[Farmall] mouse nest

[Mike Sloane]

You might want to check the seat cushion too. I make it a rule to remove 
those square seat cushions on the "deluxe" seats, as the mice like those 
small holes in the bottom.

I used to have mouse problems with all of my tractors. Then I started 
parking my smaller machines in the lower level of my neighbor's bank 
barn (it was too damp down there for hay, and I mow her lawns for 
"rent"). She has up to a dozen cats at any one time, and I haven't seen 
a mouse nest since.

I also do a lot with older electronic equipment. The mice love old 
radios and electronic gear left in sheds and garages. Here is an old 
Philco radio I was given that had been occupied by several generations 
of mice. 
<http://public.fotki.com/mikesloane/philco-radio/philco-41-285-chass-1.html#media> 
Frankly, it probably isn't worth restoring.

Mike

On 12/28/2011 9:02 PM, john hall wrote:
> Found a new (to me) place for mice to build nests. While working on a
> Farmall 140 (basically the end of the evolution of a Super A), I
> found a very big mouse nest between the dash panel and the battery.
> It was so deep it was almost up to the light switch, the ignition
> switch was buried. And they had chewed through one of the light
> switch wires.
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