Squirrels in my F150!

[Gibbshooter43]

1 was told that spearmint in a net bag was a great deterrent. I'd had problems with mice building nests in the engine compartment and glove box so I tried it. Haven't had any since. Trouble is, doing so eliminates the cute little targets.

 

[WYO300RUM]

I had a rat chew some wiring in my truck once. Saw how he was climbing tire into engine compartment on a trail cam. My son's car they chewed up spark plug wires when it sat for a week. A mechanic told me to cut up a bar of Irish Spring soap and put in engine compartment. It worked. Never had another problem. Don't live there anymore .

 

[FrogFire7]

I had a rat chew some wiring in my truck once. Saw how he was climbing tire into engine compartment on a trail cam. My son's car they chewed up spark plug wires when it sat for a week. A mechanic told me to cut up a bar of Irish Spring soap and put in engine compartment. It worked. Never had another problem. Don't live there anymore .

My wife had trouble with mice in her car, so she put a bar of Irish Spring in one of the compartments... and the mice ate it not all of it but they were working on the one corner pretty good

 

[JGRJR]

Here is my F250 story. Went on vacation for a week. Came back to single digit cold. My truck has a remote start. Several try's with no start. Just slow cranking. I went out to put the charger on it and lifted the hood to find it full of pine cones. I mean full, right to the top of the hood. If the truck had started it would have almost certainly caught fire. It took me an hour and a step stool in the single digit weather to empty the pine cones.

No real damage but a bit of chewing on some insulation.

 

[WYO300RUM]

Forgot to say mine was a Ford F250 and son's was a Ford Taurus.

 

[Deleted member 107796]

Did you check for BATS IN YOUR BELFREY TOO!

If you end up at 60 without any, you're the first that I know of!
I even thank God that I still have the capacity to end questions with question marks!

 

[Pdvdh]

Reminds me of the time I went out to check for squirrels around my Ford F350s. Had the hood cracked open with a trickle battery charger running on one of them. As I approach, a squirrel head pokes out sideways, as if trying to figure me out?
RWS 48M air rifle to the rescue of the F350.

 

[LRNut]

I shot a Brown snake under my under my ute with 12g once, ended up needing a new fuel tank!
It was just a farm ute, couldn't work out why it was using so much fuel, then it clicked.

As soon as you said "ute" I knew you were from Oz...

 

[Muddyboots]

I was told to use Bounce dryer sheet to prevent mice boat over winter. Oh yeah, that worked great! Their nests made out of it smelled real nice

 

[Laelkhunter]

My son had his truck and wife's car wiring chewed up. Both repairs cost about a $1000 each, but fortunately for him his car insurance paid for it and a rental while they were in the shop. SO check with your insurance company if you haven't already done so.

 

[Ol' Red]

I had a customer that returned five times in about two years with wire harness to the transmission eaten. Rabbits would eat about 12" out of the harness. We finally wrapped the last harness in steel wool and aluminum foil. So far, so good.

Forgot to say mine was a Ford F250 and son's was a Ford Taurus.

I have a Taurus sitting at the shop. If you send a trailer over, you could use it as a decoy. then they will leave your rig alone.

 

[Bucklowery]

We got a cat, my wife hated cats before but we don't have rats or squirrels anymore and she says the cat is doing a fine job


Thanks

Buck

 

[WYO300RUM]

I had a customer that returned five times in about two years with wire harness to the transmission eaten. Rabbits would eat about 12" out of the harness. We finally wrapped the last harness in steel wool and aluminum foil. So far, so good.

I have a Taurus sitting at the shop. If you send a trailer over, you could use it as a decoy. then they will leave your rig alone.

Lmao ! He doesn't have that car anymore and moved to Col. Springs. Works for Lockheed on Peterson Air Base. Loves it there compared to Ft. Irwin in Barstow, Ca. for General Dynamics. No more training Army on drone strikes though I still remember the sound it made when cranked it over . Wires shorted and smoked . I said what the f ! Lol. I became the rat hunter/trapper after they got my truck.

 

[Muddyboots]

Maybe need to put owl decoy on hood?