[Rockhounds] Field Work Hazard? - Rodents are Chewing up Car Wires

[Glen Miller]

Paul, that is a good article about rodent damage to wiring. 

In Virgin Valley, NV, we have resorted to keeping our hoods up at night to deter
packrats and other rodents from damaging our vehicles. I had a windshield washer
tube eaten through, and others have had extensive damage from rodent chewing. 
Some of us used Decon for awhile, but we don’t use it much now because we don’t 
want any of our pets or neighboring predators killed by eating a poisoned rodent.
Leaving the hood up at night seems to keep the animals from chewing wiring or starting
to build nests.

Glen M

> On Feb 18, 2018, at 12:36 PM, Paul <etchplain at att.net> wrote:
> 
> This might seem off-topic, but it might apply to vehicles used in the
> field for rock and fossil hunting.
> 
> Why Rodents are Chewing up Car Wires and What You Can Do to Prevent it.
> https://www.wheels.ca/news/rodent-damage/
> 
> Every farmer knows that vermin nesting in a warm engine bay is yesterday’s
> news. What is troubling is the growing volume of online stories about
> rodents chewing up expensive wiring looms that keep Audis, Hondas,
> Toyotas and Volvos running
> 
> Yours,
> 
> Paul H.
> 
> 
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