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Gpndavid


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I wear tactical gloves during set-up for a variety of reasons. Today, I forgot and of course I opened the power pedestal and wasps descended on my hand and stung me. One of many reasons to wear gloves. I also keep a can of wasp spray in the power cord compartment which I quickly used to dispatch the swarm.  

Wear gloves...keep wasp spray handy. 



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RonC


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I also wear gloves, but never had an encounter with wasps ... yet. It is a good practice and I also wear those gloves when refueling as diesel pumps are often pretty funky. Good tip on the wasp spray.

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I have a pair of gloves that sit next to the driver's seat. I put them on for hooking/unhooking the toad, fueling, and connecting/disconnecting the electric cord. I use disposable gloves for dumping the tanks.

I've never run into wasps in the electrical pedestal, since those generally get disturbed too much for wasps. Guess if a particular site hasn't been used in a while they could build a nest.

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Hdrider


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Yup, I keep wasp spray by our power cord as well, only had to use it once.

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Only encountered wasps once in a power pedestal, at a casino campground in Joliet IL. We changed sites and maintenance came out and killed the Yellowjacket nest. I use disposable gloves for dumping, using surgical gloves from Costco.

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