I am in PA and am looking at upgrading my cable superstakes to chain. Pros, cons? clay and rock soil where I trap. is it easier to pull a Chain stake up rather than a cable?

With chain you don't have the stiff cable sticking up out of your trap bed. I went to chain and will NEVER go back to cable.

All I run is chain. Or you can use cable for 6 inches the chain for the top half.

swampwolf has plenty for sale in trap shed ready to use good price.

Get the originals on chain if you are in Clay. I got one dozen finned super stakes a few years ago to try. Bad Idea. I think those would hold a herd of elephants.

I wondered about that. I got sick of the cables sticking up in my trap beds. Ground was so hard I couldn't get most drove in very far. I couldn't get any out of the ground this time either, and had to leave them. Glad I didn't have the chain.

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I'm in n.e. pa and nothing but chained super stakes for me. If you go the same route make sure you build or by a puller. If you have farm fields you may be able to pull them without but anywhere else....good luck.

Taxi, I do the same, but no copper. Is copper better? Why?

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What is the advantage of the cable? Why not all chain?

I did all chain this year and did not weld the S hooks that attached the chain to the anchor. Almost every one I tried to set the S hook bent or whatever it did and when I went to pull and set the anchor up came everything. I had to redo 7 dozen traps on day one of my season. Guess I should have tested them first. Anyway I just did a small length of cable like above. and did not have any other issues.

I made 3 dozen with super stakes a few years ago and welded the s-hooks and really like them, just curious if there is any advantage to the cable. I can see if you don't have a welder.

I use the chain/cable combo because I don't have a welder. I like super stakes, but use a lot of wolf fangs because I don't pull the stakes. Fangs cost < $0.50 & super stakes cost > $1.00

Copper is just for use with stainless cable,which is all I use now.

It saves a little money and weight,plus,I don't weld.

I used chained super stakes last year and for awhile this season. scared I was going to hurt myself getting them out of the ground.
going back to Berkshires with chain and about 6 inches of cable.

I made some for this season and I like them alot except when it comes to pulling them because nothing fails on them so they can be a pain to pull bit o just take me dirt hole auger and drill a hole beside it and I then can pull them out by hand.

I have used the cable stakes for years and as far as the cable sticking up I drive them into the ground and leave only an inch sticking up and have no problems with a bunch of cable sticking out

I like cable. A lot less weight when transporting them to the set locations. As far as length and the cable sticking up out of the ground...I make my own so I can custom make them the length that I need at different locations. In farm fields I use about 12" of cable. In mountain terrain I use about 8" of cable. It works for me. If you buy your own crimping tool and the cable and crimp connectors you save money if you have very many of them that you use on the line.