Combines R52 Mice in Cab

bucko

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Had some mice enter the cab of my N6 via the back of the main control console to the right of the seat. Came in thru the same places as the cables come in. Then up the cable conduit that is in the back right hand of the cab, along the air duct for the air con and in to the overhead tell tale console. There was a big discussion about mice in the cab not so long ago, you may be able to search back for it. There were a hell of a lot of ideas written about. have fun.
 

Tom_in_Michigan

Guest
Fresh Cab rodent repellent works. Pleasant smell and is effective. You can Google and order on line if you can't locate it locally in your favorite farm store. Tom
 

oldstruck

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Make sure it is FRESH !!!, I got some Fresh cab 4 years ago and it worked GREAT!!! I got some more from the Green dealer three years ago and I noticed the packs were not as "odorific" as in the past. The date on the box was more than a year old, when I got it. The mice noticed as well as I got one in our R42 cab. With this stuff in it and the cab closed. We have been trying Bounce dryer sheets as well, the last two years. I take a pencil and try to pus them part way in any opening, ( such as the cable access into the cab) leave enough to grab and pull out before using the machine. Since we have a concrete floor and a fairly clean shop, sweep the floor where the combine will be parked clean! Do not put a bunch of stuff around or under the machine in the off season. Mice like to keep under cover or stay next to walls and anything setting on the floor. I have been having better luck with: Taking the panels off both sides of our console. leaving the right hand window_panel open, and the door open. I also leave the buddy seat up and only leave the few tools we need to keep with the combine. No rags or paper towels in the cab. The manuals I keep with the combine, headers and operators, go in one of those smaller plastic file boxes and keep it closed, behind the console Make sure you dont leave a pop can or any food items in the cab, clean up any food or drink spills! Vacuum the cab out before letting it set, using compressed air will push seeds and chaff in nooks and crannies the only the mice will find, then they will gnaw their way to it. Also when I am putting the machine in for a spell, I blow out everything with compressed air. I also open up every hatch on the machine. the feeder house hatches, both the fronts and inside. Open the rock door, Open the rear doors on the processor, (I understand the hood has to be left open as well, and not everyone has a shop to store their machine in.) I open all the hathces in the the grain bin. like I said mice do not like to be exposed. give them as little cover as possible. Then get a couple cats. And place the cat box under the combine. (if you can tolerate cats!) One last thing, There are some other guys I know that use tin and place it around each tire. The tin is cut about 18" wide and long enough to go around whole tire. then bolted together. It seems to work, the mice can not climb the galvanized tin. One last note: don't kill any snakes around your buildings, unless it is poisonous. They eat more mice than you can imagine. But that doesn't do us much good in the winter. Back to catsIJ I hope this helps.
 

tbran

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what not to do - my wife bought a dresser at a yard sale. After installing it in the kids bedroom I left for the recliner. I heard a blood curdling scream at which the source was my wife who is deathly afraid of mice - pointing at a mouse bed in the lower drawer seething with tiny mice. One would poke out its head and then disappear in the ball of what look like quilt stuffing. She yelled get the mice poision - which took about 5 minutes to explain why that would not work. So an idea popped into the nogin. I turned off the lights - gave the wife a big 8 cell flashligh and I got the Hoover super sucker vacuum at ready. I told her to spotlight the mouse bed the minute the vac was turned on - she did and little mice ran everywhere- I sucked up every single one of them suckers!. Then I made a fatal mistake. I ran the metal tube up my wife's pants leg and yelled "oops there goes one"!. When I came to - (8 D dells in a magnalite ((heavy)) is an almost lethal weapon , expecially in the hands of a adrenalin infected po'd wife - my wife was standing on the top of the dresser. She made it in a single bound; I could see two of hers up there now. Then I made the second mistake. I told her since the vacuum was off the little mouses would come out the hose. About 15 seconds later I was thrown out in the carport and as I turned to plead my case the vacuum came out like a giant mortar. I caught it and heard the door slam and then lock. I spent the next hour like Fred Flinstone - banging on the door and yelling my wife's name -all to no avail. Dad's house was only a few miles away thank heavens...
 

posum

Guest
thanks tbran I havin't laughed that hard in a long time. It felt good. My incident was with a snake and ended with a shotgun pointed at me. Your charm makes this site the best site on the internet . Again thanks. Alan
 

NDDan

Guest
Totally lost my train of thought after that tbran. Oh yea there is a foam seal above the box that houses the heater and evaporator seal. If the little devils have found a way to get threw that foam the highway is open. I have not personally found this foam compromissed but have heard of it and had to check it a couple times. If foam is OK I just smear it with silicon so they will never try get threw it. Good luck
 

Gleamer

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Is the foam between the box and the floor of the cabIJ I also have checked every hose entry point, blower hoses as well and cant find any thing with a hole as big as a pencil. I am thinking of loading that thing up with scented rags of aftershave or something cheesy, dont want the mother in law to like it...
 

NDDan

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Yes between box and floor under cab. One Gleaner tech said he tacks in a 1" tall steel wall next to foam so they run into a road block if they get threw foam. I never have because I've never found foam compromissed. I do smear side of foam with silicon to make it less likely they ever try get threw. The couple machines we thought we must check must of had door open for we couldn't locate any other point where they were getting in.
 
 
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