[gleamer]

Any one had mice in the cab and a/c box of a 52,62,72 ?
If so, did you find out where they entered from and what will keep them out?

TIA
Gleamer

 

[milkman1]

We had them in our previous R52 and they were coming in around the wires entering under the counsol. They had the rubber seal chewed up so we caulked the opening shut and they ate that out. What finally stopped them from entering is we caulked the opening and then stuffed steel wool into the wet caulk. The combination of caulk and steel wool stopped them from chewing or pulling the stuffing out of the opening. Be sure you look and feel from all angles they do not take a very big hole to enter. Hope you find the hole the smell is not very pleasant the first few days of harvest. It is possible to keep mice out, the R52 we have now they have never been in.

 

[rednick]

I probably don't have to tell you this but be sure to take the cornhead off before you put combine away. It just makes a run way for mice to get in.

 

[gleamer]

Thanks for the advice about the console box, there was a nest in there as well but could not see an entry point but there must be.
The steel wool idea is very clever, thanks for sharing..

 

[jaymo]

Another tip for keeping mice out during storage is poison. I always put some Generation poison chunks in tuna cans and put one on top of the feeder house, one in the engine area and one in the cab, in case they manage to still get in. Works great, never had an issue since I started that practice.

 

[Snipe]

brake clean is also a very good repellent

 

[mwhacker88]

Poison is not the best idea in our case. The problem is that you put poison in the cab and then the mice chew stuff up trying to get into the cab to get to the poison. The thing we have found that has stopped all mice lately is moth balls. Just put some moth balls in the cab and in the bin or somewhere like that. Throw them out a couple days before harvest and the smell is gone and if some get into the combine it runs them out. It has been a huge success for us.