Why is it a lot of cat trappers prefer LS over coil springs?

No doubt a great trap for sure..but when your running a serious line, time Is money and most don't wanna take that extra time bedding a trap when you could just use a coil spring....just my two cents.

Great water traps though..they have there spot on everyone's line.

Of course I'm the self proclaimed longspring man i I like longsprings of all sizes. I use steel screen pan covers on victor 3-N's for coyote.

I put PIT #1 pans on the num 3's and PIT #7 on the num 4s. I install crimp on center locators and swivels on both 3 and 4s.
Sometimes i do a miles trigger on the ones i do not install pit pans on

I base plate and laminate many of them in my shop when i feel like it, a few every year. Ive tryed the preformed lamination kits with round stock and the JC connors cold rolled flat stock and the flat is much easier for me to weld onto a trap jaw.

some of my #3 victor longsprings had regular jaws and I replaced them with sleepy creek OS jaws to be legal on land here in Oregon.
I like twist link and machine chain with swivels at the trap mid and end on 18 to 36 inches of chain.

My number 4 1/2 sleepy creeks are have the jaws laminated and slip on pans made from electric box covers for exposed pan sets. I modified them with heavy long chains for mountain lion. when and if I get a lion on my property killing sheep i can set these traps for it. I also purchased a #5 sleepy creek double longspring for cougar and like it just as it came except I had to cut the teeth off and smooth the jaws to be legal in Oregon.

when i make a bed for these longspring i just claw out a couple of trenches for the springs with a claw hammer. the dirt ya claw up is there to pack over them and it really does not take any more time to bed a coil then a long

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Why are DLS a lot more money then a coilspring? MB550=$16 #3 DLS=$20 ???

It does'nt take anymore time to bed a Double Long Spring than a coil spring trap.
In most cases its faster. Cause they bed easer.

Newt has a really good method of bedding dbl longs

Sounds like you need to add a extra washer on the pan bolt.

No pan bolts

I could show you. But I cant explain it

anybody got any ides on how to put pan tension on an old #2 triumph dls

Had to add the PIT pan

A work of art...
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Could someone explain the base plate and lamination? What are the benefits?

They will be sold as a complete set up, it is simple, adjustable for tension, and heavy duty no doubt.

Thanks for the kind words JM...

Are double long springs better than coilsprings??? For both land and water?

Jason, I am first in line, correct?

Have 300+ #2's just waiting to be converted to dogless. Also would love to convert my #4 dls. With those two traps I wouldn't need any others to catch every animal on my traplines.

So , disadvantages include being more difficult to set and are slower than coils.

Disagree completely about double longsprings being harder to set and slower than coils.

One doesn't need to use such a big trap to catch fur so I'll give you that one but only that one-rest of the longsprings from #4's on down in size are easy for anyone to set-no different than a coil-actually easier because one has more spring to use-get a hold off.

http://youtu.be/H4ItwksUp3k

Setting a 4 1/2 by hand/foot

I am not a strong man so I think others could set the trap this way

Sorry about the sound