Drag design and usage
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08/20/22 09:42 PM
08/20/22 09:42 PM
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Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 13,285 Amite county Mississippi
Wolfdog91
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Amite county Mississippi
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After a few other post dealing with drags I end up going though my "ready box" just to look at something. You know many believe a drag is a drag is a drag but this is false imo. Have a lot of different type and make a lot of different type..each one does something different and is for a different purpose. Sharpen a prong this way instead of that way , a bend here instead of there make this one then that, will all give different results. Some wanted by some some scorned by others Could probably write a few paragraphs on each but due to lack of in the field experience personally I'll digress. So, what's eveyones preferred and why ?
Last edited by Wolfdog91; 08/20/22 09:43 PM.
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Re: Drag design and usage
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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08/20/22 10:13 PM
08/20/22 10:13 PM
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Posts: 1,984 North Central Idaho
Jumperzee
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Wolfie, since you asked..... I make and sell my own drags as well. Doubt we'll ever be in competition since shipping big hunks of pointy steel around the country is cost prohibitive. Calling mine "drags" is a bit of a misnomer since they're purpose built to be more of a portable anchor - for wolves. I spent a while prototyping them and settled on the black ones. They're 8lbs each and NOT designed to leave the site in the typical sense of a drag. I use them a lot for making a set where I want to without needing to mess with cabling off to a tree or earth anchoring in marginal soil. They've worked great for me and folks who have been running them. The only time they've left the set is on a hard packed dirt road but left a huge gouge and were tetherballed when they left the road. Here's a batch headed off to a customer, a couple prototypes (way overkill), an MB drag and 750 and Duke 1.5 for comparison.
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Re: Drag design and usage
[Re: bearcat2]
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09/18/22 10:56 AM
09/18/22 10:56 AM
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Sharkhunter
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This is one of the drags with approximately 11-12' of chain on it that I had a wolf take over 400 yards this winter, trapping Taximan's country pictured I would always stake or use a heavy weight with the drag strictly as a backup. Likely with an extra length of chain attached if I didn't think the stake would hold. I would love the opportunity to trap wolves and big cats ! Bearcat2 what is the weight range of the wolves you have trapped ?
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Re: Drag design and usage
[Re: steeltraps]
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10/03/22 06:59 PM
10/03/22 06:59 PM
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Sounds about right. Mine was 93lbs and people's guesses were all over the place when they saw pics of it. Jumper makes boat anchors. I think I can carry one at a time on my little wheeler What is the average = lbs drag a guy from Idaho uses for wolf? IF you had say = 2o ft of chain. Is a Saber Tooth drag at about 3 lbs enough?? What should be used ? Heavier the better. Jumper makes his in the 8-8.5lb range. Those on ten feet of number 7 chain don't make it far. In the thick stuff a sabertooth would hook up regardless of weight in the brush. Lots of guys using the MB750s from MTP with their drag, and it's only 3.5lbs or so.
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