im going to be making a skinning machine and was wandering which type you all prefer the roller type or the kind with the clamps made out of vise grips.

this is going to be used mostly on coyotes.

None of the above.

Make a slip noose out of 1/8" cable put a fixed loop on one end so you can hook to the skinner mast.
Open your coyote place as much of the flank fur Into the noose draw it down attache fixed end to mast and start to pull. If you run out of head room reverse the winch open the noose pull the hide down through the noose re tighten and start pulling again.

This system Is a positive pull with no slipping or tearing.And very simple and cheap.
I pull all my coon and coyotes this way.

beav do you have any pics

i would like to see some pics of both kinds your looking for.. i would like to build one soon

This comes up each year. Should be some pics if you guys do a search.

i've seen pics of all of them, i was just wandering what was everyones prefered way for coyotes

The clamps work great for me.

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Beav: i use a long dogs choke chain in the same as your cable only it never wears out.
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I have clamps and they slip alot or tear hide sometimes. Tried cable this year and that solved those issues but it leaves a mark. Wish I had roller style...

With that said they all beat pulling!

Are you talking about the leg end or the hide end? Leg end use I use braided nylon, hide end duckbill vice grips with two rods one side and one rod on the other to meet between the opposing rods.

it seems like most people on here have the clamp style. i was wandering about slipping and tearing with those as apposed to the roller style.

it seems like you would want most the pressure to be on the back where the hide is the toughest like with the roller style and the loop style

maybe a roller style with the clamps on the side also, then you would have three points of pressure

I like my rollerstyle skinning rig, that I attached to an old feed trough.

you ever have any ripping or tearing with the roller style?

does it hold the hide good? slip any?

work good on coyote?

call me dumb but how does the roller style work? i would like to see more pics if i could?

I'm with countrysmith dumb and needing more pics

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im with countrysmith and watertrapper also

I'll join you

thats lots of dumb people ha ha but i am the dumbest.. i would like to start building one of these things in the next week or two

if you look in the last pick (Nick C) posted you will see the coon is held in place by (rolling) the hide between two bars and then locking the bars in place.