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Post by mole on Apr 8, 2012 15:35:16 GMT -5
Mr Zagger wrote of a Wolf Fang stake. What is it?and or who markets it? Thank You for your support. Ed
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Post by Itrapny on Apr 8, 2012 15:39:12 GMT -5
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Post by nightstalker1 on Apr 8, 2012 16:29:39 GMT -5
Used to sell mostly all Superstake drivers & a few Berkshire . Wolf Fangs have slowly taken over as my best seller in drivers Wolf Fangs are twice as heavy as a Berkshire stake. Superstake, 2 Wolf Fangs, Iowa stake Mounted in one of Mr. Zagger's drivers with the Zagger bevel....he can tell that story
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Post by mole on Apr 8, 2012 16:37:13 GMT -5
Thank You very much. ;D
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Zagman
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Post by Zagman on Apr 8, 2012 19:38:47 GMT -5
Ah, the bevel story......
I met the manufacturer Glenn and immediately saw the possibilities for this stake head, especially when buying them in volume.
So much so, that quite honestly, I went "all in" without really testing them slowly for a season or two....like I should have.
Two season ago, I had several hundred of these made up and ready to go. Opening day had me flying around and pounding them in with much vigor...........
Then "disaster" struck. In two days, I had three Jakes leave successful sets with the coyotes still attached to them! I could not figure out what was going on until a day or so later when I was "setting" a stake after pounding it all the way in.
I grabbed the trap chain and pulled UP with both hands to set the stake, the stake gave, and I went arse over tea cups backwards! The trap, chain, and cable were all in one piece , but there was no stake head attached. I looked at the cable loop where the stake head SHOULD have been, and there was my answer........frayed cable on one side of the loop,a fairly clean cut all the way through that side of the cable loop, and no stake.
Later, I grabbed the driver, placed a stake head in the slot, and noticed the small cable loop at the stake head rested perfectly on the 90 degree end tip of the driver. That was it........
When driving the stake through gravel, stone, and along big rocks, that cable loop was resting on that 90 degree edge and taking the brunt of the friction and abrasion. So much so, that while MOST of them survived, a few didn't OR the captured coyote finished the job.
Alarmed, because of the sole sourcing on that stake AND a TON of traps out fishing with that potential problem laying there in wait, I panicked, and I called Glenn.
He was very polite and honest and said he'd never head of such a thing.....when I explained it to him, he got it immediately and agreed that it could very well happen.
We agreed on the phone that one needed to grind down the 90 degree edge to an angle not-so-severe and/OR make your end loop big enough to fit up and over the driver tip edge.
I did both.....
Glenn, to his credit, made a video immediately and posted it for the trapping world to see, mentioned my specific situation, problem, and solution.
And, he fixed his driver heads so they all now have the bevel!
I have not had a problem since..........and continue to only use this stake head.
And someday, I hope to find those missing Jakes!
MZ
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Post by mole on Apr 9, 2012 5:14:39 GMT -5
Pictures with these on line novels would be nice.
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Post by clt on Apr 10, 2012 10:46:28 GMT -5
I make my loops big and ground of a touch of my driver because of that.Locklear posted a short video on his Wolfernation site.I was glad I took the time to watch it before putting them to use this season.I had zero issues and love those fangs,hard to beat them for the money IMO...
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