From: Thomas M McHugh (tmmchugh@msn.com)
Date: Sun Oct 30 2005 - 20:34:01 PST
An easy way to place Moth Balls is to save Plastic Mesh Onion bags. Cut
them & make many small bags & hang the Moth Balls around all possible entry
ways & areas that nests can be built. Under seats, under the hood, near
each wheel, near brake lines & wires.
When you remove them, put them into a closed container & reuse them when the
vehicle is sitting unused.
Tom McHugh, NJ
1952 M38A1
M-416 Trailer
MVPA, MTA, Red Ball
----- Original Message -----
From: "Everette" <194cbteng@bellsouth.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 7:22 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Eradicating the local rat population
>I agree about cats, and also have heard that mesh bags of moth-balls (
>paradichlorobezene ) placed in vehicles will keep them out of cushions etc.
>Put moth balls in an open top container not directly on cushions or painted
>surfaces. They work better if vehicle is such that cab is such that it can
>be closed so that fumes accumulate. However scattered around building they
>act as a repellent.
>
> E
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Buzz" <muttman@charter.net>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 12:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [MV] Eradicating the local rat population
>
>
>
> Cats are the way to go..... I encouraged a farow cat to take up residence
> on my
> property and before long there were no rodents, or rabbits in sight.
>
> Buzz
>
>
> On Wed, 2 Nov 2005 11:22:28 -0700, you wrote:
>>(1) "COKE" I've read that they drink it & DIE because they can't FAR*
>>(METHANE BUILD-UP & BOOM!) Wive's tale? Sounds too simple.
>>
>>(2) "SKUNKS" A friend of mine is taming a wild skunk which has killed
>>"many" rats in an old house. Trapped it, locked it in a building & feeds
>>it.
>>No spraying or aggressiveness from the skunk, hangs around & hunts.
>>
>>Really !!
>>
>>Good luck --- MISTYMTN
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Mark J. Blair, NF6X" <nf6x@nf6x.net>
>>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>>Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 8:47 AM
>>Subject: [MV] Detroit Diesel paint, Gama Goat filters, and rodent killage
>>
>>
>>> Do any of y'all know where I can get some suitable paint for touching up
>>> the light blue on my M561 Gama Goat's Detroit 3-53 engine? The local
>>> auto
>>> parts shop didn't have any engine paints that matched it well. I'm
>>> guessing that it's probably a standard color that was common on Detroits
>>> of that era.
>>>
>>> I'll probably want to replace all of my Goat's filters soon, too. If any
>>> of y'all have favorite sources, have recommended cross-references, etc.,
>>> I'd appreciate hearing about them.
>>>
>>> After letting it set for a year or two, I'm getting my Gama Goat running
>>> again. I live out in a rural area, surrounded by citrus groves and open
>>> fields. Various rodents are very common out here, and they love to nest
>>> inside vehicles. They make nests out of large sticks, insulation chewed
>>> off the insides of the vehicles, dog turds, various greenery, etc. Once
>>> they move in, the crap and pee all over everything, and fight off
>>> boredom
>>> by chewing on any any convenient wires. They chewed up the wiring in my
>>> Bobcat badly enough that it was immobilized until I made repairs.
>>> Opening
>>> the hood on my Goat, I found that the space between the fan and radiator
>>> is packed with sticks and greenery. It's gonna take me hours to clean it
>>> out enough to even try cranking the engine. Luckily, the only chewed
>>> wire
>>> I've seen so far is the spark plug wire for the air box heater, and
>>> that's
>>> not critical here because it never gets cold enough to need it.
>>>
>>> So, can anybody suggest ways to keep them out of my vehicles and/or die
>>> painful deaths? I cannot use poisons, because my dogs would be too
>>> likely
>>> to catch and eat poisoned rats, nosh on their poisoned corpses, etc.
>>> Eradicating the local rat population is an impossibility, because
>>> there's
>>> just way too much land around here that's very hospitable to them. Thus,
>>> I
>>> think my only remaining option is to convince them to live somewhere
>>> other
>>> than inside my vehicles.
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>> --
>>> Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x@nf6x.net>
>>> Web page: http://www.nf6x.net/
>>> GnuPG public key available from my web page.
>>>
>>>
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