Re: Cable on earth anchorsmy
[Re: plainstrapping25]
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05/13/22 12:42 PM
05/13/22 12:42 PM
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robert.d12
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I cut them off instead of pulling, so I may not be much help. I’d be pretty skeptical about reusing them if they have started to fray. What size cable?
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Re: Cable on earth anchorsmy
[Re: plainstrapping25]
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05/13/22 02:30 PM
05/13/22 02:30 PM
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MChewk
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Cut them off. I’m going through my cable staked traps now and inspecting them closely. If I have any doubts they get cut off and replaced. Dollar or so for each rig and now consider the value of the trap and or caught animal...not including the possible bad P. R.
Last edited by MChewk; 05/13/22 02:30 PM.
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Re: Cable on earth anchorsmy
[Re: plainstrapping25]
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05/14/22 09:16 AM
05/14/22 09:16 AM
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trappergbus
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Most of my super stakes are all chain, I have 1/8th cable on the bottom third of some also. Some cable gets rust after the first season where it's attached to the super. they get replaced. If I had a welder, they would be all chain. Some off my chained supers are 10 years old without any issues. I prefer #3 machine chain; I've broke #2 a few times when pulling and have had double Ferrels fail when pulling too.
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Re: Cable on earth anchorsmy
[Re: plainstrapping25]
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05/14/22 10:08 AM
05/14/22 10:08 AM
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Boone Liane
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I’ve had double fail when I still hammered them on. But never an animal related issue, always when I was yanking on them with a puller.
Since going to a swager, I haven’t had one fail. I’ll fold a wolf fang in half before swaged double ferrules give up.
Traps are way to expensive these days. If there’s ANY doubt about the integrity of that cable, replace it!
Last edited by Boone Liane; 05/14/22 10:09 AM.
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Re: Cable on earth anchorsmy
[Re: MChewk]
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05/14/22 11:25 AM
05/14/22 11:25 AM
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Posts: 17,548 Rodney,Ohio
SNIPERBBB
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BT most of my cable is either 3/32 or 1/8 Guys a few bits of information that I should have added...first pounding in disposal stakes in hard frozen ground has caused broken end stop issues...and when pulling these single end stop stakes has lead to broken off stops. Never had issues before I went to single end stops...hammered on. I believe it is the fact that it is the single stop and not a double ferrule. I won’t do that again. Further to that point, crimped double ferrules have 2x the strength of a crimped single stop. Only time I use single stops these days is on adjustable drowners. Even for single stop applications on I use the double ferrules. The price of the two components are the same and it really simplifies my snare building process.
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