We have a 2018 2970 RL, and the 2nd winter we stored on the property we currently use it on and we got infested. They didn't ruin much more than some quilts and chewed a hole in the plastic foot rest cover on the recliner.
Since then, we use Moen's Mouse Mix packs, probably about 13 of them inside. When we arrive for a weekend we put Mouse Mix packs in a container. I think the bigger helper is spraying Tomcat Rodent Repellent around the perimeter of the trailer, along with Bonide Repels All. I spray the stabilizers, the wheels, anything that touches the ground.
As for plugging all the holes, it's impossible. Look at your curbside rack and pinion slide mechanism. See how those racks go through the big holes in the frame? You can't seal those. I took out the drawers of the closet thing in the bedroom, , where you access your water heater valves. There was like a 6 inch hole through the floor where they ran tubing and wires. I used a combination of brass wool/expanded brass and expando foam. First I filled the whole with the expanded brass, then back filled that with the expando foam.
In our 2970 we found the main point of entry was the furnace. Outside where the sewer dump is, there was a pretty big gaping hole where they sort of bent the coroplast around the sewer pipe. After I sealed that up, that helped tremendously. The other point of entry we've found is the back corner of the dinette/recliner slide. Why there? I have no idea. We place sticky pads at all corners of the slides, and 3 o4 of them on the floor where the return air goes back to the furnace. That's' how we found out where they were coming in.
As for the two holes in the corners of the Street/schwintek slide. I modified mine by using two two sizes of flexible split loom. A size that fits the hole, and a smaller size that fits inside the larger split loom. All told probably 6" inches long. I siliconed the two sizes of split loom together, and then siliconed the larger diameter split loom to the base of the drain. This way I still have a functioning drain, albeit I've never seen water there. That said, one winter Sunday afternoon I visited my Grand Design dealer, my mission was to look at Imagine trailers with Schwintek slides that would have that open holed drain at each corner.
Basically what I found was, it seemed like it came down to which operator was running the caulking guns and or who cared. I probably looked at 7 trailers. I found a mix of, some had the holes caulked shut with grey caulk, some were caulked shut with black caulk, and some were open.
Since then, we use Moen's Mouse Mix packs, probably about 13 of them inside. When we arrive for a weekend we put Mouse Mix packs in a container. I think the bigger helper is spraying Tomcat Rodent Repellent around the perimeter of the trailer, along with Bonide Repels All. I spray the stabilizers, the wheels, anything that touches the ground.
As for plugging all the holes, it's impossible. Look at your curbside rack and pinion slide mechanism. See how those racks go through the big holes in the frame? You can't seal those. I took out the drawers of the closet thing in the bedroom, , where you access your water heater valves. There was like a 6 inch hole through the floor where they ran tubing and wires. I used a combination of brass wool/expanded brass and expando foam. First I filled the whole with the expanded brass, then back filled that with the expando foam.
In our 2970 we found the main point of entry was the furnace. Outside where the sewer dump is, there was a pretty big gaping hole where they sort of bent the coroplast around the sewer pipe. After I sealed that up, that helped tremendously. The other point of entry we've found is the back corner of the dinette/recliner slide. Why there? I have no idea. We place sticky pads at all corners of the slides, and 3 o4 of them on the floor where the return air goes back to the furnace. That's' how we found out where they were coming in.
As for the two holes in the corners of the Street/schwintek slide. I modified mine by using two two sizes of flexible split loom. A size that fits the hole, and a smaller size that fits inside the larger split loom. All told probably 6" inches long. I siliconed the two sizes of split loom together, and then siliconed the larger diameter split loom to the base of the drain. This way I still have a functioning drain, albeit I've never seen water there. That said, one winter Sunday afternoon I visited my Grand Design dealer, my mission was to look at Imagine trailers with Schwintek slides that would have that open holed drain at each corner.
Basically what I found was, it seemed like it came down to which operator was running the caulking guns and or who cared. I probably looked at 7 trailers. I found a mix of, some had the holes caulked shut with grey caulk, some were caulked shut with black caulk, and some were open.