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As far as itchy guy goes, that is such a tough one. I dont know if you can let him go with out getting slapped by the labor board. Maybe, you can make the guy take a medical leave of absence until he is rid of the bed bugs, I think that would be a legal and right way to get him gone until he is fixed. I feel bad for you.
 
DRTDEVL said:
I forgot to add that I put our ozone generator in it running on "hold" for 24 hours on a hot sunny day with the bunk heater full hot and the a/c fans recirculating (no a/c) 2 different times in July to no avail.

My next thought is a large tarp over the driver's side to the ground with the driver's door and baggage doors open and using my 240,000 btu torpedo heater under it.
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dang thought that would have done it. Heat it is I guess. Paint booth is a good idea for a even bake, but dang thats $$$.
 
Weasel said:
dang thought that would have done it. Heat it is I guess. Paint booth is a good idea for a even bake, but dang thats $$$.
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We have a non-insulated steel building that I can park it inside to run a couple heaters under the roll-up door, but that would probably get the DNR pissed off as there are birds and owls nesting in there. That's why I am limited to a heavy tarp and the heater.
 
Just my opinion, the sprays are likely only good on contact. You need a fumigant that disperses throughout the cab. I’m guessing they deep into the nooks and crannies of the carpet, seat cushions, etc.
 
Roc Doc said:
Or he could make Itchy drive that truck down here and park it in the DNC parking lot for a couple days. Supposed to get to 114* today, so with windows up and no sunshade, 130* is easily obtainable. Bonus if the little buggers escape and infect some Dems.
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Those steam cleaners work well as well. A friend used an Oreck steam cleaner every night for a few weeks along with the Diatomaceous earth.

Worked for her

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Aggie06 said:
Just my opinion, the sprays are likely only good on contact. You need a fumigant that disperses throughout the cab. I’m guessing they deep into the nooks and crannies of the carpet, seat cushions, etc.
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We did bombs. We did Ozone, We are replacing the seats once complete and the mattress is already at the landfill.
 
my little sister brought home lice from grade school back in the 80's
she kept them to her self, thank god. But the turmoil in the house for weeks later was a nightmare.

I can't imagine having bed bugs :barf:
 
We had a fire a few years ago in a rundown house with a hoarding condition. Got the old lady out but the house was a loss. You could see the bed bugs streaming out of the house while it burned. Afterwards everybody took their gear off right there and they went right into contractor bags and right to cleaning. Whole truck was sprayed multiple times by some company the town hired. Thankfully nobody tracked them back to the station or their homes.
 
lagunaMS said:
encapsulate the whole truck in a paint booth (or makeshift one) and let some propane heaters cook them
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This.

Too bad he missed most of summer. Would've been easier when the paint booth in the middle of a asphalt parking lot just wanted to be 120+ naturally. :laughing:

The problem is just gonna keep coming back as long as itchy keep tracking it back though.
 
AKnate said:
Send the truck to the Ritchie Bros auction :laughing:
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No way. Its a 2023 with only 129,000 miles on it. For reference, the sister units with numbers above and below it are at 175k and 226k (the 175 one had injection issues and kept going back to the dealer for a few months)
arse_sidewards said:
This.

Too bad he missed most of summer. Would've been easier when the paint booth in the middle of a asphalt parking lot just wanted to be 120+ naturally. :laughing:

The problem is just gonna keep coming back as long as itchy keep tracking it back though.
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No asphalt, only gravel/dirt. It will be back in the 80s next week.:flipoff2:
 
nahmus said:
We had a fire a few years ago in a rundown house with a hoarding condition. Got the old lady out but the house was a loss. You could see the bed bugs streaming out of the house while it burned. Afterwards everybody took their gear off right there and they went right into contractor bags and right to cleaning. Whole truck was sprayed multiple times by some company the town hired. Thankfully nobody tracked them back to the station or their homes.
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there is a famous antique thing every year up in a town called Round Top. (if your wife watches Fixer Upper, you may hear JoAnna Gaines mention getting a piece from Round Top on some episodes).

I knew a person who bought a real nice piece of antique furniture, brought it home, put it in their showplace, and brought in Bed Bugs with it.

as a piece of trivial information, Houston Texas has one of the biggest Bed Bug problems in the country.
 
bad zuki said:
My commercial landlord makes absolute bank getting rid of them in hotels. Basically he seals the rooms, runs a truck mounted heater on top of the ptac, and let's it cook for a while and moves to the next room. I don't know the exact temps, but IIRC its like 130*F for a while.
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Can a paint booth get that hot? Maybe park the whole truck in a paint booth for a bit with the heaters on?
 
Find someone with a large power coat oven to bake it for a day or two with all door, windows, panels and everything open.

Or ship it to phoenix for awhile. By now it would have been cheaper than it sitting.
 
Java230 said:
More bombs plus heaters and makeshift tent? But I think mr itchy will be bringing them back when he drives it again.....
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Missed the point. He's in a third truck and will not be moving again. He is on notice that if he doesn't eradicate the problem at home and in his current truck, we will let him go. We just need to get the OG bug truck back on the road generating revenue instead of making payments for nothing.
 
I will read after the 1st post later.

What i have seen work in NYC is to freeze them. Just start fogging the damn cabs with CO2 or 2-3 10 lb bottles of nitrous also works. When they freeze they explode or pop their guts. Something about there guts cant expand yadda yadda yadda.

Heat will work if you can get the truck into a painting oven for a few hours.
 
Best of luck with that truck, and that nasty driver.
I would plan on doing it twice, just to be sure it is fully eradicated.

It would suck to give the truck to someone else, only to have them sue the company:laughing:
 
Maybe put a hose into the cab with co2 or argon? I dunno other than parking it in Florida sun for a week ? Still plenty hot here to do the job I would think. It tries to kill me every day still , bug may be tougher, idk. Does the boric acid powder, diatomaceous earth stuff work on them like it does a roach?
 
Motorcharge said:
Entirely possible it's not his fault. My brother went through this a few years ago and ended up moving over it. These things will move from house to house if they're close enough. It's especially bad in row houses, townhouses, apartments, etc. In my brother's case it was city row houses. Older hoarder lady down the block got them and they spread down the entire block. All it takes for them to stay around is one of those houses to not take it seriously and get rid of them before they embed themselves all over the damn house.
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Sounds like I got lucky, my next door neighbor had them.
 
70 tp said:
Maybe put a hose into the cab with co2 or argon?
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Interesting, wrap it up in plastic and remove the oxygen.

Light a candle inside, hook up some welding tanks and wait for the candle to go out.
 
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