Another beaver dam removal

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  • Room moving another dam but with machines this time.
    contact me at skidderkev@gmail.com
    #dam removal #case

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  • @shermgohn
    @shermgohn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why wouldn't you clear those trees out on the down side of the bridge? They are creating their own dam situation. You had the equipment there. I just don't know why.

  • @lawrencejneuser8801
    @lawrencejneuser8801 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I would park the machine near by just so the beavers don't get the upper hand. Just don't leave the keys in it, you wouldn't want them to figure out how to use it.

    • @SkidderKev
      @SkidderKev  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just think of the dam they can make of they found the keys haha

  • @billcoley8520
    @billcoley8520 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The reason beavers can rebuild a dam is because the dam is sloped under water about 10 ft out from the sticks that are above ground. When the water drains as soon as it hits the slope the water slows to a crawl. Then they start building it right there.
    If you are busting beaver dams reach out and find where the slope ends and starts. Then start digging the mud on the slope first. Then bust the dam on the furthest point from you. When the water stops you’ll see what I’m saying

    • @SkidderKev
      @SkidderKev  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for the tip, the next time we do one I will give a look and try that out.

  • @donmcgimpsey1706
    @donmcgimpsey1706 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I kept on thinking you would take a chainsaw to those little saplings - they are the fresh material needed. Your bucket keeps getting caught up on one of them, must be frustrating, and I'm guessing you are not supposed to touch standing trees ?

    • @SkidderKev
      @SkidderKev  ปีที่แล้ว

      No they didn't want us to cut them.

  • @kellym.
    @kellym. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gotta learn to keep your head still or mount the camera in the cab somewhere. Other than that great video

    • @SkidderKev
      @SkidderKev  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for watching

  • @alangreen1525
    @alangreen1525 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Why do all these videos have a long build up before anything happens

  • @juncusbufonius
    @juncusbufonius 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Fix the camera to something not you're head please.

    • @SkidderKev
      @SkidderKev  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ya this was done before I made my magnet mounts and you are right it would have turned out way better. Thanks for watching

  • @EDLaw-mf9vm
    @EDLaw-mf9vm 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Why didn’t the loader hand turn the bucket up so it would get full.

  • @danacoyle1826
    @danacoyle1826 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bobbing your head around sucks fix the camera to something

    • @SkidderKev
      @SkidderKev  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      This was before I made my magnet mount. Thanks for the tip and watching!

  • @jeffmech1
    @jeffmech1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I understand safety, but could you swing that bucket any slower? This was painful to watch. The beavers could build the damn back while you emptied the bucket.

    • @SkidderKev
      @SkidderKev  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ouch!

    • @Omahabigbill
      @Omahabigbill 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Jeff Mech: It was so painful to you that you misspelled dam, as in beaver dam, not as in God damn it!

    • @SkidderKev
      @SkidderKev  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not enough guys there to be union workers. Need 3 more leaning on shovels

    • @bam-skater
      @bam-skater 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@SkidderKev That's the most important job. They're the 3 guys deciding where everyone's going for a post-shift beer.

    • @SkidderKev
      @SkidderKev  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hahah now you are talking!

  • @johngould2665
    @johngould2665 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love the video. Just hope you both get better on operating the machinery

  • @unemployedredneckhillbilly2023
    @unemployedredneckhillbilly2023 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    How long till they rebuild? I was waiting to see you pull up an angry beaver with the branches. Thanks for sharing.

    • @Xatruch504
      @Xatruch504 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      As soon the beaver notice and finds the leak he starts rebuilding, so basically right after the machinist left 😂😂🤣 it's a fixed dam by next morning 😎😎

    • @adulfdabo898
      @adulfdabo898 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The little road is already a dam and the gap is way to small. It will be rebuild in no time, so you can probably come back every week. :-D

  • @DD-sp2qs
    @DD-sp2qs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Pull that tree out

    • @SkidderKev
      @SkidderKev  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Unfortunately we weren't allowed.

  • @larryehrlich8702
    @larryehrlich8702 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The guy driving the skid steer should have had his bucket up aboue 3-4 feet and tilted back so the front lip of the bucket would be as high as the back top of the bucket.

    • @SkidderKev
      @SkidderKev  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I will keep that in mind if beavers ever move back in and we have to go back. Thanks for watching

  • @johngould2665
    @johngould2665 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    👍🏼

  • @ronsteltz7538
    @ronsteltz7538 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have seen where they have rebuilt that in one night.

  • @rudygtrz
    @rudygtrz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    you need a dump truck for this one.

  • @koningbolo4700
    @koningbolo4700 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Back at Horse Shit Lake again ?

  • @robynbryant2974
    @robynbryant2974 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Rather watch this Video then Anything else, Just Love it

  • @nathanfether460
    @nathanfether460 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nicely done Kev, is XT series Case? They are my favorite skidloader Case made.

    • @SkidderKev
      @SkidderKev  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Nathan Fether thanks Nathan. yes it's a 60XT. it has been a really good machine to us. even tho we have tried kubota now it still gets used regular as our yard machine.

  • @donbraden8533
    @donbraden8533 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Why don't you take those trees out And get them out of ur way I couldn't even finish watching video

    • @SkidderKev
      @SkidderKev  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You are right it would have made it easier to have them out of the way, unfortunately they wanted the tree left there So we had to work around it.

    • @donbraden8533
      @donbraden8533 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Skidder Kev well that explains that

    • @BestPlconEarth50
      @BestPlconEarth50 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      One thing I am sure of is you were being paid by the hour! This video frustrates me to no end!

    • @SkidderKev
      @SkidderKev  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm sorry this video frustrates you. And yes we were paid by the hr. And how we did it was how the customer wanted it done. It is unfortunate people don't know all the back ground info on the job, and that is the stuff I have to keep private.

    • @robertpitkanen4194
      @robertpitkanen4194 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed

  • @timlake3081
    @timlake3081 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    cant see shit

  • @robertmccabe2993
    @robertmccabe2993 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Its a bummer but beavers destroy more property and land then anything

    • @SkidderKev
      @SkidderKev  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are right there! This dam was really making a mess of some properties up river so it had to go along with the beavers

    • @Mr.Saephan503
      @Mr.Saephan503 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Robert McCabe - beavers and wild hog do so much damage just to live but we can't complain cause humans are doing the same thing lol

    • @emiliogreenwood8190
      @emiliogreenwood8190 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      They do make them good fishing holes

  • @semtek11
    @semtek11 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cameras are not set very well. Hard to watch.

    • @SkidderKev
      @SkidderKev  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ya should have taken some more time and set it up better. Thanks for watching

    • @semtek11
      @semtek11 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      No worries. Interesting to see. Thanks for posting.

  • @olcaysirin5108
    @olcaysirin5108 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's a very good work.

  • @rodneyfelker4501
    @rodneyfelker4501 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    good job

  • @leroyarnold3664
    @leroyarnold3664 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    wow!!! Guy's

  • @mikepici5553
    @mikepici5553 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nuts319 sent me

    • @SkidderKev
      @SkidderKev  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for stopping by! Hope you enjoy the content.

  • @samwisegamgee289
    @samwisegamgee289 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    never really got to see the water flow on the other side...going back to watch paint dry

    • @SkidderKev
      @SkidderKev  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      sorry you feel that way. if you look through my videos i have another video of removing a beaver dam from the same spot a few years later and does show the water flowing on the other side.

  • @mmccoy577
    @mmccoy577 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Some body or group brought Beavers into this area a few years back. Now they are really making a mess.

    • @SkidderKev
      @SkidderKev  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Reel McCoy ya they can be a real pain! need to get some trappers in there to take care of them for ya

  • @jwr778
    @jwr778 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is the same one you two cleared old school

    • @SkidderKev
      @SkidderKev  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes it is. Beavers moved back in.

    • @danthedewman1
      @danthedewman1 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SkidderKev Job security..

  • @travisk5589
    @travisk5589 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    To boot. Why do canadians hate beaver.

  • @Benssawmill
    @Benssawmill 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Heavy equipment makes things so much easier. 👍

    • @SkidderKev
      @SkidderKev  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bens sawmill sure does!!

  • @travisk5589
    @travisk5589 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why do Americans hate beavers

    • @SkidderKev
      @SkidderKev  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      First off I'm not american and second I love beaver

  • @MARKLOCKWOOD2012
    @MARKLOCKWOOD2012 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Literally over night due to the sound of rushing water. These little bastards will flood and build dams in places they shouldn’t. If your road ways really get flooded when they shouldn’t theirs a dam some where thats needs removal. Makes a good dam explosive video.

    • @SkidderKev
      @SkidderKev  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      MARK LOCKWOOD both dams we removed have been built again and we have to go back. I would love to blow one up but we are not aloud too haha

    • @digndurt6936
      @digndurt6936 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dynamite doesn't work well on these dams. They are hard to load sticks and not packed very tight for good lift. Does little damage but fun to watch blast.

  • @g.r.4853
    @g.r.4853 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did you even look at this before you posted it??

    • @SkidderKev
      @SkidderKev  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sure did. If you don't like it hit the stop button and watch something else.

  • @rossmacquarrie3691
    @rossmacquarrie3691 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Soooooooooo slow!!!!!

  • @troyskeese1503
    @troyskeese1503 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    How long would it take a beaver to build a dam this big . I know the lil suckers build 24 hours a day

    • @SkidderKev
      @SkidderKev  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +troy skeese not exactly sure Troy. I'm going to guess a few days. I was saying to the boss it would be cool to have a camera set up to time lapse them building it.

  • @VideosByAl
    @VideosByAl 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    An enjoyable day at work.

    • @SkidderKev
      @SkidderKev  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      +VideosByAl sure was! a nice change of pace for us.

  • @zbudda
    @zbudda 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Is it too cold for snakes there?

    • @SkidderKev
      @SkidderKev  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We have snakes here. Only 1 of the venomous kind and as far as I know they are all North of us. It's called the massasuga rattler. I have heard rumors that they are near the area we are working but have never seen one. Thanks for watching

  • @nuts319
    @nuts319 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    sure beats pick and shovel ehh?

    • @SkidderKev
      @SkidderKev  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      +nuts319 sure does!!

  • @phorewhoresman1897
    @phorewhoresman1897 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What you guys doin'?
    Oh we're driving and working in big equipment.
    Is it fun?
    Do beavers build dams?

    • @SkidderKev
      @SkidderKev  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Of course it's fun!!! Thanks for watching

  • @The_JEB
    @The_JEB 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Dam beavers...
    get it?
    heh...

  • @lavrentichudakoff2519
    @lavrentichudakoff2519 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Not very good operators.

    • @SkidderKev
      @SkidderKev  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lawrence Wunderlich we don't run excavators often so this is he first time in on in over a year.

    • @rkradz8576
      @rkradz8576 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Really not bad and I have ran excavators and backhoes and bobcats for the last 30 years..you dont know what your talking about

    • @SkidderKev
      @SkidderKev  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks R kradz. Never good enough for the arm chair operators

  • @markmortensen4341
    @markmortensen4341 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Pretty cool video. Do you have much trapping down your way for beaver? Just wondering if the beaver that made this dam got trapped first or not?

    • @SkidderKev
      @SkidderKev  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Mark Mortensen no there isn't much trapping here but a trapper was hired to take take care of these ones. now he did have a problem getting these ones and I don't think he got any here. I'm thinking we will be back in the spring doing the same job. thanks for watching!!

    • @jimlepeu577
      @jimlepeu577 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Smooth move taking the dam and dumping it some distance away, that’ll slow down a rebuild - now sit there with a gun and wait for them to come to repair it.

    • @SkidderKev
      @SkidderKev  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Jim LePeu they are small enough that they won't cause any flood down stream. I agree with you about waiting and shooting them and I suggested it too but they just can't do that on these properties.

    • @digndurt6936
      @digndurt6936 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Beaver do not use old material for rebuild. They chew new .

  • @johnm.evangelis693
    @johnm.evangelis693 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good job guys!

    • @SkidderKev
      @SkidderKev  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks! We actually where there yesterday clearing it again. But this time they trapped all the beavers. To make a long story short we just did what we were told the first time. Thanks for watching!!

  • @prashantbisen7614
    @prashantbisen7614 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    You are doing wrong by breaking beaver pond because they grow ecosystem with them ...
    Shame on you.😒

    • @SkidderKev
      @SkidderKev  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tell that to the farmer up from here that there 50 acres of horse paddocks are under water.