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Re: #1 coil spring question
[Re: gcs]
#8076177
02/13/24 02:46 PM
02/13/24 02:46 PM
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Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 16,433 Iowa
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The Count
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The Count
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Posts: 16,433
Iowa
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I'm no trap guru, but can't you cut a coil off the spring to "weaken" it? No you can't, you need both ends of the trap spring to mount the springs. Why a coilspring? jillions of critters caught in #1 longsprings, easy to set too. Less holding power with a spring only on one side to hold the animal. A #11 is more comparable to a #1 coil, but they may just hold even better.
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Re: #1 coil spring question
[Re: Wolfdog91]
#8076545
02/13/24 10:12 PM
02/13/24 10:12 PM
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Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 339 Ohio
Dan D
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Ohio
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Over powered for what? Great little coon trap. For anything, why that little trap has that much dang power is beyond me I rather get caught into a #3cs than thos little things that and I've had some rat trappers tell em horror stories about them Once again, it reads like you started a post with no actual experience using them. I've caught 100s of coon in them and #11s. My go to traps in shallow water coon trapping. These horror stories you speak of by other trappers. Good first hand knowledge.
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Re: #1 coil spring question
[Re: Wolfdog91]
#8076863
02/14/24 11:59 AM
02/14/24 11:59 AM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,396 East, Kentucky
KYBOY
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That was the thing with CDR's, they were/are very strong but thos small wire levers made them hard to get hold of. I could set them over my knee but nver would, especially out in the water.. I knew if I got one of them on me I was screwed. I have a few mb750's just as strong as CDR's but I could set them fine because of the bigger levers..
Deep in the heart of Appalachia....
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