Bellman And Flint Range

[Jekyll 329]

Finding my collar and box are nearly 2ft out the further I have apart the more they are out, bellman tell me nothing wrong and should be taken as a guide!?

I know it's not going to bang on but 2ft is a lot to be out by..

anyone else got this problem??

Cheers

[Rabbit Hunter 6,608]

Are you just trying it out above ground to test the range or have you had this problem with a terrier underground?

[dymented 2,220]

bellman are far from the most accurate at pinpointing make a wider hole you will need it i find the long range denby spot on at pin pointing

[chilli 368]

The collar must be on the side of the dogs neck .

[dazbrowne 13 333]

Yet more complaints about bellman there standards seem to be slipping

[dillydog 8,417]

Keep some shit bred by me, no need for fancy collars, they'll be out in ten minutes lol

[Rabbit Hunter 6,608]

Like Chilli says it's imperative that the collar is on the side of the dogs neck or you'll get dodgy readings.

[strongbow 149]

Keep some shit bred by me, no need for fancy collars, they'll be out in ten minutes lol

make that 5mins mate

[chilli 368]

I've dug when they've been on their side & it's been ok

[rob284 1,678]

Put it in metric, the imperial readings are shite.

[rob284 1,678]

Say your mark is 0.8 slowly move it in a direction until it reads 0.9, move it in the opposite direction so it reads higher again. Do this in all directions and you'll have a perimeter at which inside it is your lowest reading. The centre of that circle should be your mark. Sounds confusing but really straight forward.

[Jekyll 329]

Are you just trying it out above ground to test the range or have you had this problem with a terrier underground?

Both under and above

[Jekyll 329]

Like chilli says the collar must be on side on dogs neck so it's pointing straight up and down!

I noticed mine was off by 30 cm per meter so I was digging bigger holes than I needed the problem was once I rang bellman he explained if the collar is layed flat not pointing up it will give a different reading you can try this by putting box on table and holding collar on floor with it pointing up, now lay the collar flat u will see a deviation in the numbers! The problem I had was caused by my young dog who is big a leggy even tho I put collar on his side pointing up he spends a lot of time on his side pushing through tight bits giving a reading deeper than it actually is as the collar isn't pointing up! I never had a problem with the same collar on his mother as she was smaller and sat right in the tube with collar facing up

Cheers 5fd I'll give this a go

[Rabbit Hunter 6,608]

Like everyone has said, the collar needs to be on the side of the dogs neck. If that doesnt work maybe the box is faulty

[Jekyll 329]

Collars always on the side, just tried as 5 feet says still 18-20" out, I'll send back..