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Sean
06-03-2005, 07:49 PM
What doe yous think of this box? i see it on this site
http://www.123webit.co.uk/raptorbox/boxes.htm
doesnt say the price either, does anyone know it?
http://www.123webit.co.uk/raptorbox/Moulded%20RaptorBox.jpg



Darren
06-03-2005, 08:00 PM
i think it is dear....the git wants nearly £100 for that 1
HawkMan69UK
06-03-2005, 08:04 PM
i got the black one good boxes but a real biatch to clean the white stuff..and there around 120 but also does made to measure :plasma:
Gaz
06-03-2005, 08:16 PM
I just fired one out,tips over, not no lighter than me homemade wooden ones,freezing in winter and boiling in summer no matter what they tell you...and a rip off :mrgreen:



p.s.
Hiya Claire ya sexxxyyy biiitchhh :heart: :heart: :heart:
HawkMan69UK
06-03-2005, 08:22 PM
it falls over cause gaz drives round corners to fast :ctf: ..........the black ones have a wider base but the other ones do fall over....but they look good.. :mrgreen: and if ya got the money do a made to measure onebut they is pricey.....
Afshimo
06-03-2005, 08:27 PM
them black ones, The guy down the centre, Mal, makes em for like £50. Top knotch, real nice and easy clean. They even have a sloping floor and a plug to clean and drain water away! I cn put a ferug in there, and carry that around - i'm only 14 lol! with wooden ones, I get someone to help as i cudnt go far, never mind sling it in the back of my car lol.
Finnish
06-03-2005, 08:30 PM
I got a green one which is similar and that also falls over i payed £85.00 at the fair rip off
Sean
06-03-2005, 08:30 PM
Im looking for a lightweight one to use as a giant hood, but will be making my own out ply for the car, anyone know where i can get plastic boxes, reasonbly priced?
ColdZero
07-03-2005, 01:00 AM
Hannah, do you have a number for that guy? :) I need a box soonish.
Varmint
07-03-2005, 07:22 AM
I got the one in the pic, handle on top fell off within a week, door fatseners then fell off a week later.

The door has since warped with warm water and has gaps at the top and the bottom and both the hinges were fastened on with pop rivet's, you guessed it? they arent any more.

In a word= ****

I now use several box's from Falcon Fabrications, tough plastic, light tight, great fastenings and a rubber coated internal perch, positioned for a change perfectly!

In a word= Superb!
Afshimo
07-03-2005, 09:09 AM
I dont think he sells the boxes, he just makes them everynow and then for th birds down the centre, but I'll PM you the number, if thats ok Cold Zero?
Falconer
07-03-2005, 09:18 AM
I now use several box's from Falcon Fabrications, tough plastic, light tight, great fastenings and a rubber coated internal perch, positioned for a change perfectly!

In a word= Superb!

Hi varmint
have ya got a link for these boxes m8 :wink:
Gaz
07-03-2005, 09:22 AM
with wooden ones, I get someone to help as i cudnt go far, never mind sling it in the back of my car lol.
If you take your time and think about making it right a wooden /ply box need be no heavier than that plastic one. :mrgreen:
HawkMan69UK
07-03-2005, 09:23 AM
gaz why aint you in work
Finnish
07-03-2005, 09:53 AM
gaz why aint you in work

Cause he is lazy :butthead:
Hawkmaster
07-03-2005, 10:56 AM
p.s.
Hiya Claire ya sexxxyyy biiitchhh

I want to see a picture!
Falconer
08-03-2005, 12:17 AM
p.s.
Hiya Claire ya sexxxyyy biiitchhh

I want to see a picture!

ME 2
Bones
08-03-2005, 07:23 PM
I also make me own box's out of 12mm marine ply then treated with teak oil to stop any water/s**t penertrating the wood and i make them to fit my own bird may have box for sale as got one spare after loss of MHH.
Hawkmaster
08-03-2005, 08:21 PM
Pop a pic up Bones it sounds good?
Bones
08-03-2005, 10:24 PM
Pop a pic up Bones it sounds good?
Soz for delay but been watching footy :oops:
Bones
08-03-2005, 10:28 PM
Forgot to add the one piccy is off the bottom with ceramic feet so box does not sit directly on the floor :oops: and they are matching pair suitable for anything up to small FHH (2lb)mark ish
Coedhirion
08-03-2005, 10:35 PM
Made mine similar an put holes at the top like that. couldnt understand why he jumped around, little perisher was watching the view. Had to turn it upside down, so i put in a false floor with perch attached. This is so i can slide it out to clean and couple of times I have removed the perch and fed him lump of his rabbit or pheasant kill, to keep him happy while I flew a second bird. This meant that he could eat comfy on the floor. Also makes it good for collecting young birds that havnt travelled before. Just shove a square of astro or carpet on the floor then.
HawkMan69UK
08-03-2005, 10:35 PM
nice boxes bones mine always look likeold tea chests :axe:
BrianM
08-03-2005, 10:50 PM
double carrier from falcon fabrications,,, varmints right they are the dogs danglies
BrianM
08-03-2005, 11:02 PM
contact falcon fabrications on

Martin Underwood,, tel 01782 396054,,,,,or 07971 408921
email; martin@falconfabrication.fsnet.co.uk
Falconer
08-03-2005, 11:30 PM
contact falcon fabrications on

Martin Underwood,, tel 01782 396054,,,,,or 07971 408921
email; martin@falconfabrication.fsnet.co.uk


Nice one m8 thanks :wink:
Jiff
09-03-2005, 08:57 PM
sean as a newcomer,i would advise,make your own,i made mine from a design by the coulsons in america,they have a site somewhere but i cant remember the address,put hawk box into you'r search and you might find it,or ask for dimentions off the experienced guy's,i was absolutely buzzing on my build up to my first bird and made everything that could be made myself.
Will
09-03-2005, 09:16 PM
http://www.americanfalconry.com/HawkinGear2.html

Is this the one, Jiff?
OutFlying
09-03-2005, 09:42 PM
Here's one I made earlier (g)
Darren
09-03-2005, 09:57 PM
http://www.americanfalconry.com/HawkinGear2.html

Is this the one, Jiff?

i have a double one built on their design...got a guy to build & post it to me for £47
DeathFromAbove
09-01-2006, 12:14 PM
What doe yous think of this box? i see it on this site
http://www.123webit.co.uk/raptorbox/boxes.htm
doesnt say the price either, does anyone know it?
http://www.123webit.co.uk/raptorbox/Moulded%20RaptorBox.jpg

They're **** mate... a friend has one and it's always falling over during transport, he has to wedge it in with things for safeties sake. If you want a wooden one i can build one for you if you like.
DeathFromAbove
09-01-2006, 12:19 PM
would also like to add i have had dealings with the guy from raptor box..... all the gear, no idea...... was taking to him about making a custom box for birds/ferrets and dog etc for back of my truck..... was willing to pay top dollar too, all i got was the run around from him, even tried to talk to him 5 times at the chetwynd fair, he was insistent he wanted to do it but kept avoiding me... if the guy didn't want to do it or couldn't all he had to do was say... *****. falcon fabrications is ur better bet mate. or make a wooden one.
Talon
09-01-2006, 12:22 PM
What doe yous think of this box? i see it on this site
http://www.123webit.co.uk/raptorbox/boxes.htm
doesnt say the price either, does anyone know it?
http://www.123webit.co.uk/raptorbox/Moulded%20RaptorBox.jpg

got the exact same box. its sound. its a bit light as some pointed out.
but other than that carnt falt it.
DeathFromAbove
09-01-2006, 12:33 PM
spose thats whats the most important thing mate - as long as ur happy with it that's what counts. wouldn't buy one of them ones myself tho.... especially after the grief my mate has had with his.

built my own instead.....the mutts nuts....
Sean
09-01-2006, 01:11 PM
very nice m8, i like it!
Miguel Gomez
09-01-2006, 03:48 PM
Good box - only 1 problem I have had with it - IT TIPS!!!
Talon
09-01-2006, 03:53 PM
cracking job you have done there on making that box.
first class job very proffesional.
Tarqers
09-01-2006, 03:54 PM
spose thats whats the most important thing mate - as long as ur happy with it that's what counts. wouldn't buy one of them ones myself tho.... especially after the grief my mate has had with his.

built my own instead.....the mutts nuts....
you could have a disco in there,,,tarqs
DeathFromAbove
09-01-2006, 04:26 PM
Good box - only 1 problem I have had with it - IT TIPS!!!

I assume you mean the plastic one mate, mine's as steady as a rock.... as i said in a previous post a friend has the same plastic one and has the tipping/falling problem. not very stable are they.
DeathFromAbove
09-01-2006, 04:27 PM
cracking job you have done there on making that box.
first class job very proffesional.

Cheers mate, wouldn't be a very good carpenter if i couldn't make a good job of a travel box eh hehe hadn't put the carry handle on in the photo as it had just dryed from the last coat.
DeathFromAbove
09-01-2006, 04:29 PM
you could have a disco in there,,,tarqs

she does on long journeys mate.... 's got a lil hi fi system in there and a disco ball now..... her hangovers tend to affect her hunting tho so i'm limiting the mini bar rations lol
Miguel Gomez
09-01-2006, 04:41 PM
I assume you mean the plastic one mate, mine's as steady as a rock.... as i said in a previous post a friend has the same plastic one and has the tipping/falling problem. not very stable are they.

Sorry meant the plastic one
Adam Barrett
09-01-2006, 06:13 PM
Would avoid raptor box-the guy is a bit of a t**t to deal with aswell- been dissapointed with mine.
Miguel Gomez
10-01-2006, 12:58 PM
Would avoid raptor box-the guy is a bit of a t**t to deal with aswell- been dissapointed with mine.

I found him pleasant to deal with...just that box tips is my only problem
Takajo
23-01-2006, 06:15 AM
Here's the answer, the sides are plastic you can button n unbutton for cleaning. The rest is zippaway for easy cleaning access. Light as an African pygmy falcon but holds eagles if you want. Easy to wedge cuz ALL boxes of any size are gonna fall over. The button plastic walls come all the way down on the new models. Mate in Japan makes em.
Talon
23-01-2006, 06:19 AM
thats differant.?
Takajo
23-01-2006, 06:29 AM
From another world. The left/right zippers zip all the way back to leave the button walls, which when unbuttoned leaves nothing but the hollow aluminum gurders n perch. No aspergillus from this box. lots of breathing room. The bottom also has the hard plastic, so it's bottom heavy, (relying partly on the weight of the hawk to keep it so. Looks like it'd teeter, but it doesn't. You could actually make it yourself with blue plastic sheeting and some aluminum.
StormRider
23-01-2006, 10:09 AM
That is very similar to a travel box I made about 2 1/2 years ago for my FHH from Hypalon (black). I designed it so I could use it as both a cadge and a travel box. I didnt use a frame work for the base like that one, but used a lightweight HDPE sheet/box configuration instead. The only problem I had was the ventilation for condensation. By the time I had put enough gromets in at low and high level, there was too much light getting in. I might have some photos somewhere. Ill try and dig them out.
STU
Takajo
23-01-2006, 10:18 AM
By the time I had put enough gromets in at low and high level, there was too much light getting in. STU
Exactly. If you get within a metre of the box, the hawk starts to get restless.
Bird_Dog
23-01-2006, 07:20 PM
I always made them out of a cardboard box. Heinz Meng has a good design in Webster and Beebe's book. Some guys get carried away with making giant hoods. Diamond plated alumimum with electric exhaust fans, interior lighting and who knows what else. Cardbord gets dirty... throw it away and make another one in 10 mins.

-- BIRD_DOG