Basic Trail Maintenance
Basic Trail Maintenance – USDA Forest Service 1995 – 0823-2D01-MTDC – Missoula Technology Development Center. Learn the basics of trail maintenance and how to select the right tool for each task.
Basic Trail Maintenance – USDA Forest Service 1995 – 0823-2D01-MTDC – Missoula Technology Development Center. Learn the basics of trail maintenance and how to select the right tool for each task.
12:00 new info for me!!! Thanks!!!
Nice tools but you missed one: In this Video we tackle the age old problem with Trail Work: How do you get all your Tools to the Trail Work site?, AND How do you do it without leaving your bike at home?, Problem Solved, Answer: VersaMule,…. and even better yet, we get it done in record time,…Solo.
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They don’t make videos like this anymore. Everything by the book.
Why does she have to talk like a newscaster
"explosive" _ yeah, no. no need when Dexpan is readily available _ stumps and rocks are a problem ? just drill and fill .. add water and . . . . kaboom
I’d like to check out a video on constructing trail switchbacks, but this video doesn’t exactly fit the title. In the segment on building (or rebuilding) rock walls, I’d like to see a recommendation to be sure to embed the bottom tier deep enough to hold the wall when soil erodes from the low edge, and to remove organics down about 3 inches (or more) below the soil level so that the rock doesn’t wobble or rock when stomped on from various angles. The wall should be angled inward (battered) enough that the pressure behind the wall plus gravity will strengthen the wall, rather than forcing it outward; and the rocks are more likely to fall back into position if forced apart by ice. The vector angle varies depending on the type of soil and the shape of the rocks. Completely flat surfaces tend to slide against each other, so they need to be battered significantly. When Ideally, fit together depressions and bumps on the rocks (a 3-D jigsaw puzzle) so that all of the rocks are stable and don’t move when stomped on from various angles. Rocks higher up in walls should generally be "half-man" in size and have 3-point contact so they will remain stacked and stable when the soil of the trail compacts.
Quite some useful information for building mtb trails. Good looking host too..
Forestry fam
I guess the Forest Service needs to train the public to do their work, since they don’t do shit on the trails where I live. They say they don’t have funding for that, but they can fund plenty of people to sit on their asses.
Jeez the park guys around here to need to watch this. I know most of this stuff from common working knowledge and build BMX trails / jumps. RUFF BMX , the family that rides.
A little dry but covers all the basics of general maintenance so well, so why title it specifically Switchbacks?. Comment to the effect that outsloping is usually less work reflects classic approach, but especially chronic repair zones can be upgraded to berms ("crowning" shown only as a specific solution to meadow trenching) or turnpikes (not shown how to do even a simple one). Too much emphasis on water bars, which are last resorts, evidence of poor design, again berm/tpk solution, or swales superior. Borrow pits last resort vs. widen trail. Surfacing, compaction, and plant management also bear on maintenance, not covered. But,all this borders on design decisions so likely beyond seasonal workers this was designed for.
Did this bitch really just give me a 30 second break from her video
Man she’s Pretty. She’s probably way older then me now.😫
Some good info, overall way to much litigation mitigation shit, I guess that is what happens when American organizations give info.
stand up and stretch for 30 seconds. wtf. good vid lots of useful info
love how they rolled a huge rock down a slope to show you what not to do.
Very ocd , so much red tape
This is a great resource despite its age here’s a rough guide. 0:40 End of Musical intro
2:00 Getting Ready
3:25 Job Hazard Analysis
3:54 Trail Clearing
7:31 Tread Maintenance
8:51 Correcting Trail Creep
10:03 Removing rocks from the trail and filling holes
12:42 Switchback Maintenance
14:45 Surface water control
17:03 Removing Standing Water
19:24 Rock Structures
20:33 Wood Structures
21:33 Marking the Trail
24:09 Trail Obliteration
Wow. The intro to this should be a square tv on a roller cart.
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never remove the berms!!!!
Dope!
I’m glad our axe buddy got to use his axe afterall
An interesting 1990s throwback with still very useful info.🤯
she looks like she is from he 80’s
is there any course to design trekking route?
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watching this for shits and giggles in 2023…. that cell phone though hahah looks like it weighs 8 pounds but the trail info is 100% up to date and valid
I love the 90’s early 2000’s vibe of this video
Where do I get one of those special cell phones.
If your crew boss is making you watch this, tell him I said, "NNNEEEERRRRRDDDDD"
For motorized bike trails the trail need only be as wide as the handlebars or maybe 32 inches at the handlebar height and 4 to 6 inches wide for the tire track
Dude this lady is seriously hot and she knows what she is doing to me. little tease.
Life member of the National Speleological
Society and another ‘Gone The Distance’
associate of the Pacific NW Trail Association
(cave trail access repairs). Also are away
today to attend another cave access trail on
private property. Maintaining that trail as the
owner directed allows 24/7 access to cave(s).
The karst exposure has more than one entry
not yet fully explored. Another trail I do
other repair on are for dirt motorcycles and
the property is owned by businessman who
sells KTM and other off-road rides. I ride to
work sites on a DR650SE fitted with tools.
All this is between a sea and alpine summits.
P.S. – I never use a axe, hatchet, or machete.
Just ignore my shoulder-holstered Glock .357
This axe guy is supporting the drama in this whole video 6:02
Great presentation of trail maintenance. I’ll definitely send the link to our crew to get ready for this spring.
I like the substance of this program and the comic relief.
Thanks for posting this video.
@ 2:20 " Personal Medications." ___ don’t forget your Peyote !!
Im here from Backyard Trail Builds
Wow awesome video great job 👍😎🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
How about showing CONSTRUCTIVE maintenance, like keeping & putting dirt back on the trail when repairing.
Using backslope dirt to create a rolling grade dip maybe w/ outsloping as then you won’t need waterbars.
Waterbars are a bandaid for poor trail design
she’s pretty.
5:23 😆😆😂😂😂😂😂
I feel sad for the rejected axe guy 5:24
old but gold