Full time woodworking neighbor

robinson46176 · Post by **robinson46176** » Sat Dec 24, 2011 9:19 am

Justin Beaver Woodworking Co. located 1/4 mile from the north end of the farm.

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He has maybe 15 to 20 trees "in process".

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dusty · Post by **dusty** » Sat Dec 24, 2011 9:35 am

If Justin does not come back top finish the job, will these trees die off do the the incomplete work that has been done?

ss50th · Post by **ss50th** » Sat Dec 24, 2011 9:39 am

Have you spent time instructing Justin to fell those trees where you want them?

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Sat Dec 24, 2011 10:19 am

Telling Justin would probably be no different than me trying to tell my kids how to do something.

Ed in Tampa · Post by **Ed in Tampa** » Sat Dec 24, 2011 12:37 pm

dusty wrote:If Justin does not come back top finish the job, will these trees die off do the the incomplete work that has been done?

Dusty
Once the bark has been removed around a tree in a circle like this the tree is dead or soon will be.

When we were kids we circled a lot of trees and when they died we used them to build forts. That way we didn't have to cut the tree down. If we banded a tree one year it could usually be pushed down the next.

I got in real trouble once for banding on of my father's prized apple trees. That is when I learned that it would kill the tree and also when I learned not to do that to my father's trees. I don't think I sat down for a week.

Ed in Tampa · Post by **Ed in Tampa** » Sat Dec 24, 2011 12:47 pm

Farmer from the size of the trees it looks like these beavers are going to build a serious dam. Have you determined how the water behind the dam may effect you? I hope you aren't in the flood plane.

The beavers will probably wait until snow to cut the trees down and then slide them into place. If they work hard through the winter by spring thaw you may have a great swimming hole or a flooded basement (depending on where the flood plane will be

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robinson46176 · Post by **robinson46176** » Sat Dec 24, 2011 2:38 pm

Ed in Tampa wrote:Farmer from the size of the trees it looks like these beavers are going to build a serious dam. Have you determined how the water behind the dam may effect you? I hope you aren't in the flood plane.

The beavers will probably wait until snow to cut the trees down and then slide them into place. If they work hard through the winter by spring thaw you may have a great swimming hole or a flooded basement (depending on where the flood plane will be )

As far as we know there is only the one guy unless he has found a mate. This is maybe the first time in 100 years that this creek (Lewis Creek) has had a beaver in it. They were totally extinct here for a very long time.
This is a high ground farm and mostly maybe 30'+ higher in elevation than flood stage of that creek. Some parts may be 50' higher.
I have not seen his "hut" and can see all of his pond from the road except what is under the bridge. I guess he may have put it under there. We have only seen him a few times swimming under water. I guess he is on the night shift.

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dusty · Post by **dusty** » Sat Dec 24, 2011 3:56 pm

robinson46176 wrote:As far as we know there is only the one guy unless he has found a mate. This is maybe the first time in 100 years that this creek (Lewis Creek) has had a beaver in it. They were totally extinct here for a very long time.
This is a high ground farm and mostly maybe 30'+ higher in elevation than flood stage of that creek. Some parts may be 50' higher.
I have not seen his "hut" and can see all of his pond from the road except what is under the bridge. I guess he may have put it under there. We have only seen him a few times swimming under water. I guess he is on the night shift.

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Maybe you don't know because it is night time but when they are working on a tree can you hear them at work?

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Sat Dec 24, 2011 4:55 pm

dusty wrote:Maybe you don't know because it is night time but when they are working on a tree can you hear them at work?

Gnawing does not make much noise!:)

robinson46176 · Post by **robinson46176** » Sat Dec 24, 2011 6:27 pm

JPG40504 wrote:Gnawing does not make much noise!:)

I never hear anything.

but the top of that mostly cut tree will likely fall on the road...

You know every once in a while they find beaver remains under a downed log. They may be good dam engineers but they are not infallible lumberjacks.

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