URE Work Day - Oct 15th????
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? Im down for it, my brother wanted to come as well. I guess if there are enough people heading out I will still go. Otherwise, I will wait till the Nov work day.
i haven't heard anything. but i think i am going to miss this one to work on my cruiser. With the weather i doubt i will have it fixed before the weekend.
Sorry I haven't posted anything one way or the other. Got the email from Terry about this Saturday. Sounds like the Sawmill reroute has been done so there is work to do on that trail.
I'm game to go if others are interested. I would recommend car (truck) pooling to save on gas. Johnny and Eric, y'all are welcome to ride with me if you'd like to go. I need to touch base with my family to see if I have conflicts for Saturday.
Here is the latest info from Terry:
Hi Everyone - I'm sorry I didn't send this out earlier but I was not in the office much these past 2 weeks. I've been on the Saw Mill Trail Reroute and the Keyauwee Trail Reroute (bike trail in the Wood Run area) with the contractors these past 2 weeks. The Saw Mill Trail Reroute is complete. It is going to get its final inspection next week and it should be ready for us to sign and blaze and we'll need to put up some of the old guardrail to keep folks on the new trail. Drew Brown will be working with the OHV volunteers and depending on how many folks show up will determine how many groups we'll break up into. We'll need folks to ride the new section of trail and put up the orange diamond markers and to install carsonite signs and some arrows on the new turns, etc.. We'll need 1 to 2 crews to install guardrail in 3 places. The first 2 sections of guardrail will be put up to block off the sections of the old trail that are near the shooting range and the 3rd section of guardrail will be put up near the Rocky Mt Loop end just downhill from where it was before on the steep hill climb. We've bought 2 new hand augers so they shouldn't be breaking down for us (yeah).
Please plan on meeting Drew at the Uwharrie Hunt Camp at 9 am on Saturday, October 15th. After you meet up some folks will need to go to the spray field with Drew to get 2 long sections of guardrail and 4 posts for the first 2 sections of guardrail and haul it out to the site. Drew will let you in on the gated road that connects to Saw Mill Trail just south of the shooting range. That will be a lot shorter route to drag or haul the guardrail into the first 2 sites. The other guardrail for the 3 site is already out there from when it was installed on the hill climb area near the Rocky Mt Loop end.
I want to say thank you to all of you again for putting so much time and effort into volunteering each year. Last month we had a very successful and long day out on Dutch John, Slab Pile, and Wolf Den Trails. We were able to make good use of the Bobcat to drain mudholes, reshape and armor stream crossings, remove an old culvert and armor the crossing. We were also able to get some of the illegal bypasses blocked on Dutch John Trail by working hard with one auger that was on its last leg. Drew & I appreciated how hard everyone worked last month and you all did a great job getting things on the list completed. Actually, I want to say thank you to everyone that has been there for us over the past several months and years. Without your help, donations of equipment rentals, cleaning up of trails, etc. we would not have the trails in as good of shape as they are and we wouldn't have such good luck with the RTP grants that help us leverage the fee money we receive from the trails.
I'm game to go if others are interested. I would recommend car (truck) pooling to save on gas. Johnny and Eric, y'all are welcome to ride with me if you'd like to go. I need to touch base with my family to see if I have conflicts for Saturday.
Here is the latest info from Terry:
Hi Everyone - I'm sorry I didn't send this out earlier but I was not in the office much these past 2 weeks. I've been on the Saw Mill Trail Reroute and the Keyauwee Trail Reroute (bike trail in the Wood Run area) with the contractors these past 2 weeks. The Saw Mill Trail Reroute is complete. It is going to get its final inspection next week and it should be ready for us to sign and blaze and we'll need to put up some of the old guardrail to keep folks on the new trail. Drew Brown will be working with the OHV volunteers and depending on how many folks show up will determine how many groups we'll break up into. We'll need folks to ride the new section of trail and put up the orange diamond markers and to install carsonite signs and some arrows on the new turns, etc.. We'll need 1 to 2 crews to install guardrail in 3 places. The first 2 sections of guardrail will be put up to block off the sections of the old trail that are near the shooting range and the 3rd section of guardrail will be put up near the Rocky Mt Loop end just downhill from where it was before on the steep hill climb. We've bought 2 new hand augers so they shouldn't be breaking down for us (yeah).
Please plan on meeting Drew at the Uwharrie Hunt Camp at 9 am on Saturday, October 15th. After you meet up some folks will need to go to the spray field with Drew to get 2 long sections of guardrail and 4 posts for the first 2 sections of guardrail and haul it out to the site. Drew will let you in on the gated road that connects to Saw Mill Trail just south of the shooting range. That will be a lot shorter route to drag or haul the guardrail into the first 2 sites. The other guardrail for the 3 site is already out there from when it was installed on the hill climb area near the Rocky Mt Loop end.
I want to say thank you to all of you again for putting so much time and effort into volunteering each year. Last month we had a very successful and long day out on Dutch John, Slab Pile, and Wolf Den Trails. We were able to make good use of the Bobcat to drain mudholes, reshape and armor stream crossings, remove an old culvert and armor the crossing. We were also able to get some of the illegal bypasses blocked on Dutch John Trail by working hard with one auger that was on its last leg. Drew & I appreciated how hard everyone worked last month and you all did a great job getting things on the list completed. Actually, I want to say thank you to everyone that has been there for us over the past several months and years. Without your help, donations of equipment rentals, cleaning up of trails, etc. we would not have the trails in as good of shape as they are and we wouldn't have such good luck with the RTP grants that help us leverage the fee money we receive from the trails.
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If i'd know about it when I made the saturday schedule at work I could've gone...... everyone have fun i'll be stuck in my least favorite place on the planet.
pretty sure you'll be just fine.
The old sawmill was doable with a stock unit. Thats the one you rode in the back of the 80 to Logans memorial. However its been changed and rerouted so thats anyones guess but I would think a newly cut trail should be rather tame. I wont be in town for this one.
Might try and go down the new trail if i can. Signs are still posted saying it is closed. With all the rain we have had around here the trails should be real fun today. Had over an inch and a half since yesterday morning. Rough last night.
Try to get down it while up here though.
Try to get down it while up here though.
Clint, If you have room for Garrett and I we'll go i will work on the cruiser another day.
Eric,
I'll have room. At the moment, I think Clint will be coming, so there will be empty seats.
Johnny,
Are you interested in coming if we can make room in my truck or Matt's?
I may get roped into working this Saturday, so I'm not sure. I can't be 100% either way so I'd say most likely not.
I will find out asap and let you know.
Darin,
Sounds like the re-route should be inspected this week. Maybe it was delayed because of the rain.
Good news on our trail being clean. Sounds like the work crew(s) also did some drainage work on it last month with a Bobcat.
It was not open yet as of last night. Janet is on vacation right now so my inside is not here to ask. Got some pics of yesterday, but will tell you this much. Swampers even would not get any traction yesterday. Could not keep the clay out of them to save my life. Was a slick day is forsure.
Any others interested in joining us last minute? We are meeting the NFS ranger at 9am in the morning at Uwharrie Hunt Camp.
I might be up that way tomorrow but will be running some trucks back here for my PT job.
Bunch of clubs are going to be there this weekend from what i seen on the roads today there. Zuwharrie, heep clubs and Rovers.
Bunch of clubs are going to be there this weekend from what i seen on the roads today there. Zuwharrie, heep clubs and Rovers.
we drove down sawmill while installing guardrail and marking the trail. i didn't take any pictures.