All WD radiator Shrouds have Wasps Nests?

LOTS of mice........

buzzing wasps give added cooling

mouse nests give added warmth...

Jay

They find lots of spots, like in the brake drum and when you move they come out of the little hole and right up your pants leg. wow they never seem too happy either !

yes, they also like the air cleaner in addition to the already pointed out brakes area.  Oh, and toolboxes A quick fix for the brake hole is to shoot a good shot of ether in there early in the morning.

Edited by WC7610 - 28 Dec 2015 at 10:48pm

Wasp and mouse-nests are standard-from-factory features on all farm machinery.

The original name WaspNest was actually developed as the "Automatic Security System' (A.S.S.), while MouseNest was developed under the moniker of 'Passive Intentional Security System' (P.I.S.S.). The concept of A.S.S. was nothing more than to discourage a thief or vandal from approaching a protected piece of equipment. The concept of P.I.S.S. was to render the equipment unuseable by either disabling critical electrical functions, or locking brakes, and finally, if there's any owner's manual or documentation that could be stolen, to automatically 'encrypt' it into a form permanently illegible by anyone.

IMO, it's an extremely annoying feature... like the 'back up assist' and 'automatic traction control' and 'anti-lock brakes' of my new truck, the 'wasp nest' feature, BOTH A.S.S. and P.I.S.S. are essentially ineffective against theives and vandals, and most discouraging to the actual owner.

While it's not posted on the sticker, one can request the "Wasp-Nest Delete" or "Mouse-Nest Delete" as a special order performed by the dealership, but like your satellite radio and extended coverage warranty, it's a 'subscription' service that cannot actually ever be permanently 'removed'... it's a process that must be repeated regularly, which is very annoying, and very expensive, so most wind up performing the delete procedure themselves. Some go to great lengths to disable A.S.S. and P.I.S.S., including, but not limited to, moving the most prized equipment into air-tight armored steel protective containers, however, this isn't always entirely effective. Regularly using the machinery TENDS to reduce the occurrance of system activation.

The marketing decision to incorporate A.S.S. and P.I.S.S. into all farm equipment is a plot by green-commie antivegetarian wikken alien frog-people, to bring down our society while they promolugate crop circles, loofa, and overpriced craft beer.

BTW... Happy New Year!   

Pressure wash the tractor with a little bleach mixed in just don't get bleach on your wires as it isn't good on insulation but it will break down the sent trails all those critters use to mark your tractor as a good place to make their home. Brake cleaner is the best for killing wasps they fall right out of mid flight dead by the time they hit the ground.

I've found wasps under seats before.

Sheesh... all that effort to shed a candle upon the minute realities of life, and it didn't so much as summon one razzberry...

Guess I better not quit my day-job...

I had a huge nest of wasps in the little dome of a LP storage tank. Really ticked them off too when I opened it !!

Battery boxes on the HD11 is another place they pleasantly surprise you.

Drove to central Wisconsin today, climbed over 5 WD-45 getting some parts! No wasps! Should say we just got about 10 inches of snow, and in the mid 30s today! Perhaps tractor salvage is a winter activity....

Sorta' gives a new meaning to the saying: "working the bugs out". I've found to, that Brakekleen is better than any flying insect repellant known to man. As a matter of fact, it works great on any insects, especially the giant ones that look like they should have license plates on them! Its also awesome for removing grease out of the office carpet or your velour interior in your vehicle without a trace. (don't ask me why I know this) With mice, its always amazed me that when they have a steady diet of your wiring system, why they don't S*%t colored turds?  Oh well... back to work.

Maybe that's why I don't pick the donut with sprinkles?

Steve in NJ wrote: With mice, its always amazed me that when they have a steady diet of your wiring system, why they don't S*%t colored turds?

LMAO!!!

Really, Steve... you'd think that to survive, they'd at least be more positive, than negative...

So I did see a lot of mouse nests as I worked on the rear ends of the WD's.

But the most unkindly act of tractor terrorism was a lowly robin that built a nest of small sticks, twine, dry grass, leaves and other combustible items that made just a wonderful smokey fire as I was working the old WD this summer. Well now, I would have traded that moment for a couple good bees stings any day. Just so happened that I got slowed down quick and did a prompt dismount to see what that smoke, wait, by now it was a small birds nest inferno on top of the valve cover, up under the hood, next to the gas tank!
 Well them robins sure know how to plant the seeds of terror. As I was pretty much deciding if it was going to burn up or was I brave enough to snuff the blaze?
Wearing gloves helped and I dug out the chaff filled fire ball and extinguished the nest, which seemed to be half the size of a bale of hay! Whew that was close!
They came back and built it again in a week. I was ready for them that time and as the pesky robin took flight I gave it a real talking too.
So watch out for the WD, bird house scenario! Very dangerous! Probably could have won $10,000 on AFV. But was not funny at the time.
Regards,
 Chris