How to make a 'T-Bar'

[tweezers 4]

What materials would I need to make a tbar for breaking into pipes/tunnels and places to get them. Cheers lads

[jezza 126]

dont need a t bar mate, just a nice sharp spade and a good finder and collar

[Rabbiting man 1,191]

All you can get hold of one of these water stop tap key.

[reddawn 2,173]

i used a tbar for a couple of seasons an it come in handy, i lent it out an never got it back.... yet

 

now i always cable tie a wee cheap rod rest from the tackle shop onto me spade, not the thick uns ye screw bite alarms an assorted heads on just the cheapo yins, its come in handy a few times an has earned it place on my list of ferreting gear

[reddawn 2,173]

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closest thing i can find online thats like the 1 i use, but its not the 1 that ye screw diffrent heads or alarms on, they are too thick

[tegater 789]

Mine is made from a piece of rebar that I cut off and got a mate to weld another piece of it on as the handle.

 

The next one I get made will have a small ball bearing welded on the end as well, to assist feeling when it breaks through into the tunnel. Go to the right places and rebar can be picked up for free, as off cuts.

[reddawn 2,173]

Mine is made from a piece of rebar that I cut off and got a mate to weld another piece of it on as the handle.

 

The next one I get made will have a small ball bearing welded on the end as well, to assist feeling when it breaks through into the tunnel. Go to the right places and rebar can be picked up for free, as off cuts.

 

what ye mean aboot the ball bearng mate, sorry im having a proper blonde minute here lol

[tegater 789]

Mine is made from a piece of rebar that I cut off and got a mate to weld another piece of it on as the handle.

 

The next one I get made will have a small ball bearing welded on the end as well, to assist feeling when it breaks through into the tunnel. Go to the right places and rebar can be picked up for free, as off cuts.

 

what ye mean aboot the ball bearng mate, sorry im having a proper blonde minute here lol

 

If the ground is solid or wet, and you are pushing down with the probe carefully, it is a little easier to feel it breaking through into the tunnel, with a ball bearing on the end, as the ball is slightly wider than the rebar. When the ball breaks through there is no soil gripping the bar, if that makes sense. It was something I learnt with the smaller version I now use on mole runs.

[reddawn 2,173]

Mine is made from a piece of rebar that I cut off and got a mate to weld another piece of it on as the handle.

 

The next one I get made will have a small ball bearing welded on the end as well, to assist feeling when it breaks through into the tunnel. Go to the right places and rebar can be picked up for free, as off cuts.

 

what ye mean aboot the ball bearng mate, sorry im having a proper blonde minute here lol

 

If the ground is solid or wet, and you are pushing down with the probe carefully, it is a little easier to feel it breaking through into the tunnel, with a ball bearing on the end, as the ball is slightly wider than the rebar. When the ball breaks through there is no soil gripping the bar, if that makes sense. It was something I learnt with the smaller version I now use on mole runs.

 

 

aye makes sense mate, ill have to try that, cheers

[sam007 34]

I always carry two ,1 is about 12ins long and the other is

about 2ft 6ins

I find the short one is easier to handle when I am head down

and arse up in a hole

they are both made of 12mm stainless with a stainless nut welded

on the end and ground down to a lump on the point

[tegater 789]

I always carry two ,1 is about 12ins long and the other is

about 2ft 6ins

I find the short one is easier to handle when I am head down

and arse up in a hole

they are both made of 12mm stainless with a stainless nut welded

on the end and ground down to a lump on the point

Does the nut act like the ball bearing in the one I described above, or is it for another reason?

[tegater 789]

Off memory, I think it is 8mm rebar I use.

[dytkos 17,784]

I always carry two ,1 is about 12ins long and the other is

about 2ft 6ins

I find the short one is easier to handle when I am head down

and arse up in a hole

they are both made of 12mm stainless with a stainless nut welded

on the end and ground down to a lump on the point

 

I have a longer one for ferreting etc but I also have one about 8" long (oo'er matron ) that I use (one-handed) for making holes to put the net pegs in when the ground is hard.

 

Cheers, D.

[Adam_Chuck 256]

I just bought a bank stick out of my local fishing shop cut the end off and rounded the end of with a grinder and welded a metal handle on top of it. See how it goes this season just made it today

[predatorman 54]

Mine is made from a piece of rebar that I cut off and got a mate to weld another piece of it on as the handle.

 

The next one I get made will have a small ball bearing welded on the end as well, to assist feeling when it breaks through into the tunnel. Go to the right places and rebar can be picked up for free, as off cuts.

 

what ye mean aboot the ball bearng mate, sorry im having a proper blonde minute here lol

 

If the ground is solid or wet, and you are pushing down with the probe carefully, it is a little easier to feel it breaking through into the tunnel, with a ball bearing on the end, as the ball is slightly wider than the rebar. When the ball breaks through there is no soil gripping the bar, if that makes sense. It was something I learnt with the smaller version I now use on mole runs.

an excellent post, i've been ferreting 20 years and learnt something new today. makes perfect sense.