#1031992 - 12/06/08 08:31 PM
skinning winch(horizontal)
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Loc: Northern Illinois,47yrs old
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 Here Goes! Attempt at pic.
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#1032014 - 12/06/08 08:37 PM
Re: skinning winch(horizontal)
[Re: Youngtraprs Dad]
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Registered: 01/16/08
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Loc: Northern Illinois,47yrs old
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 Wow! It WORKED!!! I finally got some good help! Here's another pic(Still just testing my pic posting abilities!)
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#1032030 - 12/06/08 08:47 PM
Re: skinning winch(horizontal)
[Re: Youngtraprs Dad]
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Loc: Northern Illinois,47yrs old
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 Here's one more for you guys that asked for them. Thanks for being so patient with me!
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#1032035 - 12/06/08 08:48 PM
Re: skinning winch(horizontal)
[Re: Youngtraprs Dad]
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Registered: 11/14/08
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Loc: Illinois
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Hey are those my vise grips I lost LOL
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#1032038 - 12/06/08 08:49 PM
Re: skinning winch(horizontal)
[Re: Youngtraprs Dad]
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Registered: 12/25/06
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thanks for the pics and new ideas that came with them by the way love that fleshing beam in the second pic
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#1032057 - 12/06/08 08:57 PM
Re: skinning winch(horizontal)
[Re: mr. finch]
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how much weight/tension do you figure those wood beams can take?
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#1032070 - 12/06/08 09:02 PM
Re: skinning winch(horizontal)
[Re: mr. finch]
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how much weight/tension do you figure those wood beams can take? Well, if one day there's a cracking sound then the wall collapses, we'll know.  I'm jk, that's a neat invention.
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#1032137 - 12/06/08 09:31 PM
Re: skinning winch(horizontal)
[Re: CharlesKS]
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thanks for the pics and new ideas that came with them by the way love that fleshing beam in the second pic Thanks! That's my mink beam that my Dad made out of a 2X4. We have another beam(used for rats and possums) that fits into the same slot, that's a little smaller than our coon fleshing beam. As for how much weight/tension they can take??? I don't know? The main frame is 2X8 treated pine and is bolted to a wall stud and the bench top. It's sorta hard to see but the end with the winch attatched to it is reinforced with additional 2X4s and a 1/2" or 3/4" piece of particle board. We've skinned 150 coons or more with it now and it seems to be holding up well. Also use it on occasion to finish up beaver/possums/and coyotes. off of topic, but you have got to be the oldest looking 48 year old ive ever seen.
no offence, but you must have had a rough life! or a mean wife! LMAO! As a matter of fact...I've had 2 mean wives!!! That's my Dad(And my trappin' partner). He's 71 and lives,breathes,and LOVES TRAPPING!
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#1032140 - 12/06/08 09:33 PM
Re: skinning winch(horizontal)
[Re: ratbrain]
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Hey are those my vise grips I lost LOL LOL! You just thought that you lost them........
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#1032171 - 12/06/08 09:44 PM
Re: skinning winch(horizontal)
[Re: Youngtraprs Dad]
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Registered: 12/24/06
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Loc: Estherville, IA
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Great Job ytd..... That Puller should work just fine and It sounds as though it does, indeed.... You have a mighty good looking "fur shed" there too! Are you "putting up" your furs now also????? If so, how about a pix of them?? THANKS
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#1032210 - 12/06/08 10:09 PM
Re: skinning winch(horizontal)
[Re: TexA 67 & going]
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Registered: 01/16/08
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Thanks Tex! For just a few bucks over $100, I'm sure happy with it! The winch was on sale at Cabelas for $90(Made for skinning deer)and the lumber was stuff I had laying around anyway. The skinning gambrel,vice-grips, and the eye-bolts used for attatching/detatching the vicegrips to the gambrel all totaled $25-$30 tops.
This is my second year of putting up everything(Excluding skunks). I've been putting up rats,mink,fox,and coons for 30+ years. Last year was my first year to actually skin,flesh, and stretch beaver and possums though.
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#1032214 - 12/06/08 10:11 PM
Re: skinning winch(horizontal)
[Re: Youngtraprs Dad]
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Registered: 12/25/06
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Loc: kansas
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thanks for the pics and new ideas that came with them by the way love that fleshing beam in the second pic Thanks! That's my mink beam that my Dad made out of a 2X4. We have another beam(used for rats and possums) that fits into the same slot, that's a little smaller than our coon fleshing beam. As for how much weight/tension they can take??? I don't know? The main frame is 2X8 treated pine and is bolted to a wall stud and the bench top. It's sorta hard to see but the end with the winch attatched to it is reinforced with additional 2X4s and a 1/2" or 3/4" piece of particle board. We've skinned 150 coons or more with it now and it seems to be holding up well. Also use it on occasion to finish up beaver/possums/and coyotes. off of topic, but you have got to be the oldest looking 48 year old ive ever seen.
no offence, but you must have had a rough life! or a mean wife! LMAO! As a matter of fact...I've had 2 mean wives!!! That's my Dad(And my trappin' partner). He's 71 and lives,breathes,and LOVES TRAPPING! sorry mean the third pic, the one with the real nice grain to it
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#1032227 - 12/06/08 10:19 PM
Re: skinning winch(horizontal)
[Re: mr. finch]
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Registered: 09/22/08
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Loc: SE Nebraska
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Just curious what is the benefit of a horizontal fleshing beam? am I missing something by having mine at an angle? By the way thats the cleanest fur shed I have ever seen!
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#1032274 - 12/06/08 10:48 PM
Re: skinning winch(horizontal)
[Re: trapperchuck]
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Just curious what is the benefit of a horizontal fleshing beam? am I missing something by having mine at an angle? By the way thats the cleanest fur shed I have ever seen! I've never used anything else...So I don't know if there would be any advantages to a horizontal beam vs. an angled beam. Personally, I believe that having a beam set up on an angle may be advantageous. At least if it is on an angle, all of the fleshings would fall/run down the beam, helping to keep it out of the fur. mr. finch, I purchased that beam around 1977 or '78. If I rember correctly it's made of Hickory.
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#1032423 - 12/07/08 03:48 AM
Re: skinning winch(horizontal)
[Re: Youngtraprs Dad]
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Registered: 09/23/07
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Loc: Portland, OR
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Hmm I have an idea. Same concept as above, but for in-the-field skinning. So, I nail the straps holding the coon's feet to a big tree. I use the vise-grip setup on a cable, and attach the cable to the ring under the bumper of my car. I then put it in reverse, and back up slowly to do the skinning. Would it work? 
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#1032547 - 12/07/08 07:19 AM
Re: skinning winch(horizontal)
[Re: Tsarevna]
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Hmm I have an idea. Same concept as above, but for in-the-field skinning. So, I nail the straps holding the coon's feet to a big tree. I use the vise-grip setup on a cable, and attach the cable to the ring under the bumper of my car. I then put it in reverse, and back up slowly to do the skinning. Would it work? I wouldn't recommend it...a little too much power IMO. After skinning down the rear legs and putting the coon on my winch, it is necessary to "help" it along. After pulling a short ways,you have to strip the tail. Then I pull on the tail and make sure the pelt doesn't hang up on the belly side(It is possible to rip the pelt if you don't do this). After that the winch pulls the pelt up past the front legs/shoulders I stop and push my thumb or an old sharpening steel between the legs and neck, then pull the legs most of the way thru. Pull a little more w/winch to make the ear cuts, use the winch to "inch" up to the eye cuts and finish up. IMO the winch system is great because it's less labor intensive than skinning them by "Old School" methods. But I could skin coons faster before I started using it.
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#1032647 - 12/07/08 08:24 AM
Re: skinning winch(horizontal)
[Re: Youngtraprs Dad]
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Registered: 09/23/07
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Loc: Portland, OR
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Hmm I have an idea. Same concept as above, but for in-the-field skinning. So, I nail the straps holding the coon's feet to a big tree. I use the vise-grip setup on a cable, and attach the cable to the ring under the bumper of my car. I then put it in reverse, and back up slowly to do the skinning. Would it work? I wouldn't recommend it...a little too much power IMO. After skinning down the rear legs and putting the coon on my winch, it is necessary to "help" it along. After pulling a short ways,you have to strip the tail. Then I pull on the tail and make sure the pelt doesn't hang up on the belly side(It is possible to rip the pelt if you don't do this). After that the winch pulls the pelt up past the front legs/shoulders I stop and push my thumb or an old sharpening steel between the legs and neck, then pull the legs most of the way thru. Pull a little more w/winch to make the ear cuts, use the winch to "inch" up to the eye cuts and finish up. IMO the winch system is great because it's less labor intensive than skinning them by "Old School" methods. But I could skin coons faster before I started using it. I appreciate the reply, it's kind of a goofy idea. But I'm trying to figure out how I can do it in the field on an injured arm. Do you think a hand crank could work, say, if I nailed it to a fallen log and threw the cable over a tree limb with a pulley? (Coon's hind leg straps nailed to an upright tree like on your wall.)
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