Save Your Back! Ergonomic Earth Anchor Puller for Canine Trapping

A local fox/coyote trapper came up with this earth anchor puller design. At $65, I think it will pay huge dividends by allowing me to re-use stakes and avoid back surgery!
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[@jack0903]

I make my earth anchors cut 3" black pipe weld a nut on top. My puller is 1 bar 52" long with a grab hook and a angle on the bottom works good.

[@swampwhiteoak1]

As Coyote Wacker says - a High Lift jack is a wonderful tool for pulling stubborn rebar stakes too. I made a simple chain loop to put around the stake and the horn on the jack.

[@trappingtoday]

good idea!

[@ahuntersdiary4344]

Nice puller. Thanks for sharing

[@loneranger8293]

Great video! Thanks for sharing. Although I like your tool better, all I use is my ice chisel and I secure a piece of airplane cable cable I use to anchor my RAM and on the end I use a quick link which hooks to the end of my Iowa earth anchors. My chisel is heavy so leverage is good. Cheers!

[@coyotewacker]

A Nice Puller for sure …But To be honest I bought myself a Tractor jack ,if It don’t pull out the cable or chain it just breaks it … Also I Quit using Cable ,Because like you it’s nothin but rocks here ,,, More Than once I went to set the cable ,an it came up cut ,,,Goodluck Out There ! Be safe & Smart …

[@swampwhiteoak1]

That puller is a good design redirecting the leverage for ergonomically protecting your back muscles and spine.
Try using 1/8” cable and cable thimbles with the #3 chain to build a very durable stake. The thimbles are reusable when rebuilding stakes.
On my land trapline I frequently use an 18 volt 1/2” cordless drill. A 1.5” auger can be used to open alongside the chain / cable stake.
Now the best tips to save wear and tear on wrists and shoulders when driving stakes. When the ground is not frozen, before driving the bullet or a rebar stake, drill a pilot hole with a ship auger bit. When the ground is frozen, use the hammer drill setting with a long masonry bit to drill holes for rebar stakes. Rebar stakes can be broken loose by twisting with Vice grip pliers and then removed with your new stake puller.

[@trappingtoday]

great ideas, thanks for sharing! I use a hammer drill and masonry bit to get a hole started to pound those super stakes into rocky ground. There are many places here you couldn't get a stake in the ground without it.

[@northwoodsexpeditions3211]

Looks like a good puller I plan on using a dirt hole auger in a drill to pull up my stakes this season.

[@stevetaylor2445]

I would suggest that the claw on the tool is meant for pulling rebar stakes,but could well be for digging?
Nice puller but a bit weighty much like the 1/2 moon style I have.

[@trappingtoday]

Yeah, the guy who makes them designed the claw for digging, but it could certainly be used to start rebar stakes out of the ground. Maybe a hook or 'V' could be added to pull rebar.

[@tonybova8932]

@@trappingtoday Nice! Where did you get it? I need one!

[@andrewsanders8167]

Why don't you guy just go get a post puller. Only 30 dollars and will pull way easier than that stupid thing. Just take post attachment off and put a peace of chain on. Have something that will do more than one job

[@trapperdave7287]

Drill works with auger I wouldn’t want to carry that around