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I'm gonna call BS on your claim that Soy based wiring isn't attractive to rodents. As an aside, I have owned domesticated rats as pets on and off my entire life. I am familiar with how the species behaves.

I had a 2000 JD tractor, I was the 3rd owner starting in 2010. This tractor sat outside all the time in SW FL. It was kept in different rural areas with lots of woods and wildlife. It also lived outside when I owned it. NOT ONCE, in 14 years, did it ever experience any rodent damage. I also have a 2015 CarryAll UTV that was stored in the open - next to woods. Not once did it have any wiring damage. We have all sorts of wildlife wandering through, turkey, deer, coyote, crawfish, moles, snakes, otters, squirrels, possum, racoons, gopher toroise, soft shelled turtles and Alligator turtles and I am sure rats and mice.

Fast Forward to 2024. Traded in the 2000 JD (biggest mistake ever made) and replaced it with a 24' JD 4044M. Now it and the CarryAll sit outside with a 21' Toro Zero Turn, 22' CanAm ATV and a 23' CanAm UTV. The JD 4044M has only been on my property for 7 months. In that time the manual throttle ceased to work. Dealership discovered the wiring harness (for a manual throttle - instead of a simple cable - so stupid) has supposedly been damaged by rodents. Quick check on Tractor Forums - it appears to be a theme "Rodents ate the wiring on my (2017-2024) tractor" . It's a 5K bill. The wiring harness itself is 2K.

Tell me why out of all the vehicles parked on the same property have not been damaged by rodents if all wires are attractive?? There have been boats, cars and horse trailers also parked on an off. Nada, Zip.