FOX TRAP MECHANISM

[adamevans45]

Hi all,

after some help if possible please,

I've taken ownership of a fox trap/cage, that has seen a lot better days, its been stuck in a hedge for years and run over however many times. rather than spend big money on buying one i thought id be able to salvage this one.

I'm now at the stage where i need to figure out how to activate the trap door via the trigger/step.

i have combed the web and the only one i can find that is similar is the 'pestfix professional dog and fox trap' yet in the pictures it shows no, wire/rope/rod, between the step and trap door that i can see. (also the trap is upside down in the pic online)

PestFix Professional Dog and Fox Cage Trap - Heavy Duty

Fox cage trap hand made in the UK amazing value and quality for the professional pest controller this fox cage trap will put up with years of outdoor use.

www.pestfix.co.uk

does anyone here have this trap and if so could you please show me how the two are attached and how it is triggered.

failing that does anyone have any suggestions for setting up a mechanism, atm im thinking a wire/rod that goes upward from the step, across the top of the cage, and a hook/pin setup on the door. would just like to see any ideas incase there are better ones out there i cannot think of.

heres a few pics of what was left of the trap mid renovation and how its currently looking, i realise i still need a spring for the gate.

thanks in advance
adam

 

[VSS]

I think there should be a light metal rod (ie, just heavy duty fencing wire) from the treadle that is used to hold the door open by poking the end of it through the mesh. Same as a mink or squirrel trap.

Like this:

 

[finnbear270]

You could get clues here,

 

[adamevans45]

I think there should be a light metal rod (ie, just heavy duty fencing wire) from the treadle that is used to hold the door open by poking the end of it through the mesh. Same as a mink or squirrel trap.

Thank you, this is my thinking, does it just rest on the cage or in eyelets/rollers etc?

 

[finnbear270]

Watch the video.

 

[VSS]

Thank you, this is my thinking, does it just rest on the cage or in eyelets/rollers etc?

I just added a photo to my earlier post.
You can see the rod attached to the corner of the treadle plate at the back of the trap.
(Not the bit in the middle of the pic, with springs. That's the bit that drops down to lock the door shut).

 

[adamevans45]

Watch the video.

Yep will do thank you