I use mine to scare red-squirrels out of my wood-shed lean to. They were in there trying to chew through the shed wall into the main part of the shed the little &*&^%'s. I drove up to the wood pile and place the loader bucket againest it and rev up the engine. It's the only thing that works, they aren't scared of me at all but hate that diesel sound and vibration. After a while I just had to start it up and they were out of there. They finally moved on.