Mice and trucks don't mix ..... what to do?

[Randy Madden]

Is this pretty common in south/west Texas? I’ve never seen or heard this up here in east Tx

[SaintBlaise]

I've read here that a lot of guys will put a light under their hood. They hook it up to a solar panel to keep the battery.

[Dc78]

I have lease truck. I put peppermint oil in snuff can with holes punched in it. Have lost one distributor wire in 9 years. Just freshen after I use truck, usually at lease once month in off season.

[S-3 Ranch]

I have lease truck. I put peppermint oil in snuff can with holes punched in it. Have lost one distributor wire in 9 years. Just freshen after I use truck, usually at lease once month in off season.

Good idea the snuff can , do you use cotton or paper towels inside

[Bayouboy]

Is this pretty common in south/west Texas? I’ve never seen or heard this up here in east Tx

Happens regularly in E Tx.

[MisterB]

Get you a steel 3 inch pipe four feet long or so and lie it on the ground near your truck and keep it filled with Tom cat green blocks.

[dfkoon]

I had it happen during a 3 day period when I was parked at camp. They got into and made a nest in the air vent for the a/c. Turned on the fan and sucked the nest into it. That fan never worked right after.

[waterdog]

know a guy that took some Feedlot Panels tie them to gather and park his truck on top of them and hook up a fence charger to the panels. he never had anymore mice problem.

[jds247]

I had a rat get under the dash of a new tractor. Chewed the dang wires off at the guages.. wife started feeding a stray cat and now the mice end up on the door step.. they haven't got into the tractor again..

[Leemo]

Pop the hood when you park it and throw some moth balls under it. There are a few threads on this topic with great suggestions too.

I put a paper plate full under the hood

[dfkoon]

I had a rat get under the dash of a new tractor. Chewed the dang wires off at the guages.. wife started feeding a stray cat and now the mice end up on the door step.. they haven't got into the tractor again..

I'm beginning to think a camp cat is not a bad idea. Don't have quail near us anyways.

[sasqy]

Just tie the cat to your engine block and don’t feed !
Problem solved.

[RifleBowPistol]

Is this pretty common in south/west Texas? I’ve never seen or heard this up here in east Tx

You have never heard of rats, squirrels or mice eating up stuff under the hood of trucks? I thought it happened everywhere those rodents exist, it's very common here.

[Randy Madden]

You have never heard of rats, squirrels or mice eating up stuff under the hood of trucks? I thought it happened everywhere those rodents exist, it's very common here.

Ive never known anyone around here to have this problem. I’m sure it happens, just never seen or heard of it around here.

[S-3 Ranch]

We had porcupines eat all the wires and hydraulic hoses off a bulldozer, so if you got them watch out