Re: 330 storage
[Re: Tommie]
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03/02/24 06:38 PM
03/02/24 06:38 PM
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Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 4,386 west virginia usa
randall brannon
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west virginia usa
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Mine are usually all fired. Mainly because like you that is what I do when I pull them.
God please keep they 19 fallen UBB miners out of trouble up there.
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Re: 330 storage
[Re: Tommie]
#8091078
03/02/24 08:58 PM
03/02/24 08:58 PM
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Joined: Jun 2022
Posts: 1,785 Manitoba
Shakeyjake
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Manitoba
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Compressed springs with the safetys holding them. There’s been alotta discussion on other sites about springs, not just traps. The more the spring is worked, the weaker it can get seems to be the consensus from people who work with them every day. I’ve had one broken power ram but that was a new one. Pulled it out of the bag broken. Sprung or left with the safety’s, they’ll probably never break.
Last edited by Shakeyjake; 03/02/24 09:03 PM.
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Re: 330 storage
[Re: Shakeyjake]
#8091111
03/02/24 09:36 PM
03/02/24 09:36 PM
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Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 1,108 middle tennessee
Tommie
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Compressed springs with the safetys holding them. There’s been alotta discussion on other sites about springs, not just traps. The more the spring is worked, the weaker it can get seems to be the consensus from people who work with them every day. I’ve had one broken power ram but that was a new one. Pulled it out of the bag broken. Sprung or left with the safety’s, they’ll probably never break. That was what I was wondering if leaving the spring compressed would weaken them . But I guess this is a discussion that will go either way .
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Re: 330 storage
[Re: Tommie]
#8091121
03/02/24 09:59 PM
03/02/24 09:59 PM
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Joined: Nov 2023
Posts: 345 Lake Mille Lacs , MN
2poor
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Lake Mille Lacs , MN
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Mine are stored set with safeties on . Not going to unset them just to reset .
It’s a lazy man who can’t find his wife a second job !
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Re: 330 storage
[Re: Tommie]
#8091144
03/02/24 10:21 PM
03/02/24 10:21 PM
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Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 8,590 Henderson, N.Y. Jefferson Co.
walleyed
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Springs compressed with the safeties on !!!
Been doing it that way for 40 years.
Same procedure for my #160's & #220's !!!
w
"Provisional/Interim" member of NYS Trappers Association Jefferson Co. Fur Harvesters
I Support Non-Resident Trapping
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Re: 330 storage
[Re: Tommie]
#8091247
03/03/24 12:55 AM
03/03/24 12:55 AM
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Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 5,970 South metro, MN
Calvin
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South metro, MN
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I let a few set over the season a few years ago. #330s from different manufacturers. I ended up changing springs out come the next season so I won't be doing that again.
I've also learned there are many people who can't tell the difference between a new and clapped out spring that needed changing years ago.
Kind of like the pre 90s Duke #220s. The springs were so weak, there were catch circles at most locations but guys swore they were good because when the finally got to the set, the animals were dead.
But as always....to each their own.
Last edited by Calvin; 03/03/24 12:56 AM.
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Re: 330 storage
[Re: Tommie]
#8091559
03/03/24 01:34 PM
03/03/24 01:34 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 11,320 Oregon
beaverpeeler
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Oregon
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I've been using 330's for over 45 years and it's not a big difference, but leaving springs compressed does weaken springs some. But from one season to the next you will not notice a big difference or really any difference at all.. After you've owned those traps for 8-10 years...yep, noticeable.
My fear of moving stairs is escalating!
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Re: 330 storage
[Re: walleyed]
#8091563
03/03/24 01:45 PM
03/03/24 01:45 PM
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Posts: 16,295 ny
upstateNY
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Springs compressed with the safeties on !!!
Been doing it that way for 40 years.
Same procedure for my #160's & #220's !!!
w Same here.The only time my springs are not compressed is when there is a critter in them.
the wheels of the gods turn very slowly
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Re: 330 storage
[Re: AJE]
#8091880
03/03/24 10:18 PM
03/03/24 10:18 PM
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Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 1,415 WI
BvrRetriever
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WI
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Mine get sprung & placed in a dry cardboard box in the garage I’ve kept mine clipped and in normal fur shed conditions for a good 30 years…and they still kill beaver every day!
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Re: 330 storage
[Re: BvrRetriever]
#8092127
03/04/24 10:59 AM
03/04/24 10:59 AM
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Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 5,970 South metro, MN
Calvin
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Mine get sprung & placed in a dry cardboard box in the garage I’ve kept mine clipped and in normal fur shed conditions for a good 30 years…and they still kill beaver every day! This is what I'm talking about. As long as they are dead the next day, It's just fine in many guys book. I want them dead NOW...not in 8 hrs. It's not hard to change springs out on a conibear. Can always do just one, too. Makes a difference. That said, I have BMI #220s from the 80s that are still strong, but most are not...and I don't clip them (anymore).
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