Thread: Winter Storage Questions

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Originally Posted by Hot Rod Nick

I forgot to add that my new garage being built will have a "man cave" including half decent sleeping quarters so I might consider hiding a cougar in there since my wife has never set foot in our garage.

You are a brave man! To even type that has now set into motion a series of events that, well..... Your future should prove interesting!

Nick, if you have my luck she'd walk in the first day you had your new cougar friend and you'd be well on your way to divorce court.

Originally Posted by Hot Rod Nick

^ I've dated some cougars and even though they seem to be especially brave with men, most of them are still sort of terrified by mice.

They seem to really like chipmunks, devouring them on sight. But it's OK, I really don't mind have a cougar eat my chipmunk.

Mothballs work inside the vehicle. But there is a good way to rid your space of mice before they bother your vehicle. An acquaintance of mine has a cabin in northern Michigan, and he came up with a rather ingenius way to take care of mice that would inevitably work their way into the cabin during the fall and winter. He took a five-gallon plastic bucket and rigged a metal rod and an aluminum that attached on top of the bucket. He then placed an inch of anti-freeze in the bottom. Mice would be attracted to the anti-freeze, and when they jumped onto the can, it spun them into the bottom of the bucket, and the anti-freeze does the rest. Several other guys on the RRT have constructed their own versions of his device and claim it works very well.

I just saw a fat mouse run under my tool box yesterday and I do believe I'm going to give this a try! Stupid mice!

Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe

I just saw a fat mouse run under my tool box yesterday and I do believe I'm going to give this a try! Stupid mice!

Well, if it's a fat mouse... don't make those ramps to steep or else it'll just be a tease!

Originally Posted by 34_40

Well, if it's a fat mouse... don't make those ramps to steep or else it'll just be a tease!

I bet if I put another $350 Cummins repair manual in thetool box again, those SOB's will be in there like yesterday! It's amazing the tiny places those pecker heads squeeze into!

They say if you can get a nickel in they can get in. We get them chip monks in the shop at times but there is nothing in there for them to eat so they don't stick around. Anti freeze is in a pan under the bench just incase they need a drink.

Originally Posted by Hot Rod Nick

I forgot to add that my new garage being built will have a "man cave" including half decent sleeping quarters so I might consider hiding a cougar in there since my wife has never set foot in our garage.

Why not invite your wife to pet the cougar with you?

Originally Posted by 36 sedan

Why not invite your wife to pet the cougar with you?

Here Kitty Kitty Kitty...

LOL! You know we are evil......

Originally Posted by 36 sedan

LOL! You know we are evil......

Wellllll..... maybe a little naughty!

Originally Posted by 36 sedan

Why not invite your wife to pet the cougar with you?

Maybe some adult beverages before you ask the question are in order?

Sorry I've been tied up ...errr I mean busy. But thanks for all the great suggestions

I've seen that bucket with a ramp and spinning can work pretty good. Earlier today in work one of the guys said he sees an unusually large number of dead mice along his jogging trail and was wondering why and another guy, sounding authoritative, claimed that some poisons make them want to come out in the open for relief. Wonder what that could be? I had bad experience with poisoned mice hiding in walls, dying, and then stinking the place up for a few days unless I wanted to rip out part of the wall...don't want to do that in the garage.

Thanks for all the reply's...I ended up using a 2 pronged strategy...I ordered some of the Critter repellant referenced in one of the earlier posts, they included a bunch of little nylon sleeves that you tie off one end, fill it and then tie off the other end and end up with a little golf ball sized nylon bag of their repellant...I ended up making about 20 of those balls and hanging them with zip ties at different places on the truck...4 or 5 in the engine compartment, two or three under the seats, two or three under the dash, one in the glove box, and one in the end of each of the exhaust pipes...has kind of a strong peppermint smell that supposedly all small animals and rodents do not like.
Also took 4 small Rubbermaid containers and punched 3-4 holes in the lid and put about 6-10 moth balls in each and put them under the four corners of the vehicle...finally took the "critter-away" stuff and sprinkled a perimeter all around the vehicle.
I'll let you know how it works next spring.