Drop Boxes

[mad4it 693]

Hi i was wondering if any one has made drop boxes and if they where success with them.

I have john B book on trap making so I have got the plans to make some, and have looked though threads on here there was one where someone had made them and send john B some pictures. But i want to know is has anyone made any since or do they just but them in.

[moxy 617]

An old post mate but I still make and use them if the job calls for it.

 

http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/topic/194750-drop-box/

[Tiercel 6,986]

An old post mate but I still make and use them if the job calls for it.

 

http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/topic/194750-drop-box/

like.

 

TC

[mad4it 693]

An old post mate but I still make and use them if the job calls for it.

 

http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/topic/194750-drop-box/

Thank you moxy

[Deker 3,453]

I got and use a couple, mine are galv tho

 

Mine to, never had the inclination to build one.

 

They certainly have their uses but not something I reach for on a daily basis, and all that digging!

[Frontbum 76]

Thinking on doing a bit more rabbit control, where is the best place to buy the drop boxes. Thanks.

[mad4it 693]

you can buy them from solway feeders, killgrem and leader I have ordered one from killgrem my self

[The one 8,397]

I would be worried the wood would swell and the trap wont work , leader are expensive but good light weight metal traps

[TOMO 24,876]

Them leader ones are good,,,

 

But one one of my many estates,,lol,,,the keeper there has some right Heath Robinson affairs ,,made with plastic barrels ,,,but the work very well

[socks 32,253]

The leader ones are shit ... The thin galv design means that they bow with time as the pressure of the earth presses against the sides ... The tilt mechanism is over complicated and and can snag and jam easily ... Plastic and wooden ones will last one season max if your lucky .....

[socks 32,253]

For gardens and safe places with good soil I suppose they will but if you put it in bad ground or anywhere there's cattle and horses it won't last very long at all ......

[low plains drifter 9,463]

Many a free dinner has been acquired by a moucher with a keen eye for a carefully sited dropbox

[moxy 617]

The leader ones are shit ... The thin galv design means that they bow with time as the pressure of the earth presses against the sides ... The tilt mechanism is over complicated and and can snag and jam easily ... Plastic and wooden ones will last one season max if your lucky .....

Try 5 seasons and still going strong. That's plywood. If things are made well and to last. They generally will.