Winter storage - sealed Car Bag?

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10-31-2018, 07:25 PM

dbk123

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Winter storage - sealed Car Bag?

Planning for winter storage. The car will be in an unheated barn that can not be rodent proofed. Last year I just went with a regular car cover and things were fine. I'm thinking of using a sealed car bag (www.carbag.com) with desiccant packs to help prevent rodents. Does anyone have experience with this? I am hoping that the supplied desiccant packs are sufficient to keep the moisture down.

I live in Northern New England so we get all kinds of weather in the winter.

Thanks in advance!

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10-31-2018, 07:45 PM

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Do you have power? Look into the Car Capsule too.

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10-31-2018, 07:48 PM

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I did look into that - just seemed to be pretty expensive and bit overly complicated....

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10-31-2018, 09:05 PM

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10-31-2018, 09:24 PM

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Wow - the video was rather alarming - so much damage!

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10-31-2018, 10:12 PM

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My friend had the same situation as yours. He fashioned 4 wooden platforms and jacked the car up and placed a “ platform “ under each tire.

He then covered the sides of each platform with some aluminum flashing to prevent the rodents from climbing up the wood cribbing.

Here’s a picture of the basic concept. I’ll see if he can send me an actual picture of his car in storage mode.