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desertnick69 04-05-2012 04:41 PM

Never know what you will find
 
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I have recently bought this 1969 C-20, i have to go thru it and replace all the rubber. I was taking off the hub caps to remove the rims and get some new rubber. and this is what i found.( Alone with him came 4 Black widows so far). Any one else had the same thing happen ?? Let us know

50bomb 04-05-2012 04:46 PM

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Oh SNAPS A scorpian. I seen it right away. Was it alive? I want one!!! haha

PanelDeland 04-05-2012 05:07 PM

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Wait until you get to cleaning out the heater box.Snakes,wasps,mice,along with the scorpions and spiders are normal,not the exception.

desertnick69 04-05-2012 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by 50bomb (Post 5296104)
Oh SNAPS A scorpian. I seen it right away. Was it alive? I want one!!! haha

He was! At the time of this pic. he had been crushed with a brake spoon.
It would be no problem getting you one, do you want him live or just like this one??

50bomb 04-05-2012 09:16 PM

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hahaa. naw just messin. I have family out close that way in Avondale,az. Gotta go scorpion hunting when I am out there.

mrein3 04-05-2012 10:05 PM

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Weren't you southern poisonous bug killing guys just making fun of us northern guys for storing our stuff for a few months while we watch a little puck and do a little ice fishing?

I'll take a few months off from my classic over some bug killing me any day!

BTW, now that the pumpkin chuckers are finally done we can get on to watching the real final four which is happening in Tampa this fine weekend.

Vintage Windmills 04-05-2012 10:24 PM

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Yeah, suddenly skeeters and snow don't seem so bad! Could that little guy do any real harm?

Riveted1 04-05-2012 11:04 PM

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Spiders over about the size of a dime give me the heebee jeebees! And yes, Vintage Windmills, smaller scorpions usually hurt worse than the big guys. I'm no scorpion expert, so I don't know what kind that is, but in AZ we have the Arizona Bark Scorpion which can kill you. And they're only like 3 inches long!

Meatman 04-05-2012 11:18 PM

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When I was pulling mine back home from storage the other nite saw a mouse go bouncing off the trailer. Just discovered today they were living in front part of hood.

Best part was when I fired it up and blew out another ones home from exhaust. Insulation bits went flying everywhere along with a dead mouse!

Kidd-7 04-05-2012 11:25 PM

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I had wasp nests in the bed rails when I brought mine home; drove her about 40 miles home and didn't find them for about a week. Just glad they didn't nest up in my garage.

blue 72 gmc 4x4 04-06-2012 01:12 AM

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I remember when I used to live down there in PHX getting out of bed one morning I stepped right on one of those things! Can't say I miss em' now that I live at 7,000ft!!

MikeyMan 04-06-2012 02:42 AM

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I had wasp nests in the bed rails when I brought mine home; drove her about 40 miles home and didn't find them for about a week. Just glad they didn't nest up in my garage.

Had a wasps nest behind the tailgate handle. Good thing I saw one flying out before I stuck my hand in there.:ack:

yuccales 04-06-2012 08:48 AM

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I'm thinking that little bugger might make a cool shift knob.

50bomb 04-06-2012 10:40 AM

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I'm thinking that little bugger might make a cool shift knob.

I have to agree. That would be cool

rsavage 04-06-2012 10:41 AM

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M buddy parts out 65 and 67 Impalas (those are his addictions). Even in the northeast, he will not start parting a car until he has put an insect bomb off in it and, in most cases, has sat outside during one of our winters. He has discovered many uninvited guests over the years and is perhaps now overly cautious.

Dunenutt 04-06-2012 11:14 AM

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I have a friend in that lives in Gilbert AZ. He is invaded with Scorpions! We grab a beer and a blacklight and head for the backyard. After you see a hundred or so of the little glowing buggers, it gets a little creepy. My skin crawls for hours after that.

I got stung years ago by a scorpion, and it hurts... ALOT! Also have been stung by one of these http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarantula_hawk , and let me tell you, it was the most painful 3 hours of my life! Followed by many hours of numbness. It was in my shoe, and it hit me 3 times before I could get the shoe off. I screamed like a horror movie chick!

Maxxd07 04-06-2012 11:39 AM

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Just another reason for me not to move to a warmer climate! We are starting to see some things like that up here in the summer, they catch rides on the oilfield ewuipment and vehicles on their way up from down south. Unless they can get inside the only live a few months!
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SweetandLong68 04-06-2012 11:39 AM

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I have a friend in that lives in Gilbert AZ. He is invaded with Scorpions! We grab a beer and a blacklight and head for the backyard. After you see a hundred or so of the little glowing buggers, it gets a little creepy. My skin crawls for hours after that.

I got stung years ago by a scorpion, and it hurts... ALOT! Also have been stung by one of these http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarantula_hawk , and let me tell you, it was the most painful 3 hours of my life! Followed by many hours of numbness. It was in my shoe, and it hit me 3 times before I could get the shoe off. I screamed like a horror movie chick!

HAhah that beast is spooky! I hate spiders! LOL

terry b 04-06-2012 04:04 PM

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Thank god for snow and ice.

Spoof 04-06-2012 04:56 PM

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It's worse up North

VA72C10 04-06-2012 05:04 PM

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That's a big bug you got there up north ;)

Husker 04-06-2012 07:37 PM

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The Scorpions are Great, going to see them June 12 At Red Rocks in Morrison CO. LOL
That is One BIG wasp. I hate bugs.
Ron

71tahoe 04-07-2012 09:50 AM

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A few weeks ago I found a shed snake skin inside a rear brake drum. Couldn't have been a very big snake but I'm still glad it was long gone.

ryanroo 04-07-2012 10:21 AM

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i am starting to love my altitude. we have some crazy tarantula populations. they stay pretty hidden most of the time but when they come out to breed... holy cow. i run across them in my back yard and out cutting firewood once and i while. i almost never see snakes no scorpions and i have never seen a wasp thingy that size. WTF. i would go apesh*t crazy with a can of brake cleaner if i ever did. generally bugs dont bother me but if it can sting me then carry me off, ill fight to the death.

jjzepplin 04-07-2012 10:24 AM

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I heard what I thought was someone stealing my radio one night and went to relieve the fella of his consciousness, when I saw the possum under the battery tray and all the babies. Had take out the marker light to scare her out. Also a cat I called "dirty girl" had not one but two litters under the rocker panel of the truck. (72 Blazer). It,s my own personal nursery.


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