Nice job on the sounder! 
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I love this trap!!
I am curious...what do you do with 22 pigs? Butcher them? Dump them?? Not judging, just curious....Comment
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awesome set up, I will be putting together one of these...Comment
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Sorry about the delay on the parts list. I had a COVID scare last weekend when I failed one of the rapid results test (my lab test came back negative). And then this weekend was Father's Day.Comment
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I caught them about 9 PM one night so I spent the next day looking for people to take as many as possible. Then I spent 5 or 6 hours butchering what I could. The rest I piled up and burned.Originally posted by EliteDriver View PostComment
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8 cattle panels - $175
Everyone has built feeder pens. I find the best way to build them, if you have the room, is to lay them all out in a line overlapping one grid at each panel connection. I then tie this panel connection at all the overlapping corners with loop rebar ties, using the twist tool. Then with the help of a couple buddies, we stand the tied together panels up and form our circle, tying the ends together to make the circle in the same manner. I then go back and drive a t post at every overlap and every panel mid-point. I used 12 or 13 foot t posts for this application just because I had some laying around. I used about 20 t posts (couple extra for reinforcement at the drop gate). I think I would recommend something like 6 footers. I then tie all t posts to the fencing with whatever tie wire I have laying around.
Rebar loops - $20
Loop tie tool (x3) - $25
6’ T posts (x20) - $70
I had the ¼” aluminum gate fabbed with the track and square posts for around $400. There’s definitely cheaper alternatives but this is what I decided to go with. As mentioned before mine is only 4’ wide. I would probably recommend going wider.
In the junction box on top of the trap I have my 12v battery ($25) and my relay switch ($135)
Relay switch:
I also have the solar panel (free, I took it off my gate) coming into that box to charge the battery and a switch that you see on the left side of the trap. When setting the gate you flip this switch to turn the gear (trigger) to get it in position to set the trap
In the metal box there is the gear motor that triggers the trap ($30)
We put a little piece of angle iron on the gear shaft and there’s a bolt through the gate the sits on this angle iron. When you give the gear motor power it spins out from under the bolt, dropping the gate.
I had an electrician buddy that did all of the wiring and had the two boxes and the switch. His help and materials was around ($300)
For those keeping track, I’ve got about $1,200 dollars in it not including the camera. I use an Arlo security camera to give me a live feed to make sure I catch as many pigs as possible. You can probably figure out a better trigger device and a cheaper gate but this is how mine is set up and it can be set with one person, no problem. I have no complaints.Comment
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Here is what the angle iron looks like on the gear shaft, as well as how it was connected to the gate frame
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That gsm board is pretty self explanatory? Hook power to it. Then run a set of wires to the trigger device ? Simple as that. What amp is the gsm board capable of handling. Was thinking of using a door popper solenoid to pull a rotary latch but they are set on 30-40 amp fusesComment
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Originally posted by RPB View Post
The gsm board is super easy to work and has two relays. I just downloaded the app and had it working in about 10 mins. Its wired directly to the battery. Just take a standard power supply and wire it to your 12v battery. And then run the wire to the trigger device like you said. Regarding the amps it’s capable of handling, I have no clue really. It says it has 30 amps. Here’s the guy who makes it contact info. I’m sure he would be happy to answer any questions
Email: georgeqiao1985@qq.com
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Homemade Cellular Hog Trap
Fell asleep on the recliner last night. Woke up about 1:45 AM to alerts from the Arlo camera. Checked the camera and sure enough 14 hogs in the trap. Over the past couple of weeks, this particular sounder had been very wary of the trap. About half would go in and as I was waiting for the second half to go in, the first ones would spook and it’d be blown. Like I said, I would recommend a bigger gate. I think that is what is making them skittish. Anyways, they screwed up last night. Most of the sounder if not all were in there. I set the trap on 14 of them. When I went to shoot this morning one made it through the fence so ended up with 13. Of those 13, 10 of them were sows.
This brings me to 44 confirmed hog kills this year.
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Also in for materials list and instructions.Comment
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Nice work!
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Originally posted by Greylight318 View PostParts List
8 cattle panels - $175
Everyone has built feeder pens. I find the best way to build them, if you have the room, is to lay them all out in a line overlapping one grid at each panel connection. I then tie this panel connection at all the overlapping corners with loop rebar ties, using the twist tool. Then with the help of a couple buddies, we stand the tied together panels up and form our circle, tying the ends together to make the circle in the same manner. I then go back and drive a t post at every overlap and every panel mid-point. I used 12 or 13 foot t posts for this application just because I had some laying around. I used about 20 t posts (couple extra for reinforcement at the drop gate). I think I would recommend something like 6 footers. I then tie all t posts to the fencing with whatever tie wire I have laying around.
Rebar loops - $20
Loop tie tool (x3) - $25
6’ T posts (x20) - $70
I had the ¼” aluminum gate fabbed with the track and square posts for around $400. There’s definitely cheaper alternatives but this is what I decided to go with. As mentioned before mine is only 4’ wide. I would probably recommend going wider.
In the junction box on top of the trap I have my 12v battery ($25) and my relay switch ($135)
Relay switch:
I also have the solar panel (free, I took it off my gate) coming into that box to charge the battery and a switch that you see on the left side of the trap. When setting the gate you flip this switch to turn the gear (trigger) to get it in position to set the trap
In the metal box there is the gear motor that triggers the trap ($30)
We put a little piece of angle iron on the gear shaft and there’s a bolt through the gate the sits on this angle iron. When you give the gear motor power it spins out from under the bolt, dropping the gate.
I had an electrician buddy that did all of the wiring and had the two boxes and the switch. His help and materials was around ($300)
For those keeping track, I’ve got about $1,200 dollars in it not including the camera. I use an Arlo security camera to give me a live feed to make sure I catch as many pigs as possible. You can probably figure out a better trigger device and a cheaper gate but this is how mine is set up and it can be set with one person, no problem. I have no complaints.
Any way you could draw up a schematic or how it’s all wired up? Got the same size trap mow with same door style but man I would be nice to be able to trigger it from camp!Comment
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I like the fact you used a 12v motor for the gate release. I was gonna use a linear actuator for the gate release which was a way lot more $$$! And your GSM comes pre-assymbled in a box ready to roll. Again saving some $$$.
Come to think about it, I imagine a feller, or fellett, could wire one of those GMS up to a feeder motor besides the timer it would have, for remote feeding without having to depend on one of those key-fob things. Prob get a lot more distance out of it. And reliability, provided you had good signal.
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