Mole Hills!
 

I have been given permision from a farmer friend of mine to turn the 10 meter(wide x 550m) strip on the side of his field into a runway. Does anyone know how to get rid of and then keep moles out of the ground? Any offers of help, maybe room for a couple of plane to park. No hangars though. Strip is near Filey N.Yorks.

You need an organophosphate solution sprayed on it once a week for a month. What sort of charges are you considering for parking? Or will it be helping with maintenance of the strip? or both of course:ok:

We just happen to have a steamroller and find that quite effective. Presumably it compacts the ground too much for their liking.

Get rid of Moles
 

Jasper Carrott recommended a revolving stool and a shotgun, with a torch taped to the barrels.
:ok:

"There was this blue flashing light ! "
Wot 'yer doing Carrott ?!!
Mole catching !

Do you mean a roller pulled by a tractor or a real live hissing steam roller David? I think i need to look at this more closely, could mean more days on the land than above it! But it will be nice to be able to come and go as i please, no pilots order book, booking in and out etc. All i have to do in return is take the farmer up a few times here and there!

Yes, what I mean is:
http://www.viewing.com/steam/Holcot0287s.JPG
Engines like this are quite common and no doubt a local owner would help in return for a ride in the plane or two. You might have to buy the coal...
Try attending a local steam rally and asking around. Now is a good time of year because the ground is firm. It'll take a good day to roll a strip of the size you mention obviously depending on the surface but I imagine soft soil hence the mole problem. It's hard work for the engine because it's pushing a wave of soil uphill all the time, hence the need for coal. You might also have to supply beer.
The engine in the picture is typical and weighs 12 tons, which spread over a track of 7' is much more ground pressure than a farm roller can apply. Obviously I can't guarantee it'll defeat the moles, but it worked for my (much smaller) strip. What it will do is put a nice surface on the ground once you've equalised the 3-4" ruts by further rolling and the soil springing back naturally.
The ground must be dry though: a stuck steamroller is not something you can call the AA for!

Jeyes fluid poured down into the molehill. They havn't been back this summer. Prior to that, they has been around making a mess for 4 years. Coinsidence maybe, but worth trying.

Nay, David, that won't do it, it's only an Aveling - Thar needs a proper engine like our Fowler for a job like that :E

There's only one way to get rid of a mole...

Blow its bloody head off!

A couple of gallons of diesel, then another couple of 4-star followed by a match should see the little buggers off to another world!

In French DIY supermarkets they sell a wonderful mole destruction kit. It consists of a spike, containing a battery and a trigger switch, operated by a long, adjustable plunger arm.

The kit also contains a number of small explosive charges, that look like little red plastic bangers, with electrically operated detonators.

To use the device, one inserts one of the charges a foot or so inside the tunnel at a mole hill. The spiked detonator is then pushed into the soil and arranged so that the plunger switch rod is poking into the hole a few inches. The detonator wires from the charge are then connected and the unit armed, by flicking the safety switch on.

Some time later, Mr Mole, whilst taking his nightly constitutional, crawls along his burrow, over the charge, to get a breath of fresh night air. His nose sniffs around, contacts the plunger switch and the charge blows his bl**dy a*se off...................

Only in France could such a patently dangerous, but no doubt hugely entertaining, form of mole destruction be on open sale.

VP

Somebody loves them!!!!
 

From the web:
Defend our moles!
If you see a mole above ground he will not readily see you, for his eyesight is very poor. He will, however, pick up the slightest vibration caused by your footsteps and will disappear into solid ground in less than a minute. For his size, he is one of the world's most powerful animals. Never try to put a mole head first down its hole; instead, turn it round and it will disappear backwards into its tunnel, albeit biting you as it goes.
I realise that the mole hasn't got the eyes of the owl, the cuddliness of a dormouse or the majesty of a fox, but it is a warm-blooded, thinking feeling animal that deserves to be given more consideration by our present day agriculturists.
In these more enlightened times it is the mole's doubtful privilege to be the only animal in Britain that can be legally poisoned with strychnine.:D

And they taste lovely on the barbeque !:ok:

Alternatively you could try a humane method! plenty of kits on the market and the cute, furry little things can be released harmlessly in your next door neighbours (the one that complains a lot) garden.

bye bye moley
 

Sorry
All wrong !
Garlic and mothballs !!
They can't stand the smell.
:)

BEagle and VP.

You are a bunch of sick b*****ds. I look forward to finding your own individual demises hugely entertaining.

The best way to kill a mole .......
 

Nah, Nah ! Jasper tried mothballs and garlic with little or no effect (indeed I think it was suspected that they liked them and thrived on them and brought all their mates round to party on the free snacks) ... I refer you back to posts 4 and 10.

:)

We've tried gas capsules - didn't work,
We've tried traps - gets a few but does n't get rid of them all,
We've tried petrol - good fun but does n't seem to be that effective,

However a two-stroke motorcycle's exhaust connected into the burrows and left running for an hour or two does seem to work!

As for the humane methods - you're wasting your time, they'll be back the next day.......

Remove the soil mound,expose the tunnel and insert an unlit Fire Lighter and cover over. One fire lighter should be placed every twenty / thirty feet. This works without fail.

Or us really really sick bas***ds could slice up bits of Kiltie? There must be enough venom there to finish them off for miles around.