NS Gearhead
Veteran Member
So this all started when I bought my house lot. We have a fraction over 4 acres. One of the four property lines was cleared relatively well... the others not so much.
I decided that being a responsible homeowner, I should clear these lines.
Then being the offroad enthousiast that I am, I thougth; "why not clear it wide enougth to get the Jeep through?"
Then I thought; "I'll get bored with this... I should make a nice walking/ bikeing/ go-kart/ mini bike trail.
So I took two and a half years and built a dump trailer in order to fill in low spots and gravel the trail. In the mean time I've logged 27 hours on a gas powered jackhammer busting out rock outcrops. My theory is simply that knocking down high spots and using that material to fill in low spots is an efficient use of time and energy vrs raising low spots above the high spots. I've also had three tandem loads of clay brought in and spread at the ends of the trail. I've also ripped out over a dozen stumps. So far I've only spread two loads with my little trailer... but plan to kick it into high gear once summer vacations are over.
Anyway, enough rambling... here are some vids and pics.
The trail (I hope to get a non-snow one soon)
Trail/ track March 2013 - YouTube
The trailer
V8 TJ dumping trailer - YouTube
Moving roots to break rock
Felling a tree with Jeep's winch - YouTube
Breaking rock
1b - YouTube
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after
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after
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That's it for now. I have to build a bridge over the brook... but the budget didn't allow for it this year. Hopefully next year, and I'll be able to take the jeep all the way around and start spreading gravel!
Oh, and this is an extremely long term project. This is year three, and I hope to have it done by year 5 or 6. However, my three year old daughter loves walking the "twail" and has a pet squirel names Nemo that we regularly take walks to go feed him peanuts. Makes the effort worth is. : )
I decided that being a responsible homeowner, I should clear these lines.
Then being the offroad enthousiast that I am, I thougth; "why not clear it wide enougth to get the Jeep through?"
Then I thought; "I'll get bored with this... I should make a nice walking/ bikeing/ go-kart/ mini bike trail.
So I took two and a half years and built a dump trailer in order to fill in low spots and gravel the trail. In the mean time I've logged 27 hours on a gas powered jackhammer busting out rock outcrops. My theory is simply that knocking down high spots and using that material to fill in low spots is an efficient use of time and energy vrs raising low spots above the high spots. I've also had three tandem loads of clay brought in and spread at the ends of the trail. I've also ripped out over a dozen stumps. So far I've only spread two loads with my little trailer... but plan to kick it into high gear once summer vacations are over.
Anyway, enough rambling... here are some vids and pics.
The trail (I hope to get a non-snow one soon)
Trail/ track March 2013 - YouTube
The trailer
V8 TJ dumping trailer - YouTube
Moving roots to break rock
Felling a tree with Jeep's winch - YouTube
Breaking rock
1b - YouTube
before
after
before
\
after
before
after
before
after
That's it for now. I have to build a bridge over the brook... but the budget didn't allow for it this year. Hopefully next year, and I'll be able to take the jeep all the way around and start spreading gravel!
Oh, and this is an extremely long term project. This is year three, and I hope to have it done by year 5 or 6. However, my three year old daughter loves walking the "twail" and has a pet squirel names Nemo that we regularly take walks to go feed him peanuts. Makes the effort worth is. : )