Workdate 18-Oct-09Thanks to all that showed up and offered the use of their equipment. We also got the opportunity to check out access to our new local state park (Wilber & Betty Davis State Park) which has camping cabins and parking available for snowmobilers. With enough interest, this may stay open for the season.
9 members and 3 jr members 9:00-2:00 and the crew doing the culverts stayed out to close to 6:00
We also took the opportunity this morning to show our appreciation to our landowners by having breakfast on our club at our American Legion.
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Jim
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( 3 / 148 )Another beautiful day for trailworking! Last winter we had a day that we spent trying to open a trail that had a lot of downfall...while it was snowing...in almost 15" of snow. We had to use sleds to get around, it took almost 7 hours to go 2 miles. So we thought... why not try to clear this a little better on a day when things will come a little easier. So, we gave it a shot. Now imagine this... it took almost 7 hours to go 2 miles! And I feel we still could have done better, at least on portions of it, but there is only so much time in a day, so we did what we could to make it rideable and make a definite improvement over what we started with. We did a lot of brushing, got some signs out and got a number of overhanging trees cut back. When we got to the bigger bridge on this section, we found where the water had been high enough to run around both ends of the bridge and took our signs down. In addition, there was a bunch of debris lodged in under the bridge we needed to clear as it was putting a lot of pressure on the bridge supports. We got this cleared, including a stump, and let the water and leaves run freely through.
5 members 9:00-5:00
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( 3 / 96 )The day started with the promise of being a great day, then the radar started filling in with precipitation. We got a little rain to start, then things turned back in our favor and actually worked its way around to being sunny. We had some trail widening and some wet spots to drain in the state land so with permission from the DEC we were able go in with shovels and drain the wet spots and had some downfall that we were able to go in and clear. Not only will this help to get the groomers through easier but will help sledders when meeting oncoming traffic. We mowed some other spots that routinely see a lot of overgrowth with briars and goldenrod, as well as some taghalters that have started overgrowing the trail edges.
We may never have the seasonal road width trails that the Adirondaks has to offer, but we are trying to make the effort at least to have trails wide enough to allow safer travel when meeting oncoming traffic and to be able to ride some higher mileage days.
8:30-4:30 4 members (For those that get to enjoy our trails and what we need to accomplish to make them that way, we're always willing to accept additional help!)
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Jim
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( 3.1 / 115 )As we are getting our work season underway, nothing helps to getting one looking foward to that season, better than being able go and watch some grass dragging, going to some vintage shows or attending some product shows, such as the Big East show upcoming in Syracuse the 2nd to the 4th at the OnCenter.
And while some of us attend these shows, yes, trail work is still underway... it just takes me longer to tell you. Each weekend we take a section of trail and go over it clearing any windfall or cutting back some overhanging limbs and briars (you know, hood scratchers and ear grabbers) and as we do these sections we drag along a pull behind brushog where needed and review any signing needs as we're installing them.
We've compiled a list of things that we'd like to achieve this year, such as added culverts or possible safety issues or maybe just little things that just make the ride more enjoyable, let's see how many we get to.
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Jim
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( 3 / 133 )We had a logging road that has a slow steam running along it most of the season, so we had one crew able to go up and put a couple of 12" tubes in it and dressed it off pretty nicely. Then they spent the rest of the day into the twilight hours cutting the rest of our signposts for the season and putting points on them.
We had another crew that started brushing the new portion of trail and draining off some wet spots with a shovel, until we can get a piece of equipment in there to make the job more permanent.
6 members 8:30- 1:30
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Jim
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