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Post by Earl8656 on Dec 16, 2007 2:38:53 GMT -5
I use an old axle to make my dirt holes. i can make them deeper than with a trowel, i think it causes the foxes to work the set more, when they can't se the bottom of the hole. It also helps when rain is a problem, I can punch it in the bottom of the hole and make the water dissipate a lot of times. I added a few chain links and a grab hook to pull my disposable stakes with also, the added leverage will definately save your stakes and back. The bar is about 5 1/2 ft long, and it will punch a hole in frozen and rocky ground also. Here is a pic.
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Post by tctrppr on Dec 16, 2007 9:00:49 GMT -5
Looks like an old Model A axle
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Post by Earl8656 on Dec 16, 2007 18:24:22 GMT -5
;D...good metal though ;D
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Post by tctrppr on Dec 16, 2007 22:17:00 GMT -5
Wasn't bashing it-if it's model "a" steel, that's real steel.(hard as woodpecker lips) I was just curious if that's what it was.
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Post by Earl8656 on Dec 16, 2007 23:25:16 GMT -5
I'm not sure tc, it is not straight, as it has a slight curve to it, it can be bent though.....just something I found laying around the farm.
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Post by Sunshine on Dec 19, 2007 9:39:55 GMT -5
wjhat kinda hide is that laying on the floor, Hereford? ;D
nice dirthole tool
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Post by Earl8656 on Dec 20, 2007 5:41:12 GMT -5
It appears to be an Ayeshire.......I didn't buy it, my uncle did ;D
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Post by Sunshine on Dec 20, 2007 9:35:13 GMT -5
i KNEW it was bovine ;D
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Post by Earl8656 on Dec 21, 2007 21:17:06 GMT -5
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Post by Sunshine on Jan 26, 2008 9:56:59 GMT -5
well, i did
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Post by Earl8656 on Jan 27, 2008 19:57:34 GMT -5
Uh huh , this tool has saved many pogos, the only thing I have to watch is to make sure I check all my rivets when i pull them, because the force from pulling them will open them up sometimes.
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Post by Sunshine on Jan 30, 2008 10:08:31 GMT -5
do you have any pics of a pogo? does anyone?
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Post by billmeyerhoff on Jan 30, 2008 18:10:15 GMT -5
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Post by scansy on Jan 30, 2008 18:44:14 GMT -5
What size washer is that?
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Post by billmeyerhoff on Jan 30, 2008 18:45:14 GMT -5
inch and a half.
Earl can probably give you more information on how well they work. I figured I'd take the picture in case he decided to have dinner at the gentlemens club after checking traps today.
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Post by Sunshine on Jan 30, 2008 18:49:56 GMT -5
ty
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Post by scansy on Jan 30, 2008 18:50:16 GMT -5
That will hold?
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Post by Earl8656 on Jan 30, 2008 22:04:37 GMT -5
Scansy, that will hold anything that the trap will the hold. unless u are in a swamp. Even if they will pull it up a little, their leverage diminishes the further they pull it. It would probaly hold a souped up VW Beetle ;D
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Post by scansy on Jan 31, 2008 7:09:19 GMT -5
I asked this before I think, but only got one or two responses - so I'm gonna ask again - do you guys leave these in the field/woods/whatever when you are done for the year? I would hate to do that in some of the locations I trap where a farmer would get it caught up in his equipment. I figure that's a good way to lose permission in a hurry.
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Post by Sunshine on Jan 31, 2008 7:10:03 GMT -5
have you ever had a pogo pulled out of the ground?
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Post by billmeyerhoff on Jan 31, 2008 9:46:58 GMT -5
Can you push a stake in with your hands? If you can't then you also won't be able to pull a cable stake out of undisturbed soil. In disturbed areas that are not properly compacted it can be done but not in natural ground. Soil moisture content also has a bearing on the amount of force necessary to remove them. Much easier to drive or pull something out of moist ground.
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Post by Earl8656 on Jan 31, 2008 12:37:24 GMT -5
Scansy, the reason I put the grab hook on the bar was for leverage, so that i can pull em out of the ground. to give u an example of what the pogos can hold...take a new swivel and rivet, attach it to a chain and see how much force it requires before the rivet will open up, not all of mine open up when i;m pulling them , but some do........BTW, i have never bent a washer pulling them.
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Post by scansy on Jan 31, 2008 12:59:39 GMT -5
OK, so you are pulling it out and it comes up swivel and all. Or, the rivet pops and the swivel stays behind. The swivel left behind is a lot easier to feel comfortable about instead of an 18" piece of wire.
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Post by iafftrapper on Jan 31, 2008 21:36:59 GMT -5
I've seen that thing in action. Great piece of equipment especially for pulling double staked traps. I'm looking tomorrow around the farm for something similar, well if we don't happen to get that 1/4 inch of ice tonight.
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Post by wolferrules on Jan 31, 2008 22:14:53 GMT -5
I use a hole buster that I make and sell to put holes in the ground. I use a double headed paver bar to pull states out of the ground. Both tools work really for me.
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Post by scansy on Feb 1, 2008 5:36:28 GMT -5
I've been making dirtholes with a spare piece of rebar - drive it in about 10 inches or so and then work it around real good. For pulling stakes, I've been using manpower. If a stake is particularly hard to get out, I can use a hammer to start it.
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Post by Earl8656 on Feb 1, 2008 6:02:00 GMT -5
manpower won't pull the pogos, unless it's very moist ground. A stake puller is sold by several companys.
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Post by wolferrules on Feb 1, 2008 9:10:07 GMT -5
I use a car jack with a v cut in the base plate to pull the super stack or the pogos type out
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