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CG · 02-23-2022, 06:57 PM

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CG · 02-23-2022, 06:59 PM

If you cant beat em join em!

**Grumpy old man** · 02-23-2022, 07:29 PM

Be Careful ! it could be BEN !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxv0ZNXvmqk

**Grumpy old man** · 02-23-2022, 08:10 PM

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**raggedjim** · 02-23-2022, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

I have tried these.

The mice pooped on them, I assume in a show of defiance.

K

Ha! I bought one of those owls that are supposed to keep birds away from your garden. Birds perched and pooped on it!

**knuckle-nurse** · 02-23-2022, 11:18 PM

Not many rats in this part of Canada(a few 2 legged ones) but lots of mice. I use mothballs to kick the mice out....make some trays out of aluminum foil, fill with mothballs and set in cab and they will be gone in no time.
I have trays of mothballs in all my vehicles that sit outside or in the non sealed buildings.
When I vacuum out their handy work I use a shop vac with the extra long hose (got from Home Depot) keeps the vac exhaust well away from you.

custom10nut · 02-24-2022, 12:05 AM

Large sticky sheet with a piece of Tootsie Roll is what I use put it ion either floorboard.
With the amount of Green Poison blocks you said have been consumed, you have/had more than one rat.

Thealien · 02-24-2022, 07:27 AM

Peppermint oil. Use liberally and they will leave on their own. It will also help cover up the smell for a while until you can get it cleaned.

**kev2809** · 02-24-2022, 08:31 AM

a huge rat trap with peanut butter mixed with poison. if it's only 1, it will get him. but if there's more, after killing a few they learn not to eat the poison or mess with the traps

MARKDTN · 02-24-2022, 08:34 AM

No luck with the bucket trap last night. May go another night with it or may go to ozone, I have not decided yet.

**dave6672** · 02-24-2022, 09:04 AM

Good luck, it will be worth it once you've gotten them them out and cleaned the truck. I would definitely pressure wash it, that way you wash out all of the nastiness left behind and don't make it airborne by sweeping/vacuuming.

MARKDTN · 02-25-2022, 04:30 PM

So yesterday afternoon I found it dead beside the truck. I still put in 2 glue traps and 2 Vicktor spring traps with peanut butter and the 5-gal bucket trap is still there just in case. Hopefully the rats are gone, but if not I still have traps active. If no action in a few days, I will vacuum then ozone and then throw some moth balls in there.

Thealien · 02-25-2022, 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MARKDTN

So yesterday afternoon I found it dead beside the truck. I still put in 2 glue traps and 2 Vicktor spring traps with peanut butter and the 5-gal bucket trap is still there just in case. Hopefully the rats are gone, but if not I still have traps active. If no action in a few days, I will vacuum then ozone and then throw some moth balls in there.

In my humble opinion you will want to tear everything from that interior out down to the bare metal. Clean everything good and reassemble with anything that is not destroyed from the rats defecating on everything.

**michael bustamante** · 02-25-2022, 05:55 PM

get the neighbors cat and lock hiim in there, may the best animal win

1970 CST · 02-25-2022, 06:19 PM

Mark,
Glad to hear you got your rat. It is amazing how desctructive they can be. I'd bet $100 that you couldn't stop smiling when you found him dead.

**Rich72C10** · 02-25-2022, 06:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MARKDTN

So yesterday afternoon I found it dead beside the truck. I still put in 2 glue traps and 2 Vicktor spring traps with peanut butter and the 5-gal bucket trap is still there just in case. Hopefully the rats are gone, but if not I still have traps active. If no action in a few days, I will vacuum then ozone and then throw some moth balls in there.

what no photos? 🐀 🐀 🐀

**raggedjim** · 02-26-2022, 12:06 PM

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**kev2809** · 02-26-2022, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Rich72C10

what no photos? 🐀 🐀 🐀

lol right??

when I would get lucky and snap one I'd take a pic of it and gross the kids out with it....or actually grab it and chased them around the house with it. good times

pappy 2 · 02-27-2022, 11:48 AM

Once you get rid of the rodents and cleaned up, Use "Odor Xit" and spray the whole cab, everywhere you found traces of the rat or mice. This stuff works great for all orders.

52napco · 02-27-2022, 12:35 PM

I have had issues here and after trying everything known to mankind it dawned on me........
A few times a year I crank one of the old trucks , make sure all doors and windows are shut good and let it run all night,..carbon monoxide kills the hell out of them or they just leave.

Daves70 · 02-27-2022, 11:38 PM

Coffee grounds will help with the smell. But that whole interior and heater box has to come out and cleaned. Wear a mask, it's nasty $%&#.

MARKDTN · 03-01-2022, 09:35 AM

(probably last) update-as of this morning there are no other traps tripped or rodents stuck in glue or in the bucket. Maybe there was just the one? I'm going to get in there this weekend and clean. The smell inside is really more like a hay barn than anything offensive. May stick the ozone machine in there Thursday night. Appreciate all the advice and encouragement.

I don't have a photo, but the body was about the length of a square-point shovel. Maybe not quite as big as I first thought-but as with many of life's problems, perhaps it just seemed bigger than it really was.

Caddylackn · 03-01-2022, 01:34 PM

Please dispose of that dead sucker properly.

The problem with poison is the rat dies somewhere, then gets found and eaten by a cat or dog, and that animal will get sick from the poison inside the rat and die also. Vets have an anti-dote for most rat poisons but sometimes its too late to save your pet.

Yes rats and mice can carry hantavirus, but not all of them have the virus, only a small percentage. Just use a dusk mask during cleaning.

Yank out the seats and panels, and disconnect battree. Wear a dusk mask, everybody has those now, and spray the inside of the cab down with soap and water then scrub with a soapy rag and rinse. Then suck it all out with a shop vacuum. Its the fine dust that has the hantavirus, so once its wet you can't inhale it. Clean out all the heater ducts with a shop vaccuum. You can put an extra hose on the exhaust on the vacuum and shoot it away from the truck

When all the crap is gone, evaluate the condition of the wire harness.

**Zonaman** · 03-01-2022, 04:27 PM

Maybe you nipped it in the bud . Best you can do is get the respirator and gloves on, clean it up and keep your eyes open. Good luck🤞

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02-23-2022, 07:29 PM	#28
Grumpy old man Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Gods country East,Tn Posts: 8,545	Re: How to get rid of a rat in new-to-me truck Be Careful ! it could be BEN ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxv0ZNXvmqk __________________ 1967 Factory short bed - Old school '71 - 350 / 4bolt / 487 heads / Edelbrock C3BX Muncie M-22 4 speed / Hurst Comp plus Factory 12 bolt posi 3.73 / 255-70-15 Smoothed firewall / Factory cowl induction Power disc brakes / power steering / 3.5-5" drop

02-23-2022, 08:10 PM	#29
Grumpy old man Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Gods country East,Tn Posts: 8,545	Re: How to get rid of a rat in new-to-me truck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2lNR4L_JEQ __________________ 1967 Factory short bed - Old school '71 - 350 / 4bolt / 487 heads / Edelbrock C3BX Muncie M-22 4 speed / Hurst Comp plus Factory 12 bolt posi 3.73 / 255-70-15 Smoothed firewall / Factory cowl induction Power disc brakes / power steering / 3.5-5" drop

02-23-2022, 11:18 PM	#31
knuckle-nurse Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Tugaske SK Canada Posts: 286	Re: How to get rid of a rat in new-to-me truck Not many rats in this part of Canada(a few 2 legged ones) but lots of mice. I use mothballs to kick the mice out....make some trays out of aluminum foil, fill with mothballs and set in cab and they will be gone in no time. I have trays of mothballs in all my vehicles that sit outside or in the non sealed buildings. When I vacuum out their handy work I use a shop vac with the extra long hose (got from Home Depot) keeps the vac exhaust well away from you.

02-24-2022, 12:05 AM	#32
custom10nut Registered User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: East Tn (In the heart of the Smoky Mtns) Posts: 1,846	Re: How to get rid of a rat in new-to-me truck Large sticky sheet with a piece of Tootsie Roll is what I use put it ion either floorboard. With the amount of Green Poison blocks you said have been consumed, you have/had more than one rat.

02-24-2022, 07:27 AM	#33
Thealien Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Pine Ridge Florida Posts: 4,126	Re: How to get rid of a rat in new-to-me truck Peppermint oil. Use liberally and they will leave on their own. It will also help cover up the smell for a while until you can get it cleaned. __________________ Click on my Not really a build thread, yet NOT SO RUST FREE RUST FREE BLAZER LS ENGINE SWAP INFORMATION THREAD BOLT RESTORATIONS 4l60 to an NP205

02-24-2022, 08:31 AM	#34
kev2809 low n' slo Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: rosenberg, texas Posts: 5,133	Re: How to get rid of a rat in new-to-me truck a huge rat trap with peanut butter mixed with poison. if it's only 1, it will get him. but if there's more, after killing a few they learn not to eat the poison or mess with the traps __________________ 67 1/2 ton Suburban - Project DRGNWGN. Build thread -_--_--_ _________ _--_-_ -/____\|__\|__\__ ,.,,,.,.,,.,\|_O _______ O_]

02-24-2022, 08:34 AM	#35
MARKDTN Registered User Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Chattanooga, TN Posts: 2,133	Re: How to get rid of a rat in new-to-me truck No luck with the bucket trap last night. May go another night with it or may go to ozone, I have not decided yet. __________________ '83 K20-TPI '73 C10 '79 C10-ex-diesel(SOLD) '07 Tahoe(Son driving) '14 Suburban-DD '71 C10-current project

02-24-2022, 09:04 AM	#36
dave6672 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Carrollton, KY Posts: 1,174	Re: How to get rid of a rat in new-to-me truck Good luck, it will be worth it once you've gotten them them out and cleaned the truck. I would definitely pressure wash it, that way you wash out all of the nastiness left behind and don't make it airborne by sweeping/vacuuming. __________________ Dave R. 1972 K20 1972 C20 Highlander 1957 Chevy 210 Delray 1967 C10

02-25-2022, 04:30 PM	#37
MARKDTN Registered User Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Chattanooga, TN Posts: 2,133	Re: How to get rid of a rat in new-to-me truck So yesterday afternoon I found it dead beside the truck. I still put in 2 glue traps and 2 Vicktor spring traps with peanut butter and the 5-gal bucket trap is still there just in case. Hopefully the rats are gone, but if not I still have traps active. If no action in a few days, I will vacuum then ozone and then throw some moth balls in there. __________________ '83 K20-TPI '73 C10 '79 C10-ex-diesel(SOLD) '07 Tahoe(Son driving) '14 Suburban-DD '71 C10-current project

02-25-2022, 05:55 PM	#39
michael bustamante Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Albuquerque NM Posts: 7,814	Re: How to get rid of a rat in new-to-me truck get the neighbors cat and lock hiim in there, may the best animal win __________________ 1967custom

02-25-2022, 06:19 PM	#40
1970 CST Registered User Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: New Paltz NY Posts: 58	Re: How to get rid of a rat in new-to-me truck Mark, Glad to hear you got your rat. It is amazing how desctructive they can be. I'd bet $100 that you couldn't stop smiling when you found him dead.

02-26-2022, 12:06 PM	#42
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02-27-2022, 11:48 AM	#44
pappy 2 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: ord, NE. Posts: 99	Re: How to get rid of a rat in new-to-me truck Once you get rid of the rodents and cleaned up, Use "Odor Xit" and spray the whole cab, everywhere you found traces of the rat or mice. This stuff works great for all orders.

02-27-2022, 12:35 PM	#45
52napco Registered User Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: upstate sc Posts: 2,098	Re: How to get rid of a rat in new-to-me truck I have had issues here and after trying everything known to mankind it dawned on me........ A few times a year I crank one of the old trucks , make sure all doors and windows are shut good and let it run all night,..carbon monoxide kills the hell out of them or they just leave.



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02-27-2022, 11:38 PM	#46
Daves70 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Mt Brydges Ontario Posts: 180	Re: How to get rid of a rat in new-to-me truck Coffee grounds will help with the smell. But that whole interior and heater box has to come out and cleaned. Wear a mask, it's nasty $%&#.

03-01-2022, 09:35 AM	#47
MARKDTN Registered User Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Chattanooga, TN Posts: 2,133	Re: How to get rid of a rat in new-to-me truck (probably last) update-as of this morning there are no other traps tripped or rodents stuck in glue or in the bucket. Maybe there was just the one? I'm going to get in there this weekend and clean. The smell inside is really more like a hay barn than anything offensive. May stick the ozone machine in there Thursday night. Appreciate all the advice and encouragement. I don't have a photo, but the body was about the length of a square-point shovel. Maybe not quite as big as I first thought-but as with many of life's problems, perhaps it just seemed bigger than it really was. __________________ '83 K20-TPI '73 C10 '79 C10-ex-diesel(SOLD) '07 Tahoe(Son driving) '14 Suburban-DD '71 C10-current project

03-01-2022, 01:34 PM	#48
Caddylackn Registered User Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Bremerton, WA Posts: 171	Re: How to get rid of a rat in new-to-me truck Please dispose of that dead sucker properly. The problem with poison is the rat dies somewhere, then gets found and eaten by a cat or dog, and that animal will get sick from the poison inside the rat and die also. Vets have an anti-dote for most rat poisons but sometimes its too late to save your pet. Yes rats and mice can carry hantavirus, but not all of them have the virus, only a small percentage. Just use a dusk mask during cleaning. Yank out the seats and panels, and disconnect battree. Wear a dusk mask, everybody has those now, and spray the inside of the cab down with soap and water then scrub with a soapy rag and rinse. Then suck it all out with a shop vacuum. Its the fine dust that has the hantavirus, so once its wet you can't inhale it. Clean out all the heater ducts with a shop vaccuum. You can put an extra hose on the exhaust on the vacuum and shoot it away from the truck When all the crap is gone, evaluate the condition of the wire harness. __________________ 1969 Custom Camper C20; Factree Air, 350/TH400/Dana 70U with C30 wheel cylinders, Disk brakes, H4 conversion, headlight relay mod, 3G 135 amp alternator. 7500 GVW

03-01-2022, 04:27 PM	#49
Zonaman Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Chandler, AZ Posts: 510	Re: How to get rid of a rat in new-to-me truck Maybe you nipped it in the bud . Best you can do is get the respirator and gloves on, clean it up and keep your eyes open. Good luck🤞 Attached Images __________________ 69 C-10 LWB, 350, 700r4, 3.73 posi-traction, front disc brakes. Built for the desert- She can take the heat! Vivat Rex Chevus!

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