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Re: Fixed some stretchers
[Re: LLtrapper]
#3348946
10/02/12 06:48 AM
10/02/12 06:48 AM
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Joined: Oct 2009
Pottawatamie co. IA
LLtrapper
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"The Coon Combine"
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Pottawatamie co. IA
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No one do this? I thought it would work well. LLL
Isaiah 51:6 But my salvation will last forever, my righteousness will never fail.
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Re: Fixed some stretchers
[Re: LLtrapper]
#3348962
10/02/12 07:24 AM
10/02/12 07:24 AM
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Joined: Oct 2009
Pottawatamie co. IA
LLtrapper
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"The Coon Combine"
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"The Coon Combine"
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Pottawatamie co. IA
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I don't have the wood. I still want the speed of wire but uniformity of wood. I had a package of Wains coating so I used it. I had a finished coon from last season and put it on to see where the hooks lined up and I should have no problem with any size coon on the stretcher.
Isaiah 51:6 But my salvation will last forever, my righteousness will never fail.
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Re: Fixed some stretchers
[Re: LLtrapper]
#3348966
10/02/12 07:36 AM
10/02/12 07:36 AM
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Joined: Mar 2010
Volant Pa.
jeremy brua
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Volant Pa.
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I like it! If you know what your doing with wire you will get just as good of prices as wood. IMO I saw a guy when I shipped my furs that would have been a lot better off useing wood. His coon were 4" wide at the sholders and 8" at the skirt.
don't worry over the smart ones. catch the dumb ones, they pay the same.
i can do it because i dont know that i cant.
Nì òigear leisg bodach brisg
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Re: Fixed some stretchers
[Re: coontrappernick]
#3348969
10/02/12 07:41 AM
10/02/12 07:41 AM
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Joined: Dec 2006
PA Venango Co.
Ron Marsh
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PA Venango Co.
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Everyone knows you shouldn't stretch coon on wire. my buyers dock price if on wood. Also will dock if over stretched on wire. It looks like these stretchers were made of rebar.
PTA Lifetime #131N. Salvation Army CSM
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Re: Fixed some stretchers
[Re: LLtrapper]
#3348977
10/02/12 07:46 AM
10/02/12 07:46 AM
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Joined: Oct 2009
Pottawatamie co. IA
LLtrapper
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"The Coon Combine"
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"The Coon Combine"
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Pottawatamie co. IA
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They are old peerless stretchers. The steel is VERY brittle. Never heard of a buyer docking for a coon stretched on wood. You really don't get docked for overstretching on wire. They pay you for what it really is.... One size smaller than the length is. In other words if it is stretched to a 2X and narrow they will pay you for a 1X.
Isaiah 51:6 But my salvation will last forever, my righteousness will never fail.
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Re: Fixed some stretchers
[Re: Ron Marsh]
#3349068
10/02/12 09:03 AM
10/02/12 09:03 AM
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Wisconsin
Rat Trapper Sr.
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Wisconsin
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Everyone knows you shouldn't stretch coon on wire. my buyers dock price if on wood. Also will dock if over stretched on wire. It looks like these stretchers were made of rebar. If a byer docked me for putting up on wood, I'd look for another buy as that one is just looking for a reason to pay you less. I'd bet if they were all put up on wire he'd tell you that was his reason for docking you too.
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Re: Fixed some stretchers
[Re: jk]
#3349718
10/02/12 05:36 PM
10/02/12 05:36 PM
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Joined: Mar 2010
Volant Pa.
jeremy brua
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Volant Pa.
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Old coon stretcher with the ends cut off, two thicknesses of political sign poster boards cut to 6 1/2 inches width. Duct taped to the stretcher, total length is 48 inches for fox. Can use push pin or just regular pins that come in new shirts. With a wideer belly board would I need to turn the pelt, just put it up fur side out? I do not know the answer but will find out next month......jk
Coon are done fur in.
Last edited by jeremy brua; 10/02/12 05:37 PM.
don't worry over the smart ones. catch the dumb ones, they pay the same.
i can do it because i dont know that i cant.
Nì òigear leisg bodach brisg
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Re: Fixed some stretchers
[Re: LLtrapper]
#3349728
10/02/12 05:43 PM
10/02/12 05:43 PM
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Joined: Aug 2010
PA
PAskinner
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PA
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Jeremy, read his post again, slowly this time, lol!
Right now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before.
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Re: Fixed some stretchers
[Re: Rat Trapper Sr.]
#3349802
10/02/12 06:27 PM
10/02/12 06:27 PM
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Joined: Oct 2008
Northern Iowa
coontrappernick
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Northern Iowa
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my buyers dock price if on wood. Also will dock if over stretched on wire.
It looks like these stretchers were made of rebar.
If a buyer docked me for putting up on wood, I'd look for another buy as that one is just looking for a reason to pay you less. I'd bet if they were all put up on wire he'd tell you that was his reason for docking you too. I'm just giving LL crap. I'm in need of some lath now for this new project. Maybe I will just tear a hole in the wall and pull out a few sticks?
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Re: Fixed some stretchers
[Re: LLtrapper]
#3350122
10/02/12 09:03 PM
10/02/12 09:03 PM
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Joined: Oct 2009
Pottawatamie co. IA
LLtrapper
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"The Coon Combine"
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Pottawatamie co. IA
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Got all of them done and I think this should work well. If they are 2x or larger I can pin the tail and hang them from the base. LLL
Isaiah 51:6 But my salvation will last forever, my righteousness will never fail.
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Re: Fixed some stretchers
[Re: LLtrapper]
#3350147
10/02/12 09:16 PM
10/02/12 09:16 PM
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Joined: Nov 2010
Rochester, MN
Teacher
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Rochester, MN
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I watched a guy at the NTA put up a coon on wood and I liked the skirt best of all because it was "pleated" on the tail side giving it a fuller fur at the base of the tail. On wire, you don't get this fuller look. I have been a wire guy for decades but now I've added a 1 X 8 about 18-inches long at the base of the wire, like trmschessie did and I'll get the flexible stretch on top and fuller skirt at the bottom.
Never too old to learn
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Re: Fixed some stretchers
[Re: LLtrapper]
#3350195
10/02/12 09:33 PM
10/02/12 09:33 PM
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Joined: May 2008
SE Nebraska
trapperne
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SE Nebraska
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Good job Larry looks like it will work slick, I knew that head was good for more then keeping your ears from touching.lol
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Re: Fixed some stretchers
[Re: LLtrapper]
#3350599
10/03/12 07:15 AM
10/03/12 07:15 AM
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Joined: Oct 2009
Pottawatamie co. IA
LLtrapper
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"The Coon Combine"
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"The Coon Combine"
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Pottawatamie co. IA
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Gene you will Never see my shop like that. LMAO. My OCD kicks in when I put wood chips down for the grease. Dennis is almost done with the wood stretchers. LLL
Isaiah 51:6 But my salvation will last forever, my righteousness will never fail.
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Re: Fixed some stretchers
[Re: Teacher]
#3350611
10/03/12 07:26 AM
10/03/12 07:26 AM
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Joined: Oct 2009
Pottawatamie co. IA
LLtrapper
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"The Coon Combine"
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"The Coon Combine"
Joined: Oct 2009
Pottawatamie co. IA
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I watched a guy at the NTA put up a coon on wood and I liked the skirt best of all because it was "pleated" on the tail side giving it a fuller fur at the base of the tail. On wire, you don't get this fuller look. I have been a wire guy for decades but now I've added a 1 X 8 about 18-inches long at the base of the wire, like trmschessie did and I'll get the flexible stretch on top and fuller skirt at the bottom. If I were doing a handful of coon and had nothing better to do I still would not pleat a coon. I don't want to use pins or staples because of the time taken. I know it takes less time to staple but it sure isn't faster taking staples out. In a race it would not even be fair if it was hooks vs. staples. LLL
Isaiah 51:6 But my salvation will last forever, my righteousness will never fail.
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