Opening Beaver Dam

Busting a beaver dam wide open with a homemade plow pulled by a tractor. Plow was fabricated by my father.
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[@VintageTexas59]

Dang, all cleared, great tool by the way !

[@transplant5449]

this was a cool video, great idea guys, put more on

[@jeffmech1]

Great little dam wrecking bar you have there

[@MaltShake]

How much cementing paste did u farm ?

[@bobdevreeze4741]

That works... very cool....

[@secondghost]

Your hand movements are very..... flamboyant

[@johnm.evangelis693]

Good job guys!!!

[@Gitika1956]

John M. Evangelis, for 3 days. No jobless! 👏🏻

[@johnwick-ii6il]

Beaver pond in Washington state had the best trout of my 63 years. until the forest service trapped them all. So sad, it was so isolated that it didn't hurt anything to let them stay.

[@user-qv9cc3hs6c]

Браво!

[@prancstaman]

That beaver's going to be pissed, LOL.

[@tebollenbacher]

Your the only one to show afterwards. Thanks

[@jesser5127]

Beaver returns back home. *DAM!*

[@plavins1]

This was pretty DAM good. he he he.

[@TheCalgarydoug]

Years ago I had a similar situation with 4 beaver dams near my house. I like beavers but the last dam was messing with my septic system and flooding my garage with my 66 Mustang in it. We were living in a silver mining area so the township guys came and dynamited the lodge and dam. The next morning the dam was built again so I raked it out and the next night the beavers had it rebuilt. They used different sized material including a railroad tie and I kept on raking it out. Eventually they used very small sticks and mud so it would just sift through the rake. Pretty clever critters.

[@juiceko5230]

Doug Fever is the dam still there? or have you completely destroyed it?

[@TheCalgarydoug]

That was long ago and I no longer live in the same area.

[@DataLog]

You were lucky not to end up in jail. You can't touch beavers or their habitats.

[@eliask6180]

Don`t forget to pick the sticks and the wood up, otherwise the beaver will build a new dam really fast

[@DonnDIY]

Yup, he will.

[@TheMetalButcher]

Interesting solution.

[@YhelloWish]

I don't have any knowledge about beaver, so is it good to opening their dam?

[@DataLog]

NO! Beavers are among the critical species for the entire ecosystem. They are highly protected. In my country (Croatia), killing a beaver is punishable by 30 000 Euro fine or equivallent prison time. Much like bees, beavers are animals that should not be touched under any circumstance. A beaver family flooded the road and disconnected the village nearby my city. The authorities couldn't do anything about it, but to build a new route. They're that important.

[@quaddingsous]

Nice!

[@1Ocqueoc]

I'm guessing that it took the beavers .. 4 maybe 5 days to rebuild?

[@Gitika1956]

Randy She ф

[@dennisthemenance5433]

Ever SINCE WE ADDED tHIS cp TO OURcULVERTS, ITS BEEN 3YRS NOW..JUST CLEAN IT OUT IN THE fALL FOR ABOUT 15 MIN,, Corrugated tubing installed through culvert inlets or beaver dams can allow water to flow without creating the cues that cause beavers to make repairs or build dams. Corrugated plastic tubing can be obtained from most stores that sell construction materials. The appropriate diameter depends on the discharge flow. If the streamflow is known, the proper size can be determined by comparing the streamflow with standard rates of discharge for different diameter tubes (table 1). Several pipes can be used to increase the flow.

[@GuntersGarage]

Good luck with that. Those little critters are extremely industrious and diligent workers. Its been my past experience to stop the damage would be to relocate or you know.....eliminate the trespasser.

[@DonnDIY]

:D

[@DirtBike4Lyfe]

31 Ford

[@Jos-F]

eliminate the trespasser? You mean he should kill himself then? As he's entering the natural habitat of the beavers.

[@benlawton5420]

(Gunters Garage) He bought the land with animals on it, he is the trespasser.

[@slabriprock5329]

@@benlawton5420 Wrong.

[@colekonthel]

good idea

[@DonnDIY]

It sure works well. The beavers will rebuild the dam quickly though. So contacting licensed huntsman will take care of the problem.

[@deernutOO]

That plow works very good.. at least for temporary removal and lowering of the water. Mr. Beaver will soon re-build his dam tho.

[@DonnDIY]

The word "temporary" exactly describes the situation with the damn beaver. :)

[@rufusmedrano2962]

Before and after shots would be nice

[@MsCrazydriver]

why did you break the dam ? just curious ....

[@wiktorpoliszczuk1372]

why did you do it?

[@DonnDIY]

To get rid of the water on the flooded field on the property.

[@DragonBlunts1996]

Beavers are natures greatest hydro engineers and humans could learn a lot from them. But they usually tend to put their dams in places that conflict with the whole body of water. It blocks the supply as you could in the video. But beavers have really high work rate so that damn will probably be back by morning.

[@kamtaprasad5884]

Very good

[@candidcomments292]

So4ChunIT our engineering efforts are far superior to beavers. This is coming from a Canadian as well I like em but they just don't have concrete. Also never seen a beaver dam that let's salmon get across.

[@Debbiebabe69]

Couldnt you stop the beavers with a few rat traps?

[@slabriprock5329]

How absurd. There is nothing about dam building we could learn from beavers. What are you smoking?

[@szczysalka]

Pozdrowienia z Polski :-)

[@erictaylor5462]

Watch out for collage kids from Corvalis, Oregon.

[@Lhifeeq]

So my wife walks in on me at 3:30 a.m. and sees I am watching a video, asks what I am doing up at this time of night. I answered "I'm watching this guy plowing this beaver.." Before I could finish the sentence, she piped in.

[@DonnDIY]

Hahaa! Women are kind of reactive people, aren't they? Sometimes nuclear. :D

[@g.r.4853]

She should be ashamed of herself having the knowledge of that kind of slang!!

[@cradleofalex]

What if the beaver built another one after you left?

[@DonnDIY]

It has built several dams, the last one in the pipe that goes under the road. It's hard to get there without going in the water up to my neck now. :D Should get rid of the beaver like Quaddingsous recommended. I'll try and wreck the dams until it freezes over. Then it hopefully moves on its own.

[@tonybezanson9625]

Beaver is supposed to be tasty. Try grilling the tail on an open fire.

[@DataLog]

@@DonnDIY You will end up in jail.

[@mrfester42]

And the beaver said; "All that work... down the drain!"

[@tengkusulaiman]

My lifes work down the drain

[@mrfester42]

@@tengkusulaiman ... down THE drain!

[@lennywallace540]

so simple yet brilliant idea... sure beats pulling them apart by hand like I do 8/

[@DonnDIY]

Yup, but these critters will return inevitably. :D

[@boikot8586]

Why is this such a great video ?? Running water I suppose.

[@gunnerhede6768]

Nice work, but sorry for the beaver.

[@clydebalcom8252]

I don't see any lodge. Are European beavers land dwellers? I'd like to know more

[@laventier2934]

yeeeaaaaaahhhhh

[@Redeemedpooper]

172 angry beavers disliked this video

[@motodev3645]

If you guys made your own dam. And beaver destroy it. What would it feels ?

[@slabriprock5329]

If a beaver made a dam. And flooded out a road and a large part of your property. What would it feels?

[@PaulHigginbothamSr]

It looked like the beavers went downstream and brought the clumps pulled out back upstream but thats impossible

[@danielbarnes7155]

Brilliant - let water flow carry the dam downstream. Beavers are much less likely to carry building materials uphill to rebuild.

[@Andybrowninguk]

Nice work! Bloody beavers!

[@WheelH0rseC101]

well i'll be dammed, seems it work pretty dam well :)

[@oliverwalters9533]

C101horse bad dam tssss

[@jmc19669]

Did you have your dam hat on?

[@oliverkuhl4215]

why are you destroying it?

[@slabriprock5329]

It's flooding an area he wants dry.

[@bobbypatton4903]

The siltation caused by the turbulent water from breaking the dam all at once is bad for the fishes :p

[@a.j.deutsch1792]

Bobby Patton, there is no fish

[@morgansword]

Ah, your dad is just a young man himself. A great thing your doing Donn, I wish our people were so motivated..... Lazy my ass!!!!!Good times and great video

[@bobw222]

that "plow" is about the most cost effective way of getting rid of a beaver damn I've ever seen.

[@dunruden9720]

*bobw222. Any damn fool knows the word is 'dam.'

[@plebny]

Good Job!!!

[@papaal7014]

Needed in Washington DC. ~metaphorically.

[@frankgerlach5059]

Why did you think it was necessary to destroy the dam? You must have had a reason to do so, at least I'm hoping you did?

[@DonnDIY]

Our fields were flooded, couldn't mow the hay, tractors were getting stuck, trees were fallen onto the field by the beavers and big area of the forest where we get the firewood was flooded and the birch trees were starting to die. Thus the demolition of the beaver dams. If there wasn't all of the previously described things happening I wouldn't care less about the beavers being there. They're awesome in my book. Best engineers.

[@rcarlisi63]

gives the beavers something to do...they'll be back..

[@tengkusulaiman]

You've been back enough. (Bruce willis)

[@unclegreybeard3969]

Hmmm, I'm pretty sure an old boat anchor would have made an easier rig for that job.

[@peaceraybob]

Welp, it sure is plenty effective.

[@FairlyOldGit]

some cable and a grappling hook might be easier to use

[@mikesiegle3736]

I think you should build a new one with like 2-3 teeth in the back of it

[@DonnDIY]

You mean something like this? --> kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmLCc6N6e72FgpI

[@josephteague5945]

Hey that thing is awesome man the best Beaver Dam Buster I've ever seen

[@nct127dreamandwayvismylife8]

i feel bad for the beavers.

[@TerrellSpivey]

Wonderful job!!

[@DonnDIY]

Cheers man!

[@TerrellSpivey]

@@DonnDIY yessah!! 💪💪💯

[@ronkenway3101]

Thank you for your efforts in draining the swamp, your country thanks you

[@user-rq4kf6dr7t]

Justin Bieber said, hi, everyone, I'm just-a-beaver.

[@papaal7014]

ya es gut

[@ralphaverill2001]

All these beaver dam busting videos! One wonders if anyone alerts downstream neighbors about the pending flash flood.

[@happyroof1723]

They most likely own the land that this is going on and are trying to fix a problem the dam is causing

[@Neddy2605]

wow

[@jamesg.muhohok7553]

why destroy beaver dam?

[@DonnDIY]

To drain flooded forests and fields.

[@jamesg.muhohok7553]

Thanks. Is it possible also to coexist probably use the dam for irrigation? Check youtube on what they do in U.S.

[@SteveD328]

How about just kill the beavers??

[@pasqualeparente9776]

why do you want to drain the forest? I can understand draining the fields but the forest.

[@emilmuhrman]

@@pasqualeparente9776 The forest is farmland just as the fields, just different crops.

[@mathjoeb]

Very clever tool. And you film like an artist. Thanks

[@qtino8777]

Wow that's mean

[@Dynomafia139]

The dams cause water damage and flooding

[@g.r.4853]

This is the best method I have seen. Labor is minimal and the debris gets washed downstream and spread out, no big piles of stuff

[@markchester7584]

Very rustic but, fair play, very effective.

[@dennisthemenance5433]

For all those Beaver Lovers, show them what kinds of Damage they do to your Land, Trees, ..I've seen who Apple, Black Walnut and Ash Tree Farms wiped out from being Flooded by Beaver Damns.. Thousands of Dollars of Yrs of work Gone.... They now call in Live Trappers to catch them and relocate them , many will sell them to other Counties needing them, after being over Killed and Harvasted..

[@JamesComstockCages]

You need to attack the cause, which is the beaver. Attacking the result, the dam, does no good. They will build back in hours.

[@dvoob]

i broke the dam

[@patricktagalogon1591]

why beavers making dam. what is their purpose of making it thank you. i need to know the answer.

[@telclivo7945]

Patrick Tagalogon They build a dam as their home. Now they don't live in the dam but they live in a lake. They stop the lake from draining by using the dam. This is their way of making a home.

[@cmh2111]

You people really answered? Patrick pretend you're looking for porn and Google it.

[@sharifabdul4237]

Warnin warning achuthung achuthung flash flood flash flood.keep ur ass off the river.😂😂😂

[@llililili4837]

뭢핪는짓잆얎 왮 붒숪는건뎂?

[@galaxygamer1531]

Why bull beaver they nature

[@Debbiebabe69]

Humans are nature too.

[@luckyjprez]

Dynamite would be faster...and you could get a beaver hat to..

[@DataLog]

And some prison time.

[@luckyjprez]

@@DataLog just saying...but your right so I'll sit back an drink my beer watching you and enjoying my Apple Pie...

[@bruce7sv]

Time to go beaver hunting

[@macwooten9263]

if a fish wants to be stupid let him be if he wants to swim away from the dam smart

[@ReligiousZombie]

If those guys did this to a man-made dam, it would be terrorism.

[@oldgysgt]

Rain is also a necessary to our ecosystem, but there are times when it is TOO much of a good thing and causes real problems. As the video shows, the beaver pond was flooding a lot of land and killing trees. I realize it was not your land or trees, but the belonged to someone. Apparently that someone didn’t appreciate the damage being done to their property, and did something about it.

[@bradywilliams2666]

All these folks crying that you took a beaver damn down. Alot of times the beavers damn is in a bad location. As a kid the beavers kept building a damn just below a culvert under a dirtroad going to out camp. It would flood over the road. We fought hell with them damn beavers.

[@benlawton5420]

Then the road was in a bad place.

[@bradywilliams2666]

The road had to cross the stream at some place.

[@kravason1616]

Or humans are in a bad location.

[@chrislane5145]

can't hide money

[@r.w.felton6020]

I hope you trapped out the area before you broke the dam. Otherwise, as you well know, they will "Be Back!" Arnold Swartzbeaver.

[@ravenstrahd5234]

Now just camp out there with some hunting buddies and nightvision hunting scopes and put an end to the beaver when it returns to fix the damage.

[@finndog2759]

In some states you need a permit from the DEC before you can touch a beaver dam. Its also illegal to trap on or within a certain amount feet from the dam in some states. Be careful not to film yourself doing something stupid!!! You tube don't pay that much!!! Lol.

[@DonnDIY]

Here in Estonia the landowner can demolish the dams but can't take down the nest heap. Also if one wants to hunt a beaver one has to be a licensed huntsman and it can only be done from August till the mid April. I only plow the dams.

[@johnmezera2862]

That method of pulling the beaver dam down is genius. That is safe, effective and doesn't harm the environment..

[@James-uc2nd]

use t.n.t

[@DonnDIY]

Buying explosives is extremely regulated due to terrorism in Europe. Using TNT on a dam would be awesome though! :D

[@harrybrown2372]

it will also kill anything under the water at nearby at the time of explosion,also it won't always destroy said damn.

[@James-uc2nd]

Harry Brown just wild life...dam and beavers will be rip

[@Ntwadumela1]

@DevilsNachoz TNT is a military explosive, what they used was dynamite or ANFO probably.

[@stephenguenther3455]

IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY SOMEONE WOULD BUST A BEAVER DAM - PLEASE DON'T COMMENT - YOU SIMPLY DON''T UNDERSTAND - SO AS YOUR MOTHER WOULD TELL YOU - BE QUIET AND DON'T ADVERTISE YOUR IGNORANCE

[@iron60bitch62]

Don’t forget Beaverdam’s also kill all rodents any birds like a nest on the ground or killed and of course most of the animals live on the ground drown

[@wyatt_nobles1]

If you want to get the Beaver Dam out of there for good TNT is the way to go

[@PaulHigginbothamSr]

This plough is seriously compromised. First it needs to dig down into the mud instead of just skimming the top. It needed to root it's way down into the mud and then the tractor won't be barely idling in the slowest possible gear, but ripping out something that can't be completely repaired overnight. It needed to not be a 20ft long three inch black iron pipe that the poor handlers could barely handle. And the tractor operator doesn't need to go his own way and do his own thing. Other than that it was a complete success and did remove the sticks on top of the dam these guys could have done by hand in the same time period if they could work well. With a little thought this could be made into a tool that would be a pleasure to handle like Fresno ploughs have done behind horses for a couple hundred years.

[@johnnada649]

I hope the beavers build an even bigger dam and flood your house.

[@oldgysgt]

Rain is also a necessary to our ecosystem, but there are times when it is TOO much of a good thing and causes real problems. As the video shows, the beaver pond was flooding a lot of land and killing trees. I realize it was not your land or trees, but the belonged to someone. Apparently that someone didn’t appreciate the damage being done to their property, and did something about it.

[@oldgysgt]

John Nada; everything in God’s creation has its proper purpose and helps maintain the balance of nature; however, there are times when one of God’s creatures becomes a pest and must be dealt with. This is a hard concept for young children to understand, but most adults realize that nature is not a Bambi cartoon.

[@FFDmh2223]

I love it, keep breaking dams.

[@AlleineDragonfyre]

Beavers are necessary to our ecosystem. This is a shitty thing to do.

[@ANDRE-tz6ft]

Exactly, and now there could be flooding downssteam

[@SrAlmeidaMedina]

...and also beavers fight entropy :(

[@zacbrown650]

Actually beaver dams cause flooding, killing acres and acres of trees and land. So not technically good for the environment

[@oldgysgt]

Rain is also a necessary to our ecosystem, but there are times when it is TOO much of a good thing and causes real problems. As the video shows, the beaver pond was flooding a lot of land and killing trees. I realize it was not your land or trees, but the belonged to someone. Apparently that someone didn’t appreciate the damage being done to their property, and did something about it.

[@scottfoster2487]

Your so uneducated,Beavers a keystone species and help the land more then you realize.

[@sniper10666]

Just leave them alone

[@DataLog]

You should be in jail. Beaver is one of the most important animals for the ecosystem. How didn't you end up in jail after posting this video?

[@007KrausBean]

Hope his house flooded and that wood busted up his plumbing.

[@DonnDIY]

I'm sorry you feel that way. Imagine you live in a house which I don't think you do. Imagine you go to the yard in the back of your house and suddenly a vicious beaver starts chewing on and felling your trees you've planted and turn them into a dam that prevents the water in the commonly non-threatening slow pace stream from flowing in the bed of the stream. Now the water lever rises over the bed while submersing your garden and soon your living room. Don't worry about the cellar, it is already flooded. All your food you've gathered is ruined, your house is ruined, your livelihood is gone. And then I come and say "I hope your house will be flooded for wrecking the dam of the beavers.".

[@iron60bitch62]

Croz 1007 Wow an asshole on the Internet I’m shocked

[@amazingthingsyoucanmake939]

Not an asshole......just truthful. I live in the mountains in rural Wyoming, and I deal with this EVERY YEAR.

[@vikt0r008]

Убил бобра - спас дерево! )))