Anyone make 220 wire cages that collapse??
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12/15/08 01:45 AM
12/15/08 01:45 AM
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Jim Wallner
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Jim Wallner
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Could use some help on dimensions, and how you build them so they collapse for storage. I would like to make 100.. And are thy easy to build? I was thinking of using 1by2 wire..
thanks.
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Re: Anyone make 220 wire cages that collapse??
[Re: CoyoteBlaster]
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12/15/08 05:45 AM
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thought the 6x6 was a 160 and 7x7 was a 220.... Ooopppss. 220 are 7*7 and the 160s are 6x6
"My biggest worry is that my wife (when I'm dead) will sell my traps for what I said I paid for them."
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Re: Anyone make 220 wire cages that collapse??
[Re: shorthair]
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12/15/08 10:58 AM
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Jim Wallner
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Jim Wallner
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Thanx for the ideas. I'm gonna try that.. Still anyone know how I can make them to collapse for storage????
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Re: Anyone make 220 wire cages that collapse??
[Re: NS Trapper]
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12/15/08 03:17 PM
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If you're talking about #220 enclosures, as required in Wisconsin, here's my version. A 32" (width) roll of 2"x4" galvanized fencing is cut in 30" lengths. Put on a brake and bent in 3 places. You don't need a floor. The center bottom 2x4 panel is cut away for the #220 springs to come down. The #220 holder is homemade . . . lath glued, screwed and dyed with carriage bolts to get it up off the ground. T-bar holds the enclosure down, and serves as stake for the #220. 'Coon's eye view of the #220. These work real well and stack up like Pringle potato chips. I usually stack these 1/2 dozen at a time. My two cents.
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Re: Anyone make 220 wire cages that collapse??
[Re: Zeak]
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12/15/08 04:03 PM
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Mostly established trails.
In a couple of areas, I'll get these set right in the trails in August. Set a lightweight log across the top and some brush just enough to keep the 'coon on the trail.
Come time to set up, just lift the enclosure, set the trap on the support and stick it in. Reset brush and good to go.
If I had the time, I'd have a dozen of these in various places on a trail, and have 3 or 4 working bodygrips on the same trail.
After a catch I'd just move the bodygrip to another location, maybe 20 feet away, maybe 30 feet away. Just enough to keep 'em guessing . . .
These work very well for me. Easy to store, they don't rot, and once grass covered, more or less invisible to thieves.
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Re: Anyone make 220 wire cages that collapse??
[Re: MinnTrapper]
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12/15/08 05:14 PM
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