My brother Bob, son Matt and I put up some rats yesterday using our new hanging system. It is working out well for us. Here are some pictures of system along with some other fur that all of us have trapped this season. Still have more rats to put up. We skinned the coon in the pictures but had the coons fleshed and boarded by someone else.

Nice

Can you please show some close up details of the rail and clips that the rats on boards are on? Thanks.

Scott I will get some closeups of system this afternoon and post them.

Unistrut?

Yes

Here are some closeups for you Scott W.

great idea

Say you wanted to take one down from the middle for some reason could you just take that one down or would you have to slide a bunch of them off to get to the one you wanted?

Just slightly lift up and turn board and they come out of track.

Nice idea

that has to be photo shopped. no trapper can be that clean and organized.

Alright ! Someone has to say it! No one's fur shed should be that clean!
You, sir, are going to cause the rest of us a lot of grief with our "significant others " if those pics I public!

I love the idea! I have a pile of Uni-strut clamps that I can now put to good use! Nice job!

Thank You!

what was unistrut originally for and where are they available?great idea.

Used in commercial and industrial heating, plumbing and electrical applications most often to support pipes/conduit or duct work. Can be purchased at supply companies like Fastenal. You can find shorter lengths of uni-strut at hardware stores but it costs more per foot and you may want a 10' or 20' length to span one end of your fur shed ceiling to the other.

A 10' stick of strut cost about $15.00.

Those are terrific Tom. And like others, I'm real impressed with that doctors office ya got for a fur shed. Lol. Great idea for hanging stuff.

I can not claim the garage, it is my brother's garage. Menards has the 10 foot sections of Unistrut. I would think that Home Depot has them also.

That's exactly what I thought. I am jealous. I spend half a day on my fur shed Sunday cleaning and organizing. Found a few missing items, got rid of 8# of dust and trash, moved piles from one side to the other. Still looks like a bomb went off.

I'm with the other guys - WOW Spotless garage....thanks for the tip on fur handling organization.

What are the brackets called that are attached to your stretchers?

Unistrut clamps. They come in two halves with a bolt and nut. They come in a lot of different sizes for various pipe diameters.

Here are the number and descriptions:

Unistrut: Strut Channel 14-Gauge Green, 10' Model Number: RP4100T10GR

Clip or Clamp: Universal Pipe Clamp, 1 1/4" Model Number: RP1214EG

Thanks for the info great idea

ttt

Pay close attention when buying uni strut. There is a junior strut that is only half as deep as regular uni strut. It would be harder to remove one board from the middle, without sliding them all out. I would say the deepest like the one pictured would be the best for this application. Lowes hear has it as well as any electrical parts houses. This is a great idea thanks for the post. Youve really got my wheels turning now on different uses.

Thats what I was thinking. Good heavens, I can't even take my reading glasses off without dropping something on the front of my shirt, or causing a dust bunny to form.

White walls in a fur shack


Yah right

Ide have them covered in blood quick

Thanks Tom for the info!

Anybody find dealer with the cheapest price?

I googled and found this place. Would make them about .55 per board.
http://www.hardwareonlinestore.com/index...CFSISMwodl00AWQ

Good idea!!

What are those brackets called?

Pipe clamp brackets for uni-strut.

Which size and gauge rails are you using? Were do you buy it from?

Home depot and menards carry it. Im just getting started with it.

Is this a dream or what?

How much do you have to twist the boards in order for them to come out of the track?

Seriously did you read this thread at all? Every question you asked has been answered at least once!

We use a lot of that stuff at work. At work we call it kindorf rail. That is a nice system.

Now It looks like I have to change my hanging system. Thanks a lot LOL

LOL at the maybe read the thread instead of one post in the thread!....who would have thought of that!?

I've seen this before and it is a great way to hang boards. The only thing I don't like about it is losing the flat end of the board. I like the board standing up "pinched" between two 2 x 4s while I board and pin the pelt. Maybe you could use a nylock nut and don't over tighten so you could rotate the strap around out of the way. Maybe a washer between the strap and board would be all you need. That should stand the strap off the board far enough to also be able to rotate it without tearing up the board.

Or just take a router or something and dig down into your workbench so that theres a deep groove for it to sit in, that's my plan anyhow

Like it.