Beaver Dam Removal Takes Drastic Measures | Culvert Unclogging

[@BarrettFarms]

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[@trudie65]

Watching from Holland The Netherlands

[@kaycrawford1128]

Alabama.

[@lightwavz]

Wow, that was definitely some drastic measures! I know it would be great to have some concrete box culverts in there if money were no object... but then again, beavers and snakes are going to fill those up as well. Cannot wait to see what the solution is! Thanks!

[@BarrettFarms]

Concrete box culverts would be really nice,especially if they were big enough to get inside and clean out easily if needed.

[@martinmarsola6477]

A fine video on the rerouting of the water streams, and water flow! Interesting video to gaze at. Thank you! 🙂👍🇺🇸

[@BarrettFarms]

Thanks for watching!

[@jeannewheeldon6796]

Interesting and very enjoyable video. Thank you.

[@BarrettFarms]

Thanks for watching!

[@maxallen-macdonald8791]

Wow, that is one pack of industrious beavers! How about a permanent channel with just a moveable bridge structure over top like an old fashioned cattle catcher type? You could then just clean out the channels when needed. And maybe add a "no snakes allowed sign". An amazing amount of work done today. Congratulations!

[@BarrettFarms]

I wish the snakes would listen! We are about to make some changes here. A bridge was considered but making strong enough for tractors and combines is the issue. Stay tuned as we have a plan! Thanks for watching!

[@MzKari]

16:07 omg really u put that busted up crackes all over thing back in 😮

[@BarrettFarms]

I know right. There was a lot of back and forth on that. Dad wanted the thing left out and the pipe dug up so he could just go ahead with the replacement plan, that sounded fine to me. Ultimately, the guy running the back hoe put it all back and wanted to dig it up again when the new pipe was ready.

[@MzKari]

12:14 smart beavers built smack in middle and kept goinf n going preventable manintence is key 🔑

[@BarrettFarms]

So true!

[@judyhowery6908]

Suggestion get you some iron pipes that can be screwed together and a chunk of wood can be attached that the pipe can be screwed on to or a permanent attachment and a flat board you can put against you to shove thru pile

[@BarrettFarms]

Already done, nicely tucked away in the trees for next time this happens. Hopefully they won't be needed!

[@excession3076]

You need to dredge those ditches and you should have dug them out before you let the water through. So much mud was just being pushed downstream where it will settle so the flow won't ever be fast enough to drain the big pond at the top. I've been watching you clear this area for a long time. There is always so much water (and deep) in front of the culvert and it helps the beavers float logs/sticks to block the entrance. And provides masses of mud because it's slow moving. You are making their job easy for them.

[@BarrettFarms]

I appreciate you being a long-time viewer. These ditches badly need dug out, but one of the worst areas is obstructed by trees on one side and powerlines for a well on the other and blocks the excavator getting in. The plan is after harvest this year to take the trees down. Stay tuned for that. It doesn't matter what gets in the down flow. These ditches silt in constantly from field runoff and just have to be dug out periodically. Unfortunately, our last farmer didn't have an excavator, but our new one does, so we will be paying them to dig them out this year. And I agree, past and present excavator and backhoe work have made the area around the culverts way too deep.

[@excession3076]

@@BarrettFarms Thanks for the reply and will definitely keep watching. Wishing you all the best in your plans to sort things out.

[@sarah.268]

Wouldn't it make it easier to put a bridge in instead of those culverts?

[@BarrettFarms]

I think so if we didn't have to worry about heavy tractors and combines getting through.

[@shawnbarczak1766]

I would suggest a culvert at least almost triple the size you had and maybe look into it being a concrete one if you are thinking of tractors and combines going over it...and as I've suggested before...a triangular trash rack...sorry to keep beating a dead horse on the suggestion. I understand they are not cheap to get.

[@BarrettFarms]

It's coming. Not quite tripple the size but in the 30" plus size and steel. The triangular grate is coming too, I'll build it myself if I have to.

[@Newyrnewme]

I wonder if a plumber auger or snake could help get through the packed mud in the middle of the pipe?????

[@BarrettFarms]

Possibly, especially on the second culvert because that one is smaller and generally more mud than anything. The first one was just so much and so far into the pipe.

[@Newyrnewme]

@@BarrettFarms I only though if it from plumber in Australia that had a pipe FULL of dry hard packed sand. It did suck a good job. Best of luck!

[@RickyCervo]

If you put again a pipe, you could consider a triangular grate in front of them for stop beavers

[@BarrettFarms]

You can see at the end, our grate is pretty destroyed. New ones are coming, and I am with you, I think a triangular style would be awesome.

[@RickyCervo]

@@BarrettFarms well i hope new episodes are coming

[@BarrettFarms]

For sure. I am trying to get on a every Friday schedule.

[@RickyCervo]

@@BarrettFarms oh that's a good news!

[@ArdisBenson-g4q]

Man that was huge

[@BarrettFarms]

They were busy for sure

[@markbriggs-g5v]

Telegraph pole would be intresting ram rod

[@tom-5792]

As I have commented in other videos. Vactor Truck and a jet rodder will make short work out of cleaning that culvert.

[@BarrettFarms]

Thanks! I will research it.

[@jeriwollmann7366]

A triangular grate is needed to defeat the beavers. Cheers man🦫👍💪👊

[@davidcarroll965]

I thought you were going to use tannerite ! Even that would have just had to have been used several times and just blew up that whole section of clogged pipe, easier digging it out at least with the whole soil on top loosened up !

[@BarrettFarms]

I'm thinking of doing a tannerite removal the next time we get a big one away from the culverts and anything else we dont want damaged by flying g debris. Stay tuned, it may happen!

[@laurafos1]

You need a telephone pole to push it through or keep a chain running through it you can attach a tire or something to in the future

[@BarrettFarms]

For almost a year I had a long rope looped through it but just took it out a few weeks ago because our new farmers have been burning off some of the overgrowth and I didn't want it to get burnt up. You're right it would have been perfect in this case, could have tied a chain on it and pulled it through with an object on the end to pull that clog out.

[@dianaslater4894]

Carlsbad, California USA

[@JudyCL]

From the land down under, Australia

[@SueKrape-n6w]

pa says that is ok only a little bit of water to be coming of the pipe

[@JuliusCrawley-m6w]

Darnest beaver blockage ever

[@dilsaliosatos8797]

You neet long strict to anbloke the cover

[@BarrettFarms]

Yep. I took care of that after this. Stashed a few pieces of 10ft long metal pipe around the drains to use in the unfortunate event they build inside the pipe again. Hopefully after this though, it's completely clear the grates should never be left off.

[@linato1855]

Hello…..👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻🇨🇦

[@BarrettFarms]

Hello! Thanks for watching!

[@williamlindsey4148]

Pull a tire through the pipe.

[@BarrettFarms]

I think it was last year maybe, it's in a past video. I ran a rope through the pipe and left it there just in case I ever needed to pull a chain through and use something like a tire to dislodge a dam. Wouldn't you know it, I removed it early this spring because I had yet to need it and didn't want it getting caught up in a mower or anything. Could have been a game changer here on this day.

[@CK-yi6pc]

Why not push a pipe through with a chain,,,,,y’all made this way to hard

[@BarrettFarms]

No pipe, no chain. I agree though, sure seemed like a lot of work rather than just running and getting what we needed. I do have sections of steel pipe at the culverts now just in case but hopefully the grates get left on now and we don't encounter this again.