Not only did Kendall weld them, when I had one that seemed to be off a little, he offered to pay all the shipping and fix it for free. I bought them second hand and told him that, he still offered. I paid the shipping and bought a set of setters so he could ship the trap back, but he still fixed it for free. A bolt had bent I believe. It must have been run over previously, but he wanted to check his work. He is very nice and cares a lot about quality. I’ll buy more that are made in USA from him when the time comes. Stand up guy.

I caught just short of 30 coon in them, plus fox, possum, skunks and a couple coyotes.

I've been testing Kendall's K9 extreme wolf trap for a couple seasons now.
I find them to be an excellent, very well built trap. No hesitation to recommend
them to other trappers.

I've got both the extremes and juniors, both stout traps. The extremes mud up in some soil types, lost one coyote but I think it was toe caught and it twisted out because of the 1/4 inch offset. Could be wrong. The extremes are a great snow trap and if we ever get a wolf season they would be great for midwest wolves. The Juniors fit my style better, 6 inch jaw spread is Ideal for yotes and occasional fox in my mind, but cant get the pan tension below 2.5 even when waxing the contact points. Our red fox here average 8 pounds so if I can't get 2 # pan tension I see tracks on my pans. Love the adjustable dogless design on both. Don't know how they would be on extended checks. Both paw freindly. All mine are 4 coiled and outside lams. The coating on my Extemes are wearing great but not with the Juniors, flaked off in a few spots. For straight coyotes the Juniors fit..

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You can have them supply the steel certifications, we do with all steel & components....
All steels have a range of the different composition levels, tensile strength, and elongation, so even if they fall into the specs. they can still act somewhat different when you form them.

The 650 pans drive me crazy.