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Super stakes? #6327632
09/17/18 10:18 PM
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possumcatcher Offline OP
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Who all uses em? How many uses can you get out of them? And can you get them out of frozen ground?

Re: Super stakes? [Re: possumcatcher] #6327647
09/17/18 10:32 PM
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As many as you want, or until you lock one up under a rock or root and you have to cut it loose or an attachment point fails. They are my favorite anchor.

Pulling them if the ground is froze solid and not just surface frost, something is going to break. Either you, the attachment points or what your using to pull the stake. An auger may help you get it back out in frozen ground.

Re: Super stakes? [Re: possumcatcher] #6327674
09/17/18 11:12 PM
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I use them. They work flawlessly.
Use a drill to yank them and it goes real fast.
Do yourself a favor and use chains forget the cable.


Matthew 7:6 KJV
Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine....
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Re: Super stakes? [Re: possumcatcher] #6327697
09/17/18 11:36 PM
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Been running the chain stakes for two years now and love em . Frozen ground is a challenge though i tried an auger still had trouble so i now just unhook the j hook twist on a piece of wire and come back after the ground thaws saves breaking things like SNIPERBBB said . Sure beats hauling rebar around .

Re: Super stakes? [Re: possumcatcher] #6327750
09/18/18 05:31 AM
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I have a few of our traps set up with them. I use them in potential theft areas and haven't lost one yet.
Several years ago we had someone run over one of our traps several times (the tracks were obviously what they did, backed up and went forward several times) and I'd wager it was because they couldn't pull the chained superstake so they just destroyed the trap. Hope that they threw their back out after first several pull attempts too.
Jim


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Re: Super stakes? [Re: Ken Smith] #6327803
09/18/18 07:56 AM
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Originally Posted By: Ken Smith
I use them. They work flawlessly.
Use a drill to yank them and it goes real fast.
Do yourself a favor and use chains forget the cable.





I use them also, they are awesome.

I use the stake puller in the pic. How do you use a drill to yank them???



Let's go Brandon!
Re: Super stakes? [Re: possumcatcher] #6327840
09/18/18 09:01 AM
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Originally Posted By: rendezvous
How do you use a drill to yank them?


Drill as close to the anchor chain as you can without touching it.

It takes me about fifteen seconds to pull an anchor driven 10–12 in. in the ground.






Re: Super stakes? [Re: rendezvous] #6327849
09/18/18 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted By: rendezvous
Originally Posted By: Ken Smith
I use them. They work flawlessly.
Use a drill to yank them and it goes real fast.
Do yourself a favor and use chains forget the cable.





I use them also, they are awesome.

I use the stake puller in the pic. How do you use a drill to yank them???



I use that same bulldog stake puller.
In Oklahoma we have red clay so when it's cold it's hard to pull but we rarely ever have frozen ground more than a few inches.
However we do get some ground that resembles cattle concrete.

So I use the same drill setup as Tejas and then yank them with the bulldog.

I used cable last season and lost heads pulling them with the bulldog but never lost a head predrilling


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Re: Super stakes? [Re: possumcatcher] #6327878
09/18/18 09:59 AM
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Thanks guys! Im getting tired of making pogos and birkshires, and wanting to have something I dont have to make. I think yall helped me make up my mind. Looks like ill be pickin up some super stakes at the next convention I go to.

Re: Super stakes? [Re: possumcatcher] #6327885
09/18/18 10:09 AM
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The finned ones with the retrieval ends are fairly easy to pull, though if they hook the aforementioned tree roots it can still be fun.

Re: Super stakes? [Re: possumcatcher] #6328069
09/18/18 03:25 PM
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Iv'e used chained super stakes since the late 90s, never thought of the drill removal, There ya go again Tejas teaching this old dog new stuff.. Thanks. I normally use the beast puller, if the ground is froze I open the S hook, mark em with wire and come back when it thaws.


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Re: Super stakes? [Re: possumcatcher] #6328138
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Ken Smith, TEJAS, thanks for the info! I'll have to get it a go!


Let's go Brandon!
Re: Super stakes? [Re: possumcatcher] #6328227
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I use the winch on my quad to pull them. Sometimes it’ll lift the back wheels a few inches off the ground. Doesn’t work well in frozen ground.

Re: Super stakes? [Re: possumcatcher] #6328244
09/18/18 07:53 PM
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Sure thing


Matthew 7:6 KJV
Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine....
-OFBA, NTA, FTA, TTFHA-
Re: Super stakes? [Re: possumcatcher] #6328255
09/18/18 08:07 PM
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Used Fox Hollow's Super Stakes! They're the best of the best!

Re: Super stakes? [Re: possumcatcher] #6328310
09/18/18 09:04 PM
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I put a wrap of #3 chain with a few extra links and a bolt with wing nut around handle of my tile spade where the wood handle goes into the spade head.
To pull a super stake, I just lay the spade across the trap chain, undo the bolt and wing nut, attach the chain loop to the chain on the trap and secure it back with the bolt and wing nut. Pulling is just a matter of leverage and lift up on the D ha dle of the spade.
Only works before ground is froze up like a rock. Then I have to chip them out or get them later after the thaw.


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Re: Super stakes? [Re: possumcatcher] #6328351
09/18/18 09:42 PM
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The above method would result in a broken spade handle in the heavy clay I deal with and I rarely have to deal with much frost. I use the finned ones with the retrieval cable and pre drill to get them in and some of them are still a bear to get out.


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Re: Super stakes? [Re: QuietButDeadly] #6328597
09/19/18 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted By: QuietButDeadly
The above method would result in a broken spade handle in the heavy clay I deal with and I rarely have to deal with much frost. I use the finned ones with the retrieval cable and pre drill to get them in and some of them are still a bear to get out.


Sounds like you and I have the same soil conditions


Matthew 7:6 KJV
Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine....
-OFBA, NTA, FTA, TTFHA-
Re: Super stakes? [Re: possumcatcher] #6328640
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Posthole diggers...I’m cheap, lol. Quite a few are left in place with a little flagging to remember where they are for the next time to set. I figure if I caught something there once I should again.

Re: Super stakes? [Re: possumcatcher] #6328762
09/19/18 02:30 PM
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I almost always pull my set after a catch. Unless it's a cat in a yote set then I leave it. Don't see many fox on this side of town and I've yet to trap one.

But the yotes avoid the catch circles for the most part. They don't mind getting real close.

I caught more doubles last year by pulling the set and using the catch circle as a lure. Back to back doubles one time.


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Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine....
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