Trap Puller I built.

[walleyes]

I started out with a $69.99 1500lb winch from C.T. and $16.00 worth of metal, couple fittings and some paint. Total cost, $150.00. I could of built it to fit over my Scotty downrigger mounts but I don't like he idea of that weight pulling on my gunalls so I built it to mount to the transom. I used a Scotty plug end for the power cable and put in an in-line switch. I still have to put a pulley on the end of the boom but I haven't found one I like yet. I am hoping to find a graphite/Teflon pulley won't take long to put it on when I do find one I like. Speed is right around 50'/min so its not bad. Should take under 10 min to bring in 400' of rope.


Couple pics.

The unit broke down. Going to get a nice duffle bag to carry it in..

 

[Bassblaster]

Nice looking' rig Walleyes,

Be very interested to see how she runs once its complete. Let us know.

 

[finaddict]

Great build Walleyes. Any idea how fast that 1500 lb. retrieves? Your photos are inspiring.

Cheers

 

[walleyes]

Great build Walleyes. Any idea how fast that 1500 lb. retrieves? Your photos are inspiring.

Cheers

Just under 50ft/min. I may go with a larger pulley later wich will speed it up but for now I want to see what kind of power it has. It should be lots like I say its a 1500lb winch.

 

[Charter Tofino]

Looks good but watch the winch in the salt water. Might need some kind of extra cover. I worked my butt off to make one out of the same winch unit and when it was done it looked like a POS. Haha still havent tried it.

 

[Haze]

Also be careful with the winch lots of the lower priced models say right on them "For intermittent use only" meaning they can't handle continual usage, just stop and go stuff.
Otherwise sure looks nice.

 

[Northof49]

Every time someone posts their puller build I promise myself I'll get at it as well.

Haven't as yet but thanks for the inspiration. Here's to many tasty prawns being pulled with it.

 

[walleyes]

All good points guys thanks. As far as cooking it I aint to worried its not like I do a lot of prawnig maybe once a year for a couple days. I live out in Alberta so the unit will see limited use out in the salt and will be washed good when I am done with it. As well I ran a heater relay on the power cord hopefully that will prevent any motor damage from over heating. I would expect to never pull over a double trap set in a day. If the system works good I wouldn't be afraid to go to a better quality motor in a couple years if all works out..

Thx again for the pointers guys.

 

[finaddict]

All good points guys thanks. As far as cooking it I aint to worried its not like I do a lot of prawnig maybe once a year for a couple days. I live out in Alberta so the unit will see limited use out in the salt and will be washed good when I am done with it. As well I ran a heater relay on the power cord hopefully that will prevent any motor damage from over heating. I would expect to never pull over a double trap set in a day. If the system works good I wouldn't be afraid to go to a better quality motor in a couple years if all works out..

Thx again for the pointers guys.

I'll be quite happy to test it out for yah Wall probably wouldn't see more than 20 - 30 days this summer

 

[the fog ducker]

very Nice

X2 on the SaltWater Exposure

FD

 

[spring time]

just spray it down with fluid film before going out, one thing is don't go to big in the pulley as it cuts down on pulling strength the 1500 lb is for the first wrap

 

[spring time]

oh ya by the way good job

 

[Dogbreath]

oh ya by the way good job

X2-Great job and Thanks for posting the pics-very cool!

 

[Time]

Very nice Walleyes.
Nice to see a good looking unit.
Makes my effort look like a piece of crap.
Motor should be fine, I used a similar CT one.

 

[spring time]

I guess that what happens when your frozen in your shop all winter at -40

 

[walleyes]

I guess that what happens when your frozen in your shop all winter at -40

Lolo,,, thanks guys..

Actualy I am done work for the winter,, its what we call spring break up in the patch.. I have about 2 months off now and these are some of the projects that I dream up over the winter while I am away at work over the winter..


Planning a trip out to Tofino at the end of the month so hopefully I get a chance to try it out..

 

[JDR]

I built one as well out of a small ct winch, worked great but it draws a lot of power,After a few pulls had to keep engine speed up to keep the batt. above 12 volts. 2 guys with 4 traps each, caused a drain on the batt. It was new that year. I think that is why they come with such heavy gauge wire. So if it gets warm check your down rigger wires cause they will get hot maybe even blow the fuse.I connected mine directly to the batt. with 2 aligator clips and an inline circuit breaker.
Also made one out of a windsheild wiper motor from a mack truck ,nice and haevy duty and geared nice, slow but no batt. drain. I only pull one trap at a time as they are spread out
Great looking unit, made out of alumimium I take it. JDR

 

[tubber]

Nicely done. How did you atttach your pulley to the shaft? As for the small pulley/snatch block, Folbe makes one but it is pricey. I also saw a homemade one much like the Brutus. He had access to the tools to put multiple bends in a piece of stainless for the j-shaped frame and put a block of plastic umhw on a wood lathe to make the round part.

 

[walleyes]

What the winch looked like before I started the modification. This was actually the most challenging. A guy had to have it all planned before making any cuts to the spool and making the holes for the spool to run through and the wear bushings without a lathe was challenging but with some ingenuity I was able use use my drill press as a bit of a lathe.
I used the original spool as the shaft and just milled it down to fit and also drilled out the center of the pulley to a larger size.

You can kind of see from this pic how i used the original spool and bracket that holds the spool on. It was tough because you need the bracket thats what holds the spool from just falling off they aren't held on any other way. I had to drill out the end of the bracket to fit the diameter of the spool and then make a wear bushing so the thin bracket wouldn't just wear a notch in the aluminum spool. Like I said not easy without a lathe..

The puller is made out of metal that was all brushed clean then primed and painted with Tremclad rust paint. Like I said I don't live out on the coast so the limited exposure it will see won't be a big factor. And when I do get home my stuff is washed extensively with fresh water,, learned that the hard way over the years.

 

[SpringFever2359]

very nice job... looks to me like you've got a great trap puller there, bet your just dieing to give it a try...