Birds nest in pinbox.
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TravelTiger
Founding Texas-West Chapter Leaders-Retired
Heartland owners Monica and Don did this to theirs, I took pic of it at a rally.
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Shortest Straw
Caught In A Mosh
We have had two nests built in ours where we are sitting right now. They can build them pretty fast! I think I will implement this idea.
JohnDar
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Heartland owners Monica and Don did this to theirs, I took pic of it at a rally.
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And yet another mod to tackle! Last year, I had a Starling make a nest inside the overhang through a wire pass-through hole in the pinbox opening at the storage yard. Could hear the chicks in there, but no way to get them out. After moving the rig north and no longer hearing them, I sealed up the hole with Gorilla tape. It's a cruel world, I know.
A couple of years ago, we had one make a nest in the exhaust tubing for a bathroom fan on the side of the house. Drove the cats nuts until I got it out of there and put an exhaust vent with a grating on it.
TravelTiger
Founding Texas-West Chapter Leaders-Retired
We had a very prolific Wren working in ours between March 19 and April 8! 5 eggs sadly had to go. We put a piece of that silver bubble insulation sheet in the space for now.
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wdk450
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I had birds also building a nest in my rangetop vent about this time a few years ago. They would actually fly up, open the vent flap, and go up inside above than fan. After evicting the bird, I made up a bead chain mechanism to close and secure the outside vent flap from the inside.
Howdy!
I read on another site someone recommended taking a cheap beach ball and placing in the pin box area and blowing it up. Sounds like it would work, haven't tried it yep myself. We've had the same problem and wife just stuffs a towel in ours for now.
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Chiefneon
I read on another site someone recommended taking a cheap beach ball and placing in the pin box area and blowing it up. Sounds like it would work, haven't tried it yep myself. We've had the same problem and wife just stuffs a towel in ours for now.
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Chiefneon
JohnDar
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Wife would question why a bunch of redheads with Gaelic accents are hanging around the king pin.
DWChris
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Heartland owners Monica and Don did this to theirs, I took pic of it at a rally.
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Good idea. I've stuffed garbage bags and the birds will pull them out! How did you attach it?
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I battled barn swallows continuously making nests under our slides and in the pin box until I discovered that hanging some cheap windsocks (with the long, fluttering strips) would keep them away. I periodically had to go untangle the strips to keep them flapping properly but no birds nested while the windsocks were moving at all. For wasps, I bought a fake wasp nest at Lee Valley and hung it from the pin. They are territorial so will not build near another nest, even a fake one!
TravelTiger
Founding Texas-West Chapter Leaders-Retired
I think it's pretty stiff wire mesh cut around the junction box and bent to shape, just wedged into the space. I didn't see any attachment.
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wdk450
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On my pinbox screen, I cut the screen about an inch oversized on the sides, bent that over onto the metal, and used black Gorilla tape to secure it.
BTW, I now keep black, white and clear Gorilla tape in the trailer. The white is great for covering up/sealing stuff on the white fiberglass.
happykraut
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That sure would be the easiest method of getting rid of them if it works. I use the Irish Spring soap behind the basement wall and in the storage area to keep out mice. Never had one yet.
JohnDar
Prolifically Gabby Member
Here is our set of RV mouse traps . . .
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These guys won't eat the mousies . . . but will talk them to death!
Yeah, my two roving mousetraps will just stare them to death...if they come out from under the cabinets. It's not pleasant when the wife finds mouse doodoo in her underwear drawer. Been keeping them out the past couple of years by sealing any openings in the frame and spraying with the MouseFree.
