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Will my stakes hold? #6928135 07/12/20 05:55 PM 07/12/20 05:55 PM
Joined: Feb 2020 Posts: 862 Ohio G Gone Trappin. OP trapper
Gone Trappin. OP trapper G Joined: Feb 2020 Posts: 862 Ohio	Will a standard 20” cable stake hold a coyote?

Re: Will my stakes hold? [Re: Gone Trappin.] #6928138 07/12/20 05:58 PM 07/12/20 05:58 PM
Joined: May 2010 Posts: 2,708 The great cage state Colorado M Monster Toms trapper
Monster Toms trapper M Joined: May 2010 Posts: 2,708 The great cage state Colorado	In the right ground, yes

Re: Will my stakes hold? [Re: Monster Toms] #6928149 07/12/20 06:10 PM 07/12/20 06:10 PM
Joined: Feb 2020 Posts: 862 Ohio G Gone Trappin. OP trapper
Gone Trappin. OP trapper G Joined: Feb 2020 Posts: 862 Ohio	We have rocky dirt and a bit of clay ground.

Re: Will my stakes hold? [Re: Gone Trappin.] #6928158 07/12/20 06:22 PM 07/12/20 06:22 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 8,735 Nebraska, Dawson County chas3457 trapper
chas3457 trapper Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 8,735 Nebraska, Dawson County	Get them down through a foot of frozen ground and they ain't coming up. The cable will break first. Charlie Old age and treachery will always overcome youth and enthusiasm. NRA Life Member ~ GOA Member ~ NFOA Member ~ UNMLA Member

Re: Will my stakes hold? [Re: Gone Trappin.] #6928222 07/12/20 07:54 PM 07/12/20 07:54 PM
Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,601 KY A AnthonyT trapper
AnthonyT trapper A Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,601 KY	In heavy soils you won't need 20" to hold. My stakes are 18" total - 12" cable and 6" of chain. If I get the 12" of cable in the ground in most places I trap it will take a puller and a lot of grunt to get them back out. Soil here is rocky clay too.

Re: Will my stakes hold? [Re: Gone Trappin.] #6928244 07/12/20 08:08 PM 07/12/20 08:08 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,035 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,035 Minnesota	My wolf fangs hold at 16" NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: Will my stakes hold? [Re: Gone Trappin.] #6928273 07/12/20 08:42 PM 07/12/20 08:42 PM
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,238 Illinois R ratbrain trapper
ratbrain trapper R Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,238 Illinois	16" of chain with super stakes do OK here.

Re: Will my stakes hold? [Re: Gone Trappin.] #6928346 07/12/20 09:45 PM 07/12/20 09:45 PM
Joined: Feb 2018 Posts: 4,100 Bonner County, Idaho Wild_Idaho trapper
Wild_Idaho trapper Joined: Feb 2018 Posts: 4,100 Bonner County, Idaho	All I use are 18" wolf fang 1/8" cables. No issues in my very limited experience. In sandy soil I double rebar stake with twin 30" stakes and 20" of chain. Last edited by Wild_Idaho; 07/12/20 09:46 PM. Real name Eric The sharpest hammer in the box of crayons.

Re: Will my stakes hold? [Re: Gone Trappin.] #6928361 07/12/20 09:54 PM 07/12/20 09:54 PM
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 20,337 The Hill Country of Texas Leftlane "HOSS"
Leftlane "HOSS" Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 20,337 The Hill Country of Texas	Discussions are great but no substitute for experience. Soils differ greatly- go out and drive your staking system in the ground a few places and see if you can jack them back out. Then you can also find out what it would / will take to retrieve them after the season. “What’s good for me may not be good for the weak minded.” Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers

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