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Offline G3farms

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right on TARGET.......trap out
« on: June 25, 2016, 09:32:58 pm »
Got a pest control company that gives me a call just about once a week for swarms, cut outs or trap outs. This one was at Target store next to east town mall. They are in the wall. Big hollow space between the cinder blocks, kind of built funny......fake stone, four inch cinder block, about a six inch space, another four inch cinder block, styrofoam insulation and then sheet rock. There is a cap block on top or the cinder blocks and that stopped their upward movement. Set the trap out today and was it ever HOT, the evening sun baking us at 96* F and all of the heat coming off of the block wall and sidewalk. Took about 5 1/2 hours to get them set up and all of the holes plugged. Plenty of water and shade breaks.
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Re: right on TARGET.......trap out
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2016, 09:52:35 pm »
Nice job on that! :goodjob:
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Re: right on TARGET.......trap out
« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2016, 09:55:36 pm »
I do say that's a pro job. Be proud of it and take a bow.

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Re: right on TARGET.......trap out
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2016, 11:31:49 pm »
very cool!
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Re: right on TARGET.......trap out
« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2016, 11:55:51 pm »
You always seem to get a trap set perfectly. They work great when it's that well set.
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Re: right on TARGET.......trap out
« Reply #5 on: June 26, 2016, 12:07:23 am »
Good on you for tackling that G3  ;) 8)
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Re: right on TARGET.......trap out
« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2016, 10:35:11 am »
G3, How successful are you at getting the queen on them trap outs? Have a bee tree to do in the future. Owner is in no rush and I would really like that queen for her survivor genetics.

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Re: right on TARGET.......trap out
« Reply #7 on: July 01, 2016, 08:06:59 pm »
Never with this kind of trap out, only once out of maybe 35 trap outs and she left or something happened to her.
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Re: right on TARGET.......trap out
« Reply #8 on: July 01, 2016, 11:08:15 pm »
@G3Farms:

If I had your abilities, I would have amounted to something by now.  :):)  That trap is impressive.

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Re: right on TARGET.......trap out
« Reply #9 on: July 04, 2016, 11:28:42 am »
G3 looks like unistrut for leg's ,did ya tapcon boxsupports to fake stone ?

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Re: right on TARGET.......trap out
« Reply #10 on: July 04, 2016, 09:28:35 pm »
yep uni strut for legs, 1" pipe for the horizontal supports, chipped the stone off to get to the cinder blocks, tap cons in some home made brackets. Brackets made out of 3/16" plate with a short piece of 1 1/4" pipe welded to it with a 3/8" nut on the side of the pipe piece. 1" pipe will slide nicely inside of 1 1/4" pipe and then a short bolt into the welded on nut to hold the 1" in place.

ha I like to play in the shop as well!
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Re: right on TARGET.......trap out
« Reply #11 on: July 04, 2016, 11:43:28 pm »
Great job!  Should be a sticky  :)

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