Rodent nest in fan

[RideSlow2004]

My B-I-L has a 2003 5. 9 4x4 QC. When he parks in the yard, the rodents get in and build a nest in the blower/cage. I did a search here, but didn't find an answer, so:



Where are they getting into the truck?



Any suggestions on how to keep them out of the fan area?



It appears to be sealed up pretty well, but they still get in. He can park the truck on the gravel, and they leave it alone, but he wants to keep it under the cover, closer to the trees and grass, and does not like providing housing for the creatures.



Thanks, (and yes I have been bugging him to join the TDR. )

 

[mickeyblueyes]

They are tenacious, I have seen them build a nest in the exhaust of a Kumatsu Bulldozer. when we turned it over mice came flying out the exhaust stack like a cartoon.

 

[Blakers]

I have seen them go through the exhaust, then through valves that were open and build nests inside the cylinders of antique tractors. After 30 years of them doing this, the cylinders were so rusty that we had to have them bored and sleeved in order to restore the engine.

Blake

 

[Grizzly]

Set about 4 d-Con Bait under the engine bay on the ground where he parks his truck. That'll get rid of um.

 

[JMKnight]

My in-laws lived in Tucson,and had the rodent problem. They put a string of christmas lights inside the hood and plugged them in at night. It seemed th keep them out. Hope this helps J. M Knight

 

[CMeier]

Mice

I have had success with moth balls in a wire box under the hood.

 

[FTotts]

A hand full lf mothballs in the lid of a spray can or some other small container has always worked well for me too.

Fred T

 

[Champy]

Leave a 5 gal bucket out by the truck. Fill it half way with water; cover the water's surface with a nice selection of seeds - sunflower/pumpkin work best cause they float; then lay some short 2x4's from the ground up to the edge of the bucket; sprinkle some more (not many) seeds along the boards.



Mice eat the seeds work their way up the boards and when looking into the bucket believe they have found the mother load of all seed bins. Once they jump in to eat the seeds they cannot get out and eventually drown. Every so often you will need to empty the bucket.



BTW - Don't use Decon like products... . mice will eat it and then crawl up into their nest to die... . then your truck really stinks from the rotting corpses..... and you can't get them out easliy.

 

[Blakers]

I left a large bag of pistachios on the seat of my work truck one night. A mouse chewed through a fabric-like plug in the firewall and came into the cab. He took that whole bag of pistachios up into the headliner. The next day when I went to work, every time I turned a corner I heard nuts rolling around in the roof. They're still in there 3 years later.

 

[Grizzly]

Leave a 5 gal bucket out by the truck. Fill it half way with water; cover the water's surface with a nice selection of seeds - sunflower/pumpkin work best cause they float; then lay some short 2x4's from the ground up to the edge of the bucket; sprinkle some more (not many) seeds along the boards.



Mice eat the seeds work their way up the boards and when looking into the bucket believe they have found the mother load of all seed bins. Once they jump in to eat the seeds they cannot get out and eventually drown. Every so often you will need to empty the bucket.



BTW - Don't use Decon like products... . mice will eat it and then crawl up into their nest to die. ... then your truck really stinks from the rotting corpses..... and you can't get them out easliy.

Not totally true. Mice eat the d-CON, which makes them extremely thirsty, so they go look for water and then they die. Just keep a water source somewhere away and safe to collect dead mice.



Happy hunting, george