Dagblabbit cursed stinkin racoons had a banner year  making all manner of extra progeny. The tractor supply  can't keep traps in the store they are all gone when ever I go. 

 

It was every  night I was cleaning up after them.

So I made this from 1"  square 1/8" wall steel tubing and left over PVC decking.  I'm guessing it'll do the job.

 

 

 

 

 

Stinkin' thing is about a hundred pounds of steel and pvc.  They don't call me Lord Overbuild fer nuthin'.

 

Edited August 7, 20205 yr by Cliff

Nicely done! Being overrun by 'coons myself I can understand your frustration. In my case the trash cans are in the garage but they still crap all over the deck, get into the garden (before i started using an electric fence) and generally ravage a few lily ponds looking for frogs and stuff.

Our cans have flip lids.

A couple of weeks ago I went out to put a bag of garbage in the can flipped open the lid and a racoon came flying out.

Freaked the heck out of me. 

hmmm what's going to stop them from knocking off the lid on trash day.........

 

 

Can you imagine ...

i had an acquaints who asked his neighbor to watch his house while his family was on a 3 week vacation.  The neighbor never stepped foot in the house but a family of racoons made it their home during those 3 weeks.  The house was literally destroyed.  Danl

23 hours ago, AndrewB said:

what's going to stop them from knocking off the lid on trash day.

habit. If they can't get fed here they won't likely  be  here on trash day.  They will be at a neighbor's house instead.