woodchip 2 Posted January 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 Why, do you want to swap houses? Many rabbits down their? O and deer? Frank. no just someone who knows what there doing when it comes to ferreting second outting planned for sunday :thumbs-up: Quote Link to post
the fezz 44 Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 keep at it mate you will soon get the hang of things and if your stuck just ask , Quote Link to post
Guest Frank Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 Why, do you want to swap houses? Many rabbits down their? O and deer? Frank. no just someone who knows what there doing when it comes to ferreting second outting planned for sunday :thumbs-up: Good luck for sunday woodchip. Keep us posted. Frank. Quote Link to post
mole catcher 1 Posted January 31, 2007 Report Share Posted January 31, 2007 [wonderfull things them probes, been about for years but many still dont bother to use them Quote Link to post
Yokel Matt 918 Posted January 31, 2007 Report Share Posted January 31, 2007 (edited) [wonderfull things them probes, been about for years but many still dont bother to use them They are indeed mate Got a mini one attached to the side of my box as i couldn't carry the box, spade, nets, any catch AND one the size of Franks probe by myself (no smut please. ). Had my MK1 over 12 years with no probs... love it! Edited January 31, 2007 by LocalYokel Quote Link to post
maty j 6 Posted January 31, 2007 Report Share Posted January 31, 2007 I now use a probe, helps a lot, so you wont chop off your ferrets head. just put a little hole in it i bought my mk 1 new from johnsons when the mk 2 came out with all the bad things i was earing about them. then they bring out the mk 3. while the mk1 is doing a fine job no point in me changing. ok its a bit of pain when your trying to locate the ferret but all your picking up is "rudolth the red nose raindeer" heres my bar i knocked up a while ago. Quote Link to post
the fezz 44 Posted January 31, 2007 Report Share Posted January 31, 2007 nice pink probe mate :whistle: :whistle: sorry couldnt help meself Quote Link to post
mapreader 5 Posted February 1, 2007 Report Share Posted February 1, 2007 Regarding using probes, they are an invaluable piece of ferreting kit, and have used them for donkeys years. My own is made from stainless bar about twelve mm thick...I regard it more as a digging bar than a probe. The way I use it is, as soon as the turf is removed and eight or nine inches of soil removed, I then do most of the digging with the bar and the spade is used solely for clearing the hole. The thin probes used for actually locating the tunnel are not for me I have to say, and I know every one to there own method but , it seems to me to be an accident waiting to happen with a skuered ferret the result ,when pushing with a mans weight on the bar through a foot of soil which then suddenly "gives"..ferret hasn,t heard the probe coming..chance of a dead ferret. Have to put my hands up and say that I haven,t heard of it happening...just not my way of doing it...but if it works for you , good enough. Regards Mapreader Quote Link to post
foxlamper 5 Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Ive got an mk1 and mk3 but the collares on the mk1 wont work so i use the mk3 collars and the mk1 locator box and its much more accurate that beeping noise drives you insane Quote Link to post
beagles 0 Posted February 3, 2007 Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 you didnt take apart a little girls bike to make that did you ? Quote Link to post
IanB 0 Posted February 3, 2007 Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 Probes very handy ....thats me stopped ferreting for the season now, too many young around all over... Quote Link to post
Guest The Big Fish Posted February 3, 2007 Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 My own is made from stainless bar about twelve mm thick...I regard it more as a digging bar than a probe. I have a bar with flat chisel like end on it (i think its one of the prongs off of a farm loader) and use it very much the same as you Mapreader. The ground around here is like concrete and very often the spade just isnt up to it, so the bar is used to dig with, very usefull tool. Quote Link to post
maty j 6 Posted February 3, 2007 Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 welded it up awhile ago in school. thats why its so small, so i could get it out without being seen :ph34r: i had yellow actually so could of done it that colour but thort pink stood out better. i did put yellow rings round it though every 6inch so i knew exactly how deep i had to dig but they didnt stay on long :wacko: Quote Link to post
mapreader 5 Posted February 3, 2007 Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 My own is made from stainless bar about twelve mm thick...I regard it more as a digging bar than a probe. I have a bar with flat chisel like end on it (i think its one of the prongs off of a farm loader) and use it very much the same as you Mapreader. The ground around here is like concrete and very often the spade just isnt up to it, so the bar is used to dig with, very usefull tool. Hi The Big Fish, yep, got me one of those suckers too, chisel edge, thread and big nut on t,other end, tend to use that one when we are driving rather than walking to buries, great tool for chalk! Regards Mapreader Quote Link to post
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