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Ed in ON Canada

10-22-2007 20:58:20

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We have had a problem at our rural place with porcupines. They chew pretty much everything. They *especially* like plywood. Go figure.

Anyway, the photo below shows the kind of damage they can do to a ribbed tire (there is actually at least one truck tire on a rim that has been reduced to the beading on the rim, with the tube flopped over the side).
Any suggestions on how to discourage this? I'm not up there enough to apply the "hot lead" cure effectively, and basically time is on their side.

I am considering a solar powered electric fence shocker, wired to each of the tractors.
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Joe)NYC)

10-23-2007 20:31:09

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Re: Tasty Tire suggestions? in reply to Ed in ON Canada, 10-22-2007 20:58:20

I had the same problem a few years ago on another property. I had a 8X20 office type trailer that I had converted into a camper like unit. The porkupines were chewing the tires and even worse the plywood sides and right thru the underfloor. I added chicken wire from the groung up to the bottom portion completely around. Then I also made a very basic shelter for my van with 4 ft high chicken wire and posts with a swinging chicken wire gate for entry/exit. It worked perfectly well.

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BillM (OH)

10-23-2007 06:37:07

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Re: Tasty Tire suggestions? in reply to Ed in ON Canada, 10-22-2007 20:58:20

Always have trouble with them up on the NY farm. They got into my neighbor's truck engine compartment and ate his wiring. They eat all the plywood on the deer stands, and they give the dogs a snoot full from time to time. We always just lead poisoned them, but if you're not there, the below suggestions might work.

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Dave H

10-23-2007 06:02:58

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Re: Tasty Tire suggestions? in reply to Ed in ON Canada, 10-22-2007 20:58:20

I think you have some good sugestions. Our neighbor has to put up an elec fence around the sweet corn to keep the racoons out.

However I am opposed to indiscrimminate poisoning of wild animals.

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soundguy

10-23-2007 04:40:43

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Re: Tasty Tire suggestions? in reply to Ed in ON Canada, 10-22-2007 20:58:20

Crib-stop for horses.. spray it on.

Set out a pan of yummy green antifreeze for them to quench their thirst on after eating a tire... chewing should stop within a couple days after that!

Set out those 'green' rat blocks.. a few of them... give the PP's something else to eat. if they eat enough.. should work good.

solar fence charger and some pvc pipes and some fence wire and a ground rod. Make a box around the tractor with one side with loops to be able to be 'let down' to drive out.

Soundguy

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Ross Pugh(NC)

10-23-2007 07:04:50

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Re: Tasty Tire suggestions? in reply to soundguy, 10-23-2007 04:40:43

That was also gonna be my suggestion, Soundguy. It should work.

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TexMac

10-23-2007 00:24:00

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Re: Tasty Tire suggestions? in reply to Ed in ON Canada, 10-22-2007 20:58:20

T-posts with a PVC sleeve over it to insulate a chicken wire fence from grounding out. Good ground rod and a solar fence charger. You might need heavier wire for porcupines, but it will fry most smaller varmints. Had one like it around my aviary in Mississippi once. Have to clean the frogs off it occasionally. LOL

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Pete's '47

10-22-2007 21:53:47

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Re: Tasty Tire suggestions? in reply to Ed in ON Canada, 10-22-2007 20:58:20

Spray the tires with something like Repel brand deer repelant (sp.)? I don't know if it works on porkies, but I've tasted it and I know why deer don't like it! Pete

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DennyF

10-22-2007 21:34:49

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Re: Tasty Tire suggestions? in reply to Ed in ON Canada, 10-22-2007 20:58:20

They've been feasting on parts of my cabin in northcentral PA for the past 30 years. Before the cabin was there, they chewed the black plastic pipe that carried water down from the spring in the summer time when we had a camper there.

Covered the parts of the T-111 siding close to the ground, with chicken wire; covered the bottom 2 feet of a porch closet door (also T-111), with aluminum coil stock...and shot every one that came to gnaw while I was there. They are apparently attracted by the glue in T-111 wood siding, because they always start chewing on the grooves in the stuff and spread out from there.

They can probably climb over most mesh fence material, but I'd run a foot-high, two wire electric fence around the tractors and connect it to a solar charger. That keeps 'coons outta the corn patch, might work on porkies?

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K.W. in Tx

10-22-2007 21:18:08

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Re: Tasty Tire suggestions? in reply to Ed in ON Canada, 10-22-2007 20:58:20

Well now I know how to get old tires off the rims with ease! Couldnt you build somekind of fence around your tractors, something like chicken wire, maybe taller?
Im not a expert on porcupines. Could they climb a fence like that? If so would a enclosed shed be out of budget? Or maybe just get a solar powered radio a turn it up loud as she'll go! ???

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