I get a kick out of people saying we have to beat China to the tech. You are in a hurry to be under a total communist regime, huh? You don't think we are already being tracked closely enough and desire to have your bank account frozen if you don't worship your elected leaders at all times?
My asparagus is just starting up. I planted 40 a couple years ago. I am hoping with the rain we got and some heat now they will spring up. It shows in the 90's for Monday and Tuesday, high 80's Wednesday. It was freezing about half the nights last week.
How do you pass a dope test at the hospital after getting hurt at work or in auto accident? Are the hospital workers tested? Politicians? Or did this get the that's ok pass too?
Looks good Marty! Out of the box, those Dukes aren’t designed for wolf. You turned it into a wolf trap. I’ve only got one that I modified and I still use the old pan set up instead of the adjustable tension pan, I don’t like that thing. I don’t have fabrication skills like you, so I just pay the money and got a bunch of decent steel. Having said that, I used the one 850 I got, right out of the box with only the pan shaved down and it had enough reach to hold a 63lb pup, pretty mangled, but it held. The way I had the sets made in the snowmobile trail, the 750s just didn’t have enough reach……I rarely use them anymore, maybe early season or summer ADC.
Nice rain over night and still this morning,heat coming tomorrow,in a few days they"ll be popping then drying up by Wed with 85 temps,going to be a really short season.
K.Adams, I'm sure stainless would work BUT consider the fact that at times critters are going to chew up the pan cover and ruin it. Regular steel pan covers work well and might be easier to find/purchase. Heck, even fiberglass mesh works well for some. Here, I use unscented toilet paper for my covers and it works well. It is not perfect as on windy days it'll drive you crazy....its cheap too. Also, the latex pan covers work well. Others use old canvas cut up for their pan covers....lots of solutions...got to experiment to see what works best. Good luck.
I get where Warriors coming from. There is a local vet here who moved in from Mississippi about 10 yrs ago.
Veteran of the Afghanistan war, who draws a disability check though he recreates everyday, carries a belt holstered handgun, smokes weed & drinks like a fish.
Here's the problem....He's a hyper vigilant patrol freak, continously canvassing the neighborhood lashing out at perceived slights, and also happens to be a sexual predator, who has freaked out every woman for miles.....Nobody around here likes this POS because of the aforementioned, and his attempts to intimidate by menacing, and telling everyone he has PTSD.
Many of these guys are in society unfortunately, but when I think of my uncles in Viet Nam & great uncle in WW2, who saw 100x more action and acted like normal people their whole lives, it makes me think a lot of these current PTSD vets are gaming the system on our dime.....Sure, some are legit and need our help, and we're greatful to help them like they helped us.
But not the ones like the person I described, who will be found shot in a ditch at some point with the way he's acting.
Only complaint I have is the guy narrating mispronounces a lot if not most of the place names. The one at the end of Saginaw logging was on North River and my Grandfather was working there when that photo was taken. They were trying to set a one-day production record on Labor Day. I guess Labor Day was celebrated differently back then. I believe they yarded and loaded 116 loads in 7 hours 45 minutes. Why not 8 hours? They broke a loading line so quit early.
Nothing wrong with your trap. It is pretty much what my traps looked like when I started making them. You can't set them out of the water if there is a chance of catching an otter with that sized wire. The big change for me is when I started making them collapsible. I went to a frameless trap and that made the 11-gauge mandatory. Don't have to worry about anything chewing out is an added benefit.
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