Early mole trap, type, in use

[lifelong cumbrian 1,795]

1 hour ago, earth-thrower said:

 

Hey mate, a really like your aluminium version of the full barrel. Clever stuff. You know at one time a wouldnt have thought old mole , would enter & travel plastic pipe & get caught ? lol  ,...until Bob proved otherwise. Do you make your own springs for your traps too, by the way ?

Yes mate make the full trap, I found that wiring a bit of Alkathene pipe in middle of spring makes it much more powerful. I also make the mumble stick out of plastic and split the setting cord into 2 bits with a knot on either that way you set it with a knot either side of the mumble stick so it is easier to set as it is delivering pressure on either side of mumble stick, it also goes off easier. Also I drill the hole through then open the inside out a little bigger diameter, the mumble stick goes through the bigger hole easy the backs up on the smaller hole, much easier to set.

[earth-thrower 490]

36 minutes ago, lifelong cumbrian said:

Yes mate make the full trap, I found that wiring a bit of Alkathene pipe in middle of spring makes it much more powerful. I also make the mumble stick out of plastic and split the setting cord into 2 bits with a knot on either that way you set it with a knot either side of the mumble stick so it is easier to set as it is delivering pressure on either side of mumble stick, it also goes off easier. Also I drill the hole through then open the inside out a little bigger diameter, the mumble stick goes through the bigger hole easy the backs up on the smaller hole, much easier to set.

Sounds well thought out that,..really good. As you've said if your experimenting with the length, of your traps & can catch somewhere, behind them front paws, etc, consistently,...would be ideal that ?

[earth-thrower 490]

16 minutes ago, earth-thrower said:

Sounds well thought out that,..really good. As you've said if your experimenting with the length, of your traps & can catch somewhere, behind them front paws, etc, consistently,...would be ideal that ?

PM a sent you there, mate.

[lifelong cumbrian 1,795]

[lifelong cumbrian 1,795]

[lifelong cumbrian 1,795]

1 minute ago, lifelong cumbrian said:

a couple of other things i use, template to cut round with knife, pop sod out with scrappers and putange setting tool.

[earth-thrower 490]

15 minutes ago, lifelong cumbrian said:

a couple of other things i use, template to cut round with knife, pop sod out with scrappers and putange setting tool.

Innovative you are,....

[earth-thrower 490]

20 minutes ago, lifelong cumbrian said:

a couple of other things i use, template to cut round with knife, pop sod out with scrappers and putange setting tool.

Here's the one spring I have left,...needs to have them wee end bits, for attaching through wee holes, on the wood barrel body, etc (unless there's a better way to attach them ? Iol)

[lifelong cumbrian 1,795]

1 hour ago, earth-thrower said:

Here's the one spring I have left,...needs to have them wee end bits, for attaching through wee holes, on the wood barrel body, etc (unless there's a better way to attach them ? Iol)

I put ends on like that to sit tight in the aluminium 

[lifelong cumbrian 1,795]

[lifelong cumbrian 1,795]

That is a single at 5”

[earth-thrower 490]

2 hours ago, lifelong cumbrian said:

I put ends on like that to sit tight in the aluminium 

Spot on then, mate

[earth-thrower 490]

2 hours ago, lifelong cumbrian said:

That is a single at 5”

Bloody hell,....great work there !

[earth-thrower 490]

9 minutes ago, earth-thrower said:

Bloody hell,....great work there !

PM sent.

[OldPhil 5,385]

Some people are so fecking clever