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I've been heavily debating on what to do for the winter. Obviously, inside is best, and I do have a shed big enough. But mice have always been a problem for anything I've parked in there, so I've been hesitant to park the camper in the shed.
I have room outside, but I hate the idea of it sitting out all winter. Plus even if I get a cover, ill have the same rodent problems with it sitting outside.
Well, winter is coming tomorrow, so it can't sit in the driveway anymore so I pulled the trigger and moved everything in the shed around to put it in the shed. No big deal, just moving 2 pickups, 2 tractors and a car, but. In the shed she went!
So what's the best way to keep the mice out of the winter "sealed" bottom? I'm fairly confident I can keep them out of the inside with the fresh cab, but I'm worried about then getting up under the bottom insulation.
I'm strongly considering building some plywood bases and putting it up on jackstands and taking the wheels off. Experience tells me that mice can't climb jackstands, so it might be worth the work to do it.
Now I just have to move the two pickups again and get all the stuff out of it!
Man, it is amazing what mice can do. I think the task is almost an impossible one and I am not sure the old home remedies do much. We set multiple traps and check them periodically.
Man, it is amazing what mice can do. I think the task is almost an impossible one and I am not sure the old home remedies do much. We set multiple traps and check them periodically.
Steve
Ain't that the truth. I believe mice can get anywhere. As stated, I remove all food and use combination of traps and poison.
Metal screens go over air filter boxes on cars/trucks whether they get run everyday or not.
Speaking of tractors, I've started parking them in neutral thanks to mice getting into the wiring. I've heard of mice shorting the wires and starting tractors. They've already chewed some wiring in dashes of the tractors.
We put a number of the ultrasonic devices in our basement to help get rid of an infestation when we bought our house. Those, along with many, many traps seemed to do the job. No mice since.
For some reason, controlling them in the house is easier. Not sure if it is the constant activity that helps keep them away or what, but we rarely get them in the house. But the sheds and garages.... Different story.
I've all but given up trying to control the population. They are literally made to reproduce and keeping ahead of nature is rough indeed. So I'm stuck with defense.
I'm confident in the fresh cab. It will keep them out of the inside and compartments. But I'm really worried about the under belly. If they get in there, I'll never know until I find the stuff they chewed not working.
Thinking about getting a bunch of steel wool and trying to stuff that in all the nooks and crannies and gaps in the underbelly insulation. I think steel wool is about the only thing they wont chew through.
Maybe I'm worried about nothing. But having that insulation on the bottom just seems like an invitation for mice.
