From: G Shaw (milspectruck@verizon.net)
Date: Mon Oct 31 2005 - 16:16:47 PST
I have used moth balls. They work well on rats and mice that love to eat
everything in your truck.
Glenn
-----Original Message-----
I've heard that using mothballs can keep rodents out of areas. I think
Does anyone have any experience with using mothballs to repel critters?
There are some high frequency sound devices also that claim to repel
Speaking of rodents - does anyone have a good way to keep Racoons out of
Dave
Mark J. Blair, NF6X wrote:
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Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 7:06 PM
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Subject: Re: [MV] Detroit Diesel paint, Gama Goat filters, and rodent
killage
I read it on a classic collectors car page or something.
rodents. I have no experience with them.
their outbuildings?? I'm really getting tired of trapping and shooting
those critters.
> Do any of y'all know where I can get some suitable paint for touching
> up
> the light blue on my M561 Gama Goat's Detroit 3-53 engine? The local
> auto parts shop didn't have any engine paints that matched it well. I'm
> guessing that it's probably a standard color that was common on Detroits
> of that era.
>
> I'll probably want to replace all of my Goat's filters soon, too. If
> any
> of y'all have favorite sources, have recommended cross-references, etc.,
> I'd appreciate hearing about them.
>
> After letting it set for a year or two, I'm getting my Gama Goat
> running
> again. I live out in a rural area, surrounded by citrus groves and open
> fields. Various rodents are very common out here, and they love to nest
> inside vehicles. They make nests out of large sticks, insulation chewed
> off the insides of the vehicles, dog turds, various greenery, etc. Once
> they move in, the crap and pee all over everything, and fight off
> boredom by chewing on any any convenient wires. They chewed up the
> wiring in my Bobcat badly enough that it was immobilized until I made
> repairs. Opening the hood on my Goat, I found that the space between the
> fan and radiator is packed with sticks and greenery. It's gonna take me
> hours to clean it out enough to even try cranking the engine. Luckily,
> the only chewed wire I've seen so far is the spark plug wire for the air
> box heater, and that's not critical here because it never gets cold
> enough to need it.
>
> So, can anybody suggest ways to keep them out of my vehicles and/or
> die
> painful deaths? I cannot use poisons, because my dogs would be too
> likely to catch and eat poisoned rats, nosh on their poisoned corpses,
> etc. Eradicating the local rat population is an impossibility, because
> there's just way too much land around here that's very hospitable to
> them. Thus, I think my only remaining option is to convince them to live
> somewhere other than inside my vehicles.
>
> TIA
>
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