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My Skinning Rig (pics) #399402
11/05/07 08:33 PM
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I NEEDED a portable skinning rig. So beings that I'm a farm boy and have farm things handy. We made up a nice unit that doubles as a skinning table for opening coon, and mounted a winch on it.

Simply turned an old feed bunk, into a great asset to my fur shed.

I know the vice grip skinning machine method is quite popular, although, after seeing k9's "roller system" and the simplicity of it, I went with that! Works great.



All the coon I've caught in the last 2 days skinned.



A pallet of carcass's being air shipped in the morning to West Virginia.


Re: My Skinning Rig (pics) [Re: ] #399406
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I should add, we put 600 lbs of tractor weights on the bunk to hold it down. It still rocks a bit though.

Re: My Skinning Rig (pics) [Re: ] #399422
11/05/07 08:42 PM
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mmmm boy there is some good eat'en piled up there


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Re: My Skinning Rig (pics) [Re: Heavyduty] #399427
11/05/07 08:44 PM
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nice pics nick and good job for a 2 days catch john

Re: My Skinning Rig (pics) [Re: john1182] #399447
11/05/07 08:50 PM
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I'd like to see the "roller system" a bit closer, could you get some pictures for me ?


Re: My Skinning Rig (pics) [Re: Tim Wilcox] #399467
11/05/07 08:57 PM
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Give me a few more minutes I'll get some in action shots.

Re: My Skinning Rig (pics) [Re: ] #399488
11/05/07 09:07 PM
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Re: My Skinning Rig (pics) [Re: ] #399633
11/05/07 09:45 PM
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TTT for Mr. Wilcox

Re: My Skinning Rig (pics) [Re: ] #399642
11/05/07 09:48 PM
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How long does it take to skin a coon on that thing? It seems to me that a coon skins prety easy after getting it past the legs. I can see where that would help on a coyote a lot, but does it speed up coon skinning that much?

Re: My Skinning Rig (pics) [Re: Bowkill] #399656
11/05/07 09:53 PM
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The longest part of skinning the coon is opening them up and getting past the tail, after that, it's a minute or 2 on the winch pull out the front legs, go to the ears, eyes, nose, and done.

If I had someone else opening them for me, and I was just pulling skinning a pile of coon would be a breeze in my opinion.

Re: My Skinning Rig (pics) [Re: ] #399662
11/05/07 09:57 PM
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Hey Nick nice rig ,I just put one together this year myself,Wow what a work saver ,,,you know if you want to save a little time and your edge on your blade ,take a limb cutter/branch lopper and just cut front paws off and you you wont be stopping to bother with those nasty fronts,nice 2 day catch ,,Chad


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Re: My Skinning Rig (pics) [Re: ] #399720
11/05/07 10:21 PM
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Just a hoist from Harbor Freight.

Roller is nice, no vice grips to deal with.

Re: My Skinning Rig (pics) [Re: ] #399826
11/05/07 11:03 PM
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For what reasons exactly are your coon carcasses coming here to WV for? Just curious, good lookin rig you got there.

-Cody


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Re: My Skinning Rig (pics) [Re: WVtrappin1204] #399890
11/05/07 11:19 PM
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Feeding Cathryn and her children all winter of course!

Re: My Skinning Rig (pics) [Re: ] #399911
11/05/07 11:25 PM
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Sold green in years past, but plan to put them up this year.

Re: My Skinning Rig (pics) [Re: ] #399923
11/05/07 11:30 PM
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nice how does the rollor work?


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Re: My Skinning Rig (pics) [Re: ] #399927
11/05/07 11:32 PM
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 Originally Posted By: Nick C
Feeding Cathryn and her children all winter of course!

I thought she only ate possums!

I guess I'm not understanding the roller part. How is the pelt held onto the roller? Do you roll the roller when you are pulling? Or are you pulling with the winch?

Ed

Re: My Skinning Rig (pics) [Re: logan] #399931
11/05/07 11:33 PM
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Attach your gambrel to a winch. Hang the coon on there, like you normally would when skinning. Take the tail, and rear end of the coon, and roll it up tight. Pull up on the winch, until you get to the arms, put in a wooden dowel or piece of rebar to pull out the arms, them skin them out like normal.

Saves the wear and tear on your body from pulling coon.

Re: My Skinning Rig (pics) [Re: ] #399938
11/05/07 11:36 PM
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Sorry I don't have better pics. Here is k9's roller rigged skinning system. I modeled mine off of this, and it's almost identical.



Once it's rolled up tight, you need another piece of rebar to hold it tight. Then just leave it alone, and just let the winch do it's part.




Re: My Skinning Rig (pics) [Re: Mister ED] #399943
11/05/07 11:37 PM
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Derby, Vermont still alive
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the table is only two feet off the ground, Nick is short...

is the roundup there to dispose of fleas and ticks, or is that your after shave.LOL

nice thanks for sharing really. \:\)


Nelly
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