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OK, I stand corrected!  What I have heard relates to trails in remote 
areas where manpower is limited.
Laney

Barbara McCrary wrote:
> Don't try to tell Lud McCrary that!  We routinely BUILD, repair, and 
> maintain horse trails with hand tools.  We recently built one mile of 
> trail with a chainsaw, a Pulaski, and a McLeod, in that order. While 
> Lud's brother builds beautiful trails with his trail machine, he does 
> spend quite a bit of down time repairing the machine.  Lud and I never 
> have down time due to machine failure, and I can surely work off a few 
> pounds building trails!
> As Ed mentioned on this subject, it just takes more people, or a couple 
> of people a little more time.  Several of the trails in Big Basin State 
> Park near us have been built by hand labor by the YCC (youth 
> conservation corps, I think it is), who come in for the summer, camp 
> out, and build trail.  It took them two summers to build a trail that 
> Lud and I believe just the two of us could have built in a summer of 
> weekends.  The YCC did manage to hide the brush they cut, while Lud and 
> I just toss it over the side of the bank.....not as tidy.  Near our 
> home, we built a mile of trail through raw wilderness....manzanita, 
> mostly....It took us from December to April, working Saturdays and 
> Sundays, with a few lovely evenings followed by a late dinner thrown 
> in.  We LOVE building trail.  The trail I just described is still in 
> good shape.  We cut water bars in the winter, and repair the spots the 
> cows break down.  The cows, deer, raccoons, and just about anything else 
> on two or four feet use this trail.
>
> Barbara
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sisu West Ranch" <ranch@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Laney Humphrey" <laneyhh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 6:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [RC] Fw: Support Recreational Riding and Right-To-Ride
>
>
> > "... there is no
> > way to maintain and repair trails for horse use using only hand tools..."
> >
> > We (the Bitterroot Back Country Horsemen and the USFS) do it all the 
> > time. It just takes many more person hours, and thus the cost is greater.
> >
> > Ed
> > Ed & Wendy Hauser
> > 2994 Mittower Road
> > Victor, MT 59875
> >
> > (406) 642-9640
> >
> > ranch@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
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