Very bad ideal you weakened the crap out of the trap doing it like that. You were better off leaving it the way it was. If you are going to center spring it weld the brace to the bottom. There are several good videos on doing it . This is not one
I understand that this method does not work for bigger animals, however this is a #1 coilspring, the biggest thing you catch in it is a coon, which is why I center swiveled it, so it will be harder for them to pull out, and I doubt a coon will break this trap.
Very bad ideal you weakened the crap out of the trap doing it like that. You were better off leaving it the way it was. If you are going to center spring it weld the brace to the bottom. There are several good videos on doing it . This is not one
I understand that this method does not work for bigger animals, however this is a #1 coilspring, the biggest thing you catch in it is a coon, which is why I center swiveled it, so it will be harder for them to pull out, and I doubt a coon will break this trap.