don't forget to take into consideration the flooding you may do to your neighbors when you increase the flow. when I blew some beaver dams on my property I had a real o-shyt moment when all the roadside ditches almost crested the road.
My creek is clogged - What would you do?
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Well, don't do that no more!
Weld up a hefty grapple hook on the end of the longest chain you've got. Throw the grapple out in the middle and pull with your tractor. You get a few of those big ones out, the current will take care of the rest.
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If winching doesn't work or isn't easy, my thoughts were a backhoe would be the right tool.
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I know that doesnt include log jams impeding the flow. You can and should remove debris blocking the flow of the creek.
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By slowing removing the log jam and allowing the water to flow down gradually, you eliminate the "blow the dam" issue of flooding.
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Whew, close call! Glad I didn't use any adjectives in front of "person." :laughing:
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Cut the logs and branches laying across the creek but leave the ones laying parallel to the flow. USUALLY the next big rain will wash the jam away. Whatever you do be careful!
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I agree with pulling out key jamming logs and when the water is low/warm sawing up into 2'-4' cuts so it can wash on down stream. A backhoe/trackhoe would be nice but too small of a job to hire one.
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I have found that doing what needs to be done and then see what happens. If nothing, everything is OK and everyone is happy. If some government official contacts you, you were unaware of anything that would prevent you from clearing the stream and ask forgiveness. It works here!
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I'll go with Gunny. Rig up a grappling hook on a long chain or cable - some rental places actually carry such things - toss it out to snag trees laying across the flow and use your tractor to remove. One or two out will clear the jam. I have a similar but slightly smaller stream and I use a 25 foot chain and a length of cable both. I usually do it in the spring when it's warmer. You're in Tennessee and I can't imaging you have any more rigid rules than we do in Virginia. The conservation folks here encourage removal of barriers because - in floods - they cause more erosion of the banks.
Some years back I wanted to build a dam across the stream. At the advice of an engineer friend, I applied to the Army Corps of Engineers, they could barely find my creek on their maps and told me to do whatever I wanted. I kept their letter in case of future challenge. Local folks had no rules on dams, so I put it in and it still stands... Although it has silted up some.
Some years back I wanted to build a dam across the stream. At the advice of an engineer friend, I applied to the Army Corps of Engineers, they could barely find my creek on their maps and told me to do whatever I wanted. I kept their letter in case of future challenge. Local folks had no rules on dams, so I put it in and it still stands... Although it has silted up some.
