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Re: New tool [Re: Trapper JT] #6380860
11/24/18 11:55 AM
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Like others have said take a file to it. I cut my hand pretty bad the first time I tried to use mine. Also mine mushroomed the first day on the line. Metal is way too soft and not good for rocky ground. Like most combination tools it's not the best for any one purpose. I now carry a trowel and hammer.


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Re: New tool [Re: Trapper JT] #6380897
11/24/18 12:36 PM
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Heat treat the surface of the hammer head that you use to pound stakes in.if you got a cutting torch or know someone with one heat the surface up red hot then quench in a bucket of water.do that a couple of times and it will harden it and no more mushroom.you can Eaven do that to the edge of the claw to save it from rocks and such dinging it up. I Eaven do My stake drivers that way too.you can do this to anything you pound with a hammer as long as it's steal and has a descent carbon content which most tools do.but if it's a tool that's already hard dnt do it cause it will crack or chip off

Re: New tool [Re: Trapper JT] #6380939
11/24/18 01:41 PM
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i see an old "tool" on here quite often. whistle









Re: New tool [Re: The Beav] #6381214
11/24/18 07:39 PM
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It makes a great stocking stuffer for someone whom you do not have deep feelings.

Re: New tool [Re: Trapper JT] #6381298
11/24/18 09:14 PM
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Check over the welds on it real good. Took a few practice swings with mine yesterday in the yard after not using it in a couple years and the hoe broke off the back and I noticed the handle welded to the hammer end wasn’t the best looking tossed it in the garage and re welded it up. I’m Sure not all are welded poorly but it may save you a headache to just give it a look see.

Re: New tool [Re: Trapper JT] #6381320
11/24/18 10:01 PM
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There must be a wide range of quality or lack of quality depending who makes these. Like I said above, I had mine 10-12 years and it's all I use for making dirt-holes and driving stakes. Other than the head weld starting to crack after about eight years, I've had no issues with mine.


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Re: New tool [Re: Trapper JT] #6381347
11/24/18 10:24 PM
11/24/18 10:24 PM
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Had one and did not like it for any of the 3 purposes it was designed for.

I cut the blade off, trimmed down the hammer head, and welded a "T" handle below the remaining hammer head. I turned it into a great T handle trowel that you can pound on with a real hammer.


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Re: New tool [Re: Arkansas87] #6382654
11/26/18 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Arkansas87
Heat treat the surface of the hammer head that you use to pound stakes in.if you got a cutting torch or know someone with one heat the surface up red hot then quench in a bucket of water.do that a couple of times and it will harden it and no more mushroom.you can Eaven do that to the edge of the claw to save it from rocks and such dinging it up. I Eaven do My stake drivers that way too.you can do this to anything you pound with a hammer as long as it's steal and has a descent carbon content which most tools do.but if it's a tool that's already hard dnt do it cause it will crack or chip off

Unless made of high carbon or tool steel, and I doubt it, this won't do a thing to help.


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Re: New tool [Re: Trapper JT] #6382664
11/26/18 03:46 PM
11/26/18 03:46 PM
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When you wear that out buy one of these. You might lose it but I seriously doubt you ever break or wear it out.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...5223b10&pf_rd_r=K22AHSDX4NEAX1CRC6H3

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Re: New tool [Re: Trapper JT] #6382680
11/26/18 04:04 PM
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It's not a bad tool for the price..I like a bigger trowel and a slightly better hammer, but it's a good remake tool.


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Re: New tool [Re: Trapper JT] #6383820
11/27/18 08:23 PM
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My dad made me one years ago based off that design. I painted it safety orange so when I set it down its easy to find and keep on trucking. I use it like crazy, love it.


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Re: New tool [Re: Trapper JT] #6383832
11/27/18 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Trapper JT
What should I do to this before using it???


put on gloves


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Re: New tool [Re: Trapper JT] #6383839
11/27/18 08:32 PM
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Just use it.Anything else youl figure out on your own.

Last edited by upstateNY; 11/27/18 08:33 PM.

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Re: New tool [Re: Trapper JT] #6383934
11/27/18 09:47 PM
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Been using mine for 2 years now. Works ok. It doesn't feel balanced when swinging it. Got snow on my gloves last year while using it. On the downward swing it slipped on the surface of the gloves and glanced off the ground anchor driver hitting the side of my other hand.
OW.
I now have a different driver with a rather long handle off to the side for the obvious reason. Pain is one of the quickest teachers I have encountered.

Re: New tool [Re: Trapper JT] #6383946
11/27/18 09:57 PM
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Oh man ... That thing doesn't even make good scrap frown


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Re: New tool [Re: Trapper JT] #6383947
11/27/18 09:59 PM
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Seems like its a love it or hate it tool. I'm in the "love it" camp.


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