Crab'n Gear Pot Spreader

One of the greatest inventions since sliced bread, the Crab’n Gear Pot Spreader makes it very easy to set up and collapse crab pots without having to turn yourself inside out.

Good quality pots are reasonably tightly strung. This keeps the funnels and most importantly the entrances tight so that the pot not only catches crabs, but holds them as well. As a result the pot legs need to only ‘just’ fit between the two rings. Our pot spreader is a simple two piece apparatus made from stainless steel that allows you to use leverage to make spreading the pot wide enough to insert the legs childs play. Simply stand the pot up on its end with the top of the pot closest to you, put the U shaped end of the shorter handle on the top ring (ring closest to you) and the U shaped end of the longer handle on the bottom ring. The end of the longer handle will be on an angle. By pulling it down you will stretch the rings apart from each other. When it is wide enough using your other hand swing the top of the leg into place and release the pressure on the handle! And you’re done! Note there is a bolt through the centre of the handles that can be moved between the two pre-drilled holes that allows you to change the length of the handles to suit different pot leg lengths. Once you’re ready to pull you pot down, put the pot the other way around with the top of the pot away from you to make the legs easier to fold down.