Storing the Otter XT650

  • justinpliska
    Member
    Hartford, SD
    Posts: 6
    March 20, 2014 at 7:24 am #1360050

    Need some ideas on how to store the otter this summer. It will be in a garage with maybe some mice. Any tips or tricks on how to store it so the mice dont get to the canvas. i do have a travel cover too any tips will be helpful ! Thanks

    mark-bruzek
    Two Harbors, MN
    Posts: 3845
    March 20, 2014 at 7:31 am #1397732

    Pull the tarp off. Fold it, box it and take it inside.

    Ive tried a lot of things like tons of dryer sheets, moth balls and eventually I get some rodent activity. Bringing the canvas inside is the only method I trust any more. Now both my flips are stored in my house.

    mojogunter
    Posts: 3172
    March 20, 2014 at 9:30 am #1397756

    I hang mine from the ceiling. Never had any problems. My garage ceiling is 12′ high so it doesn’t get in the way.

    tr
    Plymouth
    Posts: 195
    March 20, 2014 at 9:51 am #1397761

    X2 from Mojohunter. I hang mine also. go to amazon and search out Garage storage and they have a really cool unit you attach to the ceiling with a worm gear to raise and lower the items on it. I change out my summer and winter items on this. its really cool and I have had no mice problems in over 10 years

    crappies
    Posts: 85
    March 20, 2014 at 9:52 am #1397764

    i agree with the other guys ideas on storage. id just put your canvas in a rubber made container with dryer sheets so u have peace of mind.

    gbfan10
    Hastings, mn
    Posts: 351
    March 20, 2014 at 10:23 am #1397777

    I told the farmer that lets us deer hunt his property about the dryer sheet idea. We put them in all his trucks in the fall. When we came back in the spring, the mice made their nests out of the dryer sheets.

    out_fishing
    Moorhead, MN
    Posts: 1151
    March 20, 2014 at 11:54 am #1397796

    I went cheap 4 bike hooks and some rope. Needed a buddy to help lift it up but it worked well. I tried my own rig with some ropes and pulleys but it didn’t work. Never was good at physics.

    JoeMX1825
    MN
    Posts: 15789
    March 20, 2014 at 1:42 pm #1397823

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    X2 from Mojohunter. I hang mine also. go to amazon and search out Garage storage and they have a really cool unit you attach to the ceiling with a worm gear to raise and lower the items on it. I change out my summer and winter items on this. its really cool and I have had no mice problems in over 10 years


    I have that too, it’s called the Pro Heavy Lift by Racor, works like a charm with a power drill, holds 250 lbs when properly installed. I replaced the cables with longer & thicker guage, goes all the way down to the garage floor now from my 12′ ceiling.

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