[Fieldstone]

Call Pat Trap and ask for Charlie. 603-428-3396
He should be able to "hook you up". (We'll see if Tron is watching)

 

[Jerry_V]

Yes, Metro is a dealer. I bought one for our club from them a few years ago. I've also bought parts from them.

What sort of problem are you having and what model is it? Maybe someone here can help.

Jerry

 

[ganger]

Our machines are at least 10-15 years old. They have been good but last year and this year it seems like it's just one thing after another. Broken birds, out of time, windmilling etc.. We have an electrician that is our youth coach and he does a good job of getting things going, but it is killing our squadding and just frustrating. We figure it would be worth it to have a pro come and look all 3 traps over and replace whatever is worn out and maybe give us a little crash course. Thanks for answering.

 

[Steve12]

Our machines are at least 10-15 years old. They have been good but last year and this year it seems like it's just one thing after another. Broken birds, out of time, windmilling etc.. We have an electrician that is our youth coach and he does a good job of getting things going, but it is killing our squadding and just frustrating. We figure it would be worth it to have a pro come and look all 3 traps over and replace whatever is worn out and maybe give us a little crash course. Thanks for answering.

You can also down load the manual for your machine it is free. Most of the stuff your talking about are easy.
once you get instructions from Charlie look at the pictures. Prolly needs new brush. How is the rubber on the throwing bar. And more basic

 

[Township Chief]

Broken birds, double throws. Our Pat trap guy, who worked for Pat Traps for 25 years,(retired now) said dirty. Small broken bird chips, and dirt. Clean the trap. We keep a Shop Vac in the trap house. Blow out the small chips and dirt. Then sweep it up. Along with a fine camel hair brush to sweep the debris out of the trap.
Once every other month my trap guys remove all the birds off of the plate and throughly clean and regrease the trap. Oh and we keep an electric heater in the trap house. Keep the house closed up with the heater on, and turn on the trap, hydraulic pump, a half hour before we are going to shoot. Electric heater keeps the trap house warm when it’s cold out.

 

[Motordoctor]

Check the timing of the chain, the brush, the throw arm. I just put the chip guard on. Seems the timing of the turret was off and had to readjust it. The target drops on the plate instead of being set down on the elevator. Check that.

 

[Jerry_V]

Our machines are at least 10-15 years old. They have been good but last year and this year it seems like it's just one thing after another. Broken birds, out of time, windmilling etc.. We have an electrician that is our youth coach and he does a good job of getting things going, but it is killing our squadding and just frustrating. We figure it would be worth it to have a pro come and look all 3 traps over and replace whatever is worn out and maybe give us a little crash course. Thanks for answering.

I'm not sure when they switched from the SW to the G model, but there are a couple of upgrade kits that are well worth installing if you have the older SW. I did that to our older machine a couple of years ago and it is much more reliable.

Jerry

 

[ganger]

Thanks for the tips guys. We had the houses and traps all clean before we opened this spring, and we keep spare brushes on hand. Seems like they keep getting out of time more than before. I'll check on the upgrades.

 

[320090T]

The "G" model came out around 2002 or somewhat before.

 

[kdcurtis]

You have a private message.

 

[Tate_pete]

I used to work on Pat Traps when I worked at Metro Gun Club. Give them a call, they may not be able to send someone out, but they can for sure get you the parts and talk you through what to do.

 

[Jon Reitz]

I used to work on Pat Traps when I worked at Metro Gun Club. Give them a call, they may not be able to send someone out, but they can for sure get you the parts and talk you through what to do.

Why not call PAT Trap?