nod 285 Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 Mole trapper Where about in cambridgeshire was it? I'm over in cambs, fen farm supplies? Rollins? Anglian farmers? Quote Link to post
mole trapper 1,693 Posted February 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 Hmm, it was obviously a long time ago, but I know John was directly involved. I know they were selling all the coypu traps. I have a lot of old trap catalogues here, I'll see if I can find them. Quote Link to post
andy67 7 Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 i know john was involve with rustler traps . i posted 1 of their brochures on a facebook group recently . the probes were on there for sale . Quote Link to post
shropshire mole 190 Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 Sorry to hear about john lill, I went on a mole course with john a few years ago at his house in Lincolnshire, great fun Quote Link to post
air gun ant 1,666 Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 I have the exact same probe somwhere! I found it on one of my permissions, be a good 10 year ago. Quote Link to post
albert64 1,882 Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 looks the same as mine, but mines been galved Quote Link to post
shropshire mole 190 Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 This is all I need for Mole Trapping Had this probe about 20 years now Quote Link to post
earth-thrower 493 Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 My bar, I've made probably forty to fifty percent of my living the last fifteen years or so using this bar, if I ever lost it I would be inconsolable, it's an extension of my soul. Cutting instruments I change occasionally, this knife though has been my tool of choice now for about eight years, not bad for a cheaply axminster tools jobby. Never used a probe, with such a 'long tip' ?,....interesting,.... Quote Link to post
earth-thrower 493 Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 This is all I need for Mole Trapping probe.jpg Had this probe about 20 years now Is that dibber of yours pointed,at the end ? you can still use them,like that,...but i prefer a "bullet" ,on the end,....lol Quote Link to post
nod 285 Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 I use the talunex probe, can't get on with anything else Quote Link to post
Matt 160 Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 I may as well join in the fun: Buckets: Recycled bait buckets (donated by my farmers) as I like to keep my traps neat and tidy in them. It means they don't get tangled or damaged in transit, and I can see at a glance how many I've used and how many I've got left. The traps (as shown) are dipped Flat Packs in one bucket, and Bethel Rhodes in another. Marker pins are the same as the ones Flat Pack supply, but my own home made versions. They are cheap and easy to use, although I have to change the hazard tape on a regular basis. Spade is a Joseph Bentley junior garden spade. Cost less than £15 and been in hard work for about five years now. I always have a (b*****d) file in the truck and give it a quick stroke or two (ooh ahr missus!) most days to keep a sharp edge on it. The advantage of this spade to me is it's short handle; it suits my trap setting style whereby I probe from the standing position and then work from my knees to open up the run and set the trap. The other traps in this picture are a Talpa, and a genuine Talpex. I only carry about a dozen of these, which get used to replace any traps that have been blocked up. The probe is the Talunex type (as per Nod), I've got a few of them, and wouldn't really want anything else. The bullet is just right, and the handles are short enough to double up as run clearers and tampers. I rarely use the knee pads; perhaps on the smaller garden type jobs when I can't be assed to put my leggings on. On the farm work I wear neoprene leggings and boots. You've not been wet until you've had a good downpour on the quad The notebook (as posted on another thread) is a waterproof one, which I'd be fecked without.... I carry a map of the land I'm working on that day, and note down how many traps are in each field in the book. When I check traps I record the number of moles caught, and when I pick up traps I make sure I've got them all and note it accordingly. The gloves are the cheap (but not that cheap) nitrile type. I just can't seem to get on with anything else Quote Link to post
budharley 945 Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 (edited) I may as well join in the fun: Buckets: Recycled bait buckets (donated by my farmers) as I like to keep my traps neat and tidy in them. It means they don't get tangled or damaged in transit, and I can see at a glance how many I've used and how many I've got left. The traps (as shown) are dipped Flat Packs in one bucket, and Bethel Rhodes in another. Marker pins are the same as the ones Flat Pack supply, but my own home made versions. They are cheap and easy to use, although I have to change the hazard tape on a regular basis. Spade is a Joseph Bentley junior garden spade. Cost less than £15 and been in hard work for about five years now. I always have a (b*****d) file in the truck and give it a quick stroke or two (ooh ahr missus!) most days to keep a sharp edge on it. The advantage of this spade to me is it's short handle; it suits my trap setting style whereby I probe from the standing position and then work from my knees to open up the run and set the trap. The other traps in this picture are a Talpa, and a genuine Talpex. I only carry about a dozen of these, which get used to replace any traps that have been blocked up. The probe is the Talunex type (as per Nod), I've got a few of them, and wouldn't really want anything else. The bullet is just right, and the handles are short enough to double up as run clearers and tampers. I rarely use the knee pads; perhaps on the smaller garden type jobs when I can't be assed to put my leggings on. On the farm work I wear neoprene leggings and boots. You've not been wet until you've had a good downpour on the quad The notebook (as posted on another thread) is a waterproof one, which I'd be fecked without.... I carry a map of the land I'm working on that day, and note down how many traps are in each field in the book. When I check traps I record the number of moles caught, and when I pick up traps I make sure I've got them all and note it accordingly. The gloves are the cheap (but not that cheap) nitrile type. I just can't seem to get on with anything else Is that the 79cm jb spade matt I like the look of that,how wide is the edge Edited February 28, 2015 by budharley Quote Link to post
Matt 160 Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 I posted a link for the spade just the other day. I'll see if I can find it again Quote Link to post
budharley 945 Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 http://www.josephbentley.co.uk/store/category/544/product/jby0450.aspx Quote Link to post
Matt 160 Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 http://www.josephbentley.co.uk/store/category/544/product/jby0450.aspx That's the one Quote Link to post
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