Are the Beavers BACK?!? FLOODING ISSUES at the OFF-GRID Property
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When we first purchased our 500+ Acre Off-Grid Property we had Beaver Issues. Now we are have some flooding issues & seeing if the Beavers Are Back. Join us to see what we found out.
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One word; "Dynamite". Enjoy, and you're welcome. 🤠
Tannerite is legal, dynamite needs a permit. Colorful container makes a better target.
The sound of the water rushing over the dam and the beautiful scenery. I could spend days just sitting and enjoying it. How blessed you are.
Thank you for sharing.
If you use enough tannerite. You can remove the whole dam with one pew pew round...lol
I think around 2lbs per dam would be a great video.
@@funnyfarmdad9997 did you say 6lbs, lol
Dig hole on low side of dam so you can push tannerite into/under dam. Then shoot from downstream.
"Don't worry babe, I got my PEW PEW. I can handle the bear". Good to hear Al. Glad you make sure that you can protect yourself and your family out there. It is called "wildlife" for a reason!
Lol, and then he left her and went for a walk! 🤔🤔😄
Pew pew, is that skunk spray???
Small amount of "Boom Boom" sticks will make easy work of the beaver dams. ;)
That is what my grandpa and dad used to open up beavers damn when we lived on 80 acres. Nothing wrong with that.
My thoughts exactly. A small charge is safe and affective if strategically placed in a few spots
Can you get it at Walmart?
Yep! Blow it.
@@cooldog60 You can get shotgun shells at WalMart and break them open for the gunpowder
Check out the "Clemson pond leveler" for the beaver dams - if it works on your property you can keep the beavers and also prevent their efforts from flooding out your roads.
Lumnah, you need an excavator. It will take care of those beaver dams and you can direct water and make ponds where you want them, set culverts, make more roads, move large rocks, pull stumps…limitless uses!
Truly amazing animals to build those sorts of walls!! Wow
It looks like just branches washed down in the spring thaw. Those tracks looked like raccoon.
That creek is looking so pretty and peaceful flowing up by the first dam, will be so nice to sit by! Watching that water start to flow through the dam was so satisfying!
Gooooood morning Lumnah family and friends😊 The new debris could just be washed down from the flow and melting of snow! Definitely raccoon tracks! Love the sound of the trickling stream 🥰
If I were you I would be a bit afraid of the statement: "Gina wants to throw me an anchor." If I fall in water I want a lifeline not an anchor.
i bet not a lot of people got that lol i almost spit out my pop on the computer when he said it lol
Haha
lol
I’m thinking she didn’t want her hubby to go down that stream. A anchor would keep him in place. 🥰
@@barbaraparker7250 - Good point!
How about an old chain saw chain and cut thru the pile a couple of times along the path the water flows ?
I was thinking the same thing.
Good idea
I also think that would be a good idea - then use a "come-along" with a grapple to pull the sticks away... www.google.com/search?q=come+along
Don't know much about beaver dams, but was thinking that a chainsaw might make quick work of that nuisance
When I saw the culverts, I was hoping to see an Andrew Camarata colab. Looks like whomever you hired did a nice job.
He had poor frail Gena digging the old culverts out and didn't want to video the hard labor. LOL:)
@@roald48 I know I'm being pedantic! but it's *Gina*
I was thinking LETS DIG 18 but it would be a long haul for him from South Carolina.
I always wear a belt when using waders now. Had the experience once of slipping and my waders filling up with water. If not for having a knife on my side to slit the waders I would have drowned.
I've wonder about that, thanks for sharing. PS I glad you was ok and didn't get hurt.
Get stuck in the mud and fall backwards into the water. It can be almost impossible to get out, especially if you panic.
Been there. The water doesn’t even have to be deep but it will keep you from standing up.
Place some flat rocks under the outflow of your culverts. It will prevent back erosion under your culvert. It doesn’t take a lot of time but will prevent you from having to pull the culverts and fill in the erosion.
Nice to see a blessing said before a meal
You have a beautiful piece of ground, I bet it’s very peaceful and quiet out there
It sure is. That’s why we purchased it.
It is amazing how the beavers build those dams wow
I'm surprised you aren't harvesting some fiddleheads! Spring's gift!
It is a beautiful day on your gorgeous property!
Great vid. Thanks and God bless.
You always work smarter, not harder! Love you videos!
Good Morning, Lumnahs & all you viewers. Hope y’all are having a great day.
Blessings, Love & Hugs from Vicki in Ft. Worth, Texas 🇺🇸👍❤️🥰🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Hi, from Irving, Texas!
@@debbiemorgan6701 - Howdy, neighbor!
Hi...... AL and Gina nice to see you, thank you for sharing your video homestead 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 🎥👍👍👍
Good morning from Delaware got up to 89 yesterday. I think chainsaw might be your best bet. Have a great day everyone.
A huge treble hook and come-a-long or winch. We used a pole saw to feed the winch line under the branches and then winched it downstream after attaching the Treble hook to the winch line. If you can't find a 2' treble hook... use an old boat anchor.
Good Morning Al, Gina and Olivia
Enjoy seeing your land.
Good morning Lumnah family and Critters, I hope you have a wonderfully blessed day! I love Hope's babies names!! God bless Yall!
Gooooood Morning
Howdy Angel77762!
The water is sooooo clear!
Good morning from west Virginia, love your channel
We made a grappling hook out of rebar, and used a vehicle or winch to tear the dam open. When a vehicle/winch wasn't possible, we used a comealong hoist or a block and tackle to rip the dam open.
Gooooood morning this morning from the MS gulf coast I hope everyone has a great
Gooooood Morning
Good morning Erick from the Gulf coast!
Howdy Erick!
Good morning to you Erick from NE MS
Beaver baffles. Installed 2 at work yesterday at one of our parks. They works great and require little maintenance
Goooood morning Lumnah family and friends! Have a wonderful day!
Gooooooood Morning
Good morning David
@@annettegregg8654 Good morning Annette! Hope you have a wonderful day!
Good morning David. You to have a wonderful day!
@@Heisstrong 👋
Good morning I'm glad you got your new culverts in make it alot easier to get back forth, y'all have a good day🥰💐
A covert is a hide, the perils of Auto Complete!
Remember, Al, if you use equipment you need a state permit. If you light off a couple of drums of ammonium nitrate / fuel oil, you can remove a dam and build a lovely pond in seconds
The ammonium nitrate and oil will only go off if he has a detonator - a smaller explosive. Just burning it won't set it off. A blasting cap or cherry bomb would be sufficient. Need to be careful of mixture ratio (1:1) and have to grind the ammonium-nitrate to fine powder before mixing and then don't compact it too tight or it won't go off. Best to ask around town and find an ex army MOS 12B (engineer) or 18C (SF demo guy) to do it for you - otherwise, make sure your life insurance is topped up. :-)
🙋 Good morning.
You have had a very busy few days.
The butcher box food sounds good. 🍔
Be well. Be blessed. 🙏☝️👍
Oh Al You're so big kid playing around in the pipes LOL 😂🤣😂🤣
Wasn't that great to see Al with a sense of humor! Loved it!
Good morning coffee enjoying watching. Good place to get the works taken out some trees 🌳
Farmers around here have had some success by placing some larger pieces (4" and better) down lower in dams. This frains the pond and the beavers do not recognize their problem. Eventually they abandon that dam. BUT, Theu just move and start over !
I like that idea
Great job on cleaning up the creek.
Like JJ Walker used to say: Dy-no-mite! No more beavers!
Tannerite, safer and does same job
also what works is Tannerite VS BEAVER DAM as we cannot legally. Carleson says two pounds of Tannerite is equivalent to two sticks of dynamite.
Hi Al! Just a suggestion, put some wood or steel markers (Rebar perhaps) and mark them so you can see the water height in various places on the property. Hi-visibility paint every 2 or 3 inches.
Good morning Lumnahs and everyone.
Howdy Lisa!
@@samvalentine3206 Good morning Sam.
@Forrest Gump Morning.
@Forrest Gump Good Evening from Enniskilen, Ireland.
Good morning everyone.
Goooood morning!! Great video! Sorry to see some of the problems but it will all work out! Keep up the great work!! Have a great weekend!
Good morning GMF! Have a wonderful day!
Howdy Grays!
@@samvalentine3206 hey Sam! Have a great day!
Morning Grays, David, Sam, and all from western Massachusetts USA. It's 62 degrees F at 9 AM here. It got up to 80 yesterday. Black flies are out! I hope everyone has a great day. :-)
Good Evening from Enniskillen, Ireland Gray Mountain Farm.
Use the Kubota with a long chain and a medium to large, 3 or 4 prong grappling hook. Place the hook into the top of the stick pile (dam) and pull on to the shore. Grab another bundle of sticks, and so on. Might also work with the Mule 4x4.
Stated in video that equipment could not access location!!!!
@@tonygrimes13 you evidently don't know the capabilities of equipment but thank you anyways for the comment love you bye
Dynamite!!
Tannerite is easier to come by.
@dennis coates You have to have a Federal and State license to buy dynamite anymore since Tim McVey blew up the Federal building in Oklahoma.
The fastest way we did it was to blow it up. You have to get the base of the dam dam. The beavers will build a berm of dirt then use the trimmings to keep it in place. This automatically catches smaller branches and slows the water flow.
The large equipment and lumber trucks driving over them is most likely why the culverts were damaged.
He just replaced them and I wont be surprised if they end up broken again pretty soon.
Put a metal grate at both ends of the culvert pipe . Much easier to maintain in the future.
Down south the county usually has a guy that takes care of beavers dams.... they blow it up with a charge.
DIY - heaps of fun if you use enough. And have a lot of spares just in case....
OMG , it’s sooo clear, not used to seeing water that clear living in the city, I envy you and your family👍
Goooood moooorrrnnning Al, Gina and Olivia. All fellow viewers and my friends. Pleasant good morning from Jamaica 🇯🇲🇯🇲🙏
Goooood mooooorrrning Lloyd in Jamaica! I hope all is well there.
@@Heisstrong Good morning . Yes we are a bit cool this morning which is welcoming, been getting hot
Howdy Lloyd!
Morning Lloyd! :-)
Good Evening from Enniskillen, Ireland Lloyd.
Oh, for the old days. I helped a farmer when I was a boy use 'stumping dynamite' to get rid of some large rocks and a very big tree stump in one of his fields.
Those were more trusting times than today.
As Bubba would have said: 'You gonna talk or fish'.
Al if there are a new pair of beavers they will patch that breach in the dam by morning.
If they patch it then we know the beavers are back. If not than we need to take the dam out.
Love your videos like how you done your road now you got it fixed hopefully the Beavers don't come back. God bless you take care be safe and to you in your next video and by the way praying for me it is my allergies it is my COPD really need prayer for that cannot breathe good love you guys
You are building your own legend and I feel lucky to watch it happen
Hope you checked your selfs well for ticks. Already been out here in indiana even with it still cool and wet!! Think its going to be a very bad year for them just because ive already seen and heard of so many on people! Be safe! Love the new property!!! Its so beautiful! I wouldn't want to bring anymore big equipment on it then id have to!
Goooood Muuuuurning Lumnahs! 👋
There was a town close by with issues and the ran pipes under the damn to let the water pass without problems and it’s been like that for years, everyone is happy and the beavers weren’t killed
They were about 4”-6” pipes
At 12:47 I liked how Gina gave us the beaver's perspective on watching you tear up it's dam.
Yes! I was thinking the bear was watching😂😂🐻🐻
For the new off grid property I would suggest getting yourself a small Excavator with a thumb to use around the new property . Would help you to remove those beaver damns also and it will help you to maintain your property. If I had this much property it would be a must for me. Have a wonderful day.
Good morning. What about a grappling hook made with re-bar attached to your quad
Al stated in video that *NO* equipment could get there!!!!!
It’s so beautiful there!
Goooooood Morning Lumnahs !!!!!!!
Gooooood Morning
Howdy Ray!
I know you said that you found a trail. If it's big enough for your mule. You could you use a chain and the mule. Just wrap the chain around connect it to the mule and pull. I did that (except instead of a mule I used quad) when I had to clear thickets on my property for my horses.
Good Morning Lumnah!!! Right as you said bear tracks I was thinking I wonder if there are momma and cubs fresh out of hibernation up there. We just got our first Butcher Box last week and threw some steaks on the grill this past week and oh my goodness everyone was 🤤 over them! I can’t wait to throw the salmon in the oven and try some of the drumsticks in the air fryer!
Good ,morning 🇮🇪🇮🇪👨🌾👨🌾👨🌾
Gooooood Morning
Good morning Ger. Hope your staying dry
Howdy Ger!
Ger have you had a wet day as well?
so cool. our first look at the 500 after winter. So glad you had the road work contracted. i was thinking, the last time we got a glimpse there was a doser working," I hope Al gets those guys to fix the road." Glad you chose not to do it yourself.
Questions remain. What does the new homesite look like now,
What is the future of your beehives, You said they did not survive the winter, Will they bee replaced?
Waiting for the new animals
Are you going to separate areas on the homestead pasture for both the goats and the new animals?
Will you be bringing back the loggers next winter?
Did they leave you any working lumber for your builds or are you going to Jamaca Cottage again?
So many questions! It is going to be an exciting season this year! So glad you let come along!
Good morning Lumnahs
Morning Chris!
Gooooood Morning
Howdy Chris!
Al, maybe try a large hook and come along. Use the trees or a t post for you anchor spot. Good luck with those critters.
The new culverts are great. I would have liked to watch them being put in. Did you video that process?
Your off grid property is so beautiful.
Trash can pandas 🦝 😂. I could just imagine Ginas face when you said that’s a good size 🐻 print, and then left. (This scene) jurassic Park: when the lawyer leaves the kids in the truck “ he left us, he just left us”.
Mini excavator!
That is some hard work removing the dams,but just think of the satisfaction when they are removed.
Good morning. Try blowing the dam with Tannerite. Should make a good video
I tried that once. Took forever to catch my breath.
Beautiful property. Love to have something like that one day with the acreage. 500 acres is roughly what the original family farm was years ago. I'd say put some cameras up around the beaver dams and check them every few days.
Good morning to everyone here at Lumnah Acres from Kamakura Japan 🇯🇵!
Good evening Robert!
Gooooood Morning Japan
@@LumnahAcres Good morning Lumnah Family! 😀
@@daviddavis703 Good morning David! 👍🏾
Good morning Robert
We are granite staters. A couple M80's from the fireworks store.
Good morning from Wexford Ireland 🇮🇪
Gooooood Morning
Good morning Annette in Ireland 🇮🇪!
@@Heisstrong
Good morning David
@@annettegregg8654 👍👏
Howdy Annette!
Goooood morning Lumnah Acres. Your new farm sure is pretty. 💯❤👍
Good morning Lumnah Acres you should see if you can get the Mule close by and use a grappling hook and try to pull it
We do have a winch on the mule. We’ll need to make a trail first
Will not hurt to try beats digging by hand
@@LumnahAcres be careful using this method as the hook can let go and fly back towards you and the tank.
@@edmundgonzales6574 Probably more work making the trail by hand than dismantling dam by hand!
Too funny....we BBQ year around....even if is raining...I use a umbrella over myself and the grill.....Great Day!!!
Dynamite! 😁 That’ll open up that big dam!
If there is any way that you could get the Tank in there, or clear a path for it. I would suggest using the winch along with a good quality grappling hook or a medium sized danforth anchor to rip out larger sections. If the Tank is a no go then another way would be to use a pully block and tackle (4 sheeve) fastened to a sturdy tree with the hook or anchor.
Take advantage of a chainsaw to break the dam in a way they can't simply patch it as the structure of the dam is strong due to the sticks in it spreading the force over a large area so simply putting vertical slits into the dam limits where the force is spread out. Yes you may damage a blade past where you can sharpen it but you can quickly damage the dam to the point it has to be abandoned.
Nice culvert repairs! The off grid property looks awesome! Maybe beaver stew? Nice homemade buns Gina! The burgers looked great Al. Thanks for the video.
Portable winch with a good grappling hook on the end and pull the dam out ?
Sounds like a good idea. I didn't think of that.
Be careful it doesnt let go and whip back. Can be hazardous. Backhoe would be best.
@@drkrypton4410 .. I'm sure anyone with an ounce of common sense wouldn't stand in the line of fire.
Dang, I just wrote out the same thing!
@@jay90374 ... 🤣🤣
Now weld rebar strainers for each culvert placed upstream at an angle, or expect to replace often.
I tried Butcher Box for one month and I found the meat to be really tough, even the chicken.
Sorry to hear that. We’ve never found that. Grass fed beef needs to be cooked a little slower
I’ve been with Butcher Box for quite sometime now, and love everything, but the hamburger patties. I thaw out a package of ground meat, make my own patties. Hot dogs are really great, too.
@@LumnahAcres I think that's what happened.
If the dam that looks like it’s blocked again is downstream from the dam that has the blowout then the new material may be the blow out debris from the upper dam. It makes sense because those side channels weren’t blocked as they are out of the main flow.
good morning Lumnah a quick question who did the culverts i was looking forward to watching it get done..... GOD BLESS
Me too!
Gooooood Mawnin’ Al! Nice heavy duty straps, guess the pink ones would have been too small! Cool!
Hook of some kind with a comealong?
Brilliant minds think alike...!!
@@patriciahazeltine9986 *"But fools seldom differ"* !!! I couldn't resist it! lol
Try a grappling hook and a come-a-long. Hook the grappling hook on backside of dam, run cable over the top and to a tree and pull it apart.
Aloha Kakahiaka Lumnah Acre Gang!!! From Hawaii, Aloha!!! Use dynamite for the beaver dams!! LOL
A friend of mine used to use a chainsaw and would cut broad to narrow, making cuts often. Then they would go to the middle and start pulling it up. That way as the water was coming through the dam was weakened and came apart on its own. The other way I have done it is with Tannerite...
Looks to be become a info channel!