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Pulling Stakes #7027490
10/25/20 08:11 PM
10/25/20 08:11 PM
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NB, Canada
MySide 🦝 Offline OP
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Hey guys, whats a simple way to pull finned super stakes on cable? grin

Last edited by MySide 🦝; 10/25/20 08:11 PM.

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Re: Pulling Stakes [Re: MySide 🦝] #7027496
10/25/20 08:17 PM
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Firth, Nebraska
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Leverage, and mechanics...like a long crow bar. It works for me.
Jim


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Re: Pulling Stakes [Re: MySide 🦝] #7027526
10/25/20 08:52 PM
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Finned have a retrieval boss. Crimp some cable or chain to that and you can back them out.


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Re: Pulling Stakes [Re: MySide 🦝] #7027557
10/25/20 09:15 PM
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Once the ground is froze, forget it. Steel smooth rod is the best for froze ground if you need to stake, if you want to pull it before spring.


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Re: Pulling Stakes [Re: MySide 🦝] #7027558
10/25/20 09:16 PM
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Good luck. I can’t do it with a 10 bar sometimes in our ground. I make my own cheep and just cut and run.


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Re: Pulling Stakes [Re: MySide 🦝] #7027671
10/25/20 10:57 PM
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Super stake are expensive so you don't want to cut them take a drill and drill down next to it and take a stake puller and jerk em up.
Good luck

Re: Pulling Stakes [Re: MySide 🦝] #7027704
10/25/20 11:54 PM
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Don’t get lazy and pull on the trap, you’ll destroy it. Make sure to pull directly on the stake if you can


The beauty of the second amendment is it wont be needed until they try to take it. -Thomas Jefferson
Re: Pulling Stakes [Re: MySide 🦝] #7027748
10/26/20 04:33 AM
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The above methods are Look at Minnesota trapline supplies’ beast or super heavy duty model. Make sure to not get the lighter of the two. I made my own which is similar. It is a simple lever.


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Re: Pulling Stakes [Re: MySide 🦝] #7027773
10/26/20 05:58 AM
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Dirt hole auger trick works great in fall. I just pulled a couple dozen traps yesterday with no problem that way but once ground freezes it thaws work to get through the frost. I have mostly sand which makes it easier than any other soil type. Sand doesn't hold the moisture so it doesn't freeze as hard. I have some spots that never freeze more than an inch deep which is nice.


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Re: Pulling Stakes [Re: MySide 🦝] #7027790
10/26/20 06:29 AM
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I should have added to my response thst once ground freezes hard here I cannot get these back out of the ground at all. Clip and go, or unhook traps from anchors and come back in spring thaw to retrieve anchors.


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Re: Pulling Stakes [Re: MySide 🦝] #7027828
10/26/20 07:38 AM
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A winch on 4 wheeler worked great for me

Re: Pulling Stakes [Re: MySide 🦝] #7027832
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I use my auger and drill down beside it. When the clay gets to hard for a drill I just unclip and go back after a good rain to retrieve. Some I just leave and reuse the next year.

Re: Pulling Stakes [Re: MySide 🦝] #7027850
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Contact Josh at fur shed fabrication. He makes a puller that is one of the best. After trying MB brands and F&T plus my homemade Jeep jack I settled on this one from Josh, it’s awsome

Re: Pulling Stakes [Re: MySide 🦝] #7027888
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Some great advice here. But, a puller or winch will not pull a finned super stake out of froze ground. I had 2 degrees this morning. I am guessing being from Canada it freezes there too. Some stuff that works in the south, does not work in the north. I can not see an advantage in fighting them.


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Re: Pulling Stakes [Re: MJM] #7027973
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Originally Posted by MJM
Some great advice here. But, a puller or winch will not pull a finned super stake out of froze ground. I had 2 degrees this morning. I am guessing being from Canada it freezes there too. Some stuff that works in the south, does not work in the north. I can not see an advantage in fighting them.



yep, once its frozen i way prefer re-rod. you can pretty much always twist it out of frozen ground. for me about the only time earth type anchors shine in the winter is on ice or if used as disposables.

Re: Pulling Stakes [Re: MySide 🦝] #7028002
10/26/20 11:47 AM
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I tie a piece of flagging tape to mine and pull in early spring when the ground thaws out.
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Re: Pulling Stakes [Re: illinideer] #7028047
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Originally Posted by illinideer
I tie a piece of flagging tape to mine and pull in early spring when the ground thaws out.
J


i still find myself doing that. cant seem to convince myself to leave the chain and anchor. guess too cheap. but i sure try to not use them anymore than needed once it gets nasty. rather not spend my time going back retrieving them in the spring.

Re: Pulling Stakes [Re: Wanna Be] #7028959
10/27/20 06:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Wanna Be
I use my auger and drill down beside it. When the clay gets to hard for a drill I just unclip and go back after a good rain to retrieve. Some I just leave and reuse the next year.

North Western PA. Do Not leave cable in the ground from year to year. I will become brittle and cannot be trusted.


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Re: Pulling Stakes [Re: MySide 🦝] #7029192
10/27/20 11:19 AM
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When the ground gets frozen hard,you won't pull them and an auger won't work either.It will only spin on top of the ground.In that country,I would use rebar stakes and vice grips to twist them out.I use a pry bar when near the truck.I can pull them all winter long.We have already had -5 degree temps here.Earth anchors,I wait till spring.I mark them with a length of orange bailing twine.It holds up well and isn't conspicuous.(more of a rust color,actually)

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