wannabee
July 20th, 2007, 08:57 PM
Nice wide open trails have been replaced with face slappers, leg shredders, and un-rideable trails, due to lack of or no trail maintenance.
During scheduled NEMBA trail maintenance days, what type of 'tool' (by its real name) is used to cut back overgrown trails, removing face slappers and leg shredders? What are the pro and cons of using such a tool?
Two of us just spent 2-1/2 hours cutting back less than a mile of overgrown trail, using gas engined hedge trimmers. Cutting stuff as close as a couple of inches off the ground, bending over all that time, has caused a good case of lower back pain. We will have to go back with some hand loppers to remove some saplings too large for the trimmers.
There are over 40 miles of trails in this condition.
There has to be a better way!
During scheduled NEMBA trail maintenance days, what type of 'tool' (by its real name) is used to cut back overgrown trails, removing face slappers and leg shredders? What are the pro and cons of using such a tool?
Two of us just spent 2-1/2 hours cutting back less than a mile of overgrown trail, using gas engined hedge trimmers. Cutting stuff as close as a couple of inches off the ground, bending over all that time, has caused a good case of lower back pain. We will have to go back with some hand loppers to remove some saplings too large for the trimmers.
There are over 40 miles of trails in this condition.
There has to be a better way!