LBrown59
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Yeah that could be a very costly helmet
Protecting seedlings from snowmobilers?
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I think a bucket of skunk musk hanging over your trees attached to a trip wire would be worth a try.
jgrreed
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Happens in Canada as well. Kid riding his dirt bike at night with no lights runs into a gate on privately owned property, he is trespassing. Yep, you guessed it, off to the lawyerthey go. Happened a few miles from us. He was badly hurt but his fault. Good thing is he didn't get a nickel. :thumbsup:
Like the idea of the caution tape attached to stakes every 50-100 ft, probably the cheapest and safest way to go.
I know, it's creeping its way north. Thankfully the punk in your story didn't get a dime. All it takes is one precedent setting event or case to ruin it for everyone.....
Now that makes sense!! Sled clubs do a ton for the reputation of sledders everywhere. Typically those that gather together for some responsible 800cc fun in a club aren't the ones bombing across private land, in the dark, drunk, or gathering at the bottom of a 3000' high bowl when the avalanche conditions read 'EXTREME'.
-Jer.
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I have to disagree with this somewhat, some clubs and members are good and believe in the cause. Others{quite a few around here} are only interested in bar hopping and running like crazed loons on race day. One club that my wife and I where part of allmost never went under 80MPH on trails, and well over 100+ on lakes fields etc... We went with them for a dinner run one night, last time we ever road with them, it was not fun and definatly not safe. They even had someone run into a fence post, that night, doing 85MPH leaving the woods entering a field racing to get to the next bar. I hope it is different in other areas, but I have little if any respect for a lot of these "clubs".
jgrreed
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rjkobbeman
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Wouldn't that be saying it is OK to trespass, but just avoide the seedlings? What happened to staying off of the private property all together?
I have a 1,200 foot long blacktop driveway. Last fall I paid about a grand to have it seal coated.
Last winter, the snowmobilers would leave the trail and dip down onto my property and then would cross my driveway. The wear rods were leaving major scars on my newly seal coated driveway. So I put up some orange snow fence along the driveway. Instead of moving out towards the road, where they were supposed to be, they merely cut further into my property and crossed my driveway at another spot.
I've concluded that the only way to deal with them is to put something up that will force them back onto the trail and off my property. I thought about the yellow caution tape but I think they would run that down. I think it may have to be something more substantial.
In another 5 years the trees will be large enough that they will act as their own fence. For now, I need to protect the seedlings.
I'll try contacting the local club and see if they won't put up the fencing. I shouldn't have to spend $1,000 on fencing. I was hoping to come up with some inexpensive solution but I can't think of any great ideas. Its either that, or since I'll be on the town board come November I could see that we enact city code to prevent snowmobiling on my road. Hate to do that as I really wouldn't care even if they rode on my fields. I just want them to stay clear of the seedlings.
Last winter, the snowmobilers would leave the trail and dip down onto my property and then would cross my driveway. The wear rods were leaving major scars on my newly seal coated driveway. So I put up some orange snow fence along the driveway. Instead of moving out towards the road, where they were supposed to be, they merely cut further into my property and crossed my driveway at another spot.
I've concluded that the only way to deal with them is to put something up that will force them back onto the trail and off my property. I thought about the yellow caution tape but I think they would run that down. I think it may have to be something more substantial.
In another 5 years the trees will be large enough that they will act as their own fence. For now, I need to protect the seedlings.
I'll try contacting the local club and see if they won't put up the fencing. I shouldn't have to spend $1,000 on fencing. I was hoping to come up with some inexpensive solution but I can't think of any great ideas. Its either that, or since I'll be on the town board come November I could see that we enact city code to prevent snowmobiling on my road. Hate to do that as I really wouldn't care even if they rode on my fields. I just want them to stay clear of the seedlings.
forgeblast
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I would also try to use some reflective tape every so often. Or put up a sign right in the middle of the path that says caution barbed wire ahead, even if you dont have it.
How about, instead of you having to take up your time, hunting down every group of riders in your area, and then ask them to please not damage your property, the local snow mobile riders contacted the land owners, and got permission first, rather than scoff at the law, and trespass.
I know, it's a stupid thought.
I like the land mine idea. Then, say the same thing they do, "It wasn't me". :thumbsup:
