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  1. Nicepix
    If you want an oil pressure gauge for a 1950's Hillman Hunter or a wing mirror for a Mk. 1 Transit let him know. He'll have one in the shed
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    I've now found a reliable supplier and if I buy a decent batch they would work out at about £3.75 delivered as a single item or £6.50 for the pliers. Most of that is postage costs, so once I get the traps up on eBay next month I'll resume the idea of putting a setting lever free with every trap order and offering things like pliers and spare triggers post free along with any trap orders. p.s. I haven't lost a setting tool yet, but there's always a first time.
  3. Nicepix
    But the shandy swigging savvarnars don't go out in the cold, so they don't need traps that work on the frost
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    Jamie, It has just struck me that if you are getting your Traplines direct from the States they may be the fun sized ones, not the man sized ones required for European moles. I got mine from eBay and stated that I wanted the larger type, but when I got them I too found that moles were going over the hurdle and then presumably knocking the trigger with their back leg resulting in foul captures. Some of the moles had been caught by the prongs nipping their bellies. Not good. After a discussion on here I realised that my traps were smaller than those supplied by Ratbait. I'd been sent the wr
  5. Nicepix
    I'm not sure if he has any left as someone on here has gone Putange crazy and ordered a shed load. If you PM me your e-mail address I'll pass it on. I have some over here, but the postage charges don't make it cost effective for less than twenty traps. And even then I couldn't do them at the same price because of the overheads.
  6. Nicepix
    Not fair for me to say. The company sent me the small size Traplines rather than the UK version. So they didn't work for me.
  7. Nicepix
    Approximately 38mm externally and 25mm internally. However, moving the position of the trigger back a few mm would slightly increase the spread without impacting on the catch.
  8. Nicepix
    It doesn't seem to matter. I've used them in tunnels that I reckon must have been over 800 years old in the garden of a Knights Templars Commanderie. Like polished clay pipes they were, and the Putanges didn't quite touch the sides yet they still caught. If you peg them down securely the mole has to wriggle through like they would if a stone or root was in the way and the only thing that moves is the trigger.
  9. Nicepix
    Nice one Rasp. They work brilliantly under turf like that. I had a job at a kennels last week to clear the exercise field. I got ten in two visits then left four pairs of Putanges out over the weekend to mop up the nosey neighbours coming in from adjacent fields. The beauty of them is that you can leave them with no fear of the wires coming up and causing problems or the handles spreading and a paw, or hoof if you are on a farm, getting in them.
  10. Nicepix
    I would have to increase the price to allow for the eBay & PayPal fees of around 10% and the French tax man would also want around 14% and I'd have to buy some proper boxes. Plus the postage would be more; £15 for 20 and £18 for 30 or 40. Looking at the figures it would work out at about £2.85 per trap delivered for 20 and £2.55 per trap delivered for 40. That is against £2.05 and £1.93 respectively. It wouldn't be worth doing for less than 20 traps. I'd put the packs on in 20's, 30's and 40's and sell the other bits separately but post free if they were ordered with some traps.
  11. Nicepix
    The initial demand for these traps was surprisingly higher than expected. In fact I was caught with my trousers down regards the setting tools as I never anticipated so many of you wanting to try these traps. The cheapest way of getting a setting lever is to buy a pack of two traps with a free lever. So every time I went into a store I'd buy teo or three as thy never had many in stock. But a couple of months ago all the local shops changed their suppliers and the traps that came with the levers weren't as good as previously. And it was far more difficult packaging them than I had realised.
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    Funny thing that Jamie. Yesterday I finished a job at a kennels and discovered that I was a Duffus short when I'd picked up the traps. Thinking back I knew that the missing Duffus also had a Putange up the side road as I remembered finding it blocked and then discovering a previously overlooked third tunnel. And I hadn't picked up that one. That triggered the rusty grey matter to help me locate the trap site and there was a mole in the Putange. The way I do it with a combined Duffus / Putange trap site is to put a plastic marker next to the trap cover. That reminds me when I'm checking th
  13. Nicepix
    Old just trap it to spite the stupid law what about gamekeepers trapping up after the season There is an exemption for pheasants that are to be used for breeding purposes.
  14. Nicepix
    This is an older version........... Basically charge with 1 - 2 grams of powder (without lead shot), cock the pistolet and place in the tunnel............................. Imagine running this past the Old Bill for your FAC
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    And this is Torchey out on a job...........
  16. Nicepix
    Once you get the knack with the lever it is quicker than the pliers. The trick is to place it so that it is held with your thumb and index finger at the slot end with the end facing up, and the trap on top of it also prongs up, and the tail of the lever is resting against the base of your little finger at an angle to the line of the trap. Then as you squeeze your palm together the trap opens. That way you can adjust the pressure very easily.
  17. Nicepix
    I don't get many back filled or triggered & empty Putanges. Far less than with Duffus traps. But I peg them down with a bit of fence wire to secure them so they don't move.
  18. Nicepix
    I don't know about Yokel Matt. But in my case the smell has now gone, as have most of the flies (Don't tell the Missus!)
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    was that thing actually still set! Looks like the trigger has gone so far forward that it would have jammed in the prongs and prevented it from closing. That's why I put the twine so short then the trigger cannot go forward. Probe about some more Moxy. There is likely to be another one around there. One thing I've noticed when I put a Putange in a three-way tunnel along with a Duffus it is invariably the Putange that kills the mole. You would think that it would be 1/3 of the time, but it is well over 2/3, in fact almost all the time the Putange scores. I've had double captures
  20. Nicepix
    When they are new and shiny I put them like this: Then as they age I don't have as much showing at the bottom. The trigger is about 25mm - 30mm from the prongs.
  21. Nicepix
    Nice one Phil I discovered a new tip the other day; the setting lever can also be used for tunnel clearance. I'd got a three way run and I couldn't find my spoon, but I'd got the lever in my other hand and then I had a Eureka moment. It is just the right size and shape to clear out a couple of inches to fit the trap in.
  22. Nicepix
    A lot do that. In fact most of mine are caught sideways on indicating that they must wriggle through the trap just like they would if the tunnel was obstructed by a stone or root. Torchey puts his on their sides and they can then go through the right way up. Personally I haven't had any problems when placing them prongs up so unless I need to feed the prongs round a corner I prefer to put them that way.
  23. Nicepix
    Brilliant! Well done mate.
  24. Nicepix
    OMG!! What have I started here? Next thing you know someone will be showing one hung of their willy and before long there'll be pictures of them being used in sadomasochistic situations involving lesbians wearing leather basques and........................... Nurse! Nurse!!
  25. Nicepix
    They are all delivered now according to the Hermes tracking site. Last one dropped through the letterbox in deepest Cornwall today. Looking forward to some piccies in the next few days.
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