Down Pan Stop
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07/31/20 03:30 PM
07/31/20 03:30 PM
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HayDay
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Recently picked up some Sleepy Creek 1.5 CS, with double jaws. They came with a screw installed under the pan, that is apparently what they describe as a down pan stop. As near as I can tell, SC installed these at the factory. And here is why....... http://www.scmtraps.com/tips.html Try as I might, I am unable to adjust the dog to where pan is level just before trap fires. As it arrived new, pan hits this screw and stops before trap fires. From level position, distance from tip of pan to top of screw is amount of travel before trap fires. When it stops, it's hanging by a thread on the very edge. This is the only trap I've seen setup this way. Trying to decide if this screw is something I want to keep or take it off and chuck it?
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Re: Down Pan Stop
[Re: Yes sir]
#6949562
07/31/20 07:48 PM
07/31/20 07:48 PM
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hollowtrapper
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Can u shorten the dog so it fires a little bit sooner thats what i done with my few Sleepy Creeks that i have
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Re: Down Pan Stop
[Re: Yes sir]
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07/31/20 10:08 PM
07/31/20 10:08 PM
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Leftlane
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Can the nut be loosened and bolt threaded down a bit. Seems like they would build some adjustment in that stop Yes you can. I bought some cat traps with them and after going to the big pans and exposed sets I learned how useful they can be.
“What’s good for me may not be good for the weak minded.” Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers
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Re: Down Pan Stop
[Re: HayDay]
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07/31/20 10:40 PM
07/31/20 10:40 PM
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Still not sure how the pan stop....beyond double jaws.....is supposed to help with chewing....unless foot is not as deep in trap when it fires.
That is what it does. It prevents the foot from falling to base when the trap fires.
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Re: Down Pan Stop
[Re: The Beav]
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08/01/20 08:37 AM
08/01/20 08:37 AM
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Re: Down Pan Stop
[Re: HayDay]
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08/03/20 06:59 AM
08/03/20 06:59 AM
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danny clifton
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Do this to the dog. Closing that loop allows the dog to move up and down but not back and forth. That back and forth movement is why you are having problems. Adjust the level of the pan by bending the post (the part of the frame the dog is attached to) forward or back. A crescent wrench works real good for that
Last edited by danny clifton; 08/03/20 07:02 AM.
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Re: Down Pan Stop
[Re: HayDay]
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08/03/20 08:13 AM
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danny clifton
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BEND THE DOG POST AWAY FROM THE PAN
( see the first post)
Last edited by danny clifton; 08/03/20 08:15 AM.
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: Down Pan Stop
[Re: HayDay]
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08/03/20 09:01 AM
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The Beav
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Get rid of the pan stop end of problem. Then do what DC has shown you to level the pan. I have trapped for 70 some years and sure you get some deep catches so what. And the trap has chew guards so don't sweat It.
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