Re: Beefing up a 4wheeler for trapping
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05/18/19 07:42 AM
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Re: Beefing up a 4wheeler for trapping
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05/20/19 12:47 PM
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QuietButDeadly
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And all that load makes it top heavy and unstable. I stepped up to a side by side that is made to handle the weight.
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Re: Beefing up a 4wheeler for trapping
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05/20/19 01:02 PM
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Re: Beefing up a 4wheeler for trapping
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05/20/19 03:23 PM
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TRAPPING IS DEFINITELY HARD ON ATVS my Honda rancher 450 is having a few issues that need addressed before next season. broke the rear shock! My intentions are to design a dual shock system. But as laz said my next break will be the frame! but for beaver trapping nothings more versatile than a 4 wheeler. I couldn't agree more on running 6 ply tires made mine ride 100% better. Even with a broke shock it was some what stable.
LIVE LIFE LIKE THEIR IS NO TOMMORROW
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Re: Beefing up a 4wheeler for trapping
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05/21/19 12:26 AM
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Trapping is definitely hard on atvs, but without one it is much harder on your body. And much SLOWER.
Dont think of it as a hauler, think of it as express with a few traps.Don’t try to carry everything at once. 6 traps may be enough for a whole farm. That means 6 traps, 6 stakes, lure, urine, bait, tools, and you. Later it may mean 6 catches. Can you leave most gear in a truck or trailer and replenish?
Use a heavy duty plastic sled. I do this all the time. Tomorrow I will be hauling brake rotors to a beaver job on a sled. Use a small trailer
Save up and get a side by side. There are plenty used for sale.
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Re: Beefing up a 4wheeler for trapping
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05/21/19 10:17 AM
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im picking one up next month. I plan to use it when pastures are to muddy to drive my pickup into. haul it pasture to pasture on a trailer. will not need to haul a lot of weight other than me. couple extra traps drags and stakes . kill pole. dead stuff. I keep extra trap tags, pliers, safety wire and swivels in my trap bag
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: Beefing up a 4wheeler for trapping
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05/21/19 11:26 AM
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I like Boco’s trailer! I saw a picture from the back and it doesn’t have a straight axle. I like that idea. That’s going to be my next build. Is the axle more like this " ^ " (not as steep, of course)
When life gets me down..... you know hunting/trapping season is closed.
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Re: Beefing up a 4wheeler for trapping
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05/30/19 12:27 PM
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While changing chassis bushings I drilled and installed zerk fittings. Can pump a lot of water and gunk out with grease gun. Those race bikes never needed bushings again. Fixed plastic by drilling and stitching with zip ties, some looked like Frankenstein.
I want one for trapping.
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Re: Beefing up a 4wheeler for trapping
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06/05/19 06:58 PM
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Wow. You guys seem to break a lot of stuff on ATVs. I expect mine to carry an outboard, six or eight beaver, as well as maybe a boat on my bush trailer as far as I want to take it through our rough rocky trails. I drive my 900 lb waverunner as well as 1000 lb trapping boat down the road a few miles and launch it all the time with the wife, dog, and gear all on the atv...squats the trailer tongue to the ground. Never broke anything in seven years. Plowed with it for many years also.
I use mine as daily drivers to work year round and I had one fuel pump and a relay on the winch go bad once. Broke the tongue off the trailer once hauling 600 lbs of beaver carcasses into the bush. But shocks and frames breaking? No way. I feel like i would be switching brands if I broke something critical like that despite the abuse.
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Re: Beefing up a 4wheeler for trapping
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06/05/19 07:38 PM
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Sounds like you bought the right make / model Hutch?
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Re: Beefing up a 4wheeler for trapping
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06/06/19 10:09 AM
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Wow. You guys seem to break a lot of stuff on ATVs. I expect mine to carry an outboard, six or eight beaver, as well as maybe a boat on my bush trailer as far as I want to take it through our rough rocky trails. I drive my 900 lb waverunner as well as 1000 lb trapping boat down the road a few miles and launch it all the time with the wife, dog, and gear all on the atv...squats the trailer tongue to the ground. Never broke anything in seven years. Plowed with it for many years also.
I use mine as daily drivers to work year round and I had one fuel pump and a relay on the winch go bad once. Broke the tongue off the trailer once hauling 600 lbs of beaver carcasses into the bush. But shocks and frames breaking? No way. I feel like i would be switching brands if I broke something critical like that despite the abuse. I travel pretty light. Don't take a lot of extra stuff and improvise with what I have. Have never broken anything on either of my quads but I do get off and walk a distance rather than try to 4 wheel it through some nasty territory. I need that thing to get me back to the truck or house and sure don't want to walk all the way home!! I'll use my 2 wheel drive Kawasaki until the mud and snow gets too bad them switch to the Honda Rancher 4x4. Boco's trailer is really cool. Wonder if he keeps that thing under lock and key... LOL!! He has it down to a science, no doubt.
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Re: Beefing up a 4wheeler for trapping
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06/14/19 06:48 PM
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That is an old logging bridge firerat-two big I beams under it.Its about 40 feet long.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: Beefing up a 4wheeler for trapping
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06/15/19 10:36 AM
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I don't know about beefing up a 4 wheeler. But when I was down In the swamps of SC the guys would deflate a basket ball then shove It up under the front end then inflate It. Made that wheeler pretty buoyant when dealing with water.
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Re: Beefing up a 4wheeler for trapping
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07/03/19 04:24 PM
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Anybody trap with a ATV/UTV with tracks? Just curious about how they work on bare ground vs deep snow. Seems like they might be almost unstoppable! They are pretty much unstoppable. Many times I've been in snow over my head on my wheeler with no problems at all. Very stable and will go practically anywhere. The downside is they "gear down" your bike so you are always running at about 1/3 speed. The other problem is gas consumption. Figure on getting about 60% of what you normally get as far as mileage.
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Re: Beefing up a 4wheeler for trapping
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07/03/19 07:17 PM
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danny clifton
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when your trying not to rut up a muddy pasture , is a small trailer better than a big box on the back for some spare traps etc and dead stuff?
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: Beefing up a 4wheeler for trapping
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07/05/19 01:26 PM
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No I didn't make it,I bought it at Canadian Tire.The only thing I had done was to get my welder to lengthen the tongue,and I put a lid on it.(It bounces like a MF). Are you thinking of making one?I could maybe take a couple pics if you let me know what you need to see?
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