Beartooth do you take the chains off? How about the paddles in the mixer? How many traps at a time? Gotta try this it might be better then the vinegar soak and baking soda rinse.

Like pea gravel rather than sand. I was thinking sand blasting sand but never considered small rock. Thanks for the advice.

And yes no chains, I learned the hard way. What a mess.
I left paddles in the mixer, think I did about 8-10 traps.
Little bit of Dawn soap, and spray off when done.
If you need to clean chains, swivels wrap them with wire in group
Of 4 to 5.

Well you convinced me to try it. The boy ordered some traps from F&T so I added a couple pans to the order to see what I can come up with

I figured as much beartooth, I believe I’ve read that somewhere else with the chains! Thanks

I thought that very thing on the chains. I know how tangled they can get in a box on the four wheeler. I can just imagine how tangled and knotted they’d get in a mixer.

I did up a Victor #4 DLS with the #2 dog less pan. Add a base plate and a triangle D ring and four links of chain to move the swivel away from the base plate hump. This is a beaver /otter trap. I didn’t have law laminations for this one. I did add a plate to the cross arm to stiffen it. I did the same with the #3s. I’m not sure how much bigger a #3 pan is. I think this looks pretty good for beaver.

Looks real good Marty! I bought the longer base plates, like you did also to reach the whole length of the frame. Like the side support idea also! I’ve got crunch proofs off my D-ring, they sure are hard on the leg. LOL That pan looks perfect for a big ole beaver foot.

I know there are better beaver traps but those old #4s are one of my all time favorite traps. I started using them when they first opened a beaver season in New York in the 70s. They’ve caught a lot of beaver for me over the decades. Another favorite is the #4 jump. I may have to do a dog less conversion on one of those.

That reminds me, I have a 4 jump that needs attention! Get on it Marty. I still have some of the step-down pans to play with. Wonder how that underspring will affect those? My have to swap out a paws-I- trip pan.

I brought in a #4 jump and checked the #2 dog less pan on it. Way too small. I’ll have to get some #3 pans to check with the jumps.

I’m sure you’ll figure it out. Have fun playing!

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#2 with a cut down Bridger pan. Still need to baseplate and maybe laminate the jaws. Wonder if it would work for otter in a blind set? Or at a fish stick stake in a drowner

That looks really good.

Thank you. Took a little bit I had to flatten the cross piece, might have to make a backer for it to strengthen it. My son bought these traps at an auction and the6 were rusted but still really strong springs. We are just trying to get them useable. I wish I would have ordered more pans. Oh well I always need to order some trapping related. And I appreciate the info and suggestion on the pans

I had two of the six I did that I had to flatten the hump. The crossbar had gotten tweaked at some point and the hump interfered with the pan dropping far enough to fire. I warmed them up with the torch and flattened them. I reinforced the crossbar on all of them.

I should of heated it up I just put it in a vise and flattened it. The pipe for the bolt to go through was right in the bend and I couldn't get it to set right. I need to cut off the extra on the crossbar and baseplate it. My son is excited to get one finished and catch something with it. I like working on the old traps and getting them useable