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EGRR... officers... RATS eat my registration

Kayteg1
Explorer II
Explorer II
no kidding



should have drive the pickup more often.
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FreebirdFlies
Explorer
Explorer
Not only do they chew wire insulation in very tough to replace spaces, but the dirty little rodents urinate extensively in tight places, too. Urine not only stinks, but is corrosive to metal, and, over time, particularly in humid climate, will initiate rust that will then continue on its merry way...

Rodents and vehicles are potentially a very bad combination!

tattoobob
Explorer
Explorer
Wow and I thought I had problems with a few mice in my shed, Oh and I scream like a little girl when I came across them
2005 Ford F350 SRW 4x4

2000 Lance 1010

deltabravo
Nomad
Nomad
finsruskw wrote:
Getting a new registration will be a piece of cake compared to locating and repairing/replacing chewed up and shorted wiring, If indeed (hopefully not) any of those problems crop up.


I can attest to that. Critters did $4500 in damage to wiring in one of my trucks. Then the shop that repaired the wiring did body damage to the truck, then the shop that repaired the body damage did even MORE body damage, and lied about it - they flat out denied doing the damage.
2009 Silverado 3500HD Dually, D/A, CCLB 4x4 (bought new 8/30/09)
2018 Arctic Fox 992 with an Onan 2500i "quiet" model generator

Kayteg1
Explorer II
Explorer II
I live in the woods and rats in the neighborhood are common as well as skunks and raccoons coming for dinner.
Having cars in carport, I did find rats droppings on top of the engines very often, but so far beside clogging air filter on ClasC years ago, they never did any damage.
What wonder me in this case is their taste for government documents.
Beside those papers I had a pouch with Ford manuals in the compartment and rats did not touch those.

finsruskw
Explorer
Explorer
Getting a new registration will be a piece of cake compared to locating and repairing/replacing chewed up and shorted wiring, If indeed (hopefully not) any of those problems crop up.

You better get on top of that problem before it (could) gets much worse. Wiring fires are no fun!! Plus, they really smell bad!!

Good Luck!!

pa_traveler
Explorer
Explorer
They ate fiberglass shroud under hood,glad they didn't get wires or hoses.Decon buffet.

jmckelvy
Explorer
Explorer
LOL! Better check to see if they destroyed anything else.

Some years ago I had rats (the BIG ones) chew up my boat while under the pole barn. They chewed the wiring (especially the red wires) and all the seats. They made a regular RAT Tah Mahal (sp?) under the V in the front of the boat. Took me months to get rid of them. They are pretty smart.
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coolmom42
Explorer II
Explorer II
Just so the dog didn't eat your homework.... LOL. Hope you can get a replacement registration with no problem.
Single empty-nester in Middle TN, sometimes with a friend or grandchild on board

jimh406
Explorer III
Explorer III
Kayteg1 wrote:
should have drive the pickup more often.


Or park somewhere else ... or set some traps.

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