Gralloching/Skinning cradle

[mike243]

the fruits af a couple of hours labour dodging between the showers yesterday morning, this should make life easier

Mike

 

[Ronin]

Stainless steel versions are also available and easier to keep clean - please don’t think I’m raining on your efforts

 

[VSS]

Handy for sawing logs too.

 

[mike243]

Stainless steel versions are also available and easier to keep clean - please don’t think I’m raining on your efforts

it cost £0 to knock up, I will swap the OSB for treated 2x2 though, next project is a long heavy duty gambrel

 

[Greenmist]

I was actually thinking of doing something similar with a work bench

 

[HonestJohn]

I have a beam in the garage that has served well so far, but the cradle is quite handy with larger species sometimes

 

[Overlay]

For years i faffed about with bits of string, canvas and timber, in fact anything I could utilise, now I use a Donnington deer cradle they do a stainless cradle without the wheels and it folds up, it goes in the back of a jimny with ease and will do everything from a fallow buck down to a muntjac, for muntjac I made a very tidy folding galvanised mesh insert so it doesn’t fall through the bars, it gets used for inspection, gralloch, skinning and taking the bits off, I had 2 for the larder on fallow until we got a hoist, sold one and kept one and glad I did it will last for years worth the initial outlay, every stalker should have one in the motor, nothing on the ground again

what we need is someone on here who could make them at a reasonable cost, it would be brilliant for everyone, if I could bend stainless pipe and weld stainless metals I would be on it, probably thev two things I’m useless at, even my brother told me not to take up welding as a hobby let alone as a job

I

 

[finnbear270]

You hinting?

 

[Overlay]

You hinting?

It would be a good thing if it come about

 

[finnbear270]

It would be a good thing if it come about

Best DM him then!

 

[Cockney Stalker]

Is Donnington Deer Management still fully functioning ??, I know that Dave was in poor health so don't really like to keep bothering them but the website is still running.

 

[Overlay]

Yep
As far as I know, Dave I hope / think is still recovering but the family are keeping things going
That was the last I’ve heard a few weeks back

 

[Cockney Stalker]

Yep
As far as I know, Dave I hope / think is still recovering but the family are keeping things going
That was the last I’ve heard a few weeks back

Thanks Overlay, I'll give them a call