This was helpful. I live in an area where a lot of dogs get dumped. Some you can eventually earn their trust enough to just loop them but some are so terrified you can't even get within 30 feet of them. We work to catch them, get them fixed, and get them forever homes. This'll be helpful for the ones that are too scared to loop.
After watching something like 15 DIY videos on how to build a trap, We found yours to be the most straightforward and well thought out of the bunch!! Kudo's and a job well done!! We are following your guidelines and appreciate the time you took to make this!
I really love the ingenuity of this design, so simple. This looks easier to set than the average commercial trap! Really really clever! thank you so much!
I understand the free falling objects dropping at the same time idea. I just thought the extra weight would more easily overcome the friction of the hinge section of the door. Thanks! for getting back to me. It sounds like you are happy with the speed the door closes so all is good.
3:20 My thoughts exactly. I think you have come up with a lot better an more elegant design than anything I have seen commercially. Thanks for sharing! P.S. I like the body washer
This is genius!! Great job!! I have a stray cat that I’ve been trying to catch, but she’s to skittish to handle. This is the perfect way to trap her! Thank you!
Well, you are an inspiration, Sir! I have something in my greenhouse eating a whole ripe tomato every day. There's no way it's coming and going. He's set up a homestead inside! So, I've rigged up a Wabbit (brand name) cage. As you might imagine, it's not meant to contain snarly critters, so I reinforced it with wire. I used mason line instead of wire to trip the treadle. It runs smooth. Then I had to come up with something to keep the door shut once triggered. When the cage is used properly, the door opens like a draw bridge. I have it upside down, which means the latch won't work. So I'm using neodymium magnets... LOTS of them! I estimate the critter would have to apply 10 lbs of force to open the door. Now, I'm hoping the weight of the critter is enough to depress the treadle. I estimate he has to weigh 2 lbs to trigger the trap. Whatever it is, it can stretch up 18" to grab tomatoes. If I catch him I'm gonna name him Scampy! LOL! Kidding. I've been calling him all kinds of names when I see he's eaten yet another ripe tomato, but Scampy isn't one of them! Thanks for sharing your genius. Wish me luck. It would be a sad day for mankind if I end up outsmarted by a rodent!
@@MarshRat Possum?! Could be, I guess. The winters are cold here, so if it is a possum, he's a newcomer to the Georgian Bay area of Lake Huron. Saw Norway rats here since last fall and I've never seen them before either. This critter can sure climb! He took half of 2 tomatoes overnight. One was 6 feet up the vine. Yah, Scampy's got to go. He's eating more tomatoes than I've been able to harvest. Doesn't seem to care for cukes or peppers, though. I guess I should be glad for that. And if he's trapped inside the greenhouse, maybe I'll be able to harvest a few tomatoes growing outside. Thanks for IDing the critter. Could be worse. Groundhogs grow to 18" wide by 24" long here, not including the tail. They eat baby birds and climb chicken wire fences. They're like the Mafia and don't back down without challenging me. I've been paying clover "insurance money" in exchange for the lives of my baby broccoli plants. I also had a rabbit murdered on my deck by raccoons, or maybe a martin. There was blood and guts everywhere! A possum doesn't sound like much of a threat compared to the usual meat-eating critters of the area. Thanks for advising. The trap is set and baited with Scampy's leftovers from last night!
Great job mate, must give this a try myself. I have to many possums and Ferrell cat’s around at the moment. Thanks for the share. Cheers from Down Under.
I have been needing to trap some cats that are invading my barn. This is genius my friend. I think I have that exact cage. That washer will keep the wire from hooking that edge and possibly fail the gage door, I think your intuition caught that...I think the cage is perfect brother. Now to see how many cats I can have the animal control retrieve once trapped! Thanks again for the great Cage conversion to trap idea. I will copy you. I owe you one. Maybe in a shoutout soon!
really was helpful man.. keep up the great work..i made some pvc pipe traps and so far no good.. luckily i have a sturdy pin to make into what u did to yours.. thanks for your help
I was looking for a better made trap. The ones I've purchased seem to be mostly junk! But they cost a good bit!! Just happen to have an old dog cage the right size!! & most of the rest. I'm not real clear on how you set up the treadle but I'll see how it goes when I set it up!! We have chickens that are constantly under attack!! also feral cats! Great idea, Thanks
I really need to build this to catch a big wild dog that’s terrorizing my neighborhood. It’s barking late at night or 3 to 2am. Animal control said they will only come out after we catch it. So I really need more info on the treadle. A couple of the neighbors have been after it with bats. Thanks!
Great Job! Well thought out. I like how you put the pan in the back. A lot of traps a door can come down and critters can still back themselves out of. Looks like you will have um fooled. Thanks for sharing. ATB Paul (you'll have to let us know how it all works out :) )
NEKCanoeist The pan is attached to the floor of the cage using loose wire ties to give it a hinge action. Thanks for the great question and for watching. ATB Larry
Cheers from Houston......gonna try this. This gramma constantly rescuing pups and got my eye on lil female that won’t come near me. Feeding her daily on a back road where she has been dropped off. If can’t get this to work for me guess I’ll use some of my stimulus check (170.00 Amazon, free ship) since it will help me get these babies off the streets. Nice to the point video. Keep it up.
Cheers from Colorado! Great idea you got here. Just what I was looking for. Gonna try to replicate it in the morning to trap a badger that has eaten all my chickens and continues to escape my foot hold trap.
It wasn't the trap itself that was so cool, it was the ingenious ideas you incorporated into it that was absolutely brilliant!! Well done my friend, well done!! ☆☆☆☆☆ That's a FIVE STAR Trap in my opinion! You should patent that idea and build them for a client base? You'd sell the shit outta' them!! No doubt! 👍Cheers from Detroit. Michigan, neighbor!!😀
I agree, 30-40$ I would be in, beats $200+ for a Large trap, while the so called medium ones at $29, I need a large crate cage (have the crate already)
I have fitted two gate locks onto an ex dog kennel, and am just about to design the treadle/wire spring mechanism as you described. The idea is to catch urban foxes here in the UK. Will report progress.
I made a small rabbit trap from a small dog cage to catch wild domestic baby rabbits many years ago, but kept catching the mother, who was so happy to get away from her babies and eat the bread in silence..ha ha ha. I didn't put that much into it. But it worked.
This is great!.... I work in rescue and we are trying to make a trap for larger dogs that will actually work..... I’m not quite understanding what holds the treadle up when you set it.... is it simply the tension from the washer on the wire?
Good question about adding more weight but the door slams shut very fast...actually adding more weight wouldn't cause it to be quicker since it is a physics/gravity thing...IE and for example, if you dropped a 1 gram marble and 10 kilogram cannon ball at the same time, they both would hit the ground exactly at the very same instant.
Hey, amazing design! Question: Why did you position the treddle so that the raised side is towards the entrance rather than towards the back? Thanks from Jerusalem, Israel
+Naomi the Dogsitter I was thinking the treddle would be easier to trip since the animal should press it down quicker and easier. Seems to work good this way.
Looks like you found it without spending the money for live traps. Now if I could find a way to get squirrels in town I'd have some grateful neighbors and a full freezer (I wouldn't tell the neighbors about the freezer part).
Heya! I just had a question; how did you get the treadle to stay above the bottom so it could be stepped on to activate the trap? I see it is at an angle, just curious what is used.
I have.rabbits that eat my flowers and my strawberries. I am going to try this. I am a metal fabricator so this idea should not be to hard. Thanks for the insights
How well does this work for rabbits? I'm trying to find an alternative to snares and body traps. Too many cats hang around for those and I have a small kennel that just might work for this.
Marsh Rat My cats are almost too nosy for their own good. I can't even walk out to my horse's pasture without them tagging along to see what I'm doing. I guess it's a good thing he's cat friendly.
Nicely done! I have a large cage similar to that and I've been wondering how to go about doing something to make it a cat trap, but thank you for laying it all out like that. I'm sure your solution will fit the unit I have and I'll be cat-free very soon. It'll be easy to just invite them in for a snack and throw in nice ride a few miles safely away from my house! Bye-bye pesky drifters!
This was helpful. I live in an area where a lot of dogs get dumped. Some you can eventually earn their trust enough to just loop them but some are so terrified you can't even get within 30 feet of them. We work to catch them, get them fixed, and get them forever homes. This'll be helpful for the ones that are too scared to loop.
After watching something like 15 DIY videos on how to build a trap, We found yours to be the most straightforward and well thought out of the bunch!! Kudo's and a job well done!! We are following your guidelines and appreciate the time you took to make this!
Good job, I really like the 2 separate wires for the door release. That was a great idea, really thinking outside of the box.
+Bradshaw TX Thank you. Glad you liked the idea.
Was looking for the mechanism ..found it right here
I really love the ingenuity of this design, so simple. This looks easier to set than the average commercial trap! Really really clever! thank you so much!
Thanks. This trap has been more durable that I imagined. My trap is still working perfectly after all this time.
I understand the free falling objects dropping at the same time idea. I just thought the extra weight would more easily overcome the friction of the hinge section of the door. Thanks! for getting back to me. It sounds like you are happy with the speed the door closes so all is good.
3:20 My thoughts exactly. I think you have come up with a lot better an more elegant design than anything I have seen commercially. Thanks for sharing!
P.S. I like the body washer
Wow, thank you!
This is genius!! Great job!! I have a stray cat that I’ve been trying to catch, but she’s to skittish to handle. This is the perfect way to trap her! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
I like the design you came up with along with the extra wire so they can’t reach in
Thank you! Cheers!
Thanks for the vid, some good ideas there. I'll have to mod a similar dog case for squirrel trap, maybe add a couple of springs to the door too.
Well, you are an inspiration, Sir! I have something in my greenhouse eating a whole ripe tomato every day. There's no way it's coming and going. He's set up a homestead inside! So, I've rigged up a Wabbit (brand name) cage. As you might imagine, it's not meant to contain snarly critters, so I reinforced it with wire. I used mason line instead of wire to trip the treadle. It runs smooth. Then I had to come up with something to keep the door shut once triggered. When the cage is used properly, the door opens like a draw bridge. I have it upside down, which means the latch won't work. So I'm using neodymium magnets... LOTS of them! I estimate the critter would have to apply 10 lbs of force to open the door. Now, I'm hoping the weight of the critter is enough to depress the treadle. I estimate he has to weigh 2 lbs to trigger the trap. Whatever it is, it can stretch up 18" to grab tomatoes. If I catch him I'm gonna name him Scampy! LOL! Kidding. I've been calling him all kinds of names when I see he's eaten yet another ripe tomato, but Scampy isn't one of them! Thanks for sharing your genius. Wish me luck. It would be a sad day for mankind if I end up outsmarted by a rodent!
Good luck and think you've a possum getting your maters!
@@MarshRat Possum?! Could be, I guess. The winters are cold here, so if it is a possum, he's a newcomer to the Georgian Bay area of Lake Huron. Saw Norway rats here since last fall and I've never seen them before either. This critter can sure climb! He took half of 2 tomatoes overnight. One was 6 feet up the vine. Yah, Scampy's got to go. He's eating more tomatoes than I've been able to harvest. Doesn't seem to care for cukes or peppers, though. I guess I should be glad for that. And if he's trapped inside the greenhouse, maybe I'll be able to harvest a few tomatoes growing outside. Thanks for IDing the critter. Could be worse. Groundhogs grow to 18" wide by 24" long here, not including the tail. They eat baby birds and climb chicken wire fences. They're like the Mafia and don't back down without challenging me. I've been paying clover "insurance money" in exchange for the lives of my baby broccoli plants. I also had a rabbit murdered on my deck by raccoons, or maybe a martin. There was blood and guts everywhere! A possum doesn't sound like much of a threat compared to the usual meat-eating critters of the area. Thanks for advising. The trap is set and baited with Scampy's leftovers from last night!
Thanks. Working on a trap for a GROUNDHOG here in N.C. Cheers!
Good luck!
Great job mate, must give this a try myself. I have to many possums and Ferrell cat’s around at the moment. Thanks for the share.
Cheers from Down Under.
I have been needing to trap some cats that are invading my barn. This is genius my friend. I think I have that exact cage. That washer will keep the wire from hooking that edge and possibly fail the gage door, I think your intuition caught that...I think the cage is perfect brother. Now to see how many cats I can have the animal control retrieve once trapped! Thanks again for the great Cage conversion to trap idea. I will copy you. I owe you one. Maybe in a shoutout soon!
Diggin' Dixie Thanks. This is a great complement. Hope you catch them all.
This is so smart and exactly what I needed! Thank you!
You're so welcome!
really was helpful man.. keep up the great work..i made some pvc pipe traps and so far no good.. luckily i have a sturdy pin to make into what u did to yours.. thanks for your help
I was looking for a better made trap. The ones I've purchased seem to be mostly junk! But they cost a good bit!! Just happen to have an old dog cage the right size!! & most of the rest. I'm not real clear on how you set up the treadle but I'll see how it goes when I set it up!! We have chickens that are constantly under attack!! also feral cats! Great idea, Thanks
I'm glad that I gave you some ideas. Cheers
I really need to build this to catch a big wild dog that’s terrorizing my neighborhood. It’s barking late at night or 3 to 2am. Animal control said they will only come out after we catch it.
So I really need more info on the treadle. A couple of the neighbors have been after it with bats. Thanks!
Great Job! Well thought out. I like how you put the pan in the back. A lot of traps a door can come down and critters can still back themselves out of. Looks like you will have um fooled. Thanks for sharing. ATB Paul (you'll have to let us know how it all works out :) )
NEKCanoeist The pan is attached to the floor of the cage using loose wire ties to give it a hinge action. Thanks for the great question and for watching. ATB Larry
thanks for the video I have some issues with coons and have old dog crates-this will help me greatly-your ideas are great and I will the same
Cheers from Houston......gonna try this. This gramma constantly rescuing pups and got my eye on lil female that won’t come near me. Feeding her daily on a back road where she has been dropped off. If can’t get this to work for me guess I’ll use some of my stimulus check (170.00 Amazon, free ship) since it will help me get these babies off the streets. Nice to the point video. Keep it up.
I was in the Houston area in the early eighties and loved the natives down there. Cheers and good luck with the dogs.
Cheers from Colorado! Great idea you got here. Just what I was looking for. Gonna try to replicate it in the morning to trap a badger that has eaten all my chickens and continues to escape my foot hold trap.
Hope you have good luck on catching the badger. I wish I had a recommendation for you but not too many badgers here in OH.
Thank you my good sir. This will help me get some cats roaming my house an leaving fleas everywhere. And also some possums.
I was wondering what I could do with that old thing. Great idea!
It wasn't the trap itself that was so cool, it was the ingenious ideas you incorporated into it that was absolutely brilliant!! Well done my friend, well done!! ☆☆☆☆☆ That's a FIVE STAR Trap in my opinion! You should patent that idea and build them for a client base? You'd sell the shit outta' them!! No doubt! 👍Cheers from Detroit. Michigan, neighbor!!😀
I agree, 30-40$ I would be in, beats $200+ for a Large trap, while the so called medium ones at $29, I need a large crate cage (have the crate already)
Great video thanks for sharing your ideas time to get making myself one of these
No problem 👍
I have fitted two gate locks onto an ex dog kennel, and am just about to design the treadle/wire spring mechanism as you described.
The idea is to catch urban foxes here in the UK.
Will report progress.
Please post a vid of your completed trap.
Will when it's working. Planning using 15mm copper tube to contain vertical trip rod. treadle is grid shelf from old fridge.
That is totally bad ass but how did you in stall the foot pedal
awesome thanks for the video im going to work on mine today i need to relocate a groundhog...
Good thinking. Good job. I think you had the right idea with the fender washer.
Thanks 👍
Cool project. I built a working two door box trap that I caught mice in , when I was a youngster
airkraft1 Thanks for watching.
That's really cool. Looks like it should work just fine.
How did you attach your treddle pan to the bottom- great idea I’m going to try it thanks
with a piece of wire
That is cool and very good engineering i have to try that thanks
Go for it!
You had some great ideas! Let us see some of your catches.
Great trap. How did you hinge/pivot the pedal to the cage floor?
Used three short pieces of safety wire.
Thank you! You have just help save so man lost pets!
We're going to try this for our escaped goat! Thank you!!!
Good luck!!
Nice.Not for diy moms but if you have a shed full of normal tools.This can be done.
Good job, like your trigger mechanism. I would like the opening at the door to not have the inch or two of cage that the animal has to step over.
The best video I came across
thank you sir.. time to have some fun..
Always!
Nice one:) perfectly simple design,, I’ve got an old rabbit pen that I’m going to convert into a trap.
Great ideas, thanks for the tips.
Glad it was helpful!
I made a small rabbit trap from a small dog cage to catch wild domestic baby rabbits many years ago, but kept catching the mother, who was so happy to get away from her babies and eat the bread in silence..ha ha ha. I didn't put that much into it. But it worked.
Hello Larry , a few more bits & pieces to do but it's getting there mate cheers atb Martin
This is great!.... I work in rescue and we are trying to make a trap for larger dogs that will actually work..... I’m not quite understanding what holds the treadle up when you set it.... is it simply the tension from the washer on the wire?
You are correct in that the tension on the wire/washer holds the treadle
Help! Spring on latch
What a clever idea, very practical. You are real smart. Thanks.
This. Idea worked amazingly
Glad this vid gave you some ideas. Cheers
You’re brilliant! I need a dog trap ASAP and this will do the trick. (If I can build it quick)
Good luck. The hardest part to me was the door lock
lots of ingenuity but that door drops pretty slowly. critters move FAST when they get spooked
did you ever catch anything with this trap ?
Pls watch the updated vid
Very simple concept yet amazing. Thank you for sharing.
i have a bunch of those cages but they're made of plastic. im gonna try this
good luck!
I'm glad you're still alive, keep spreading your genius and ingenuity. No surprise you survived the rona plandemic
I'm still here !
Now that's a way to spend your retirement! Love the videos and projects!
AlaskanOutdoorsman Do I know you? I have some brothers in Alaska? ATB from Ohio
Not sure, but it's possible - small world!
AlaskanOutdoorsman They're father is named Wayne.
I'll send you a private message.
WHAT IF YOU ADDED A BIT MORE WEIGHT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR TO MAKE IT CLOSE FASTER? REALLY NEAT TRAP. Thanks!
Good question about adding more weight but the door slams shut very fast...actually adding more weight wouldn't cause it to be quicker since it is a physics/gravity thing...IE and for example, if you dropped a 1 gram marble and 10 kilogram cannon ball at the same time, they both would hit the ground exactly at the very same instant.
I would love to see more of these videos, very good quality work.
How do you take the latch off- did you cut it off and weld it- could show that some time appreciate it thanks
the latch comes off easily
Hey, amazing design! Question: Why did you position the treddle so that the raised side is towards the entrance rather than towards the back?
Thanks from Jerusalem, Israel
+Naomi the Dogsitter I was thinking the treddle would be easier to trip since the animal should press it down quicker and easier. Seems to work good this way.
+Marsh Rat Awesome. Looks like we at the Jerusalem SPCA are going to be using your design to catch and rehab feral dogs. Thanks!
I thinking this transformation be a very complicated to do in my garage...But, who have a lot experience ...it's so easy.
very good ............... its easy trap
Thank you
Cool way to re-purpose an old dog kennel.
Looks like you found it without spending the money for live traps. Now if I could find a way to get squirrels in town I'd have some grateful neighbors and a full freezer (I wouldn't tell the neighbors about the freezer part).
Mr. Tolly (AKA: fatmantolly) B.B.
This is genius, love it!
thanks
Me gusta muchisimo este video, gracias.
de nada. Gracias
Thanks for your video you should see my turtle trap
Heya! I just had a question; how did you get the treadle to stay above the bottom so it could be stepped on to activate the trap? I see it is at an angle, just curious what is used.
The weight of the door keeps the treadle up.
Very cool.where did you find springs and How did you attach the springs to latches?
If you're referring to the single spring on the latch in the middle of the door then it was already there.
You say that you took the latch apart and installed a spring. So what do you mean it was already there?
Great work!
Thanks and cheers
Good job good explanation and good video.
You really tricked that out!! Fantastic job..Kudos to you!
Lumberman2011 Thank you
very intelligent idea bro.... keep up your good work ... more inventions.... :)
Thanks. I appreciate your compliment.
I have.rabbits that eat my flowers and my strawberries. I am going to try this. I am a metal fabricator so this idea should not be to hard. Thanks for the insights
Got anything NEW on getting rid of stinkbugs?
Looks like it cold work well...
rich4150 Thanks for stopping by.
great design!
Thank you! Cheers!
Brilliant. My man
Thanks
Great job on this trap
That trap will catch a lot of critters.
yes!!!
Wow simple and effective thanks
Excellent Idea!! ;-)
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very creative!!
Thank you! Cheers!
👍🏼cool story bud. Nice trap!!
Very creative
Thank you! Cheers!
By the way bud, what was your reasoning for building the trap, and did it work out??? Inquiring minds wanna know?? LOL
Thanks for the comments. Please see the second version of this video as it is the trap in action.
Nice job Marsh Rat looks and works great.
Offtrail Bound Thank you for the complement.
have you tried the trap yet?
Offtrail Bound It has only caught a couple of our barn cats so far. Thanks for watching.
Offtrail Bound I'm updating the vid with some recent results as we speak. I'll let you know once the new and improved vid is uploaded.
Ill be watching!
I used the same pedal design but with fishing wire which pulls a pin out of my guillotine door.
+Atlas Shrugged. You gotta post a vid of a critter in your trap. Thanks for watching.
Marsh Rat
haha definitely will, setting it up today, thinking of baiting with a rabbit? Any suggestions?
Thanks you the idea
Very clever
thank you
Useful ideas, thank you, aloha.
Thanks !
You are welcome.
Great job!
How well does this work for rabbits? I'm trying to find an alternative to snares and body traps. Too many cats hang around for those and I have a small kennel that just might work for this.
A small kennel should work just fine. Your choice of bait is going to be key. Cats do not like sweets or veggies.
Marsh Rat My cats are almost too nosy for their own good. I can't even walk out to my horse's pasture without them tagging along to see what I'm doing. I guess it's a good thing he's cat friendly.
Hi
I was just wondering how's the weather there in Ohio?
What critter are you after?
well good luck with that. i want to do a trap also but mine will be for the neighbors cat.... keep using my gardens for a litter box...
Nicely done! I have a large cage similar to that and I've been wondering how to go about doing something to make it a cat trap, but thank you for laying it all out like that. I'm sure your solution will fit the unit I have and I'll be cat-free very soon. It'll be easy to just invite them in for a snack and throw in nice ride a few miles safely away from my house! Bye-bye pesky drifters!
Perfecto no se ingles pero la explicacion grafica perfecta 👍👌
perfect!! imma have to do this.
God bless you bro
thank you
I wonder if the door has so much flex that a raccoon could squeeze out the side. Of course my kennel is lab sized.
I have a KENNEL cage to , going to make it , to YOUR BLUE PRINT< to CATCH FARRAL CAT's, AWSOMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE