A couple of moded Victor Boxes

[GruffaloGriff 1,858]

Bought some Victors a while back but never got round to modding them. Had a rat chewing up insulation in the garage this week so it gave me the incentive to get them done.

Fitted a kill bar and a perspex spring spacer to the traps. Fixed them in a box with a couple of screws so they can pivot out to set them. Just set them so will see how i get on.

Griff

[Phil Lloyd 10,738]

Smashing, economical traps for rats..

[EDDIE B 3,162]

Nice neat job, that will certainly improve the efficiency of the trap

[GruffaloGriff 1,858]

Well i think my rat in the garage turned out to be mice but......it is flat packing them as fast as i can set it! Shows how effective this set-up is. The only way in to the bait is over the kill bar. It pretty much cuts them in half.

 

[stormyboy 1,352]

Good modification.

Manufacturers should take note.

[LuckOrJudgement 437]

Great mod.

I like Victors. Too many break-back rat traps are trying to reinvent the wheel, so to speak.

 

[TOMO 26,038]

Nice work that ...like the way you fit it in the tunnel on the pivet  ....

Wasn't it this trap that G Waters modified like this and used for squirrel 

[Outofnowhere 93]

What do you make the kill bars from please bud?

[hambone 949]

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[GruffaloGriff 1,858]

Mice in the shed again so I dug out the modded victor boxes. Caught two at the same time on the first setting.

I can't quite work out how they are both lying on their backs....can only think they were on their way back out when it cracked them. Their heads are folded at 90 degrees to their bodies.

[GruffaloGriff 1,858]

On 09/03/2020 at 22:42, Outofnowhere said:

What do you make the kill bars from please bud?

Sorry bud, a bit late to reply but just saw your question.

Kill bars made from heavy wire & bent in a vice with two 90 degree bends. Think i cut those ones out of an old oven rack. Drill a couple of holes in the victor & tap them in with a drop of epoxy or super glue.

[leegreen 2,152]

Them rat traps nearly cut mice in half at the best of times. 

Don't mean to sound daft, but the perspex spacer is increasing the spring power?  Will this put more stress on the already fragile hinges where the sprung loaded kill bar pivots from?  just a thought 

 

[leegreen 2,152]

Long Tailed Field Mice

[GruffaloGriff 1,858]

6 hours ago, leegreen said:

Them rat traps nearly cut mice in half at the best of times. 

Don't mean to sound daft, but the perspex spacer is increasing the spring power?  Will this put more stress on the already fragile hinges where the sprung loaded kill bar pivots from?  just a thought 

 

Yes increases the power a bit but also the spacer between keeps the springs from sliding along and keeps them working at their full potential. Not had them self destruct yet and used them off & on over the past couple of years.

[Wolfdog91 6,904]

Love that entire set up !! Mind if I screenshot this and post it on some of my US forums? Think the guys would love this for weasel