For those of you using wolf fangs how hard are they to pull out. They look like a great stake But just wondering if you need a puller for every one or not. I used berkshire HD's this year and really liked them I pulled out 95% by hand the only thing with them is the tips bend easy. I know its easy to bend them back but was just wondering about the wolf fangs thanks

anyone thought about Iowa Earth Anchors--I started using/making them last year and will never use anything else!! I even ran traps down in the sandy river bed and never lost any coyotes..The standard (bought ones) are about 2.5 inches long but I made some that are 6 inches long for dowm in the sand. There is no bending or problem driving them through 8 inches of frozen ground (don't know about you northern guy's, but that's about as bad as it get's here)

I use the wench on my 4-wheeler to pull them up..If you make them yourself they are only about 25 cents apiece--minus cable....I run these on my traps and Cable Restraints too..

Doesn't she dislike being called a wench? I'd call her something else before she drives off with your 4 wheeler never to be seen again.

That's the whole problem with them. Use the same ones again next year and you will change your tune.

I can't even estimate how many times I've approached a set location and had to turn around, go back to the truck and grab a different anchor because my Berkshire failed when pounding it in.

I tried running pilot holes every time....didn't matter. I think this year I finally burned up the last of them. And it's time for something else from now on.

Yea thats what I was thinkin MNCedar But I still got about 100 left so I will probably use them next year but I know there is a better system than that. It seems to me the Wolf Fangs are the ticket the only thing I am worried about is the fact they may be to hard to get out of the ground without a puller. I know I can dig them out but thats a waste of time in my opinion if I have to cut every one because I can't put my driver through the swivel and pull them out they aren't for me.

I tried hard to be a pogo man with 2" pogos, but had the same problems mentioned above. About half of the anchors would stick from sand, and come back up in the driver. The driver got dinged up easily, touching it back up with a file was easy enough, but kind of rediculous every other stake...I could see it being the ticket though in different soils. I switched to the wolf fang myself...just drove some last weekend through ground froze like concrete, no problems. Only on 12" of cable, tried pulling to the point of popping jaws off traps, didn't budge...but digging up 12" was no problem. Deffinately the ticket for my needs.

Alot of that has to do with your driver I've found out. Any driver with bigger than 7/16 diameter tip needs the point ground to an offset position so its pushing the stake straight into the ground. You don't want a point like a pencil either more of a "flatter" point....



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I use them(super stakes) and they can't be beat for doing their job. They can run asup to nearly $2. I think most earth anchors will do the job also. This thread has got me to thinking about using pogo's and not trying to pull them up. I may switch to pogos and just snip and go.

I have been using the wolf fangs this year. And for the rocky ground we have here in SW MO I feel that they cant be beat. They are the only ones I have used yet that I can actually reuse after I extract them from this rock infested country.

who makes the wolf fangs? Do they use a special driver?

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wolf fangs are the best but you will need a puller,you can use your driver as a puller if the ground isnt too hard and you can make your own driver from a piece of 1/2 in. cold rolled just use a grinder and a cutoff wheel to cut the notch in the end of the rod (solid driver no welds to break )

After one season useing the wolf fangs I will not have any other cable stake, and I have tried them all, wolf fangs are the best hands down from the driver,to the stake, and the price. Only one that even comes close is the super stake, and it still runs away from it in the long haul.

I gave up on the Berkshire stakes the tips bend way too easily. I use super stakes for land trapping and they are truly indestructible.

Used the Iowas for years, lost a couple yotes with them, they are expensive. I went to the wolf fangs and wont look back, even for water sets

I now use wolf fangs, I had to modify the driver but like the stake heads. Mine are on 24" of 1/8th cable, which makes a 18" stake.

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Ive only used pogo's for one season, and only on part of my water stuff.

I learned real quick that to keep the anchor from following the driver back up to give the driver a slight twist as I drove or pushed it into the ground. A 1/8th to 1/4 turn completely did away with that problem for me. That was the only issue I had with them. They hold good, are lightweight, and cheap. I plan on using them 100% on my waterline this year.

I do still use rebar for my dryland stuff though.

Anybody try chain on the Wolf Fangs? I dont like cable sticking up if you cant get them drove all the way down.