To construct,you wire the two dry poles together at the top,then slide the trap on from the bottom.Use a safety gripper on the set trap or wire the jaws temporarily.Once you have the set trap in position on the poles,run a wire across the bottom between the two poles.Make sure the wire is tight,as this is what holds the trap solid.This also prevents the catch from coming off the polesYou can place the springs out to the side or fold them up tight to the poles,depending if you are setting one trap in a run or more than one side by side.If setting in open water you can run a wire from the top of the tee pee to anchor,or if the bottom is hard,you can use another pole from the top of the tee pee back to the house,or in the case of a culvert to the bank to stabilize the set.
Of course when set thru a hole in the ice,it is only necessary to run a safety pole between the tee pee poles in case a catch is made before it re-freezes in.
If you are setting a lot of these type of sets in a day,like when under ice beaver trapping at the house,you can set the traps on the poles before heading out because all will be set on bottom,and use a little twist of wire to hold the traps set.We generally use the 5 foot metal trapstands for this application.
One place where the tee pee poles are better than the metal trapstands is when setting a culvert,as the trap can be positioned on the poles solidly at any height from bottom.