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best way to stake in frozen ground #6431759
01/17/19 05:58 PM
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Looking for opinions on the best way to stake traps in frozen ground and the best way to get them in the ground.

Re: best way to stake in frozen ground [Re: muskrat95] #6431761
01/17/19 06:00 PM
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They all have their issues I'm still driving rerod and wolf fangs but all my cat traps are on drags but the true frost is not in yet here.


Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!

Jerry Herbst
Re: best way to stake in frozen ground [Re: muskrat95] #6431768
01/17/19 06:11 PM
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rerod and a BIG hammer.









Re: best way to stake in frozen ground [Re: muskrat95] #6431776
01/17/19 06:15 PM
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A driver can only be beat on for so long before it starts to bend.

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Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!

Jerry Herbst
Re: best way to stake in frozen ground [Re: muskrat95] #6431780
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i have 2 24 in x1/2 in rerod on my shop wall that came outta the ground in a shape that almost defies gravity.









Re: best way to stake in frozen ground [Re: muskrat95] #6431809
01/17/19 06:54 PM
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I anchor to logs, trees and fence posts etc. I hate fighting the frozen ground with stakes then it is work getting them out.


Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime
Re: best way to stake in frozen ground [Re: muskrat95] #6431814
01/17/19 07:01 PM
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It's been mentioned on here previously. Pre-drill the hole with a long masonry bit. Do a search in Strictly Trapping.

Re: best way to stake in frozen ground [Re: Law Dog] #6431832
01/17/19 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Law Dog
A driver can only be beat on for so long before it starts to bend.

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By golly that looks like my old wolf fang driver,lol.it finally took it's last beating and I just replaced it .


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Re: best way to stake in frozen ground [Re: muskrat95] #6431837
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I just switched out my wolf fangs for the good old double stake swivels with 1/2" rebar stakes on all my cable restraints.ground isn't too hard here yet but depending on the amount of snow we get from this incoming storm it may since it is supposed to get pretty cold here for awhile after storm passes.


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Re: best way to stake in frozen ground [Re: muskrat95] #6431846
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I use fox hollow super stakes and they are annoying to get out of the ground when you need to pull a trap, thinking about switching over to the butterfly rebars.


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Re: best way to stake in frozen ground [Re: muskrat95] #6431927
01/17/19 08:40 PM
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Another vote for rebar


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Re: best way to stake in frozen ground [Re: muskrat95] #6431942
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Drags


Wish I had more time to trap....
Re: best way to stake in frozen ground [Re: muskrat95] #6432027
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Drivers get bent like that because your not hitting the driver at the right angle. Most of us when we swing a hammer finish our swing toward your body. But of coarse some drivers just don't hold up because of their make up.

I went to smooth stakes this year and they go In a lot easier and they also come out easier. You will need to cross stake.


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Re: best way to stake in frozen ground [Re: The Beav] #6432049
01/17/19 10:38 PM
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Originally Posted by The Beav
Drivers get bent like that because your not hitting the driver at the right angle. Most of us when we swing a hammer finish our swing toward your body. But of coarse some drivers just don't hold up because of their make up.

I went to smooth stakes this year and they go In a lot easier and they also come out easier. You will need to cross stake.



That driver got bent in ground that was frozen like a brick I had to go back with a pry bar to get it out! LOL I have used the same kind of driver this year with less ground freezing and it's still straight as when it was new.


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Re: best way to stake in frozen ground [Re: muskrat95] #6432096
01/17/19 11:34 PM
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The ground around here can get harder than chinese algibra so alternative methods come into play later in the season. Most times I have to go back in the spring as my stakes won't come out. I'll run an extension cable to a tree or staple to a log, makes things much easier for me to find the sets when it snows too.


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Re: best way to stake in frozen ground [Re: muskrat95] #6440773
01/26/19 01:38 AM
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Getting rebar out can be tough, too. I sometimes hit the side of the top of the rebar with a hammer to loosen it. I think some folks put vice grips on the rebar and twist.

Re: best way to stake in frozen ground [Re: muskrat95] #6440803
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Drill for everything.


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Re: best way to stake in frozen ground [Re: muskrat95] #6440805
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im not going to buy a 300 dollar drill and 200 more for an extra battery. I use 1/2 inch rebar with a 5/8 nut welded on one end. I cross stake with a butterfly swivel. 99% of the time two 18 inchers is plenty. To pull I use an estwing 28 ounce straight claw hammer. same hammer I use to drive them and dig trap beds. when pulling I take along a crescent wrench. between welding and driving a wrench wont always fit but a crescent will work to turn them when hard to pull. a couple turns is usually enough. sometimes you have to pull one up a few inches and turn it again. most of the time the crescent isn't needed.

drags are great if its brushy. drags wont hang up on trees. in thick brush they are great. mine have 10 feet of chain on them. you can tie one to a tree or something and use that chain for an extension too


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Re: best way to stake in frozen ground [Re: muskrat95] #6440981
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Theres frozen, then theres Rock hard Frozen...in rock hard I try it with rebar or tie off to logs!


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Re: best way to stake in frozen ground [Re: muskrat95] #6440984
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another vote for rebar

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