Combines mice in cab of l3 gleaner

[JElB]

Pepermint oil works. Soak a cotton ball in peppermint oil and put it in a soda bottle cap. Need 4 or 5 in different places in the cab. Get peppermint oil from a trapping supply house, like; "The Snare Shop", Carroll, IA, Ph (712) 822-5318. 4 oz is $8 or pint for $21. lot cheaper than drug store. Good luck with the critters.

 

[Bruce]

Try using a Electronic Pest Repeller its called a PESTCHASER you can buy at Canadian Tire Stores. Run a cord up in the cab of the combine and plug it in make sure it is pointing at a metal service. The pestchaser gives off a noise that mice don't like put people can not hear. I put my in where the cab filter is. A man that stores old cars told me about it. Good luck Bruce

 

[MinnR62]

We put moth balls in every nook and cranny we can find, in the cab and in the rotor and grain bin, everywhere, have not had a mouse since. Now that I think of it,I better go double check tommorrow !

 

[T__langan]

Mothballs have always worked for us too. We also open EVERYTHING up so light can get in. Mouses, meese, mice, or whatever you call them don't like light! Open the overhead console, take the cab air filter out and leave that door open, and remove the fuse panel door. Stick mothballs in and around these places and the little bastards will be lookin' for happier homes. Also a good idea to open all the access doors to the separator, open the boots on the elevators etc. Then go out and start the machine up every now and again through the off season and run the separator. That really rocks their world and is good for the engine too. Good luck! Tom langan

 

[Ed_Boysun]

A lot of my neighbors use fabric softener sheets (Downy) stuffed in cracks and scattered around the cab. They smell a lot better than moth-balls too. My personal solution is a 4" X 6" hole cut in the wall of my pole barn and a sack of cat food every once in a while. Not only do the cats keep the mice out of the building they also let me leave the doors open during the day if I'm working in there and not worry about birds getting in. If a few do get in, it seems they have to sleep at night and the cats like to hunt at that time, Hmmm! Ed in MT

 

[bull_hauler]

yes Ed your right about the cats. We also run a truck line and had mice in the truck shop but not any more due to the cats. I thought someone might be able to tell me how to keep them from getting into the cab. like maybe closing up an hole or something where they get in I think they get in by the parking brake releaseIJ

 

[jim]

we have always stuffed BOUNCE sheets in every place possible seems to have worked for us

 

[c_k]

To bull hauler or anyone else it may concern. I to have fought mice in the cab just about every year in my N7. A couple spots we have found is in the front corners of the cab where the drain hoses for the ac run. We also removed the acces panel on the side of cab. Once inside, there is some insulation on the back side with silver lining. The mice ate right through at the bottom of this insulation at the floor. It is hard to see due to the shifter linkage and cables. We then removed the insulation to find that there are holes (from factory) behind it in the cab which lead to the space between cab and hopper. They were coming up between cab and hopper through the cab holes into side panel. Then they would go straight up the back side of the cab where the fresh air adjustment is into the cab filter area and then they were able to get to all the monitors. Nothing worse than pulling the tattle tales out and having one of the little bastards staring you in the face.(I have had it happen makes ya jump a little) On both these spots I used expand-a-foam and it has worked very well. There is one other spot I have sealed up. I did some light work and found when we pulled the cab overhang covers off they were full of mouse s--t. So I used foam where the light wires come into the top of the cab. From the looks of it they were having a pretty good time up there in the overhangs. It is all enclosed and DARK and seemed to be worse on the side opposite the door. If there is a place where they can get into the overhangs other than the first 2 spots I talked about, the area where the light wires come into the cab have to be sealed off to keep them out in the overhangs. I hope I explained this okay and didnt confuse anyone. I know there is nothing worse then having to run with the smell of mice wich seem to last forever. One last thing if I remember right the area where light wires come through can be sealed from inside the cab (dont have to remove overhang covers) with the extension tube you can put on the can of foam, and with your face up against the windshield looking up. I also said we removed the cab insulation, actually I think we were able to just move it ahead and glue it back in place, and the foam works well where all the cables come into bottom of cab. I hope this helps out

 

[c_k]

I did forget one thing, bounce for some reason never worked for me. The mice would shred it up and use it in there nests. I sometimes think my mice use steroids for the amount of damage they can do. I just pulled a car out of the garage after a year of storage and they had chewed completely through 1 plug wire along with some other damage. Talk with you later, c.k.

 

[mo]

c.k. is right on with his suggestions. Also during periods of storage remove all monitors in the overhead and let them hang by their wires. remove cab air filter. Remove ac fan. Put screws down through the speed nut which are used to hold the fan up. Then get some coupler nuts (a nut about 8 times as tall as a regular nut) the same size,10-32 I think. this set up makes it much easier to reinstall the fan as one is not playing hide and seek with the speed nut hole with a stiff neck and bifocals. I leave the dubious distinction of chief mouse expert to c.k.