Repairing Severely Damaged Pond Dam from Muskrat Holes

[@garywalton7176]

You did an excellent job from what you had to work with ! Congratulations to Micah too !

[@UpstateBrushControl]

Thank you very much!

[@gail8494]

Congratulations Mica and his girl! Nice job on the damn guys! Thanks

[@billmcdonald488]

John great fix of Hardening the Key Way around that lake. I live near Lake Okeechobee here in Florida. The Army Corps of Engineers have been Working on the dike for over 15 years.-They spent over $2 billion so far. The latest repairs include a 4 foot wall in the keyway that uses liquid nitrogen to freeze the banks so there’s no flooding. Again great job buddy

[@CopperCreekCuts]

My boy John parked the truck 6 miles away this time so he couldn't get stuck! :D Joking aside, I can't believe how much damage those little critters caused! Great video, thank you!

[@UpstateBrushControl]

Ha ha you know it🤣 I know that must have taken them forever to burrow that far.

[@chrisbrewster7112]

Awesome work!!!! Now it’s “Muskrat/Beaver Season!!!” Time to bring the team there for a .223 “target practice” weekend!!! 👍🏼👊🏼😎🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@farmhandluke5182]

Congratulations to Mika on his wedding 💒 🤵‍♂️ 👰. Great repair work on the muskrat damage , they sure tunneled deep into the bank. That’s a awesome fishing 🎣 spot just needed to bring your propane fish fryer to that picnic area and lunch is on! Thanks for sharing your work day! 👍👋

[@UpstateBrushControl]

Thanks!

[@brianpatrick9480]

Congratulations Micah!

[@bridgettemckinney5143]

Great job UBC🤗, enjoy watching.

[@UpstateBrushControl]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@scottlee1211]

Great job Jon and Josh!! Critters have messed up that pond dam big time……start trapping that area heavy! Congratulations to Mica and his wife to be!!!

[@UpstateBrushControl]

Thanks!

[@JAY-CRA]

A great job and fix by Upstate Brush Control 💯👏🏾

[@merrittanderson5429]

Doing the next right thing! We’ll done! Best crew in Greenville.

[@Southernbred52]

Very interesting job. Well done!! Congratulations to Micah and his woman!!

[@barrymurray8264]

Good video, neat to see how dams suffer and how to repair them. Nice work ! Be well.

[@UpstateBrushControl]

Thanks for watching and leaving a comment! Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@philglover2973]

Great video guy's y'all be safe out there 🚜🤠🍀

[@tristardiggin]

Never fails! When we try to do jobs as a favor or normally wouldn't do, they almost always are a PAIN! But way to hang with it, great job! Time lapse was really good 👍.

[@UpstateBrushControl]

Thanks for watching and leaving a comment!

[@catgirl8845]

Dang beavers can be destructive, can’t they, looks good guys! Congratulations to Mika

[@dominichickie4552]

Congratulations Micah from all in uk , fab film

[@UpstateBrushControl]

Thank you very much!

[@timhartman5671]

Excellent job

[@terryrogers1025]

Be careful young man, pond repair and building projects have a tendency to grow on you. Next thing you know you will be the local pond king. Nice looking finish on the project, thanks for the ride along, appreciate it.

[@UpstateBrushControl]

Ha! This is true.

[@wendyandjodymaillet7503]

Those critters caused a lot of damage, but it was no match for Upstate! Great job y’all! Upstate Brush Control Crew rides again!!!

[@billfeldman3234]

Very Nice JOB you All!!!!

[@ronevans852]

Wow that’s lot of work but you guys did wonderful job building the road back

[@UpstateBrushControl]

Thanks! It looks so much better now!

[@forky-reviews-and-rants]

What a shame you guys on KZbin are always busy......This video would have made a great Cameo for Letsdig18 to pop over and give some advice this is kinda is speciality not saying you guys don`t know what you are doing has from this episode you sure do know what you are doing......great video UBC...Stay Safe..........Congratulations Micah

[@RoyArmy-WREW918]

Was thinkin' the same thing, been watching and subscribed since you popped into his video @bealy farms ...

[@gayle4804]

Awesome job you guys I hope those critters don't come back or you'll be back again, have a great day!

[@UpstateBrushControl]

I hope so too!

[@tacocin]

Congrats Micah!!! Very happy for you! Land owner really needs to get proactive and get out in front of the otters and beavers! They never sleep! Fantastic job on the dam!

[@johnkranz4004]

Coming along very Nice

[@tomswindler64]

Great job as always, you gotta make do with what you have,in the end it’s fixed is what counts.👍👍👍😎😎😎

[@UpstateBrushControl]

You got that right!

[@JuanSanchez-bd3fi]

Congratulations to Mika on his engagement

[@NationalEquipmentDealersLLC]

Awesome video. Really interesting. Also love the pond bank shots in the time lapse with the Hyundai HX140ALD working. Smooth operator.

[@UpstateBrushControl]

Glad you enjoyed it! It was a different project for us.

[@MyTractorGuy]

Congrats on the deal with Hyundai. Nice work. It looked like the dirt you were bringing in was higher than your overflow so you are good to go. Those little devils did some bigtime damage to that dam.

[@skyhunter823]

It is always a tough job repairing rodent damage in Dams & levies We do alot of Dat type of work as well as land clearing jobs outstanding job Gentlemen

[@joshhenson9055]

Hey John Great video, might wanna put the pin back in your fire extinguished before it gets set off. That would make a big mess.

[@bigwallyhdfb]

Great work

[@UpstateBrushControl]

Thank you so much!

[@garybritt1209]

Nice work guy’s!.. that Dam was a mess!

[@UpstateBrushControl]

Haha. . . I see what ya did there.

[@johnblake7000]

Congratulation Mika

[@martymclamb5750]

Nice work

[@dennismahonchak3228]

That was different. Pond Dam repair. Nice video.

[@UpstateBrushControl]

Thanks 👍

[@joshuahatfield9377]

John the next time you put your pipe in the ground fall into the water for your drain wrap a couple of your chains around it or even a couple bolts inside of it screw man and put some blocks on the end of it so it'll sink down and it'll stay there

[@jerrylong3580]

They got lucky they didn’t loose that pond. Great job man

[@UpstateBrushControl]

Thanks! It looks so much better now!

[@Hunterworks]

I have the same problem in one of my ponds that I need to fix however when done I am laying vinyl covered chain link fence down on the water side with around a foot of the wire above the water line that will or should prevent this from happening again. They can't dig through the fence

[@ratoneJR]

Would have been nice to see it completed, straw mat and all. You did do a nice job. 👍

[@sylviaprudhomme5417]

Fun to watch

[@mickeyhughes7918]

Team Micah congratulations

[@watjejanssen7535]

i think Joseph Carter,,the Minkman,, is needed here too

[@joshuahatfield9377]

Hey John next time you find the big hole of the Beaver dam going through the pond put a little fire in there and grab some dead grass and one bit of wet grass on top of it stick on top of that fire and grab one of your own electric battery powered thing blowers put it on low and let it blow in the smoke into the hole and that should show you every hole that is inside that damn and plus also get ready to craters real quick

[@glennyork6800]

Neat vid unloading

[@antonhuman8446]

Machine is purring like a kitten.

[@scottsime5197]

Seems to me you need to recore the dam. Good job guys

[@Gobirds100]

This looks exactly like my pond and property layout, I'm in NC, 2 acre pond and i have the exact problem (damage from muskrat burrows in my dam). I had a beaver issue too but got rid of them with a 330 connibear. Jw, what is the rough cost to build the dam back up?

[@UpstateBrushControl]

Its something I'd have to see to put a number on it.

[@roperdirt7178]

John , if you would like to operate a Hyundai 145 or 220 we just bought a few Hyundai’s last year. We are located in Greenville. Give me a shout!

[@UpstateBrushControl]

Yes sir, if you have a minute I might give you a call how can I get a hold of you?

[@Buckswoodshop]

👍👍

[@odonnellsaussiehomestead8257]

I'm so glad we don't have Beavers here in OZ. 👍🦌🤞

[@jyienger]

They should hifed you to pull the brush and tres off that dam. All that brush on with waters edge is a magnet for muscrats

[@emeyers5984]

Congratulations Micah and fiancée! 💍🥂

[@dloglesby57]

Glad that you made sure that truck was far enough to not get damaged... but as I was watching a was also getting a bit worried due to the more you were digging it seems like the less and less road above you , you had, and that Road or crossing was NOT that wide to begin with. Just my thoughts, and since I know very little about what your doing, just looking at all this, would it be more possible to instead of just moving all the soft dirt all over the place, to instead bring in some gravel, with more dirt, and spread it over?? More gravel than dirt, and give the little critters less material to dig their homes out of??

[@TheOlbrait1]

Beautiful when Destroys trees . Boys

[@erniemccall1785]

Those routes might be the problem as well

[@michaeld.4521]

Darn Varmit Kong.

[@MrNiklas1967]

Hi buddy

[@raphaelszok8561]

How would one cook a muskrat? Throw in a pot with carrots and potatoes?

[@UpstateBrushControl]

Gross.

[@kkeenan536]

I hope they got rid of the muskrats!!

[@wolfpacva]

I hope they got rid of the muskrats or they will dig the new holes faster than you can repair them. You have to use big expensive machines to dig the holes out and all they use is two little feet. Muskrats are good eating since they are vegetarians.

[@mhenhawke5093]

Hey John, Hard to hear your into over the noise of the machine.

[@UpstateBrushControl]

Thanks for the feedback.

[@bluegrallis]

If the land owner is interested in saving that pond, EVERY tree and root from the water line to the back base of the dam should be removed. If it's not in the budget to fix it now, it will cost more later 🙁

[@davidfarley1175]

Why take a chance you should have stopped when you saw all of the rocks in the dam it was not good soil when the dam was built to many rocks and not good clay. that way you can cover your butt and tell the owers the pond needs drains and good clay can be hauled in, it will leak again there's no way of fixing it with more bad dirt

[@jeffcecil993]

To much wasted motion with machine results in a lot of wasted fuel even if it’s trying to make a longer video.