July 30, 2010
Keeping Your Camper Vermin-Free
After your adventure-filled, great outdoor vacation is over, making sure your camper is neat, clean and sealed up tight is all part of the job. One thing some people may experience, even after completing these tasks, is the fact that when they are ready to take their camper out for another trip, they realize there may be traces of mice, squirrels, bugs and other pests. When you have this problem, it usually means you have to remove all non-perishable foods, such as, sugar, pancake and other mixes, crackers, etc. Having to do this is just an extra cleaning step than can be avoided if you take the proper steps to keeping these pests away.
All rodents, and other pests, depending on where you are located, may have different reactions to certain remedies. Therefore, we have listed below several different options you may want to try, until you find the one that works for you.
The first thing you may want to try would be a well known remedy that is already used in attics and basements and such. Moths balls have been known for ages now to keep vermin away. A good way to put the moth balls in use would be to put them in some tupperware with small holes poked in the top of it. This will prevent the balls from rolling around and possibly getting lost in your camper. Spread a few of these throughout your camper. When the time comes to put your camper to use, you can quickly air out the smell of the moth balls by removing the tupperware with the balls in it and open the windows for a couple of hours.
A couple of other options you may want to consider, would be soaking some cotton balls in peppermint oil and dispersing them through out your camper or Bounce dryer sheets. Both of these options have been known to do the trick as well, with the added bonus of a fresh smelling camper.
Also, if none of these do not seem to do the trick, you may want to try using ammonia or even sprinkling baking powder throughout your camper and vacuuming it up when your ready to use it again.
There are so many remedies out there to choose from. Knowing which one will work best for you may take a little trial and error, but it will pay off in the end with your vermin-free camper.
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We have 27 campers in our rental fleet, and we store the campers in a field outside of Loveland, CO. As you can imagine, we have faced this issue over the years. After trying various products and remedies, we now go with Lavender scented dryer sheets.
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One other easy remedy that could save people money. If you have a pop up camper, travel trailer or fifth wheel, you most likely have a three way refrigerator in your unit. Sometimes the refrigerators just don’t want to work when people bring their camper out of storage in the Spring. The main reason why is a certain species of spider. Yes, this isn’t a joke. There is a common spider that is attracted to propane. If you leave a propane tank attached to your unit, minute amounts of propane can slowly come out of the tiny orifice in the refrigerator. The spider crawls up into this orifice and dies and blocks the orifice.
In the Spring, when the camper turns on the propane and the refrigerator, the refrigerator won’t work. Rather than spending >$100 having the refrigerator ‘repaired’, just disconnect the propane in the winter and ensure all propane is out of the propane lines prior to storage.
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