Trail Maintenance - don't do this

[stb222]

this trail was rerouted after a bad storm dropped a bunch of trees, the clean up was fast, but the trail was now in a natural low spot (the trail is on the left of the cut trees)

today i cut all the trees on the right and moved the trail over a few feet.

i slapped most of this pretty good but will revisit the grading when it hardens up a bit. now it is naturally higher and can drain into the old trail.

 

[serviceguy]

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this trail was rerouted after a bad storm dropped a bunch of trees, the clean up was fast, but the trail was now in a natural low spot (the trail is on the left of the cut trees)
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today i cut all the trees on the right and moved the trail over a few feet.
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i slapped most of this pretty good but will revisit the grading when it hardens up a bit. now it is naturally higher and can drain into the old trail.

But, how does this relate to the Trail Maintenance - don't do this thread? If anything, the opposite...

 

[gmb3]

But, how does this relate to the Trail Maintenance - don't do this thread? If anything, the opposite...

yes, this thread seems to have both "don'ts" and "dos". I think his "don't" was don't reroute the trail to the low ground because it was the easy way out.

 

[huffster]

Not sure whats in the water at 6Mi, but the weeds there are particularly nefarious.


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My brain is struggling to make sense of what is happening with the handle on that mower.

 

[don]

But, how does this relate to the Trail Maintenance - don't do this thread? If anything, the opposite...

I took it as don't half ass a clean up job after a tree fall.

 

[krink]

The dumb-down the trail F**Kers struck again in Allaire. Really?

This is the end of west to east Steelman. SMH.

 

[JonF]

The dumb-down the trail F**Kers struck again in Allaire. Really?

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This is the end of west to east Steelman. SMH.

there's always been waterbars on that trail but erosion seems to be widening it?

 

[Juggernaut]

Looks like someone cut out half of one.

 

[krink]

Looks like someone cut out half of one.

Someone cleanly cut out the left sided half of two of them, leaving only the middle one that was smaller than the other two.

 

[Frank]

Sadly the bars are locust, so they won’t rot…..the more reason not to cut it. I helped put them in when I first started with tm. We dug them into the tread back then and the tread was only 18 inches wide. Another shining example of why water bars don’t work, fuckers avoid them. Look at it now. SMH

 

[stb222]

some one, im guessing kids since it happened this past week (no school), was added small “berms”. Unfortunately, most of them were in nics.
Dont block the nics, arrows on where the water goes

Also, dont put logs on the draining edge (and block drainage with dirt)

Do, cut nic, address tree some other day

 

[MuniMan]

Also, dont put logs on the draining edge (and block drainage with dirt)
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Generally I don’t like logs on the high side either as they can cause pooling above or direct water into one spot. (Unless used intentionally to direct flow.)

 

[stb222]

Don’t pick the widest part of the big tree to cut through 🙄. That being said, was cool to see a smaller branch/ root? Once of the cooler cross sections...

Also, when someone sent me a picture of the ones below, i was like, easssssy. Welp, not when they are petrified wood.

Still got through them but the bigger tree was way easier.

 

[Juggernaut]

Don’t pick the widest part of the big tree to cut through 🙄. That being said, was cool to see a smaller brach, root?
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Also, when someone sent me a picture of the ones below, i was like, easssssy. Welp, not when they are petrified
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Still got through them but the bigger tree was way easier.

The rings on that crosscut photo kinda looks like one of those meditation sand thingies.👍

 

[jShort]

 

[snashters]

Don't block the drainage.

 

[Patrick]

Don't block the drainage.

Sourland asshats. They are wearing sandals when they hike.

 

[shrpshtr325]

Sourland asshats. They are wearing sandels when they hike.

ok if you can tell that from the footprints in the picture (and not just bc your a frequent visitor) im impressed.

 

[Patrick]

ok if you can tell that from the footprints in the picture (and not just bc your a frequent visitor) im impressed.

Only because it isn't high heel season

 

[gmb3]

Don't block the drainage.

but also, if it's wet enough that you need to "build a bridge" across the mud, just stay home!