Two winters ago on the way home from Arizona we had a rubber piece that hand been chewed on around our fan fairing which got caught in the radiator fan, breaking of a blade and sending it through the radiator that cost right at two grand to repair. Let me now fast forward to this past winter while at Usery Mountain Park and noticed many trucks and RV's with clear tube white lights on the ground around their rigs at night. I asked my wife is this a new decorating trend? I then spotted another camper using these lights walking by and asked him. He told me to open my hood for an explanation. There on the back of my dura max engine block was a mound of insulation chewed off my fire wall. I reached in to remove it and got a handful of Buckhorn cactus pieces stuck to my fingers. He explained the Pack Rat problem and told me that the rats will not cross the lights. I have to believe him and am wondering have any of you experienced damage from these critters. I now know who and where our truck was damaged the year before.

The lights will somewhat repel pack rats. In the rodent genus Neotoma ONLY. This is anecdotal evidence only. There are no scientific studies that will verify this.

Maybe it wasn't pack rats?And, maybe I watch too many Stephen King movies. :)

I had squirrels, rats, or something chew wires and vacuum hoses on my previous truck three times. And built nests there. Bought Critter Ridder at Home Depot, sprayed all around under hood, and no more problem.

Our co-camp host had them all around his MH. I saw rodents (golden mantle squirles, Thompson tree squirles) running over them with total disregard. Waste of money!

spray coyote urine around the engine and that will keep them away guaranteed. just the smell will also keep you away. so just put the urine on cotton balls and remove them when you drive off. the heat will make the urine unbearable if you forget.

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Houston_Remodel
Explorer
Jun 30, 2015
We use live Jack Russells to repel, catch, and kill any rats, mice, opossums, snakes, frogs, cats, birds, lizards, or tree roaches that can get their teeth around.

Getting the dogs not to eat them afterwards can be tricky. The first thing we taught them was not to lick our faces. We know where their mouths have been.
CavemanCharlie
Explorer III
Jun 30, 2015
Water-Bug wrote:
old guy wrote:
spray coyote urine around the engine and that will keep them away guaranteed. just the smell will also keep you away. so just put the urine on cotton balls and remove them when you drive off. the heat will make the urine unbearable if you forget.

And coyote urine is available where? Not many people keep a pet coyote and even fewer have them trained to pee in a bottle.

I guess that would depend on what sort of coyote you are talking about.
Water-Bug
Explorer
Jun 30, 2015
old guy wrote:
spray coyote urine around the engine and that will keep them away guaranteed. just the smell will also keep you away. so just put the urine on cotton balls and remove them when you drive off. the heat will make the urine unbearable if you forget.

And coyote urine is available where? Not many people keep a pet coyote and even fewer have them trained to pee in a bottle.
old_guy
Explorer
Jun 30, 2015
spray coyote urine around the engine and that will keep them away guaranteed. just the smell will also keep you away. so just put the urine on cotton balls and remove them when you drive off. the heat will make the urine unbearable if you forget.
donn0128
Explorer II
Jun 29, 2015
Our co-camp host had them all around his MH. I saw rodents (golden mantle squirles, Thompson tree squirles) running over them with total disregard. Waste of money!
BB_TX
Nomad
Jun 29, 2015
I had squirrels, rats, or something chew wires and vacuum hoses on my previous truck three times. And built nests there. Bought Critter Ridder at Home Depot, sprayed all around under hood, and no more problem.
gbopp
Explorer
Jun 29, 2015
Maybe it wasn't pack rats?

And, maybe I watch too many Stephen King movies. :)
Dog_Folks
Explorer
Jun 29, 2015
The lights will somewhat repel pack rats. In the rodent genus Neotoma ONLY. This is anecdotal evidence only.

There are no scientific studies that will verify this.

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