Storing sleds in enclosed trailers

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This will be the first time storing my sleds in the clamshell trailer I bought and I just wondered what other guys used as a deterrent to mice and other rodents from getting in and making nests and a general mess? Mothballs or what?I'm not quite ready to summerize the sleds yet,hoping for one more ride,but just trying to get an idea of some precautions I can take to keep the little critters out.The lid seems to close tight all the way around but it never seems to fail that if left unattended mice can get into the tiniest of places.
 
on my sleds that go in the shed or trailer I always place dryer sheets throughout the sled and pack the exhaust outlet with steel wool. I pull the airbox and bar pad and keep them in the garage and ziptie plastic sandwich bags over the carb intakes. nalso spray everything down with silicon spray. condensation really builds up in clamshells and all your aluminum will be corroded white come next fall.
 
You need air flow in that thing other wise things could really rust up i would think parking it in a shady area would keep the temp more steady.
 
Some clam shells vent better than others. The R&R ride in/out that I picked up over the past summer has vents from the factory, Maybe add some if yours doesnt have any. The clam shell will condesate and basically make it "rain" pretty often. They started making a box type bait/trap a few years that works great. It has inviting hole for rodent to get in but your petts cant be harmed. With the above posts and a box trap or two you should be fine.
 
If you have a small front door open it up on hot/dry summer days to air out.Also keep a good sled cover on the machines while inside.
 
The clamshell is white so I'm hoping that the heat wont build up as bad.It does have a small front door as well as small vents but I'll be storing the trailer at my parents and wont have the opportunity to open and close the door on a regular basis.I may look at some way to add more venting to it.What I'd like to do is open the front door and fasten it some way so it will stay fixed,close the opening with screening and leave it but then it will be open to the rain and sun so that's not really an option.I do have covers for the sleds that will be on them anyway plus I'll have everything sprayed down with rust inhibitor which I hope to reapply throughout the summer.
 
White is the way to go(my 2008 sno-pro is white).Really cuts down on heat inside(hot sunny day the temp inside is a bit cooler than outside).Just make sure the ground is level where you park the trailer(mine has an inch difference due to uneven ground with the independent tor-flex axle).
 
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blevis213 said:
Dryer sheets work well lay them around the sleds[/QUOTE
not as well as you think,mice were eating the dryer sheets here,so don't use them anymore..just a lot of poison and traps work and some mothballs
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Just my $0.02, but I would fog the crap out of the motors, seal off the intake and exhaust with plates and put a bunch of desecant in there and check it often, then plan on changing some suspension bearings in the fall.
 
Wow you guys do a lot! We have a triten black enclosed trailer and don't agave to do any thing but fog them. The only time moisture gets in there I have found when after a ride the snow evaporates and has no we're to go. I haven't seen any problems. But I know for a fact that move and crap cant get in there. Trust me were I live it is like a chipmunk city :P
 
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I had moth balls and dryer sheets in my enclosed last summer and the bastards got into my cover, son called and asked what Swiss cheese and my cover have in common :( I put small butter bowls filled with ammonia in my boat and camper along with dryer sheets and moth balls to keep the pests out. Seems to work great, animals can not breath the ammonia it burns their nostrils. I use to spray it on my trash and the cats and opossums would tear my neighbors trash up and mine was untouched.
 
SRX500kid said:
Wow you guys do a lot! We have a triten black enclosed trailer and don't agave to do any thing but fog them. The only time moisture gets in there I have found when after a ride the snow evaporates and has no we're to go. I haven't seen any problems. But I know for a fact that move and crap cant get in there. Trust me were I live it is like a chipmunk city :P
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I can assure you the inside of the cover will condensate just like your favorite cold beverage on a hot day, you may have just never noticed. I can also assure you they can get in, Must be they havent wanted to.....yet.
 
Best rodent prevention I've found is having a couple of outdoor cats. Been 4 years now and haven't had a rodent in anything since. Some days it looks like a mouse apocolypse took place on the sidewalk. Not uncommon to have them bring 4 or 5 in a day during the spring and again in the fall. I'd guess they average close to a kill a day.
 
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