From SUNY ,
"Large woodchucks are approximately 60 cm (24 in) in length, and weigh 13-33 kg (6-12 lb), the heavier weight typical of individuals entering hibernation."
Americans need to learn SI units, desperately. Personally I'm not going to try and live trap any 33 kg rodent
A family of groundhogs built tunnels under my larger shed one year. The dog ended up getting all 9 of them over the course of a season as they entered his fenced in yard. Most were small, but the biggest one was around 25 lbs and I couldn't get it on a shovel to put it in the woods after it passed. Had to grab it by the scruff of its neck while wearing a glove. They don't have a very good sense of a dangerous living location.
Just found a photo of me insulating the floor of my darkroom shed, in case this helps.
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I live trapped our beautiful specimen, set her free in a lovely place.
A family of groundhogs built tunnels under my larger shed one year. The dog ended up getting all 9 of them over the course of a season as they entered his fenced in yard. Most were small, but the biggest one was around 25 lbs and I couldn't get it on a shovel to put it in the woods after it passed. Had to grab it by the scruff of its neck while wearing a glove. They don't have a very good sense of a dangerous living location.
But was it 12-25 pounds (5 - 11 kg) or 28 - 66 pounds?
The higher the R-value of the insulation, the better. I have R23 around my inner darkrooms. I keep different rooms for different tasks because it's easier to keep them temp and humidity controlled that way, also in terms of dust and fume control. The high ceiling room is reserved for big halogen 8x10 enlargers. When I use those, they'll warm up the room by themselves. And in the mouting room, the drymount press will do that by itself in winter too. But I have small passive electric space heaters as well.
If I had wanted more basic darkroom at my mountain property too, I might have opted for a refrigerated cargo container. You can do things with rural property that you can't in the city. But the water quality there is very hard, and I eventually sold the place anyway - too much strenuous upkeep heading into retirement, especially in terms of forest fire protection.
We don't have groundhogs here, but marmots at higher elevations, typically 8,000 feet up. I've had a lot of interesting incidents with them, but pikas are even cuter.
My groundhog is back, can't believe it is the same one. Using live traps we caught a racoon the other day, I managed to get the cage door open and it took off. I hate to trap these guys. Seems like I should just let them be. They have always been around.
The little fellas eat my neighbors hostas,
running stuff from one of those 1000-watt-hour battery stations. That could power the enlarger bulb, any other lights or fans, and a small electric space heater for short amounts of time.
The shed is not currently insulated but I could add insulation to the darkroom portion of it without much trouble. It's about 80 feet from the house, no plumbing so I'd have to carry the liquids
WATER is the problem with no climate control. Moisture for the more inclined.
Our enlargers are metal, when exposed to warm/hot conditions, the metal gets hot. When the conditions cool, they have a tendency to CONDENSE liqoud on them. That condensation causes problems.
namely electronics. Do you WANT moisture building up in you 50 eyar old enlarger that has no spare parts available to repair or rebuild the dichroic head because some small wire rusted away?
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