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Implement Pest Control in Storage Area

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How to Winterize & Store Equipment- What Most People DONT KNOW

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To deter unwanted pests like rodents from taking residence in your storage area and potentially damaging your equipment, simply place mothballs around the perimeter where your equipment is stored. Animals, particularly rodents, seem to dislike the strong odor of mothballs and will generally avoid areas where they are present. This simple trick can help keep your valuable power tools safe from chewing and nesting damage over the winter.

Goal: Prevent rodents and other pests from entering the storage area.

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  • Mothballs Unspecified — To repel rodents and other pests from the storage area

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the season. Now, your storage facility doesn't have to be pretty to you, but to an animal, it looks like home. One way to keep out unwanted pests is by simply dropping mothballs around the perimeter inside where you store your equipment. I don't know why they hate it, but it keeps unwanted animals in check. Maybe because it smells like grandma's house. All right, guys. Your end of season checklist goes like this. For most handheld two-stroke and some four- stroke equipment, make sure that you use a fuel stabilizer such as Stillville. But here's an important trick. When you're using this, fill up the machine as much as possible. You want to avoid any air spaces inside the fuel tank to avoid condensation over the winter time. And a handy little trick to keep unwanted rodents at bay is to place mothballs around your equipment where you're storing it. I hope this has

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