Can't beleive I'm actually using the forum for kind of what it's designed for instead of just talking smack, but am wondering if anyone knows where I can pick up a raccoon-proof garbage can. The raccoon I'm dealing with easily accesses anything available at Home Depot. And no, I'm not going to kill the thing with any of your wonderfully demented machinations...
I'd get one of those heavy-duty AAA cans with a fixed lid. They're pricey @ about $100, but 1) no racoons or dogs can gain access and 2) are sand weighted so they won't blow down the street in a wind storm. -§
Re: Raccoon dilemma
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Gravisionary
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Date: August 07, 2006 04:35PM
I don't think u have a racoon problem...I think u have a Gravis problem. Buy the thing a laptop w/ internet access...it worked w/him!
burpgun Wrote:
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> And no, I'm not
> going to kill the thing with any of your
> wonderfully demented machinations...
then shut the fuck up.
"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."
Re: Raccoon dilemma
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Fairfax MF-er
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Date: August 07, 2006 04:57PM
I set my cans out in the morning. Keeps the raccoons and the pesky garage-sale scowering illegal aliens away at night.
Re: Raccoon dilemma
Posted by:
brianl703
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Date: August 07, 2006 05:43PM
I'm thinking that this problem could be solved with a metal trash can and an extension cord...
Re: Raccoon dilemma
Posted by:
burpgun
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Date: August 07, 2006 05:55PM
Don't have a garage and the wife, prissy thing that she is, is kind of against having a one or two day old garbage bag with dirty diapers inside the house... I tried holes with wire hangers through them and the damn thing squeezed through. Then I tried three c-clamps, which worked, but I had to get out there and undue them before the garbage men came in the morning...
So who would have one of these AAA cans? Do these things have wheels on them?
Thanks for the help. And Gravis, I believe your mom is calling from the other room for you to come and apply the lotion...
You could do what my old neighbors used to do: wait until after dark and then just throw your trash in the dumpster behind the office building down the street. They probably hadn't paid for trash collection in the 20+ years they lived there.
quit being a fucken pussy.. just shoot the animal or hoist your trash up into what we call a bear bag. it will keep the trash elevated to keep rodents out of it.
I've frequently thought about throwing a bug-bomb into the dumpster after I've sealed the doors. We have racoons constantly hanging in our trash, and one night one jumped right out on me and freaked the fuck out of me. I was so scared I threw the thing 10 feet on a pizza box.
Anyway, so yeah a bug bomb, gas the little fuckers
You can call up AAA or whoever your trash service is and they'll give you one at a cost. In my neighborhood, American Disposal services sells em for 65 bucks or so, 75 or so gallon wheeled trash containers. But those aren't big enough for me, I like the ones AAA sells, 96 gallon, 100 bucks though I think or 3 bucks a month.
Ive also seen bear proof trashcans with screw on lids.
Thanks for the info KOT - I'm on it. And those yellow screw-on bear-proof ones would beat my raccoon - I don't think he has the arm span to achieve the opposing grip necessary to unscrew one of those bad boys...
The 96-gallon AAA cans have wheels and a fixed lid. You can buy from AAA for about $120 or rent them as part of your trash service for $5 per quarter ($20 / yr.). I'd rent because they'll replace for free if stolen. -§
Re: Raccoon dilemma
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brianl703
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Date: August 09, 2006 04:02PM
Wheeled trashcan? Just steal one from any townhouse community. There's always a bunch of slackers who never take their trashcan off the street after trash pickup day. You'd be doing the HOA a favor.
brianl703 Wrote:
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> Wheeled trashcan? Just steal one from any
> townhouse community. There's always a bunch of
> slackers who never take their trashcan off the
> street after trash pickup day. You'd be doing the
> HOA a favor.
You make a good point.
Re: Raccoon dilemma
Posted by:
§
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Date: August 11, 2006 04:09PM
Note that the AAA cans have serial numbers on the side. -§
Re: Raccoon dilemma
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brianl703
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Date: August 11, 2006 05:12PM
They apparently can't use it to find out what house the trashcan has been assigned to.
brianl703 Wrote:
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> They apparently can't use it to find out what
> house the trashcan has been assigned to.
Thats for sure.
Re: Raccoon dilemma
Posted by:
forest gump
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Date: January 24, 2007 01:55PM
My mom use to just chase the coons of the porch with a broom and every now and then we would frie one up and put some hot sauce on them ummm so goood
Re: Raccoon dilemma
Posted by:
cherrytop
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Date: January 24, 2007 03:30PM
Just leave some Wendys burgers and fries out for them so they leave your trash can alone. TAKE BACK THE NIGHT!
Re: Raccoon dilemma
Posted by:
Random bump from 666
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Date: November 16, 2018 06:10PM
Is there still a coon problem?
Re: Raccoon dilemma
Posted by:
KDYUY
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Date: November 16, 2018 11:33PM
Random bump from 666 Wrote:
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> Is there still a coon problem?
The coon problem has gotten worse, but there are many more
varieties of coon roaming the streets now.
Shotguns are effective, and also a fun way to begin the morning!
I have never seen a larger group of UGLIER women in one place than I used to see at TAKE BACK THE NIGHT marches. These were dykes and other girls looked like some guy got the biggest and nastiest most serious YOO-glee stick he could find, lined up all these broads against the wall and WENT TO WORK and WORE OUT that YOU-glee stick.
I still shudder when I think about it.
Re: Raccoon dilemma
Posted by:
Animal Lover
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Date: November 19, 2018 08:33AM
We had a problem with coons stealing everything, so we moved to the burbs.
Re: Raccoon dilemma
Posted by:
Fear the Squirrel
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Date: November 22, 2018 07:50PM
I found that if you shit in your trash can right on top of the bags, they stay away. They don't like the smell of human shit. Just be careful perching yourself on the can while you do. The first time I did it the can tipped over and I fell
I personally love raccoons and watch movies about them at http://123freemovie.to. Maybe you'll watch it too and become a little bit kinder to these adorable creatures?
Re: Raccoon dilemma
Posted by:
Cold November Rain
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Date: November 23, 2018 09:41AM
^^^ Dude you're weird. Hope one of them bites you
Re: Raccoon dilemma
Posted by:
mike huntt
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Date: November 23, 2018 10:40AM
FUCKING KOONS
Re: Raccoon dilemma
Posted by:
Antiasshat
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Date: November 24, 2018 11:34AM
mike huntt Wrote:
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> FUCKING KOONS
This thread is about the animal, not the car dealership, you asshat