Re: Rebar length?
[Re: GordenHere]
#6517365
04/13/19 05:49 PM
04/13/19 05:49 PM
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Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 4,832 central arkansas
the Blak Spot
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central arkansas
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Yep, soil type matters. My 18" double stake in east texas did not work is the rain soaked soils of arkansas. Had to go double stake with 24"
the just shall live by faith
member FTA, ATA, EAFT 1776 - the year we told a tyrant we weren't to be under a dictator Caveat ater macula
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Re: Rebar length?
[Re: GordenHere]
#6517665
04/13/19 11:54 PM
04/13/19 11:54 PM
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Joined: May 2011
Posts: 2,494 Garden,Michigan
Buck (Zandra)
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Garden,Michigan
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I guess when in doubt, it needs to be double staked and as long as possible. Thanks fellas. Exactly right.I used to use rebar like everyone else did before the disposable stakes made their appearance,when I wasn't using drags that is.Never again.We have a sandy soil to outright sugar sand up here,I've had fox pump a 24" stake 10-12" out of the ground more than once.The only reason I never lost a coyote on those setups was because mange and distemper had all but eliminated them.When they came back I was big time into drags and disposable stakes. I double staked a lot with Berkshire double stake swivels,they worked great but didn't like carrying around 2 24" stakes for every trap.
Buck(formely known as Zandra)
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Re: Rebar length?
[Re: GordenHere]
#6523218
04/22/19 09:50 AM
04/22/19 09:50 AM
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Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 2,175 Rochester, MN
Teacher
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Rochester, MN
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Many years ago, when I learned coyotes were too much work for too little return, I used cross staked 3/8-inch rebar that doubled for fox and coon. Then I got older and coyotes were worth more and I went to disposables. Finally, after getting self conscious over leaving too much cable in the ground, I discovered better sets, closer to the truck, where using rebar cross staking wasn’t a heavy metal carrying issue and use two 18-inch cross stakes for coyotes. We have clay-loam soil. I also inherited a 3-pound maul that makes driving stakes much easier.
Never too old to learn
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