Wasps!!!!
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Topic: Wasps!!!!
Posted By: Seanl
Subject: Wasps!!!!
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2013 at 8:07am
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Yesterday I decided to take the propane tank off my Pod and take it into be refilled. I started to remove the cover and suddenly I am surrounded by a swarm of wasps. It appears that they had built a nest under the propane tank cover. I was not stung but I am sure the neighbors thought it was funny to see me running across my front lawn waving my hands like a crazy person. Broke out my Bee and Wasp insecticide and sprayed the nest down. No more wasps.
------------- Sean, 2011 Rpod RP-173,2009 Jeep Liberty Rocky Mountain Edition 
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Posted By: kymooses
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2013 at 9:39am
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My cover is full of them quite often. I'm always careful turning the propane on and off. ------------- 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: techntrek
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2013 at 12:56pm
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I'm sure your neighbors had a real gas watching you run across your lawn. ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual 
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Posted By: TerryM
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2013 at 3:40pm
I don't believe you had the guts to say that!  Terry ------------- RP-175 W/Lift Kit 2011 Ford F-150 4X4 Saint Augustine, FL: The first permanent European settlement in the USA: 1565 |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2013 at 8:10pm
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Just BEEing honest.
------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual
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Posted By: JCMoran
Date Posted: 19 Jun 2013 at 2:34am
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In an effort to avoid being the main entertainment for the neighborhood, is there any real reason for covering the LPG tank? ------------- John & Stevie Bella & Emma (Fur babies) 2014 RP178HRE "Hawg Pod" 2001 Silverado 1500 |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 19 Jun 2013 at 8:55am
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No, it is just cosmetic. My cover flew off on the highway a few years ago. I retrieved it but never put it back on. ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual
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Posted By: Goose
Date Posted: 19 Jun 2013 at 12:16pm
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It looks purrrrrdy! Goose ------------- Mother Goose's Caboose..2011 RP171..07 Grand Cherokee 
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Posted By: furpod
Date Posted: 19 Jun 2013 at 3:44pm
No wasps yet, but last year I didn't get the velcro just right after turning off.. birds nest was my reward.. and all the crap they used for their nest is still stuck to the inside of the felt lined cover.. 
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Posted By: dsmiths
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2013 at 10:12pm
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yep same thing happened to me 2 weeks ago. also we were heading out for a one nighter last week and a sparrow had built a nest in my spare tire cover. I saw leaves hanging down and started to remove the leaves and on no, yuck, I broke the eggs. ------------- Dane and Donna Smith 2011 RP-172 2008 Chevrolet Trailblazer 4X4 lift kit prodigy wireless brake controller |
Posted By: TIDALWAVE
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2013 at 11:39pm
 Hopefully you have metal screen covers over your utility vents. I noticed a wasp crawling through the lower frig vent. I cut and glued screen material inside the vents. Putting screens on does cut the air flow for the frig...but it was either that or having to get rid of wasp nests in the frig space.------------- TIDALWAVE |
Posted By: Seanl
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2013 at 12:43am
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Don't have sceens but I checked in there for critters. ------------- Sean, 2011 Rpod RP-173,2009 Jeep Liberty Rocky Mountain Edition
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Posted By: Goose
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2013 at 12:04am
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I bought the screens for the frig vents, water heater and the furnace, kind of pricey but I now know that it was money well spent. Goose ------------- Mother Goose's Caboose..2011 RP171..07 Grand Cherokee
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