swtrailboss
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Jeep ride to offset the vet visit.
The TJ always seems to be the animal vet transporter! Lol
What did you do to your TJ today?
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The TJ always seems to be the animal vet transporter! Lol
Dude! Beautiful dog. Really good looking.
My LJR hard door is at 60” from the floor- my heeler can get in without touching the paint- then trashes the inside. Makes me so mad I just want to circumcise myself with toenail clippers.
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Sure enough- i got ready to leave my shop and a big ol’ honkin’ gopher rat bailed out of my TJR. I guarantee you he was admiring my Clayton control arms.
So far no signs of chewed wires, etc.
Man I can’t stand rats in my vehicles. Right now its loaded with rat repellent and peppermint spray.
Seem like I am fighting the universe lately-
Vette was crapped out, f250 had a coolant leak, LJR tranny has a T/C code, my TJR is smugglin’ a rat, my recievables are near 300,000 and I’m about to have a mild stroke, fired my wonderboy framer because he did not know what he was doing, and was sure he did.
To be fair-
I also have a thriving business, faithful workers. tons of clients, 2 cool TJs, an awesome wife who really loves me, fun kids, great friends , tons of energy and stamina and have only had one person die close to me in about 48 years.
I’m gonna kill me some rats.
@AndyG when we had a bad rat problem at our chicken coop & run, this thing worked well. You need to train them for a night or two with the door tied open, then we would get several each night. It comes with a drowning tank.
https://www.amazon.com/Rugged-Ranch-Ratinator-Multi-Catch-Release/dp/B00DTX3QD8/?tag=wranglerorg-20
https://www.amazon.com/Rugged-Ranch-Ratinator-Multi-Catch-Release/dp/B00DTX3QD8/?tag=wranglerorg-20
I'll overnight you a solution with no harmful chemicals. Just keep your fingers away from his mouth.
@TheBoogieman another question for you on your Nilights. Do you have the flood beam or the spot beam lights?
Wait.. What?
The rats are going in the Jeep?
Like.. you walk up to the Jeep to enter and a rat exits?
We're talking Willard kind of rats? Like, NY subway cat sized rats ??
Get yourself a terrier.
Side note...
Or if you're just wanting them gone, I took out 6 in one night with a rolling bottle trap in my garage. No more rats.
Home Depot bucket, empty water bottle, a coat hangar and some peanut butter.
Drill a hole in the top and bottom of the plastic water bottle. You can also use a soda can or anything like that.
Run the coat hanger through the holes so that the bottle spins freely on the coat hanger axle.
Put a small crimp in the hangar to keep the bottle centered.
Drill 2 small holes near the top of the bucket and put the coat hangar through the holes to suspend the bottle.
Smear some peanut butter on the bottle.
Fill the bucket about half full of water and then lean a board against the bucket for a ramp so the rats can climb up to get the peanut butter.
They walk out to the bottle to get the peanut butter, the bottle rotates and dumps them in the bucket of water.
Next morning, drowned rats.
Here's a video of it using a soda can.
I used a water bottle because it's easier for the rat to get up on it.
Side note...
Or if you're just wanting them gone, I took out 6 in one night with a rolling bottle trap in my garage. No more rats.
Home Depot bucket, empty water bottle, a coat hangar and some peanut butter.
Drill a hole in the top and bottom of the plastic water bottle. You can also use a soda can or anything like that.
Run the coat hanger through the holes so that the bottle spins freely on the coat hanger axle.
Put a small crimp in the hangar to keep the bottle centered.
Drill 2 small holes near the top of the bucket and put the coat hangar through the holes to suspend the bottle.
Smear some peanut butter on the bottle.
Fill the bucket about half full of water and then lean a board against the bucket for a ramp so the rats can climb up to get the peanut butter.
They walk out to the bottle to get the peanut butter, the bottle rotates and dumps them in the bucket of water.
Next morning, drowned rats.
Here's a video of it using a soda can.
I used a water bottle because it's easier for the rat to get up on it.
Wow - that is the very definition of an elegant solution to a problem. I love it!
Spotlights, though I doubt there's a difference in the pattern (Marketing). They're super bright for back roads and I'm shocked they've lasted this many years for the price and usage I've given them. 2-3 hours nightly for a few years. Not even one LED bulb has stopped working.
p.s. I did notice the other day that the red paint started to peel a little. I might just touch it up, send it to @Zorba for his nail painting skills, or buy new black ones. I think the price went up to $45 (new lights, not Zorba's painting fee). He ain't that cheap for a show and paint.
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Getting this top ready to paint and store - scraped on a rock in a squeeze ....
Yep- and its clean as a bean.....we have like 7 dogs- they run to the dog food then run like you know what to the closest hiding place ....its pretty fun to watch. My heelers and Todd the weiner dog go wild....
Spotlights, though I doubt there's a difference in the pattern (Marketing). They're super bright for back roads and I'm shocked they've lasted this many years for the price and usage I've given them. 2-3 hours nightly for a few years. Not even one LED bulb has stopped working.
p.s. I did notice the other day that the red paint started to peel a little. I might just touch it up, send it to @Zorba for his nail painting skills, or buy new black ones. I think the price went up to $45 (new lights, not Zorba's painting fee). He ain't that cheap for a show and paint.
Yep, it costs a lot of money to look this cheap! But more seriously, rattle can the thing.
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We did something similar in one of the shops I worked in while in the Air Force. No water though. Came in the next morning. And there were 4 field mice in the bucket. 3 were partially headless. Only a cavity where their brains once were.
We did something similar in one of the shops I worked in while in the Air Force. No water though. Came in the next morning. And there were 4 field mice in the bucket. 3 were partially headless. Only a cavity where their brains once were.
Yeah, if they're trapped together with no escape, they become cannibalistic.
Better to find them drowned in the morning.
Interesting/disturbing experiment...
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