I like the looks of your trap. I used to build my own hog traps. I built one that looks just like this about 20 years ago. I caught a low life trying to steal it and he tore it up. I did put metal on the bottom to keep the hogs from picking it up and getting out. You have to be able to check your traps daily. The last day of deer season I did catch a young doe and I was able to open the door and let her go.
Every case is different. This is just to show you how to free the engine up. I did state that it will never be like new again. This is to just get someone by until they decide what they want to do.
Did you do all this while there was still no oil in it? If there is already new oil inside, will I need to drain it? And finally, will the lubricant (WD-40) affect the oil negatively, assuming that the oil didn't need to be drained?
Underrated. I just came home from a brute force 750 ride while in 4 wheel most of the time so I thought I was stuck in fourwheeler but I guess it’s just the tyrod. I appreciate it
Never from the top. 2 months ago. I did have a pig keep running into the back of the trap slowly moving the trap next to a wallow and he dug out. I just added 2 3” pieces of 1” pipe on the corners and drove a piece of rebar in the ground to eliminate the trap movement.
Thank you. Started having this problem tonight. Just bought this Yamaha 450 automatic. Coming home from first ride and got hard to stear and made noise turning left and right. I'm not a mechanic so panicked and looked on RU-vid lol.
@@outdoordiy4884 hey thank you! I have a trap and the pigs learned already how to eat my corn and open the gate. One goes in, others push the door from inside to release their buddy and they take turns. Those rascals are very smart. Thank you for your video! Keep up the good work!!!
I use a pulley from tractor supply instead of the trigger wire running over the panel going down to the trigger panel , take away that drag. Actually have two roller pulleys where my cable runs under the panel. Outstanding build. My next one it will not even have a trigger only a spring to close the door.
I did not paint the wood. I used a clear wood seal for the planks and I used cherry stain for the trim. I put a 2nd coat of sealer on the whole smoker once I finish staining
@@outdoordiy4884 I'm coming back for more clarification if you don't mind because my English is not good enough. That wood seal is not having some smell? Because I think is some chemical coat based on water and is having some chemical smell. And that smell is not going through smoked meat? Sorry for disturbing you but I just build one wood smokehouse based on your clip and I try to find some solution to protect that wood. Thanks
Don’t coat the inside with anything. Leave it natural. The outside wood use a clear polyurethane. Or a good wood sealer. Or stain it. The inside will take care of it’s self once you run the smoker. Run the smoker without food for a few hours. It will seal itself on the inside
Screen door spring. There are 2 sizes at lowes. I like the smaller diameter one. I get a lot of requests for the larger ones. Buy both and try them. They cost 4$.
@@outdoordiy4884 the measurement from the top left corner of the door to the top right of the door. What would be the measurement from the top left to yhe pin
I hope I’m understanding your question. From the top left corner of the door to the pin that is on the door is 16 1/2”. From the pin on the left front corner of the trap to the door pin is 17 1/2”.
Started selling them at $425 then around August I had to go up to $450 and currently I’m at $500 because iron cost just shot up again. I follow the iron market prices. Trying not to exceed where I’m at.
good video , but i would highly suggest switching to a guillotine trap door . very simple , a lot less room for error Hog wire so you don't lose all the smaller pigs through the holes in the mesh , And for the trigger , I would set a large rat trap to pull the pin, and set a root bar for the trigger ( simple and saves on materials )
Another idea would be if you decided to use a guillotine drop door . You could make the entire back panel or front panel removable , if someone wanted to upgrade it into a corral trap to catch a whole group. and would leave more room to upgrade to remote triggers and cellular trail cameras.
Florida hunter here , glad to see someone else using the palmettos like I do . Couple tips that might help you out when setting in a spot like that I pack a little kid size rake with me , clean out the area your going to set the trap on , then brush all the leaves back over the wire bottom. This puts out the smell of fresh turned earth which they like a lot. I use a 1 gal plastic icecream bucket for bait. I fill it about half full of cracked corn, 1 tbs yeast, one box of orange jello, and one of those plastic jars of ready made orange koolaid mix. Fill it with water and let it sit for a couple days. You fermit the feed and create a very fruity sweet stinking bait they will fight over.
@@outdoordiy4884 Oh yea I used to. Raccoons are opportunistic omnivores which means there really isn't much they will turn down , as long as its free and easy they will eat it . I try to bait an area for coons with leg hold traps or even cage traps . to clear out the problem causers before hand or even during . Sardines and cheap dry catfood for bait. The best way to avoid unwanted animals, though, is to change your trigger to a root bar or a trip wire.. This way you can adjust the height and sensitivity better. I prefer a root bar and a Guillotine drop door. Once i switched to that set up , i almost never catch anything other than hogs, and can usually catch a few at a time with a trap you size .
piglets too small to eat, coons , possums , and any other unwanted meats or scraps all go into the meat grinder, and are either used for a maggot farm for the chickens or cooked up for the dog food .
Personally and to get all the pigs, you NEVER put the opening in the corner as pigs will pile up and jump out. Dead center opening is clear enough for deer and bears to exit. Great build otherwise. Just food for thought. Thanks for sharing.
Now that the hunting season is wrapping up. It’s time to start catching pigs and processing the deer my family harvested. So those will be a few videos and cooking real people style. Not the cooking shows way. Appreciate you Sam. What part of the state you hunt.
Awesome. I’d like to see it in action. How it’s used and what kind of things you can do with it. I’ve never seen one of these before. Great work looks fantastic 👍🏼
Will be doing a smoked sausage video soon and I normally throw a chicken or roast in the smoker while I do that. So bare with me and I will have plenty of smoke house videos. Even will do my favorite and simple smoked hamburgers. Thanks 87.
