So for a few laughs, i figured I would share this with you guys. I noticed some rust from my rocker panel laying in the driveway the past few days, which is odd. Just 2 winters ago, i ground down most all of the rust and added a nice coat of spray on bed liner to it. I walk outside today and watch a bird hanging upside down on my rocker panel fly away. I check where he was, to find his handy work. A 5x2inch hole he has been chipping away at for the past few days. Why would a damn bird decide to smash into my rocker panel, and what can i put in the area to deter him from doing it again??? That is until I can repair it AGAIN lol.

A bird...of all things. Anyone hear of such a thing before?

 

Thats pretty comical. Got pics? lol

 

If I remember to steal my girls camera for a few mins this weekend I will post some, but none of the actual bird unless he comes back lol

 

Did you move it since then? or remove what it did? lol it would be funny seeing a bird nest in a rocker panel.

 

I was heading to work and didn't take time to look inside, but I didn't see any nesting material hanging out lol. I had another winter left in that rocker panel before the rust put any holes in it...damn bird.

 

in the rear frame of my commanche i have a field mouses nest or bird nest its been there for a coulple years now. now you reminded me its there time to get rid of it and paint the frame . dont want it to rust out there

 

haha i guess animals Love jeeps to!

 

Go to a pet store and buy some bitter yuck and spray, should work or something citronella OR hot sauce that'll burn his feet. moth ***** keeps mice away also, as well as bars of soap (don't know why)- irish springs to be exact. I used to live in the country in Canada and had winter storage for classic muscle cars lol the soap and moth ***** work.

 

I was gone for a week and when i came back i saw a squirel hop on my axle with a acorn and i was like NO! haha i checked there werent any others but i bet he was going to be hiding them on my zj skid or something. better hope he aint in there any time i start it up and leave lol

 

Yeah I will try a few of these, thanks

 

just let it nest and take him wheelin! lol jk

 

What? Never seen a Jeep Pecker before?

 

I wonder if I could train it to get rid of all my rust, and weld some new sheet metal in place...

 

just toss a bunch of seed in ur rockers he'll chip it away to get it... but i've heard birds are crappy welders and cant bend metal for ****....

 

Haha I like that idea. Until im going down the road with nuthatches and seed dropping out of my rockers.

Would be fun to explain that at Thanksgiving dinner when more birds are in my xj than on grandpa's feeder