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Thomas Ford 85-16
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USA
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 Posted - 12/01/2001 : 2:31:33 PM
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The bus I own is always infested with bugs. They don't seem to do any damage, but the spiders and those Japenese Beetles which look like orange lady bugs (BTW, I heard that they were imported to get rid of Gypsy Moths) get really annoying. Has anyone ever had these problems? How did you solve them, if you did at all? I constantly find them in various places... They like to crawl in and out of the static exhaust vent, under the door, and in other places. The spiders seem to like to lay their eggs in that little sticky bundle in the holes where the screws for the 7 inch lights are (exterior). Also, if they crawled up the exhaust pipe and got into the diesel engine, would they do any damage, or just burn up? I recently found some webs on the opening, so I wasn't sure if I should be worried or not. So far, I've had no problems with that, though.
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Silas J.
Top Member
USA
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Posted - 12/01/2001 : 2:37:44 PM
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The bus I ride has ants,and I one of the other buses had a snake.
S.Jackson
97-12 it will outrun your bus
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Silas J.
Top Member
USA
938 Posts |
Posted - 12/01/2001 : 2:37:56 PM
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The bus I ride has ants,and one of the other buses had a snake.
S.Jackson
97-12 it will outrun your bus
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Steven A.Rosenow
Top Member
USA
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Posted - 12/01/2001 : 3:08:37 PM
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Well, my grandparents had a 1960-ish Carpenter on a Ford chassis, and they had a problem with bees building nests in the engine compartment.
It took four times to get them to leave.
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wagonmaster
Top Member
USA
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Posted - 12/01/2001 : 4:23:21 PM
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Bugs have always been a problem in south Florida. If kids eat on the bus and don't clean up well, bugs WILL come. If thE buses aren't kept clean of food, they WILL come. Spray all you want, but if there is food there will be bugs! iT'S A NEVER ENDING BATTLE!
jOE
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VanHool21
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 12/01/2001 : 6:29:37 PM
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Bugs crawling up the exhaust pipe will not likely cause any engine problems,I doubt they could crawl through the muffler anyway.The only things that will make the bugs go away is keeping the bus clean,constanly spraying and the best method...COLD WEATHER!!
I did have a bird to construct a nest under the hood of my 1983 International after it sat about a week during spring break.It was on the firewall near the battery.I saw the bird fly up to the front wheel,sit there a moment and then fly under the hood.I went to check it out and found the nest.I removed it and as I went out the next morning to start the bus,I checked under the hood again and much to my surprise,the bird had rebiult the nest overnight!!
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Thomas Ford 85-16
Top Member
USA
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Posted - 12/01/2001 : 7:05:15 PM
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Well, these bugs seem to be super bugs or something... They seem to last through the c-c-c-cold winter. The spiders, that is. They're probably hiding in the insulation during the winter, or something. They always seem to survive. And lemme tell ya, that Thomas insulation is GREAT! But that's another topic...hehehe Anyway, thanks for your help, and I'd like to hear more! 
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