| | S | M | T | W | T | F | S | | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
1
|
2
| |
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
| |
10
|
11
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
16
| |
17
|
18
|
19
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
23
| |
24
|
25
|
26
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
30
|  » Stats |
Members: 50,157
Threads: 82,349
Posts: 853,287
Top Poster: glsammy (15,069)
| | Welcome to our newest member, Ye Olde Justin | |  | 
04-11-2010, 09:46 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 1,667
| | | Longworth spares and repairs
Does anyone know where to get spare parts for Longworths, such as springs and treadles. I know Alana sell spares, but the springs are £4 and treadles £8, which seems ridiculous (they also sell the traps for £20 more than their competitors, so they seem pricey in general). Does anyone do them cheaper?
I have an assortment of aged traps that need repairs, both the new spring type and the old wire-tension type. Is it possible to use a spring on the old type to 'update' them? Or does it need a new treadle with the drilled hole?
Some of the traps have also been knawed along the tunnel, making a bit of a hole. Can these also be repaired?
Ta! |
04-11-2010, 10:44 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Sandbach, Cheshire
Posts: 1,306
| | | Re: Longworth spares and repairs
I'm not sure what a Longworth is , but if it is a trap you might get more answers in the bushcraft thread area. |
04-11-2010, 11:03 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 2,248
| | | Re: Longworth spares and repairs
Quote:
Originally Posted by Littlesparrow  I'm not sure what a Longworth is , but if it is a trap you might get more answers in the bushcraft thread area. | A Longworth is a trap for studying small mammals - voles, mice and shrews. Nothing to do with bushcraft! 
I have seen Longworths that have been gnawed, with metal plates soldered (or possibly araldited) over the gaps.
As for springs and treadles, possibly talking to a technical college metalworking shop might turn up a helpful technician who could craft sutable replacements for a song - or even for the challenge.
henrya
__________________
Sometimes ice cream just has to take priority over everything. |
04-11-2010, 11:09 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Sandbach, Cheshire
Posts: 1,306
| | | Re: Longworth spares and repairs
Are thats what it is, thanks Thunder. | | |
| Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode |
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
| | |
| » New Wildlife Posts | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | » New Environment Posts | | | | | | | | | » New Activity Posts | | | | | | | | | » New Community Posts | | |  Spammers! 30-05-2012 08:00 AM 5 Replies, 123 Views | | | | | |
