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Re: Trapping trucks , a small rant
[Re: Slick Pan]
#8094498
03/07/24 01:31 PM
03/07/24 01:31 PM
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Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 8,614
Henderson, N.Y. Jefferson Co.
walleyed
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 8,614
Henderson, N.Y. Jefferson Co.
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maybe you could buy coonman's truck ?  Yeah, That's a great idea, checks most of wolfie's boxes, & coonman dave has already replaced most of the parts on that legendary Colorado & it's been undercoated with fluid film spray for maximum truck frame protection !!!  w
"Provisional/Interim" member of NYS Trappers Association
Jefferson Co. Fur Harvesters
I Support Non-Resident Trapping
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Re: Trapping trucks , a small rant
[Re: yotetrapper30]
#8094585
03/07/24 04:03 PM
03/07/24 04:03 PM
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Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 2,495
Idaho
bearcat2
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 2,495
Idaho
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It's funny though you say you can't find a 4x4 auto. Everytime I see a 4x4 that looks interesting the stupid thing IS auto. Maybe we should start comparing notes. You tell me where the small, cheap 4x4 sticks are and I'll point you to the automatics, lol. X2 I'll never own another automatic if at all possible (may not be, only ones making new standard transmissions now, that I know of, are Toyota and Jeep. That will make the future used market kinda thin). From personal experience I can tell you that stick shifts get around MUCH better in the snow, and better in the mud than automatics, plus you don't burn up tranny's. If you smoke something in a stick shift it is usually the clutch, which is $150 worth of parts and you can replace yourself in a day, with hand tools. Most people can't rebuild an auto tranny in their back yard and it is several grand at a shop.
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Re: Trapping trucks , a small rant
[Re: GREENCOUNTYPETE]
#8094607
03/07/24 05:08 PM
03/07/24 05:08 PM
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Joined: Mar 2017
Posts: 3,112
Wy
Giant Sage
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Mar 2017
Posts: 3,112
Wy
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have you thought about a trapping Tractor? how far do you go trapping from home and the farm? you can buy a used tractor for not all that much like a Farmall here is an A for 2K https://www.facebook.com/marketplac..._picks&referral_story_type=top_picksit won't go fast but I bet it will get places your little pickup wouldn't put rack for supplies and catches and go trapping And she'll think you're tractors sexy.
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Re: Trapping trucks , a small rant
[Re: danny clifton]
#8094813
03/07/24 09:31 PM
03/07/24 09:31 PM
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Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 377
Hutchinson KS
DirtyD
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 377
Hutchinson KS
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cheaper to repair, last longer, better control on bad roads, dont wear out your brakes or get them hot going down big hills, put in low low you can idle slowly
i am sure mississipi mud is no worse than ks mud. i dont get the need to shift in mud and if you do whats the big deal? we have dirt roads here too. county only runs a maintainer on them once a year. farmers are not happy when you rut them up even though they are public. same with pastures or row crop ground. tires and ground clearance make the difference in snow or mud either one. when your tires are spinning you lose traction and steering
i dont know anything about the competition guys. rock crawling and hill climbing. do they use automatics? I can tell u from being from Louisiana and living in central/south east Kansas the last 14 years... that mud is two different animals..lol... and yes we do use auto when playing in rocks and various terrain..
lassier les bon temps rouler!!!!!!!!
CWC Wildlife Control
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Re: Trapping trucks , a small rant
[Re: Giant Sage]
#8094858
03/07/24 10:35 PM
03/07/24 10:35 PM
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Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 18,787
Green County Wisconsin
GREENCOUNTYPETE
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 18,787
Green County Wisconsin
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have you thought about a trapping Tractor? how far do you go trapping from home and the farm? you can buy a used tractor for not all that much like a Farmall here is an A for 2K https://www.facebook.com/marketplac..._picks&referral_story_type=top_picksit won't go fast but I bet it will get places your little pickup wouldn't put rack for supplies and catches and go trapping And she'll think you're tractors sexy. can 200 old guys driving tractors across Iowa with their wives riding jump seat or some very comfortable looking trailers be wrong ?
America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.
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Re: Trapping trucks , a small rant
[Re: Wolfdog91]
#8095067
03/08/24 08:53 AM
03/08/24 08:53 AM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 29,972
williamsburg ks
danny clifton
"Grumpy Old Man"
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"Grumpy Old Man"
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 29,972
williamsburg ks
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DirtyD, what do you do? Pull the transmission into low so it won't shift? How do you get it to idle along? Aftermarket torque converter?
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: Trapping trucks , a small rant
[Re: Wolfdog91]
#8095070
03/08/24 08:55 AM
03/08/24 08:55 AM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 29,972
williamsburg ks
danny clifton
"Grumpy Old Man"
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"Grumpy Old Man"
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 29,972
williamsburg ks
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P.S. I have spent time in LA. Not trapping but trucking. Mud is mud. If you dont sink far enough to get high centered greasy is greasy.
Last edited by danny clifton; 03/08/24 08:55 AM.
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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