those cat style traps will not hold up to coon well. sure one here one there, but not day in day out. I think you need to have a frame design to even be considered a coon trap. as for dillos, aint seen one up here in mn yet
Most cat style cages are made with Galvanized before welded wire. You need GAW wire of good quality to be strongest. Also most put a clip every 4 inches and a ring every 4 inches. Not enough for coon in most cases, over time, on any trap.
Use very good wire and clip every other inch with a ring over the first clip and where there is no clip and you won,t have problems. It prevents the seem from peeling with a rough coon.
Like the picture: This is what we do. We also put a ring every inch on structure. This is a beaver trap: notice the heavy rings on side and key points. This trap is not designed for the beaver to be in the trap more than 24 hrs unless it is a drown set. The larger-taller the trap the easier the beaver is on the cage when left alive in the trap for a period of time. Same with most animals in a cage trap.
That is why Vinke made a post saying just add rings. I believe he was just referring that if you can,t buy the quality, buy what you can and strengthen it up to get by until you can.