Me Checkem for Bees
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Topic: Me Checkem for Bees
Posted By: dsmiths
Subject: Me Checkem for Bees
Date Posted: 07 May 2013 at 9:30pm
I won't tell the bad joke about the Indian and the house of Ill Repute from whence the subject came from. I have the pod ready to roll and if weather permits will be pulling out for a 2 nighter Thursday evening. I have triple checked everything. I did a walk around this afternoon and decided to remove the exterior refridge panels and low and behold 2 nasty wasp nests, I also discovered on the spare tire on the backside toward the cover. I just checked 3 or 4 days ago. this time of the year be sure to check before sticking your hand someplace. I have even found them trying to make a nest on the tongue in the cavity where the ball hitch goes. I don't like wasps, now about that Indian it seems like he had been in the woods for a long time and ---------------  ------------- Dane and Donna Smith 2011 RP-172 2008 Chevrolet Trailblazer 4X4 lift kit prodigy wireless brake controller |
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Posted By: kymooses
Date Posted: 08 May 2013 at 8:01am
I have to de-wasp ours weekly usually when I mow the yard. All cavities and crevices.  ------------- https://calendar.google.com/calendar?cid=cnBvZC5zcG90dGVyQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ - RPod Rallies https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1W1foQXGtrjf8aYly1uh0b-bHPfI&hl=en_US - RPod Owner Map |
Posted By: Goose
Date Posted: 08 May 2013 at 5:15pm
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I spent the money the first year that we had ours on the fancy screens for the furnace, water heater and the frig panels, kind of expensive but well worth the piece of mind. It wasn't the wasps or bees that got me to do this, it was a little tree frog that I had to chase out of one of the furnace pipes one night.
I was sitting outside on night when I hear this tree frog chirping only it had a tone to it that said it was under something metal. After checking under the lid on the propane tank and coming up empty I was able to locate it in the furnace tube, out comes the duct tape after I flushed him out and picked up the screens the next day. All I could think of was the smell of cooked frog the next time that we ran the furnace. Goose ------------- Mother Goose's Caboose..2011 RP171..07 Grand Cherokee 
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Posted By: dsmiths
Date Posted: 08 May 2013 at 9:29pm
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goose, what did you use ? I was thinking about getting some of that fine fiberglass mesh and putting it behind the fridge grates. I know I can't put anything over the furnace vents as its too hot. We rarely use the furnace anyway. ------------- Dane and Donna Smith 2011 RP-172 2008 Chevrolet Trailblazer 4X4 lift kit prodigy wireless brake controller |
Posted By: Goose
Date Posted: 09 May 2013 at 12:00am
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dsmith, I bought the regular screens that they make to cover the furnace from our RV dealer. The screens for the furnace are round, like a ball cut in half and use a spring to keep them in place. The ones for the frig are flat and shaped like the opening vents, three per each vent. I used tin snips and cut mine for a better fit, put them on the outside and used the nylon zip strips that come with them to keep them in place. The one for the water heater fits over the vent and is also kept in place with springs.
I would go out and take some pictures but it is raining right now. They have the screens at Camping World, I just checked but I don't know how to put on links to the items. You will see the screens for the frig are just called Insect Screens, the are narrow and long. Hope that this helps. Goose ------------- Mother Goose's Caboose..2011 RP171..07 Grand Cherokee
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Posted By: Paige
Date Posted: 09 May 2013 at 11:32am
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I have other critters that I wage war with...flies. Last year I neglected to put the cover on our rPod in the spring and those little buggers left their poops all over the back of the pod that gets the nice afternoon sun. Trying to get old fly poop off of the pod took hours and lots of different solvents. It really ended up just using elbow grease. This year we washed the pod when we returned from Florida and within an hour had it covered. I don't care if the flies decide to poop on the cover,,,the rPod is safe! ------------- Paige and Pete 2010 177 - RPug 2012 Rav (six cylinder) New York & Florida residents 
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