body grip pans

Has anyone tried the body grip pans from expand-a-pan?Thinking about getting some to try.

I put barker mink pans on 120's used for marten. well worth the time and money for marten. one big plus is that ermine who were stealing my bait got caught also. had less refusals too

Why buy body grip pans when they are easily made out of cheap scrap 3/8 plywood or corrugated plastic and easily installed. For the plywood the wires are just stapled on and with the plastic they are slipped thru the corrugation slots.

Why? The expandapans are metal, last longer and don't have to worry about coni wires breaking and they are heavier so the trap is more sensitive.

I've used pan triggers for over 25 years and never had to replace trigger wires on more than a 1/2 dozen traps. I also want the trigger to take a bit of pressure to set it off, when set close to the bait, while the animal is working the bait with its head well between the jaws to obtain a quick consistent humane dispatch.

I tried them . They were so heavy I had a hard time keeping my 220s set. They were always setting on a hair trigger, if I could get them to stay set. I’m sure someone out there will have an better idea with them. I have used the Barker pans with good success. There lite weight and easy to install.

Belisle triggers only last a few years down here unless you only set them during droughts.

What trap? Never had issues with the belisles but when I tried them on some Duke 160s they were very twitchy.

I had the opposite problem from Yotegiter... I tried some plywood pans on belisle 120s and couldn't get them to fire without a LOT of pressure. The springs were putting so much tension n on the trigger and the fulcrum was in the wrong spot it seemed.

Expand a pan company has a quality system love them on skunks...little to no spray.

I suspect you were setting the pan to level. In order to function properly a pan trigger must angle up about 20 degrees over the back-trap jaw with the trigger dog pointing to the box entrance. If the pan is set to level it may hang up on the box floor and not release the dog or take extra pressure to do so.