A Beaver Dam Of Incredible Size - Beaver Dam Removal With Excavator No.139

[@msTECH86]

I must admit that it was something - even I was impressed by the size of this beaver dam 🤯😋 Thank you for getting over 1,000 subscribers on my second channel - OhMac86 www.youtube.com/@OhMac86 Stay healthy and until next time ;D

[@Frank-o2e1s]

What's with the bank hugger ? Is he just a little slow ? 🇺🇲🇺🇲🪖🪖👮👮🚓🚓

[@lindamoeder1681]

WOW..the amount of water that beaver dam was holding back. You have to give it to them... they are pretty awesome engineers!!!

[@redryderaus]

Imagine what they could do if they learned to use chainsaws 😉

[@camel1945]

5 star work thanks!!!

[@Bob-jm8kl]

Beavers are amazing animals and I've encountered a lot of dams and ponds canoeing in the north woods where their engineering prowess is just part of nature. They're also tenacious creatures. They'll see all of the excavated material on the banks and think...oooh...building material.

[@Beefry222]

I'm always impressed by how well you both work together. I can see how much mutual respect and awareness you both have for each other. You know when to get out of the way when the excavator is working and the operator knows when he has the safe opening to do his part. Great teamwork, be safe and Happy Holidays.

[@msTECH86]

There is actually a lot of truth in what you write - now I don't even pay attention to it, but in fact, over the course of several years of working together, we have learned how to work together, even without unnecessary talking ;) Stay healthy and I wish you all the best this upcoming Christmas 👋💝

[@jimchuk8511]

@@msTECH86 I did notice though that when the operator started dumping the buckets towards the guy watching he had to move back a bit, and then sure enough he would move in again as soon as the operator swung back. If I was running the excavator, I would have extended the boom out all the way and swung it slowly towards him and tell him, stay outside of that swing. He could have very easily moved 5 to 10 feet or so downstream and been out of the swing and seen just as well. I worked my whole life in commercial construction and safety became more of a concern as time went on. Funny how easy that is to see watching the video verses being in the middle of it when it's happening. Sorry if I'm being critical, but I was the guy who had to deal with OSHA whenever they came calling.

[@olgaapsa9104]

О Мацей добрый день! Приятно вас видеть! Успехов вам и здоровья! ❤❤❤

[@blueneeson9888]

Brilliant Video Thanks From Blue In England

[@lightwavz]

😂 I thought from the thumbnail you were taking this apart by hand. I said to myself, "That's it. He has lost his mind!" 😂 So glad your brother and excavator were there!

[@lightwavz]

By the way, your brother is a superb excavator operator! The way he is able to tip the cab and articulate the scoop! 😮😢😂 If I tried any of that, the poor machine would be lost forever at the bottom of a pond or stream.

[@Stratos53100]

That one would have taken the Thursday Lunch to clear that one out, and a couple of months by hand after that.

[@Stratos53100]

@@lightwavz Did a great job Re-grading the grade of the slope bank after the fact

[@davidaehlert5247]

Wow Maciej this was a high monster of a dam, lucky for you guys had the excavator to help you. That was a powerful stream of water that came out of that dam. Well done my friend. With love from South Africa 🇿🇦😘

[@BKILLS186]

Beaver got home and was like “damn”

[@lynnmunday4940]

Good Evening from Western Australia. Yes this dam was most definitely an incredible size. A lot of mud too and holding back a lot of water. Well done. Keep well and God bless.

[@msTECH86]

Hello my friend 👋 It was actually a gigantic dam - it's good that I took my brother with me, otherwise it could have been difficult 😉 Stay healthy 👋💝

[@spaztech]

I enjoyed this one so much I’ve already watched it twice. Huge drop in water levels. The beavers had a lot of time to make this dam. 🦫

[@msTECH86]

Then thank you twice 😀😎 And so this dam has been there for a very, very long time.

[@teresal5959]

One of my favorite channels!!!!!! Wonderful videos. You fellows really work hard!!!!

[@vectorm4]

I really like these videos; but I am curious to see a camera 20 minutes down stream. To see the flash flood and after effect.

[@msTECH86]

We removed the dam very slowly so as not to flood anything below. Only once did we flood the garden of a resident below the beaver dam - but that was about three years ago, when I wasn't recording videos on KZbin yet 😉

[@lavina58]

Great job 🙌🙌🙌👌👍😀🍀🥂

[@laurabisutti3886]

La distruzione delle dighe con l'escavatore è molto più efficace e rapida di quella manuale. Con tutto il rispetto per il lavoraccio di quelli che faticano con il forcone❤

[@valerali9084]

Yes, it would be a nightmare to take this apart by hand. You, as always, are super. 👍💪

[@msTECH86]

Don't worry, I haven't done this kind of work by hand, so I could handle it too 😉 But it would definitely be difficult 😋

[@Kenislovas]

This one was good :)

[@msTECH86]

Good thing I had the help of an excavator 😉

[@jacquesb8927]

Good job

[@randycharest4507]

TOTALLY ENJOYED WATCHING THE VIDEO msTech86 😊

[@beckyirvin2504]

Love your channel. I watch every episode twice.

[@karengranberg471]

Hi from Wisconsin from a fan of yours! I enjoy your videos because you explain what you’re doing, mostly I am amazed by the science you show in what you do! I’m an old lady, and I’m glad for what you teach me. Oh yes we have beavers here in the woodlands too, they do not affect me. I had a boyfriend whose parents were also Lithuanian. I’m on your team! Thank you!

[@hennemartin]

Incredible what a Dam , good job 👏👏💪👍

[@garywatson6287]

I enjoy watching you're channel and content. Much Love from Northern Ireland.

[@grumpyg9350]

That was cool to watch. Thanks.👍👍

[@msTECH86]

Good thing I had an excavator to help 😉 Stay healthy 👋

[@greghavers821]

superb!! thanks for this!!!!

[@toddodell2904]

Nice cleanup and drain. Great job

[@dww2006]

Wow. That was satisfying to watch. I think considering how active these beavers are you’ll find a few more. 🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@burnbrae6948]

Legendary channel. You had me hooked from the very first vid I watched. Then I binged watched for hours!

[@donf3739]

Nice work! I wish we could've seen you working from the other side afterwards. Now... traps.

[@sandramatthews2878]

Wow. That’s one huge beaver dam

[@phild8095]

My hometown had a series of beaver dams about 300 yards wide and four to eight feet tall. Two streams came together in an area of 40 year old maples. It was glorious.

[@linato1855]

My favourite breakfast company! ☕️ You were dwarfed standing at the base of that giant dam, Maciej….I’m on day 9 of the worst cough, my voice goes off and on. Lots of viruses and another strain of covid going around here. Stay healthy and safe, my friend. 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻

[@msTECH86]

Yes, the dam was huge 🤯😉 As for the cough, we can't cure it either. About 3 weeks ago I had antibiotic therapy and it was quite good, but for a few days I had a terrible cough again - in addition, Kasia is also sick and Maksymilian this morning also has a bad cough since the morning - so we have another visit to the doctor - just to be sure, to listen to us to see if our lungs are clear. I have a feeling that these frequent illnesses are related to Maksymilian's going to kindergarten 😋 Our little germ 🦠😁 Take care and I wish you and us a speedy recovery 💝💝

[@linato1855]

@@msTECH86 Dziękuję! 🥰

[@ElfamosoValle956]

Quick and satisfying to watch Goodluck keep posting !

[@ronnieharrison2143]

That was a huge Beaver 🦫 Dam. Excellent job. One time I thought that the operator was going into the ditch. 😊

[@floofycatz]

All that water flow is beaver tears seeing their handiwork taken apart :)

[@msTECH86]

Don't worry, they will rebuild a new one in some time 😉 And this dam was really too big and dangerous at the same time. It's scary to think what would happen if this dam burst due to old age.

[@TheBrushcutter]

​@@msTECH86 exactly! We have a property that has a low water crossing on the creek that runs through it. Tomorrow I'll rent an excavator for the 5th time to open the culvert and remove the 6 feet of sediment that has collected at the crossing due to the beavers plugging the culvert. The destruction beavers have caused on that creek is unbelievable. In fact, once I get the culvert open and the water level drops we will begin the task of removing 2 huge oak trees that the little bastards dug dens under which caused them to fall and take down a big bitter pecan also. 1 oak fell and landed in the middle of the channel. It knocked the 2nd oak across the channel at its stump and it's top took the bitter pecan down and across the creek in a bend. The trunks and limbs caught all manner of timber debris from upstream which caused tremendous turbulence causing a 40 foot section of bank to be undercut and slough off into the creek due to beaver dens and that turbulence. This creek has high, nearly vertical banks and it is somewhere in the neighborhood of 12 to 15 feet from the top of the banks to the water now. Removing the trees and clearing the channel is going to be a huge job and very dangerous. I HATE beavers. We have dealt with the problems they cause since the late 80s, I have trapped them in the past to thin their numbers. But once the culvert is open this time, NOTHING short of their TOTAL eradication will be satisfactory to me! NOTHING! I will trap and or shoot them into extinction on my property! And my neighbors along the creek are in complete agreement with me on that.

[@hausmeisterei]

I could watch this for hours 👍🏻! Best wishes from Kassel, Germany 🖐🏻!

[@sophiagavra2872]

Excellent job 👏

[@msTECH86]

Thank you 👋😊

[@PietLammers]

Great job man, thank you for that.

[@msTECH86]

My pleasure ;)

[@m.cooper1854]

In your country, is it legal for landowners to trap beavers on their property, or to authorize a licensed trapper to do so? Regards from central Ontario, Canada.

[@matabudinchannel9717]

good effort. can reduce the problem of stagnant water overflow that causes flooding in the surrounding area. please help me thank you.

[@rufusmedrano2962]

Wow that was a big one. Good job guys

[@brucewelty7684]

This is the first dam removal that makes a lick of sense.

[@lordvader3425]

I am wondering what problem was the water causing up stream? It was high but it doesn't look like a problem.

[@zyxw2000]

It was flooding farmland.

[@zyxw2000]

flooding farms

[@5stardave]

Building a beaver dam would be interesting to watch.

[@destroytheilluminati770]

Was up in Ontario Canada a few years back walleye fishing, off the main lake there was a narrow channel through some rock walls, once we entered the lake, we could see something off in the distance, as we got closer we realized it was a huge beaver dam, we got out of the boat and walked up to the top of it and saw that behind the dam was roughly 250-300 acre lake behind it, with a massive beaver hut in the middle. that dam we estimated was 8-8.5 feet tall, the dam had been built between 2 hills, as we were fishing we could see numerous spots where water was seeping through the hills,

[@jackkilduff6618]

Do you notify people downstream that you are going to open this up?

[@tangothecat237]

That must have took beavers a long time to build. Amazing

[@adhdpreparedness]

Wicked cool! Love these videos

[@jamesrpm3920]

you are always entertaining to watch

[@hungvu8480]

How can a little body with two tiny hands can make a damn this big? Such an amazing creation of God!

[@anythinggoesgarage5943]

great job!! Destructive lil buggers beavers are!

[@braydenlev4776]

Amazing work that y'all do, but you have three different things saying mstech86 on the screen... It's so aggravating because you've put one in the middle of the screen.

[@msTECH86]

It really doesn't give me any satisfaction either - but I only do it because I later find all my videos on Facebook or Tiktok. So at least this way I try to protect my recordings.

[@braydenlev4776]

@@msTECH86 I cannot argue there. I apologize as nd appreciate your response being straightforward and honest. This is a great reason to sub.

[@peterprine7996]

drone view would be nice.

[@Stratos53100]

That was pretty impressive indeed, Should have given a warning downstream of the flood.... heh.. Gradual yes.. amazing 3/4 way through it was like it never happened..that was holding back a few liters....

[@palco22]

The local council members made up of the eldest beaver, two junior beavers, three blue jays, one old turtle, two muskrats, one common garter snake, three raccoons, two ducks with their seven ducklings, one salamander, two local owls, four sparrows, the only two surviving long-tailed weasels, representatives of the trout and catfish families, two deer, frogs and a whole slew of feeder insects proceeded to establish possible emigration policies in order to minimize the effect of the territory's total destruction. How each will try to help others in these sad times. To find temporary shelter and other food sources. Life in and around the beaver pond that took years to build was now gone.

[@zyxw2000]

:-)

[@user-ge2qn6gp4o]

It's a beautiful thing to remove a dam and restore the environment back to the way it's supposed to be.

[@sbrydson]

I always wonder if these dam removers are reimbursed by the landowner, or can they just find a dam on public land to destroy for fun?

[@McKavian]

​@@sbrydsoneverything cost too much money to do this for fun.

[@I_HateClickBait]

Thanks so much for putting that sad truth out there! Most people don't see that deep. 😢

[@oldmanslickville1918]

Just a FYI on the screen u should also display the date

[@akhyark1061]

❤👍👍👍❤

[@msTECH86]

👋💖😊

[@geoffreylee5199]

Buddy on screen right is not too bright!

[@dannyf100]

That guy standing keeps getting in the way ! He's like a little kid !

[@Ericbjohnston5150]

That is,a super tiny dam. The record length is The world's largest beaver dam is visible from space in satellite images. It is almost 800 metres long from end-to-end, and holds back run-off water from the Birch Mountains in the southernmost end of Wood Buffalo National Park. The front of the actual dam, runs approximately 775 metres in length.

[@BJFerg103]

Best one yet.

[@sumatai1]

Nice job !

[@msTECH86]

Thank you 👋🙂💖

[@traildude7538]

That stream could use some loose rock check dams -- it's seriously eroded! I've never seen a beaver dam with that big a height above the stream bed -- I've always seen beavers make a series of dams where the water level in each one is at the bottom of the next one upstream. Watching this I found myself wondering if there's a way to encourage them to build lower down. I also found myself wondering what would happen if a 16" culvert pipe were put into the dam to keep the water level lower -- would the beavers just plug it?

[@Ntwadumela1]

Either the beavers will plug it, or it will get clogged naturally, or someone will steal it, or the beavers will build a second dam. These so called beaver deceivers are only good in theory.

[@maciekmaciek9208]

Maciek powiedz czy brat wpadł kiedyś z koparka do rzeki w czasie pracy przy tamie bobrow

[@lrx54]

What compels Beavers to do this?, lol. Such facinating animal behavior. Must the dam be dismantled?

[@tomswindler64]

You and your brother did a very nice job on clearing that dam.was very large one for sure,excavator was a big help,if you were by yourself,you probably would still be,lotta debris to move.great video as always.you keep well and safe.👍👍👍😎😎😎

[@widmermax19]

you from Poland ?

[@zyxw2000]

It would be great fun to run an excavator!

[@philcooper8368]

wish you would put a camera 50-75 meters down stream so we could see the water rushing down

[@richardknapp570]

Where was this?

[@davidinghram2494]

He did a nice job for you.

[@cameronmorrison4502]

I kept wondering if the excavator was going to fall into the creek !!

[@jonnyteeee]

Great content but dont see the need or point for having your channel name across the screen ☹️🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️ made it hard to watch.

[@msTECH86]

The reason is simple - a lot of my recordings are illegally copied and posted on Facebook.

[@ReignDropsCoffee]

I wouldlove to see a video of some these places 1 year later after you remove the dam.

[@chrisharris4740]

What we need is footage of the beavers appearing, saying "Dude, where's our dam gone?"

[@sylvielegouge2980]

C'est dans qu'elle pays ?

[@boss-fu1cy]

Beavers are natural engineers

[@Butler_Buck]

The guy with the ski cap and chainsaw looked like the Edge from U2 going to town when he was trying to start that thing.

[@cawiltu]

Wow that’s the best beaver damn ever. 😢😢you broke it😢😢

[@mattp9361]

This would have been the perfect dam to undermine. I wish you would have removed material from the back of the dam first so we could see it all fall and collapse in one go

[@msTECH86]

In this way, we would flood the houses in the village below.

[@beyondmiddleagedman7240]

The multiple screen channel IDs and them moving in the image around are REALLY annoying. Detracts from the focus of the video.

[@msTECH86]

I know this is true and I admit you are right - but try to understand me - search on Facebook for videos of beaver dam removal and see how many of my recordings there are. Additionally, when I report these illegally copied recordings, in most cases Facebook does not even want to remove them. Hence these giant watermarks with the name of my channel - especially on sections where the dams are really large and willingly copied from my channel.

[@jeffs869]

the sound of rushing waters is every beavers worst nightmare.

[@alularussell778]

Great dam bust. Great machine work. What I don't get is, why can't you stand out of the way and stay there. You're stepping in then stepping out and in and out over and over like a blond in a parking lot.

[@cathypelfrey1067]

Love to watch you.

[@Chele-nm4qx]

Nothing worse than you trying to do your job & someone is in your way- step back dude! Every scoop- you step back & then step back up in the way!

[@davem453]

Why was it destroyed? It doesn't appear to be causing any harm.

[@zyxw2000]

You don't know that. It sometimes floods roads or farmers' fields.

[@user-ge2qn6gp4o]

You might want to do some research.

[@adamrosenhamer3762]

I feel like adding a thumb onto your excavator would be very helpful for what you all do!

[@zyxw2000]

That's what the company gave them.

[@Ntwadumela1]

@@zyxw2000 What company?

[@zyxw2000]

@@Ntwadumela1 He says in the description he works for a state organization, so I should have said "agency."

[@Ntwadumela1]

@@zyxw2000 He works on behalf of municipalities. Municipalities hold tenders for desilting ditches, which he wins. He is not a municipal employee, but an independent contractor. He wrote in a comment, he works in an area up to 100 km from home. The excavator must belong to him.

[@samuelbess3038]

Thousands of gallons of water lost..that oce helped fill aquifers.

[@zyxw2000]

Or flooded farms or roads. Read the description.

[@user-ge2qn6gp4o]

You're a little "special" aren't you.

[@wpistol]

Distracting with the multiple channel names on the screen.

[@richardpalermo9020]

I would love to follow it down stream.

[@georgecremeans5113]

Why does the guy keep stepping back and then forward… in the way of the excavator?

[@taurusnl-NL]

6:11 so after 1 time you would think that someone understands that he needs to stand at an other location

[@tongo117]

Yes!! Get out of the way!! That went on for about 8 minutes till he went to the other side..

[@oldmanslickville1918]

When u are the boss u can stand anywhere

[@RogueNation.]

Anyone take a guess as to how a dead TREE STANDING UP is right in the middle of the dam?

[@jpisme9082]

I kinda hate to see it destroyed. I've found some excellent fishing in bever ponds.

[@piotrmag45]

Dobra robota , jak zwykle zresztą 😁😉

[@msTECH86]

Oj było by co robić bez koparki ;D

[@PaulHigginbothamSr]

I simply have never seen a beaver dam this tall. I suppose it could be this tall without being unstable because of the solid tree in the middle.

[@James-ru4jx]

Removing that in the beginning of winter could kill the beaver family.

[@zyxw2000]

Their lodges aren't in the dam.

[@zyxw2000]

Their lodges aren't in the dam.

[@danielvalencia8273]

Podian haberlo dejado unos tres minutos más.

[@wolfman7393]

If that is a beavers nature to create dams, maybe they know something we humans don’t. Yes it indeed creates a pond but nature seems to know what it’s doing.

[@216000950]

If left on the bank would the beavers just start over and use the debris to rebuild their dam?

[@zyxw2000]

They don't re-use old material.

[@zyxw2000]

They don't re-use old material.