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MB750 club? #7194011
02/24/21 12:21 AM
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New member here. Index finger on my knife hand. Peeling beaver is gonna be painful for a stretch...


My fear of moving stairs is escalating!
Re: MB750 club? [Re: beaverpeeler] #7194042
02/24/21 12:47 AM
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In the old days I could set the pan tension right from under the jaw. Zero danger to my favorite digits. Them 750's are a different breed.

Figured it would happen some day. Wish it would have been with offset jaws. T'warn't.


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Re: MB750 club? [Re: beaverpeeler] #7194054
02/24/21 12:58 AM
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We need pics !


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Re: MB750 club? [Re: beaverpeeler] #7194057
02/24/21 12:59 AM
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There is no club to join for those traps. There is nothing remotely humorous about getting caught in one of those.

Re: MB750 club? [Re: beaverpeeler] #7194069
02/24/21 01:22 AM
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No pics. Discolored nail and it feels pretty tight right now. Started to throb a little a bit ago.

Could have been worse. It just whacked me without actually gripping. Must be the cat-like reflexes of a 63 year old! grin

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Re: MB750 club? [Re: beaverpeeler] #7194093
02/24/21 02:02 AM
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I was noticing that flaw on the 650's the other day -- need a slot or a lever to make checking pan tension easier. ------ But I was smart enough to not put my fingers between the jaws wink -- well maybe not....

Re: MB750 club? [Re: beaverpeeler] #7194110
02/24/21 05:38 AM
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I narrowly escaped becoming a member of this club once.. I got caught by the pad of my right thumb by a 750. I'm very thankful, I feel like it would have fractured my thumb

Re: MB750 club? [Re: beaverpeeler] #7194121
02/24/21 06:23 AM
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After seeing the hold those things take on beaver's foot I have a healthy respect around em. I've got enough stiff finger joints the way it is.

Re: MB750 club? [Re: beaverpeeler] #7194168
02/24/21 08:06 AM
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I'm only in the mb650 club, I havnt graduated to getting bit by a 750 yet

Re: MB750 club? [Re: beaverpeeler] #7194208
02/24/21 09:09 AM
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Did that last year with the jaws across the joint at the base of my thumb and index finger on my left hand. Very glad I had a set of one hand setters with me. Offset jaws.


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Re: MB750 club? [Re: beaverpeeler] #7194324
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A 50/50 mix of glycerin and alcohol on it over night and you will never know it got wacked. Wrap some gaze on your finger and tape a plastic bag over it. Give it a enough of the mix to have it soaked. In 8 hours you will not know anything happened.


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Re: MB750 club? [Re: beaverpeeler] #7194343
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Can you join if it’s a pullout because of cat like reflexes ? Lol , it wasn’t funny at the time . I use a tester but have not checked to see if the tension is different with only one jaw pinned down . As you know you can set those traps with a loose jaw . But it may make the tension a little different .

Re: MB750 club? [Re: beaverpeeler] #7194354
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Yep Carl I got nailed bedding a MB750 one spring. Had the drowning cable secured and everything!

Re: MB750 club? [Re: MJM] #7194355
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Originally Posted by MJM
A 50/50 mix of glycerin and alcohol on it over night and you will never know it got wacked. Wrap some gaze on your finger and tape a plastic bag over it. Give it a enough of the mix to have it soaked. In 8 hours you will not know anything happened.


Lol.....how many clubs you in Bub ?

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Re: MB750 club? [Re: beaverpeeler] #7194380
02/24/21 11:49 AM
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50-50 HUH? I'm thinking glycerin for the finger, alcohol for the mouth. I might try soaking it in a CBD tincture I made.

I remember the first time I even saw a 750 up at George Sovy's shop in Tacoma and I thought geez those look scary. The scary part for me was realizing that you can't access the trigger and pan from underneath the jaws. After trying a few different things I settled on using my left hand to work the pan and my right hand's thumb and index finger holding the trigger dog in place with the idea of when you have tension on the pan and remove your left hand that if it were to accidentally fire the trigger dog will throw your thumb and index finger out of the works as it flips up.

Familiarity will get you every time. Over the years the process has become second nature and always worked like envisioned. Except yesterday. The trigger did flip my thumb out but some how my index finger got whacked. I think the reason I didn't get gripped was my thumb and finger were almost out of the picture before it sprung.

Luckily my beaver instincts didn't kick in and have me dive down the slider to deep water!


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Re: MB750 club? [Re: Nessmuck] #7194420
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Originally Posted by Nessmuck
Lol.....how many clubs you in Bub ?


As many as some and more than most. You can add claw and framing hammers, and even a three pounder to the list. If you have never been in a trap, you have not played with many. If you never dinged a thumb or finger with a hammer, you don't use one much.


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Re: MB750 club? [Re: beaverpeeler] #7194427
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Originally Posted by beaverpeeler
In the old days I could set the pan tension right from under the jaw. Zero danger to my favorite digits. Them 750's are a different breed.

Figured it would happen some day. Wish it would have been with offset jaws. T'warn't.

That's why I preferred the CDR7.5 over them. I know the MBs are a good trap, but not as user friendly when setting it as the CDR is.


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