling up your chain. The cable wont hide good. I think it would be ok on rat traps underwater. The CMT conibeaars come new with cable but that different than foothold sets....
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Post by tylercraiglow on Sept 6, 2011 15:36:28 GMT -5
I am going to try cable on a few footholds this fall. Won't know if it works unless I try it myself. I can always put chains back on.
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Post by mexicantrapper on Sept 6, 2011 16:36:58 GMT -5
Tryed it last year. You are absolutly correct, great in the water, not so much in the dirt.
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Post by grumpy on Sept 6, 2011 16:42:53 GMT -5
okay for water, but i'd sure hesitate putting them on landsets. like you said, they'd be a pain getting the covered up with the dirt.
i've got most of my bodygrips "cabled". no problems with them on this issue.
grumpy.
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Post by bigjohn on Sept 7, 2011 10:35:04 GMT -5
The trouble with cable is the kinking and burrs.I too use them on my conibears and make sure I put a swivel on them.Had an otter get caught this past winter that somehow managed to stay alive in a 220,had I just wired the trap I sure he would have taken off with the trap.He had that cable wrapped as tight as you could get it around the trap and himself,hence the swivel to minimise that.
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people have been busy it sounds like.