Trailer Weatherization

I realize that the majority of readers do not own a trailer. However, I must address the combat duty that my crews go through so you get a better understanding of their appreciation when dealing with a "good" house.

My combat crew, or so I call them when going to a trailer, went to their next war zone. The motto of weatherizing a trailer is to work carefully around the many obstacles (bad plumbing, bad skirting, sinking trailers, holes in the siding...the list goes on and on.) I received a call after 1 hour with the crew stating that they couldn't work on the trailer. My pat response is "do what you can do and call it a day." My "troops" are dedicated and will work in any condition; so when they tell me they can't work, well, I listen. This day they could do very little. Why, you ask?

It was a "Willard" trailer. If you recall the movie Willard, the movie was about mice and rats. Well, this trailer had them. Scurrying noises when the skirting was removed to see the belly; fresh droppings when viewed. And the King dropping; this was no ordinary sized rat. It was a monster rat potato cake.

HZG immediately told them to pack it in - no purple hearts are to be awarded today.

So the next time you think your job is rough, remember that there are jobs out there that deal with rats. Big ones...

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