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My B-I-L is an absolute expert with machinery of all kinds...bulldozers, et 
al.  He has built trail in terrain that would make most people cringe.  He 
has also built trails where there was solid rock...he just kept chipping 
away at it with the backhoe.  I don't think there is anyone who could beat 
him at this job.
My husband and I build trails with hand tools only, as we don't have a trail 
machine.  Our trails tend to be narrow, about 2 feet wide, but are usually 
on safer terrain.

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Linda Marins" <coldeye22@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: [RC] Narrow trails at Tevis


Yes.  The Dingos are not very powerful.  The pros I know, like
> the pictured Mike Riter (who gave the trail construction seminar
> at the recent SETC conference), say they are very much finesse machines
> and it takes some time to learn how to operate them to get useful results
> (as opposed to just churning up the dirt).
>
> Their main virtues are their very small size so that they can go
> where many other machines can't; their lightness distributed across
> the treads which gives them a small per-square-inch weight that
> doesn't compact the ground as much (land managers like this),
> and the fact that one stands behind them.  People like being able
> to "just let go" when the machine starts to roll down a hill instead
> of having to jump off.
>
> Linda Marins



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