The "TACO WAGON" has arrived

[ultrarunner]

Would this work on cars stored inside?

I have the 67 Fleetwood in the shop... the mice have been relentless... so far the trunk has been spared and things I really need to keep vermin free I put in the cavernous trunk... camping equipment, sleeping bag etc.

Can't keep these things in the house as it is rented to tenants.

The paint on the Fleetwood is spotted from mouse urine... very sad.

I also found hanging or suspending shelves from the rafters works as does using new galvanized garbage cans for storage... I keep one with all my Stihl stuff and another for my painting tarps and leather tool belt...

Racoons did a number to my 1968 Mustang Convertible... they got into the car and did and attacked the upholstery... only time I have ever been afraid of a coon and it had to be rabid... the mangiest scrawny Momma racoon that charged me with teeth bared and dripping saliva... it sounded like a wild cat...

Then there are the bats... which I was able to screen out.

One thing I have learned about PNW living is the climate and environment is not kind to classic cars... the humidity, vermin and rain take a toll...

 

[oosik]

I don't know Ultrarunner. Here, when I open a hood, it exposes the engine compartment to the wx conditions. The engine compartment is no longer a safe, weather free, enclosed environment. However, I would sure give it a try. I mean, you have nothing to loose by trying this.

Also, right now I'm "whumping up" three new barn cats. They are currently lodged in my works shed - pheeew!!! I've left the door open so slowly but surely they are being introduced to the great out-of-doors. Barn cats are a very good solution to field mice. By this spring I will have a major job cleaning out the work shed. But hopefully I'll have three active mousers.

 

[Jim Nelson]

Would this work on cars stored inside?

I have the 67 Fleetwood in the shop... the mice have been relentless... so far the trunk has been spared and things I really need to keep vermin free I put in the cavernous trunk... camping equipment, sleeping bag etc.

Can't keep these things in the house as it is rented to tenants.

The paint on the Fleetwood is spotted from mouse urine... very sad.

I also found hanging or suspending shelves from the rafters works as does using new galvanized garbage cans for storage... I keep one with all my Stihl stuff and another for my painting tarps and leather tool belt...

Racoons did a number to my 1968 Mustang Convertible... they got into the car and did and attacked the upholstery... only time I have ever been afraid of a coon and it had to be rabid... the mangiest scrawny Momma racoon that charged me with teeth bared and dripping saliva... it sounded like a wild cat...

Then there are the bats... which I was able to screen out.

One thing I have learned about PNW living is the climate and environment is not kind to classic cars... the humidity, vermin and rain take a toll...

I keep my pick up in my shop building and had a real mouse problem, they were tearing the insulation blanket from under the hood and building nests in the air filter system. I read on this forum about leaving the hood open and it worked like a charm.

 

[ning]

I never realized how cold it is where you are...

South Sound it rarely snows and when it does it is gone by noon...

I lived in Spokane for a couple years a couple decades ago, and it was typically -5 to -10F at night both Jan & Feb I was there and didn't get above 15F during the day. Amazing snow, zero melting, so light and fluffy even a week after it fell!

Washington's climate is radically different east & west.

 

[oosik]

ning - for sure. The west side of WA is a costal, wet, rainy situation. Over here on the east side(EA of the Cascade mountains) it's a prairie situation. We are bone dry, dry winds, very little rain and our snow have a VERY low moisture content. It's more like goose down than snow.

 

[oosik]

I was just out in the Power Wagon for about an hour. I was able to call up the 2018 Power Wagon specific Owners Manual. Looking at info for features specific to the PW. 12,000# Warn winch, off-road suspension, locking front/rear differentials, connecting/disconnecting the front stabilizer bar, RamBox, Cargo Management system.

I didn't realize it has two rearward camera systems. One for backing up and another for checking the cargo area.

I'm about half way up the learning curve now.

 

[ultrarunner]

I love threads like this as there is always something to learn...

Will try the hoods-up approach on my next visit...

 

[oosik]

The entire "mouse situation" had me in rather a panic. I knew I was going to be getting the Power Wagon and worried about it and the mice. So glad to find a system, that so far, has worked just great. No nests, no chewed wires, no urine, no mice in the passenger compartment. It's just as though they aren't around. And as far as the vehicles are concerned - they aren't. They have never bothered the tractor - I think the engine compartment is too open. But you better believe the hood is UP on the tractor also.

Then this afternoon the Lab puppy found a mouse out in the orchard - under the snow. Boy, was it ever a great play thing. Up until the mouse had had enough and bit Olly right on the end of his nose. He let out with a loud yelp and had the funniest look on his face. Things were not supposed to go that way.
He began pawing the mouse. I think he ended up smashing it. It would no longer run and jump up - he lost interest.

 

[LouNY]

Curiosity, I've got to ask;
have you found your winch control?
does yours have the storage under the rear floor mats?

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^
Ruger caught a flying squirrel one spring; don't ask me how. I was out tapping trees when I noticed that he was playing with it... throwing it up in the air, then running over and catching it again. OTOH he gets pretty rough with the chickens yet knows better than to hurt them... the first time that he killed one was rather traumatic for him. He can't stand it when I'm mad at him, and that day he had to lie on his bed for hours, watching me outside working.