Re: Over thinking pan tension ?
[Re: kyron4]
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11/09/18 05:53 AM
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I prefer floppy pans, but my soil is mostly clay so I need the pan to fall easy. But it does mean even when a squirrel or a rabbit or opossum go over the set. It will go off
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Re: Over thinking pan tension ?
[Re: kyron4]
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11/09/18 03:41 PM
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I like a tight pan with short travel to it, the paw is more committed that way!
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
Jerry Herbst
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Re: Over thinking pan tension ?
[Re: kyron4]
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11/09/18 03:58 PM
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For me, I believe pan tension is mainly to exclude non-targets when discussing everything but maybe yotes, then it's personal opinion. This year trapping groundhogs I had all my traps fine tuned to the way I prefer with great success. I won't get in to all the things I do but regarding pan tension I don't like a floppy pan that you can move side to side. I drill out the pan bolt hole with a 3/16" bit and replace my pan bolt, nut and washer with #10 SS. That gets rid of a lot of false drop, and I tighten them to where the pan has no side to side play and won't quite fall freely on it's own. I caught everything from grinners to fox and had good deep catches. Been doing it this way a long time. I'm by far no authority on yotes so I won't comment on that other than to say I have mine set between 2.5 and 3.5 lbs. Hope this helps kyron4.
I wonder if tap dancers walk into a room, look at the floor, and think, I'd tap that. I wonder about things.....
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Re: Over thinking pan tension ?
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11/09/18 04:33 PM
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Blah, blah, blah. Here's a wanna be trapper who only wishes he could bring to the table the wisdom and experience that "Law Dog" has. I use a snug but no tension catch lots of coyotes and guess what no misses to speak of . how many tracks show almost had enough weight on the edge of that pan ? Law Dog is a pretty good trapper but there are a lot of them here, So its not all Hals way or no way, talk about a wanna be big shot!"old windy fartbag" self acclaimed
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Re: Over thinking pan tension ?
[Re: kyron4]
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11/09/18 04:58 PM
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So, if a person has both coyotes and gray fox, how much tension? Do people actually carry a tester on the line? I know my opinion, but interested in others.
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: Over thinking pan tension ?
[Re: Hal]
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11/09/18 05:08 PM
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Blah, blah, blah. Here's a wanna be trapper who only wishes he could bring to the table the wisdom and experience that "Law Dog" has. Do not get me involved in your BS it's all a game and I want no part of it!!!
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
Jerry Herbst
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Re: Over thinking pan tension ?
[Re: kyron4]
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11/09/18 11:56 PM
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Here is my take on it it's a regional thing somewhat, in mild temps/weather it's not that big a deal but in extreme climate changes the tighter pan is your friend often. With freezing/thawing, drifting or heavy snow, blowing dirt the covering over the trap can change in thickness, weight and tension it will have a impact on a set.
So if you have a couple inches of wet heavy slush/melting snow on top of your trap the gap in the distance to fire the trap is increased. So a hair/light trigger will fire easier then a tighter pan getting a toe catch or a total miss even.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
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Re: Over thinking pan tension ?
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11/10/18 12:53 AM
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Good point, but when that trap closes over the pad standing 2-3" higher than the pan (held up there by snow and pan tension) the jaws are going to be effectively 3" smaller and as such likely won't reach above the foot anyway? And that right there is a big part of the reason we use 9” traps on wolves up here. Snow sucks, sometimes.
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