Dirtman2007
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- Joined
- Sep 30, 2007
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- Location
- Raleigh, North Carolina
- Occupation
- Heavy Equipment Operator
Well today I was asked if I wanted to remove a beaver dam that is daming up a creek up upstream from where I'm working.
I was told the dam is about 5' tall, 5' wide, and is backing up about 3 acres of water which is killing all the trees and making a flipping mess. We need the water to fill up a lake up we just finished up working on. Seems like a good way to do so.
I was pondering on how to bust the dam though. It's a long way through the woods and I would have to go stump jumping with the mini excavator to get back there and would absolutly hate to get bogged down and stuck in the middle of the swamp.
My next option is letting one of the neighbors blow it up with the little beaver dam bombs he makes.
The fellow I'm working for would reather me go in and break it with the mini, But I sure would like to see it get blown up! The fellow works for the rock quarry and is very good with blowing things up from what I'm told.
any other suggestions besides getting down and dirt by removing it by hand?
I was told the dam is about 5' tall, 5' wide, and is backing up about 3 acres of water which is killing all the trees and making a flipping mess. We need the water to fill up a lake up we just finished up working on. Seems like a good way to do so.
I was pondering on how to bust the dam though. It's a long way through the woods and I would have to go stump jumping with the mini excavator to get back there and would absolutly hate to get bogged down and stuck in the middle of the swamp.
My next option is letting one of the neighbors blow it up with the little beaver dam bombs he makes.
The fellow I'm working for would reather me go in and break it with the mini, But I sure would like to see it get blown up! The fellow works for the rock quarry and is very good with blowing things up from what I'm told.
any other suggestions besides getting down and dirt by removing it by hand?
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