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Eric Krewson:
A little more trail clearing; this trail had been blocked by a large log for 3 years, the mowers couldn't get down the trail but were too lazy to cut the log. Less trail, less work I suppose. The is how grown up the trail is under the powerline from not being mowed in years.
I didn't want to draw attention to my location by running a chainsaw. Even though I am doing work that benefits everyone that hikes on the area, such work is frowned on by the people in charge that have neglected the same area for years.
Here is the log I moved myself, sometimes you have to be creative. I used my hand saw to cut the downed log loose from the stump, then I hooked lifting strap around a nearby tree and connected a 2-ton come-along to the strap, then hooked to the log with another lifting strap, easy peazy, I had the 20' 300# log off of the trail in minutes. The hardest part was walking the 1/2 mile in with so much equipment in my pack, I was breathing hard when I got there.
Here is the trail where the log had it blocked after I cleared it.
JW_Halverson:
A buddy and I have been maintaining a 6 mile trail now for about 5 years. Mountain Pine
Beetle went through the area and every spring there are more blowdowns blocking the trail. Like you, Eric, we avoided discussing this with the authorities knowing we would immediately be told that under penalty of law we would be denied the carrot and shown the stick. He had bought a big ol' Silky Katanaboy saw, and lemme tell you, that paper thin Japanese pull saw has an aggressive bite! It absolutely will eat your lunch while it eats through wood! I actually think they should adjust the way they set up the teeth to make it a little less aggressive because it wears the user out pretty fast.
Then he bought a DeWalt 20V rechargeable chainsaw. Weirdly quiet, this thing is surprisingly fast. The bar is 12", but he found an aftermarket 14". Anything more than that and you are running more tooth contact than the motor should have to face, it would just be too much wear and tear.
Eric Krewson:
I looked up the saw, that is some serious money, mine cost $30 shipped.
YosemiteBen:
@ JW and Eric K! Excellent on both counts! Keep up the excellent work!
Eric Krewson:
Time to take up my garden to plant my winter garden of kale, beets, daikon radishes, turnips, spinach and collards.
First to go were the tomatoes, I had one loaded plant that was too pretty to remove and a small patch of late plants that I plan to plant around instead of remove.
My tomato plants had mostly burned up from the blight, I used my motorized "wheelbarrow" to carry them off, it is the handiest thing I ever bought.
I went through the plants as I pulled them to glean any usable vegetables off of them before I threw the plants away. There were 23# of left over jalapenos on the plants. I had already overloaded every nephew and neighbor with them on previous pickings and had a hard time finding someone to give them to but finally did.
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