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Pit pans on jump traps #7200662
03/01/21 11:35 AM
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Turtledale Offline OP
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I have some #3 and #4 Victor jumps. The 3's have cast jaws and the fours have regular jaws. Figure I'd convert them and actually use them. I have plenty of good traps I can use but I am looking for a project to do. For those of you that have done this which #number PIT pan would fit best


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Re: Pit pans on jump traps [Re: Turtledale] #7200743
03/01/21 12:37 PM
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I've always used the #1 PIT pan on #3&#4 jumps and longsprings.

Re: Pit pans on jump traps [Re: garart] #7200781
03/01/21 01:23 PM
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Thanks garant


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Re: Pit pans on jump traps [Re: Turtledale] #7200970
03/01/21 04:29 PM
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The #3’s are easily done. The #1 kit has smaller pans but is the same otherwise as the #2 kit. The #2 kit, I believe, is the large pan kit for 3 and 4 victor longs. That’s the one I use. It will work on a 3 jump. You will have to trim the bracket some so it fits between the trap spring and the hump on the cross piece.

The bracket also fits #4 without trimming, but the pan will be off center towards the dog a bit on a 4 jump. Doable, but if you want it centered, you need to get the 2 5/8” longer dog with the pans, and weld the bracket in the hump on the frame where the old pan was attached. I actually weld a piece of brake line in the hump for a bushing instead. The pan will be perfectly centered then. I’m not a great welder and brake line is thin. I found it difficult at first, but I got better at it.

PIT pans turn them into a decent trap.

I just did a bunch of them 2 weeks ago.

Last edited by bhugo; 03/01/21 04:31 PM.

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Re: Pit pans on jump traps [Re: Turtledale] #7201229
03/01/21 08:26 PM
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Thanks bhugo I've seen some pics with the larger pan and they looked nice. This will make a nice project for me. My welding skills are not top notch but practice will only make them better.


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Re: Pit pans on jump traps [Re: Turtledale] #7201557
03/02/21 03:27 AM
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#2 here

Re: Pit pans on jump traps [Re: Wolfdog91] #7201643
03/02/21 08:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Wolfdog91
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Nice work Wolfdog. Now that's taking some old steel for an upgrade

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Re: Pit pans on jump traps [Re: Turtledale] #7201769
03/02/21 10:41 AM
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I installed PIT pans and dogs on 14 jumps about 12-14 years back. There wasn’t a clamp on strap for the pan at that time so I welded 2 nuts under the hump for the pan bolt to pivot on. The addition of the PIT parts were a major improvement over the floppy pinch pan that the traps had originally.

Pretty sure it was their #2 pan and 2 5/8” dog. I did a couple on #13’s also, using those same sizes.


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Re: Pit pans on jump traps [Re: Wolfdog91] #7202030
03/02/21 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Wolfdog91
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Awesome!

Re: Pit pans on jump traps [Re: Turtledale] #7202493
03/02/21 11:02 PM
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Impressive work me like!


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Re: Pit pans on jump traps [Re: Turtledale] #7202510
03/02/21 11:25 PM
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Who needs PIT pans? laugh

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Re: Pit pans on jump traps [Re: ~ADC~] #7202607
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Originally Posted by ~ADC~
Who needs PIT pans? laugh

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More great work. I like your take on it.
People's work on moding in this forum never ceases to amaze me


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Re: Pit pans on jump traps [Re: ~ADC~] #7202632
03/03/21 06:35 AM
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Originally Posted by ~ADC~
Who needs PIT pans? laugh

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Nice!


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Re: Pit pans on jump traps [Re: ~ADC~] #7203314
03/03/21 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by ~ADC~
Who needs PIT pans? laugh

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I do.I hate having to mess with a screw to control pan tension after every catch.Looks like nice work though.

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