I have a reletive in Oklahoma who had alot of damage to the wireing harnesses on her JOHN DEERE DURING LAST WINTER .It cost a lot to repair as they chewed up most of the wiring.My Kubota is in storage until spring.Does anyone have any ideas on what might keep them away?Is there any repelents? I was thinking moth balls in some areas might keep them away.Maybe dcon in the barn might stop them.I'm open to ideas. Thanks for any help jdj309@myfairpoint.net
rodent damage to wireing harness
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Treemonkey1000
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Kitty cats or mothballs or rat poison
mostly_gas
Super Member
Dryer sheets
sixgun
Bronze Member
Another vote for dryer sheets:thumbsup:
I had a brown mouse go to town inside my Dakota 2 years ago...still don't have keyless entry!
Don't try deer repellent, though. Don't ask me why this is not a good idea:confused2:
I had a brown mouse go to town inside my Dakota 2 years ago...still don't have keyless entry!
Don't try deer repellent, though. Don't ask me why this is not a good idea:confused2:
Willl
Elite Member
Also, prop your hood open. They'd rather be in the dark.
Original bounce dryer sheets and decon for the ones that dont get the message have done well by me . Right now there are 120 dryer sheet through out my camper trailer you may still get a couple corpses but at least they don't move in the whole family.
woodchuckie
Platinum Member
I wrapped my wires with lengths of aluminum gutter guard after my fuel gauge was chewed in two. haven't had any more problems. You can cut it with scissors.
adjusterr
Silver Member
mothballs work for me, they are cheap so use a lot of them, tie a bag made from a cotton sock or t-shirt scrap and hang it in the dash area. Good luck.
Mothballs may work for some but certainly didn't work for the rat I just eliminated from my outside parked P/U. It built a nest right on top of the mothballs. After the second day of me throwing out the nesting materials (the hood insulator) it finally destroyed it enough I threw that out as well. The solution, crude as it was - left the hood open - it took up residence in the frame - second day of that my Jack Russell alerted and I saw part of it through a hole in the frame. One round of rat shot later, problem gone. There's enough holes in the frame to push the corpse out believe it or not! They definitely don't like nesting with the hood open so I'm gonna try that best I can.
nickel plate
Veteran Member
I have a fairly new trailer on some property that we visit often and it was always the awful anticipation of unlocking the door and finding the mice mess everywhere. I spent days under the trailer blocking off suspected entries, I would take a plastic soda bottle, cut it in half so the usable piece was the screw top, neck and partial bell. Slit that piece and the screw top so it will wrap around a pipe and act as a rat guard similar of what I saw on coconut trees out in the south pacific. Every penetrating water line, gas pipe and wire loom now has one but that just slowed them down.
Some time ago I read or heard that mice travel on theirs or others urine scented "highways" that generally lead to a food source or nesting/nesting supplies area. Since we usually only visit our dream property a couple of times a month, I had to come up with something to defile their scent trails under the trailer. I did wrestle with my concience for a while before I took this action so before I tell you what I did (going on two years now and we haven't had a single mouse invasion since) I must apologize to the green side of this forum-no, not the John Deere folks unless some of them are double green.
Bleach. Good old Clorox UNSCENTED bleach, full strength in a garden sprayer.
It doesn't take much at all, one quick pass around and under the trailer and I'm done. I do that just when we are packed up and leaving the property. I've since gotten an all plastic dedicated sprayer with no metal parts as bleach will over time clog up a metal wand so it must be thoroughly cleaned with fresh water after each use.
Our place is about ten miles west of Yosemite NP and we do respect those that have lived there before us but I draw the line at vermin. Here are a few of our neighbors at about seventy five yards out from our door:
Some time ago I read or heard that mice travel on theirs or others urine scented "highways" that generally lead to a food source or nesting/nesting supplies area. Since we usually only visit our dream property a couple of times a month, I had to come up with something to defile their scent trails under the trailer. I did wrestle with my concience for a while before I took this action so before I tell you what I did (going on two years now and we haven't had a single mouse invasion since) I must apologize to the green side of this forum-no, not the John Deere folks unless some of them are double green.
Bleach. Good old Clorox UNSCENTED bleach, full strength in a garden sprayer.
It doesn't take much at all, one quick pass around and under the trailer and I'm done. I do that just when we are packed up and leaving the property. I've since gotten an all plastic dedicated sprayer with no metal parts as bleach will over time clog up a metal wand so it must be thoroughly cleaned with fresh water after each use.
Our place is about ten miles west of Yosemite NP and we do respect those that have lived there before us but I draw the line at vermin. Here are a few of our neighbors at about seventy five yards out from our door:
