Larry , I had one fill up a gas tank that I had cleaned and lined for a friend of mine for his ditch witch , I had set it upside down outside of the shop to let the liner cure , when he stopped to pick it up about three weeks later the mouse had built a nest in it . Quick little buggers and just having one cat does not keep up with them .
Ray. Look for the red circles she blends in real well .
Right under the gear shifter .
Another picture . She has been a good killer cat over the years .
The pack-rat compound is from many years of gathering pipe , machinery , left over steel from construction jobs , and various sundry items . There is quite a lot of inventory out there , some has to go to the scrap yard before the new shop goes up and the rest needs sorted and an inventory done so I know what is out there .
Yellowjackets were not as big a problem this year as they were in prior years but I still had to go on the offensive against three nest , one in the block walls of the house and two in trees that were where we mow . Two years ago we had fourteen nests that had to be removed over the summer .
Also had a swarm of honeybees this year , they arrived just before dark and moved on the next morning . I got rid of all the apiary supplies years ago so I could not catch them . It would have been nice to have a supply of honey again . Dan
replacing that panel when it finally fried 
Dan
. I will put up with disposing of the tails and a few carcasses to keep the shop free of mice .
It can stop anytime now . Might be different If I had the crawler up and running 
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