ferret boxes what to use

[gonetoearth 5,144]

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[moxy 617]

over time i have sourced my materials from local suppliers in my area including the webbing for the straps, alternatively you can use car seat belts for carry straps. You may get it free and its the best gear.

I use bolts to fix the straps on.

[moxy 617]

Gonetoearth has made a fair point there and one thats well worth thinking about,

 

Before you start with grand ideas and as other lads on here who make ferret boxes will tell you, price up your gear, work out how much time you have invested in making the boxes and put a price on that, find out what folk are willing to pay and then work out how much is left in it for you and your efforts!!

You may be surprised to find that its the best part of feck all.

Unless you can mass produce them and have a good product at the end of it ,you wont make much money.

 

Am i saying this to put you off?? No matey, far from it. knock some boxes up and get back to me with the costs involved I would be interested to know

[B.P.R 2,798]

I made a ferret box which ended up in the bin. Waste of money. I'd rather just but a decent one off here such as one of Moxy and pay the price for one that looks good an does the job. Too much like hard work and by the time you buy the wood, hinges, latches and varnish etc and spent a good few hours on it, you could have had one made and in the post for cheaper. The guys that make them on mass or make a few will have sourced the cheapest material and bought a bulk of them to make even a small profit.

 

Good luck mate. If you get bored Moxy will sort you out with a box, after he's sent me them rabbit skins...............

[DottyDoo 500]

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you recomend them?????

 

60 is a lot for a ferret box,,,,,, but if worth it, then thats a diffrent matter haha

 

[B.P.R 2,798]

I've seen the dogtran boxes. Without a doubt they would do the job and last a lifetime but I like a box where somebody has put time and effort into. Everybody who makes their own boxes has their own design so you get s lot of different twists on the designs.

 

You can also get then made to your own specifications, longer, higher. Extra compartments etc.

 

Also like the wood. Just the ways it looks. Rather give my money to somebody who makes them in their garage rather than mass produced by a big company in a factory