Porqupine eating brake hoses and tires

[AIM STR8]

Not sure if this is the right forum for this but ....

Has anyone had an experience at their camp where porcupine will come in and chew up their vehicles brake hoses and tires?
I was in the Black Hills (South Dakota) in a camp area one time and came across someone who talked about having their vehicle stranded far from town because the brake hoses were chewed up.

Wondering if this is a common problem or just a myth. Sure would suck if you were out hunting and came back to camp and had to deal with that.
I've seen photo's where people wrap the bottom of their whole vehicle with chicken wire.

 

[DFS]

I’ve had feral cats come into the wall tent and eat tortillas. Never had the struggle with porcupines.

 

[MTLabrador]

I haven’t seen porcupines chew up stuff on parked vehicles, but marmots and pack rats sure have. I’ve also never had a large rodent problem that a CCI stinger couldn’t fix.

 

[kansasdad]

@AIM STR8
For your reading pleasure….

https://www.hunttalk.com/threads/theres-a-marmot-in-my-truck.298720/


And this one……https://www.hunttalk.com/threads/theres-a-marmot-in-my-truck-revenge-of-flaviventris.307102/

 

[AIM STR8]

Came across this ....

 

[MTTW]

When I was a kid we were sleeping in the back of the truck while camping once and heard noises of something chewing. When it got light in the morning the outside corner of a tire was chewed off about a third of the way around.

It looked like small beaver chewings but rubber. My dad said it was a porcupine and was cussing because he hadn't got up and checked when we heard it.

We never saw it though.

 

[Hunting Wife]

Had packrats chewing vehicles last fall. Sonsabitches. No porcupines yet though.

 

[brymoore]

Came across this ....

Do you know where?

Looks like a REI hiker get together.

 

[AIM STR8]

The warning at Kokanee Glacier Park trail head .... British Columbia

 

[Steiny77]

Had misc. wiring harnesses chewed up in our business fleet trucks. Employees that drove them home and lived in the country leaving them parked outdoors. Squirrels and chipmunks were the culprits. Turns out the insulation on many of the wires was soy based.

 

[AIM STR8]

Dang .. that sux. Does insurance cover that?

 

[Straight Arrow]

Noticed all hoods were up in campground at Bowman Lake. "Ferocious wire-chewing squirrels" was why when asked.

 

[LIK2HNT]

Had misc. wiring harnesses chewed up in our business fleet trucks. Employees that drove them home and lived in the country leaving them parked outdoors. Squirrels and chipmunks were the culprits. Turns out the insulation on many of the wires was soy based.

ATV’s also

 

[Forkyfinder]

Had misc. wiring harnesses chewed up in our business fleet trucks. Employees that drove them home and lived in the country leaving them parked outdoors. Squirrels and chipmunks were the culprits. Turns out the insulation on many of the wires was soy based.

Not the first time ive heard of that. Ruined many a power cable...

 

[Salmonchaser]

We would have porcupines, otters, squirrels, foxes and once a grizz spend the winter under our cabins in Alaska. Porcupines and otters were the worst.

 

[D4570]

I have had cows chew and pull off my plug for my tank heater and they rubbed on my camper till I woke up.

 

[AIM STR8]

Noticed all hoods were up in campground at Bowman Lake. "Ferocious wire-chewing squirrels" was why when asked.