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Securing an ATV at the lease
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Rats and mice have done some serious damage to atvs at the camp when left out.
Cargo trailer with a ramp. Sprinkle snake away at the lower door seam keeps little critters out.
A well hidden trail camera looking over camp also helps. Everyone loves tracking down a perp.
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Originally posted by rjet View PostWas my first thoughts also. Had them do $1400 worth of damage to my grizzly. Upgraded to a UTV and bought a cargo trailer to store it in for that reason.
They hit my ranger... was going to have to replace the entire harness as Polaris uses 1 piece harness but the mechanic had some extra plugs from old harnesses he took out. $100 later I was on my way.
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If I did not have an indoor secure area or if I could not trailer it I would hide it away from camp in the timber with a camo tarp over it. Rats can be a problem in some areas and not in others. We hunted around Thurber for about 20 years. The ranch trucks and atvs never had any rat chewing damage.
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When Googling the rat/mice problem with ATVs I saw lots of people saying to use mothballs, dryer sheets, peppermint oil and a product called FreshCab. There were just as many people saying none of those worked for them. The most inventive idea was a guy who said he parks his quad on top of some kind of wire mesh attached to a solar fence charger. I wonder if that would work?
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At my old lease, we were lucky to have not had a single theft in the 11 years I was there. One guy left his Ranger out there all the time. Another left his 4-wheelers during the season. I carried mine in the bed of my truck each trip.
The guy who left his 4-wheelers bought two big shipping crates with doors on them. He locked the ATV's up in there (granted, anyone with a crowbar could take the door off quickly).
He had $500 worth of mice damage to his wiring once, and another $350 another time.
For some reason, the Ranger sitting under a covering was never attacked by the rodents.
Mice also chewed up the little air tube in the gas tank on my ATV stored inside my barn at home.
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