Re: MB 650 setting tool
[Re: wildflights]
#6380182
11/23/18 03:03 PM
11/23/18 03:03 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 5,947 South metro, MN
Calvin
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 5,947
South metro, MN
|
God put 650 setters on the bottom of your ankles.
I honestly can't understand why guys refuse to just step on these traps.
I have the setters for when the 750s lock up when your waist deep in water but 650s are a land trap. Even in mud, I've just tossed my trowel down so they don't squish into the mud.
I'm convinced some guys just like gadgets. Reasons no one needs an item, then a reason why you use one. An odd comment... C mon, serious? Land trap = No.....Waist deep with a beaver in a 750 (different than the 650) sure. Sheese.
Last edited by Calvin; 11/23/18 03:08 PM.
|
|
|
Re: MB 650 setting tool
[Re: scalloper]
#6380235
11/23/18 06:02 PM
11/23/18 06:02 PM
|
Joined: Feb 2018
Posts: 657 Colorado
bacatrapper
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Feb 2018
Posts: 657
Colorado
|
The jake 1 hand setters will set coyote cuffs and k9 extremes as well.
Save your hands for skinning.
thread killa
|
|
|
Re: MB 650 setting tool
[Re: scalloper]
#6380252
11/23/18 06:21 PM
11/23/18 06:21 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2015
Posts: 2,871 NNY
080808
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Dec 2015
Posts: 2,871
NNY
|
|
|
|
Re: MB 650 setting tool
[Re: bacatrapper]
#6380272
11/23/18 06:42 PM
11/23/18 06:42 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 5,459 Montana
Taximan
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 5,459
Montana
|
Trapperman Calvin,I can agree to a point and use to think that way when I was younger,for sure.But now,at. Age 69,though I can set 650's and 750's with my feet,my back and knees give out after setting 6-8 traps.That is a poor day's production.With Dave's setters,I can go all day and get somuch more done and without a lot of pain at the end of the day.Using the setters,I have put in 25 wolf sets in a day (750's)and didn't feel worse for the wear. . I have also had situations where a catche's foot was jammed up against a lever and you could not get a finger in there for love or money but the setters would alwaysslide in there.I have also had this problem with large non-targets and the One Hand setters saved the day.So,I try to remember to carry them when checking as well.
On the other side of the coin,they are also a huge help when. Doing certain work on the traps like taking the sharp edges off jaw surfaces.
I'm still in decent health but Dave's setters have been a Godsend due to some arthritus in hands,knees and back.I. promise you, there are many trappers with worse physical problems,some much younger and these setters keep them inthe game.In this day where we are battling to save our trapping heritage,we can't afford to lose trapper numbers and Dave's setters help many stay in the game.That's no small thing.
Keep in mind,there are younger people and lady trappers that struggle setting those traps and those setters can be the great equalizer for them.
Some food for thought.
|
|
|
Re: MB 650 setting tool
[Re: scalloper]
#6380435
11/23/18 09:58 PM
11/23/18 09:58 PM
|
Joined: Feb 2018
Posts: 657 Colorado
bacatrapper
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Feb 2018
Posts: 657
Colorado
|
I need an exemption too. I can skin 5 yotes in an hour and a half, and drink 3 beers, but cant set a jake over my knee. My wife can though, thats why she is the boss.
thread killa
|
|
|
Re: MB 650 setting tool
[Re: bacatrapper]
#6380462
11/23/18 10:20 PM
11/23/18 10:20 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 5,459 Montana
Taximan
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 5,459
Montana
|
I need an exemption too. I can skin 5 yotes in an hour and a half, and drink 3 beers, but cant set a jake over my knee. My wife can though, thats why she is the boss. Ha!
|
|
|
Re: MB 650 setting tool
[Re: scalloper]
#6380470
11/23/18 10:28 PM
11/23/18 10:28 PM
|
Joined: Feb 2018
Posts: 657 Colorado
bacatrapper
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Feb 2018
Posts: 657
Colorado
|
I also need a stake puller. I am tired of digging those superstakes out with a sharpshooter.
thread killa
|
|
|
Re: MB 650 setting tool
[Re: scalloper]
#6382249
11/25/18 11:22 PM
11/25/18 11:22 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2017
Posts: 2,672 Ohio
Willy Firewood
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Jul 2017
Posts: 2,672
Ohio
|
Eastwood - that must have caused some interesting pondering. Did you ever escape? Ha, just kidding. Being serious, how did you get free? That has never happened to me, but that is one of the reasons why I extended the chains on my 550s. I got tired of everything being so close and tight with short chains.
In about 1979, Charles Dobbins convinced me to shorten the chains on my fox traps to a box swivel and 3 double links of machine twist chain, and stake through the last link. No lunging or pullouts. Foxes barely had room to shrug their eyebrows!
Last year a 330 bit me across the hand where fingers attach. It closed tightly and would not slide over my knuckles. I could not unfasten it. Fortunately I had a Leatherman tool in my pocket where I could retrieve it. Used the file to cut a groove about 3/4 thru one jaw. That was incredibly tedious and slow. Then I could bend the jaw enough to remove my sore hand. I really felt stupid at the time.
FRAC LIVES MATTER
|
|
|
Re: MB 650 setting tool
[Re: scalloper]
#6383239
11/27/18 07:01 AM
11/27/18 07:01 AM
|
Joined: Jul 2017
Posts: 2,672 Ohio
Willy Firewood
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Jul 2017
Posts: 2,672
Ohio
|
Hi Leary,
I agree that a rope is essential and I usually carry one. However, that day I did not.
Every situation can be different. When it went off I was in approximately knee deep water. I could have threaded the rope thru the spring eyes and gotten wet which is no problem. If I had a rope with me, I could have gotten out quicker and easier.
Fortunately, I made it about 40 years before being bitten by a 330. Hopefully never again.
Best wishes.
FRAC LIVES MATTER
|
|
|
Re: MB 650 setting tool
[Re: scalloper]
#6388056
12/02/18 10:55 AM
12/02/18 10:55 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 315 Manchester Vt
OneHandSetters
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 315
Manchester Vt
|
Thank You all for the Good Word, The One Hand Setters sell them selves once you try them! For those that do not need setters, God Bless you! But remember, some day you will be in my shoes! Thanks Dave
Knowledge is power, that becomes worthless unless you pass it on! Home of the One Hand Setters! on Face Book davidfsheldonjr@gmail.com
|
|
|
|
|