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#528018 - 01/19/08 05:36 PM Pulling Rebar Stakes - What's your method?
Woofman Woofman trapper Registered: 01/23/07 Posts: 769 Loc: Connecticut	I use a crowbar to pry them out. It's usually not easy. W'eve got rocky soil here. I wonder if there's a better way out there...
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#528025 - 01/19/08 05:39 PM Re: Pulling Rebar Stakes - What's your method? [Re: Woofman]
Gary Gary trapper Registered: 01/08/07 Posts: 8405 Loc: Indiana	i use a pick axe (flat blade side) _________________________
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#528031 - 01/19/08 05:40 PM Re: Pulling Rebar Stakes - What's your method? [Re: Woofman]
coosa_trapper coosa_trapper trapper Registered: 12/30/07 Posts: 242 Loc: Coosa County, Al	TRUCK WINCH _________________________
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#528035 - 01/19/08 05:43 PM Re: Pulling Rebar Stakes - What's your method? [Re: coosa_trapper]
wildWV wildWV trapper Registered: 01/01/07 Posts: 549 Loc: Fort Ashby WV	same as Gary only I ground a notch in the blade,makes it a little quicker for me.
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#528037 - 01/19/08 05:44 PM Re: Pulling Rebar Stakes - What's your method? [Re: wildWV]
270Jake 270Jake trapper Registered: 12/23/06 Posts: 496 Loc: Michigan	Vice grips used to turn them loose.
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#528041 - 01/19/08 05:45 PM Re: Pulling Rebar Stakes - What's your method? [Re: 270Jake]
K9Wolfer K9Wolfer trapper Registered: 12/23/06 Posts: 417 Loc: Missouri	Crowbar _________________________ BMI 2K9Wolfer
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#528046 - 01/19/08 05:45 PM Re: Pulling Rebar Stakes - What's your method? [Re: 270Jake]
Calvin Calvin trapper Registered: 09/12/07 Posts: 958 Loc: Farminton, Minnesota	Just a pair of larger vise grips. A couple twists and they usually come right out. However, if you bend them then wont. I make sure mine are straight before pounding them in. _________________________ Any day above ground is a good day.
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#528052 - 01/19/08 05:47 PM Re: Pulling Rebar Stakes - What's your method? [Re: Calvin]
TrapperJake TrapperJake trapper Registered: 12/23/06 Posts: 699 Loc: SW Illinois - 25	A short shovel (3' long or so). I pry them out. _________________________ "Take MEEEEE, Bill Tyler!!!"
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#528060 - 01/19/08 05:55 PM Re: Pulling Rebar Stakes - What's your method? [Re: TrapperJake]
TRM45 TRM45 trapper Registered: 12/27/06 Posts: 215 Loc: AR.	pick ax w/ a notch ground in the flat side.
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#528062 - 01/19/08 05:56 PM Re: Pulling Rebar Stakes - What's your method? [Re: TRM45]
KYBOY KYBOY trapper Registered: 12/22/06 Posts: 3379 Loc: East, Kentucky	crowbar. Use the deep bend end for leverage. _________________________ Take life by the throat, then choke it until it spits up what you want!
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#528078 - 01/19/08 06:07 PM Re: Pulling Rebar Stakes - What's your method? [Re: KYBOY]
Iowa Trapper Iowa Trapper trapper Registered: 12/23/06 Posts: 239 Loc: North Central Iowa	If you spin the stake with a wrench or vicegrips. Then pull on the trap the normally will come right up. If that doesn't work use the pry bar. _________________________ Proud Member of The ITA, FTA and NTA
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#528084 - 01/19/08 06:10 PM Re: Pulling Rebar Stakes - What's your method? [Re: Iowa Trapper]
redneck_cowboy redneck_cowboy trapper Registered: 07/12/07 Posts: 3722 Loc: Scott County,Virginia...14	For me i just start twisting and turning them with my hand and wiggle em around hit em a few times with a hammer and they ussauly come out _________________________ Summer groundhogin so far 11
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#528087 - 01/19/08 06:11 PM Re: Pulling Rebar Stakes - What's your method? [Re: Iowa Trapper]
Kytrader Kytrader trapper Registered: 08/17/07 Posts: 431 Loc: Bath co. Kentucky, USA	Small crowbar with a block of wood. _________________________ First Season 07/08 Coon 2 Oppossum 6 Skunk 3 Rabbit 1/2 Roadkill Mink 1- Skunk 1
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#528104 - 01/19/08 06:23 PM Re: Pulling Rebar Stakes - What's your method? [Re: Kytrader]
SWAMPFOX SWAMPFOX trapper Registered: 01/15/07 Posts: 427 Loc: Kent Co. Delaware	I made this can't beat it.Stainless and all!!! _________________________ When I was young, I was extremely broke! Now that I'm old, I'm extremely bent !
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#528105 - 01/19/08 06:23 PM Re: Pulling Rebar Stakes - What's your method? [Re: Kytrader]
4TATER 4TATER trapper Registered: 01/03/07 Posts: 9 Loc: DILLON,MT	Woofman, Seems like most of my rebar stakes are either frozen in or are driven down thru rock. I got tired of trying to pry them out with a pry bar. I now use a handyman jack with a short length of chain and a hook and then I simply jack my stakes out of the ground. Hope this helps. Take Care, Tater
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#528119 - 01/19/08 06:34 PM Re: Pulling Rebar Stakes - What's your method? [Re: 4TATER]
TrappinWI TrappinWI trapper Registered: 12/24/06 Posts: 315 Loc: Cedar Grove, WI	If the ground is frozen sometimes it helps to actually pound them in a little more to break the seal, then pull them out. _________________________
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#528126 - 01/19/08 06:39 PM Re: Pulling Rebar Stakes - What's your method? [Re: TrappinWI]
trap_crazy trap_crazy trapper Registered: 10/14/07 Posts: 1140 Loc: MAINE	SWAMPFOX not a bad idea i think i will make one for myself. _________________________ "once you get a little beaver you never stop thinkin about it" Proud memeber of the NTA and MTA
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#528304 - 01/19/08 07:51 PM Re: Pulling Rebar Stakes - What's your method? [Re: trap_crazy]
Rpowers Rpowers trapper Registered: 12/23/06 Posts: 1483 Loc: NW Arkansas	pickaxe
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#528496 - 01/19/08 09:00 PM Re: Pulling Rebar Stakes - What's your method? [Re: Rpowers]
anton anton trapper Registered: 07/10/07 Posts: 304 Loc: New Hampshire, WMU-K	I use a leather glove and that bloody center part of my hand... seriously-I have an EASIER time when the ground is frozen...??? When not frozen I have to DIG... Frozen with some prying and rocking I seem to be able to get them moving (must be all that granite up here) _________________________ NTA/NRA/NAHC/VFW-LM "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety"-Benjamin Franklin
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#528502 - 01/19/08 09:02 PM Re: Pulling Rebar Stakes - What's your method? [Re: anton]
ADC ADC trapper Registered: 12/25/06 Posts: 4445 Loc: Iowa	I made mine from ½" round rod. It is about 20" long and the two ends are about 1 ½" long the T-bar handle is about 6" long. All it really does is give you a very good handle to pull on the stakes. I heat the rod to make the bends and it is important to make the one bend on the main rod less than 90 degrees so it actually points up a little. It is also important to be sure the T handle and the bends are oriented the same as the picture. That way you can swing it into the ground at the stake, it goes right under and makes pulling them very easy. Sometimes I have to hit the stakes down a little to break the frost then hook this under and they pull easy. ~ADC~ _________________________ All new site ---> Iowa Trappers Talk
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#528503 - 01/19/08 09:02 PM Re: Pulling Rebar Stakes - What's your method? [Re: anton]
Hiltz Hiltz trapper Registered: 01/04/07 Posts: 238 Loc: Nova Scotia , Canada	VISE GRIPS lol, no need for jacks or anything else, like has been said, a twist at the top and never had one I couldnt get out. Frozen ground, different story. _________________________
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#528556 - 01/19/08 09:21 PM Re: Pulling Rebar Stakes - What's your method? [Re: SWAMPFOX]
Paul Burkhardt Paul Burkhardt trapper Registered: 12/23/06 Posts: 290 Loc: Maryland	Swampfox that looks god but you stake looks like a smooth 3/8 bar.
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#528724 - 01/19/08 10:23 PM Re: Pulling Rebar Stakes - What's your method? [Re: Paul Burkhardt]
Hillbilly910 Hillbilly910 trapper Registered: 11/16/07 Posts: 396 Loc: Franklin county, Indiana	my teeth... actually, a pair of pliers(to spin the rebar) and the trap it hooked to,i clamp the trap over the nut on the top and use it as a handle, works purty good for me, lotta rocky ground here, especially round the water. HB _________________________ God created all men, but Sammuel Colt made all men equal
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#529113 - 01/20/08 08:47 AM Re: Pulling Rebar Stakes - What's your method? [Re: Hillbilly910]
Deerehunter03 Deerehunter03 trapper Registered: 12/26/06 Posts: 268 Loc: Marshallville Ohio / Curently ...	bulldog puller sold at sterling fur _________________________ "Don't be afraid to go after what you want to do, and what you want to be. But don't be afraid to be willing to pay the price." Tuff Hedeman
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#529182 - 01/20/08 09:11 AM Re: Pulling Rebar Stakes - What's your method? [Re: Deerehunter03]
HOKIETRAPPER HOKIETRAPPER trapper Registered: 01/17/07 Posts: 286 Loc: Halifax VA	I use a gruben hoe I use the flat side for rebar and for cable stakes I put the point of the other side in the loop or quick link. _________________________ member of Trapperman's Kid Club 6 coons 23 beavers 12 greys 1 red 1 bobcat 1 yote 1 muskrat
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#529301 - 01/20/08 10:17 AM Re: Pulling Rebar Stakes - What's your method? [Re: HOKIETRAPPER]
k. miller k. miller trapper Registered: 01/04/07 Posts: 1309 Loc: Mapleton, Kansas	way too much effort here.......take another stake and drive it down about halfway right next to your original at the exact same angle... pull the second stake...grab the chain of the trap and give it a yank sideways toward the new hole, then yank back the other way and pull it right out with a steady straight up pull its thatttttttttttttttt easy _________________________
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#529353 - 01/20/08 10:39 AM Re: Pulling Rebar Stakes - What's your method? [Re: k. miller]
garman garman trapper Registered: 11/09/07 Posts: 159 Loc: minnesota	pick axe with flat side, cheap, easy and use it to break up the soil some if need be.
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#529390 - 01/20/08 10:54 AM Re: Pulling Rebar Stakes - What's your method? [Re: garman]
vikesbull vikesbull trapper Registered: 01/01/07 Posts: 347 Loc: Central Iowa	Gorilla bar (< $20 Menards) _________________________ Lifetime member ITA/NTA
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#531263 - 01/21/08 05:38 AM Re: Pulling Rebar Stakes - What's your method? [Re: vikesbull]
Woofman Woofman trapper Registered: 01/23/07 Posts: 769 Loc: Connecticut	I tried the vise grip method on six traps yesterday. It worked like a charm. Much easier than prying with a crowbar, and the vise grips can be carried in a back pocket. Anyone who hasn't tried vise grips should give them a try.
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#531336 - 01/21/08 07:36 AM Re: Pulling Rebar Stakes - What's your method? [Re: Woofman]
SWAMPFOX SWAMPFOX trapper Registered: 01/15/07 Posts: 427 Loc: Kent Co. Delaware	Paul,,, That stake is a smooth one.I happen to have more rebar than smooth ones. But to tell you the truth I notice no differance in them . I suppose you are thinking they won't hold as well.Only fox here so they work well. _________________________ When I was young, I was extremely broke! Now that I'm old, I'm extremely bent !
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#531343 - 01/21/08 07:44 AM Re: Pulling Rebar Stakes - What's your method? [Re: SWAMPFOX]
2poor 2poor trapper Registered: 12/23/06 Posts: 2869 Loc: Lake Mille Lacs , MN	Vice grips ! _________________________ It is a lazy man that can't find his wife a second job !
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