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Post by sneakysnake on Dec 14, 2010 19:39:22 GMT -5
Ok guys, I am a little confused. What do yall use to keep your trap bed from freezing. I see all these things and some others as well. The four I listed are very similar, but also very different. Sodium chloride, Calcium chloride, Salt, Calcium chloride with magnesium. Any Help? Please?
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Post by nightrider on Dec 14, 2010 20:25:47 GMT -5
I believe its calcium chloride.
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Post by fuzz269 on Dec 14, 2010 21:16:21 GMT -5
I belive Nightrider is correct but in all honestly I am startin to get away from usin salt an am usin alot more peat moss and produce bags, to keep my traps from freazin down.
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Post by sneakysnake on Dec 14, 2010 21:38:23 GMT -5
I am alaready using peat moss and it seems to work well. We have freezing rain coming in tomorrow night, so I am concerned that what I have reset today will refreeze tomorrow night.
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Post by white316 on Dec 14, 2010 23:16:33 GMT -5
If your experiencing freeze & thaw conditions salt will not help
much either,IMO
The stuff i use is called trappers anti-freeze
I think its pure calcium chloride,,not sure,
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Post by wolf1199 on Dec 14, 2010 23:25:57 GMT -5
An old trapper told me years ago all he ever used was cat tail fluff. He used to collect the heads in the fall and strip them and put the fluff into bags to use later. If a trap was froze up due to rain or wet snow he would simply change the cat tail fluff in the trap bed and around the trap. I did that for years with great success.
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Post by deadwolf on Dec 16, 2010 14:01:46 GMT -5
Peat moss here.
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Post by catmando1 on Dec 16, 2010 22:08:49 GMT -5
H, unfortuneatly there are situations where nothing will work, such as freezing rain. Or if a lot of rain falls, then the bottom drops out of the temps. Re-making sets is a must in these kinds of conditions to insure they are working proper. If all is going well, I use calcium chloride on a buck wheat hulls/peat moss mix. I also lay down wax paper under my trap, and if it's getting real bad I will switch to a small piece of plastic vis under them. I think the strait strength propylene glycol works too.
I'll add that I never use the peat moss mix under the trap as something to bed in, I can never get the trap solid if i do that. I will sprinkle calcium down good on the dirt, then lay the plastic or wax paper, then bed the trap in the soft treated dirt under the plastic. Then I sprinkle again with calcium. Then cover it all with the peat mix, and lightly sprinkle the calcium again on top.
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