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That trash rack is supposed to catch any sticks, so they don't end up in the flood gate. If a large stick got stuck partway through the flood gate, it won't be able to close. Also those doors are super heavy, so it's much harder to clear clogs inside. That's why there is a trash rack. To make the clogs happen where it is easy to remove.

The critical part of this structure are the swing gates that stop the ocean storm water from flooding the channel. The trash rack serves two purposes: It keeps sticks and other flotsam out of the swing gate. And it also provides a place for the beavers to build a dam that isn’t at the swing gate. Normally you see trash racks in front of culverts to prevent beavers from building a dam inside of the culvert, and here there’s nothing stopping the beavers from walking around the trash rack sluice gate wall and building a dam at the swing gate. Anyway, all trash racks like this require maintenance, and this one didn’t look very neglected when you started. If the trash rack were completely packed with water spilling over the top, that would be a sign of neglect, but this one looks to be maintained by somebody. Cleaning trash racks is always helpful though.

People like you make the difference to the environment. You are an example to all of us.😊

Every video I watch, I am more and more impressed by your actions. I do not know if the State asks you to clean up the dams, or if you just do it as you care for the country and the people that live near you. Please keep making these wonderful videos.

Please don’t leave that trash rack pulled up. It prevents anything getting to the floodgate, which is the most important piece of that installation.

You should have the trash on the side up so that the rain would not move it down again but you did a great job cleaning it up thanks for the video

I enjoy it when you show us your country, thanks man.

The needle rack is there for a purpose. 13Ngash13 is right on why it is there. It just is not a good design to only have one small section though. It should have been all the way across the ditch. We had to check ours hourly when operating and more often if we had heavy weeds coming down the canal. Our potato rake was 20' in length for doing that and we had a trash machine for heavier objects. If it got really bad, then we would call in the crane to clam shell the trash out. And a front end loader to haul it off the deck. I hope you pulled your stick out before you left. Otherwise it will jam up even worse with the gap at the bottom.

Greetings from the BIG SKY.

Love the potato rake. We should get Post 10 one for Xmas.

Hey Mantis I love seeing your country and watching you work Greetings Maria 🦘❤️❤️❤️

Doesn't seem the engineering of the whole pressure gate system was very well thought out. Good job!

This area could use a trash wheel like we have in Baltimore.

Great video, thanks! As has been previously mentioned, the grate prevents trash coming into contact with the tidal flaps. Sometines the tidal flaps cannot close if rubbish is in the way and this makes the tidal flaps ineffective. The problem with this design is that the grating is far too small. I would estimate for this to work effectively, the trash grating should be in the order of 5 times the current width. Even at this size it will require trash removal from time to time.

I agree with you Keni, thats poorly thought out.

I liked the wide angle shot after the trash rack. 👍👍👍

That was a fun video. Thanks.

That would be a nice walk for you Roberta & her Mum, stay safe x

Keep up the good work

Great job well done ❤❤❤❤😊😊

It's very beautiful

Good work to clean the rack. However, you now must clear the swing plate from the small sticks and grass chunks which accumulate there. Otherwise, it will no longer be able to close tight when needed.

Thank you for the dam removal. I kinda think that gate needs to be down to prevent the beaver access to the gate area. There was already grass getting into the opening of the gate. I do think that gate could be made differently. I've seen tryangular trash racks that work well. They still need regular cleaning but that's just preventing the beaver access to harder to clean areas. Keep up the good work. 😊❤

Fascinating ❤😊

should've had a triangular trash rack & the area made more beaver proof. great job

YES ! This one looks like a Post 10 . You did it ! I like your channel , thank you for posting .

Very good

What an interesting job. I’m just completely fascinated with it.

You keep finding interesting places and dams Mantas. Not a high dam but a large area of water behind it. Keep up the good work, another good video. 👍👍👍👍👍

That system is in place to keep salt water out of the wetlands and to keep a certain amount of water in and that gate is to keep logs out of the drainage doors. That area just after the gate is a settling pond . Hope you put the gate down when you leave. Not a good way to get content if you are stuffing with things that you don't understand! Just go the whoever maintains it to find out how it works

Looks like a reservoir for filling up firetrucks

Mate that is actually a very well built dam wish does exactly what it is designed for ,, its a low maintenance dam designed for a low waterflow disposal wish helps a (artificial) ground water on the right level , I personally miss the automatic dirt crane but thats not a bad thing as long you keep run around there lol ,,,, makes me think why you dont get a hold in A watermanagement company ,,,,your already do some of there job anyway

Very good job, thank you for sharing.👍👍👍👍👍

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Great job. You do AMAZING work.

Great job! Amazing work! 👏👍✨😍 You should be on the local Flood Board! 🙏❤

Great video, great dedication, and great work Mantas.

Looks to be too small of an outlet for the width of the canal. Very unusual setup.

Very good job 👏

Ah, you meant the Baltic Sea. The Baltic covers the entire western border of Lithuania.

Do you request permission sometimes when working on a public system like that? Government employees can be a bit protective of their work areas sometimes and could get mad at you for doing "their" job. I agree that the trash gate prevents blockages of the flood backflow and tidal gate. Very nice system if properly maintained. Hug Elfa

It appears that you and the beaver are better engineers than the folks that designed this system. I do wonder how great the difference between high and low tide make in the gates?

You just messed the storm surge gate up. By moving the slotted gate so debris and garbage can get to the storm gate and keep it from completely closing.

Nice work!

Great job 👏

Hi Kenis. As always, another interesting video. Ačiū! UnfortunatelyI don't agree with you that this is a bad system. The rack holds large branches back so that they do not block or damage the flood valve. Of course, the grid must be cleaned regularly by local authorities. The pond is probably intended to allow sand and mud to settle to the bottom, also to keep the valves clean. I found the location on Google Maps and saw that there was a more primitive system first. In my opinion, the new one is better. By the way, if you live nearby, you live in a beautiful location. I've never been to Lithuania, but the coast looks beautiful!

gate slats are too wide or not enough. You’re supposed to be able to lift clean re install. In case of emergency release the water pressure will be too great to lift. They need to install either boat trailer wrachet winch stainless steel. cables or set it up to self clean then conveyor belt the the debris out to the sides for easy pick up.

2:44 It looks like you should be able to pull that gate straight up? This area reminds me of a fish hatchery. You really have no idea what it's for? 6:32 AHA! There ya go, smart man! lol!

Beavers at it again

Mantas really enjoy the video. The beaver dam was a small one to destroy or unassembled. Any signs of winter in your area as of late?. The leaves are starting to turn colors here, great video as always, be safe. David B.,Utah, USA. ❤❤❤.

good luck keeping that clean, you would need to do it too often, silly people who design this stuff.

Bad system is right. No erosion control along the banks

That grill is absurd. It looks like it is designed to be blocked by every scrap of debris that flows downstream. I can't see how that system will ever work with that size bars AND without being removed if ever there is heavy rainfall

The trash rack was doing it's job, the maintenance workers were not.

Lots of tree parts in this one

I think this scheme works like a filter. It keeps out what shouldn't go through. There's a lot of rubbish in your videos and this will create new traffic jams later on. That's precisely what this scheme prevents. I hope you got the gate down.

🎉🎉😂😂😅😅good,,well,,fine

Any negative comments are from the Beavers 😂😂

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Very bad design in the flip gate🧐 there should be a handle to open it

In this video I didn't understand why you felt like you had to dismantle the beaver dam. In your other videos I understand because they are flooding your fields. But here it's a wetland with no apparent commercial use. Flooded wetlands are important for the ecosystem. Did you speak with an environmental conservationist first?

Sometimes I wish some Engineers would throw away the degrees and use good old common sense 99% of us got that in kindergarten or sooner! We paid attention to the reality. That is just dumb WTH .

By opening that gate filter you contaminated the water that has gone through the filter! Whatever the town is where that is located could get a fine for you messing with it!

Your poor back bending over like that.😢 That gate makes no sense at all. All they did was help the beavers. Keep us informed .

is there no way to put a large pipe on one of those doors to use as a lever to open them further? this structure doesn't make sense to me. love the content keep it up!

that system is bad, it will be a lot of work to keep it free

Poor design.Easily plugged.

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