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Re: MB 1216 Issues
[Re: VictorD]
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01/15/20 12:09 PM
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Catcollector
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Weak springs? Yeah if you have no confidence in the trap by all means sideline those traps. Not sure what you're trapping but a new duke heavy 330 is about as deadly a big conibear as you can get and also about the cheapest money wise.
Last edited by Catcollector; 01/15/20 12:14 PM.
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Re: MB 1216 Issues
[Re: VictorD]
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01/15/20 12:22 PM
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160user
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Try loosening the nut on the bolt at the jaw hinges 1/4 turn. I sure love mine and I have a pile of them.
I have nothing clever to put here.
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Re: MB 1216 Issues
[Re: VictorD]
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01/15/20 01:47 PM
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Boy Named Sue
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What 160 says is probably better than what I do. I just give them a shot of WD-40, frees them right up.
"Common sense is always the least common of sense."
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Re: MB 1216 Issues
[Re: VictorD]
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01/15/20 03:43 PM
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imissed
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Contact MTP and see what they say.
WISH I HAD MORE TIME TO TRAP!
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Re: MB 1216 Issues
[Re: 330-Trapper]
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01/15/20 05:26 PM
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...what 160 says makes sense! I believe that is something I have NEVER heard before!
I have nothing clever to put here.
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Re: MB 1216 Issues
[Re: VictorD]
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01/15/20 05:32 PM
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MJM
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I used one one for a few days and after it was sprung and empty three days in a row I replace it with a Belisle. I set the trap and fired it with a stick. It closed real slow until about half way shut then closed fast. I figured it was the shape of the jaw and the springs fighting to get past the bend. I threw it in the PU and never set it again. I was doing a removal job and can't say it helped get things cleaned up. That was about 6 years ago and have never set one again. It wasn't mine or I would have sold it. I also felt it was a design flaw in the shape of the jaw. It seems to me once I watched it in slow motion since that was how it was closing, it was easy to see. Maybe MTP changed the shape of them and some are useable?
Last edited by MJM; 01/15/20 05:56 PM.
"Not Really, Not Really" Mark J Monti "MJM you're a jerk."
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Re: MB 1216 Issues
[Re: 160user]
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01/15/20 07:15 PM
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...what 160 says makes sense! I believe that is something I have NEVER heard before! Oh, You just weren't looking
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