Quick question - How to keep mice out

[MaxwellD]

If mice can get onto the hydraulic arms of the slides wont they have free run inside the underbelly? Remedies?
Thanks,
Max

[mlh]

Mice can and will get go anywhere they won’t to go. You can stop up all the holes you can find. That will slow then down but you are not going to stop them. I’ve tried the noise makers. Some say they work but I put one in drawer with my eating utensils and guess what they did on my silverware. I keep my camper in the worst place possible beside my barn where we fattened cattle in the winter. Sometimes the mice get in it and some years they don’t. So don’t think just because you have kept them out for 6 months or a year you have won the war.
Lynwood

[Rondo]

As Lynwood stated the mice will find any way they can to get into your unit. Even a small hole less than an inch is prime space for them to enter. There are a whole lot of postings concerning mice and how to stop/prevent them from getting into a unit and how to eliminate them once they are in. Go to the Search Engine at the top of the page and type in mice in the unit or anything like that and you will find lots and lots of postings concerning this subject. Check them out and enjoy all the reading and advice giving in them. If you want to know what I use, Private Message me and I'll be happy to expond on what we use to keep them out at the farm.

[Daryles]

I used Gorilla tape to close up every hole in the frame I could find. Clean the surface first with alcohol for best adhesion.
I made templates with cardboard then cut out aluminum flashing and fit it around the legs of the hydraulic legs. You can't do that with the landing gear legs because the propane tanks have to vent, but you can use fine wire mesh to keep out bugs and mice.
I used stainless steel screws and clip on nuts to fasten the aluminum flashing to the J channel around the hydraulic legs.

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[Todd & Mary]

I closed up the bottom with gorilla tape also. We recently had mice, if they want in there is no way to keep them out short of entirely foaming the bottom of the rig. We put peppermint-soaked cotton balls in sandwich bags with holes punched in them in all the storage bays. Sticky traps and mouse traps (don't waste your money on the old fashion wooden traps they don't work) That has worked so far! good luck!

[MandK]

Originally Posted by MaxwellD

If mice can get onto the hydraulic arms of the slides wont they have free run inside the underbelly? Remedies?
Thanks,
Max

As others have said, they don’t need much of an opening to get in. Go around and plug every small opening with stainless steel or copper wool and foam and larger openings with sheet metal etc.
For your question about the ram openings, here is what I have done.
Materials are rubber mat, I carry a heavy duty fiber reinforced mud flap that I can cut up into pieces for various repairs, metal flat stock, I used angles, a couple self drilling screws, rubber flat washers, rubber grommet and a zip tie. The hole in the mud flap needs to be a little larger than the ram because the ram moves around as the slide goes in and out. That creates the need for the flat washers. I Cut everything to get it over the ram so that I didn’t have to remove the ram nuts. The rubber flat washers are glued together for rigidity and are a snug fit on the ram. I did this primarily for storage, but the rubber washers can be slid down the ram by hand to cover the hole when the slide is out. It’s a little bit more of a permanent solution than others and it’s been working for a couple of years now.

[jimcol]

Originally Posted by Todd & Mary

(don't waste your money on the old fashion wooden traps they don't work) That has worked so far! good luck!

The wooden traps won't keep them from getting in but they work very well after the mice have entered the rig. Got rid of many mice via the wooden traps. Placement is important and you must remain vigilant in checking them especially in the heat of the summer.