Building a cabin road

[Sodo]

I made a 2nd 'driveway/trail for ATVs, that is narrow and fun. When it's hot & dry, having a 2nd way to get to the cabin keeps the ATVs from churning the driveway to dust. Also works for snowmobiles and the deer use it too.

 

[airbiscuit]

I made a 2nd 'driveway/trail for ATVs, that is narrow and fun. When it's hot & dry, having a 2nd way to get to the cabin keeps the ATVs from churning the driveway to dust. Also works for snowmobiles and the deer use it too.

You need to build a ramp over the hose!

 

[airbiscuit]

Sooooo, how is your progress?

 

[Jim Timber]

Sooooo, how is your progress?

Dude's got more stones than that mountain. Or he's a moron and doesn't know better. :laughing:

 

[bcp]

I did a little research on that photo.

Oldest I found was 1995. It was claimed to be in Yemen, Eritrea, and Pakistan.

This is what it probably looked like in reality.



Bruce

 

[LD1]

I did a little research on that photo.

Oldest I found was 1995. It was claimed to be in Yemen, Eritrea, and Pakistan.

This is what it probably looked like in reality.

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Bruce

Alot more believable but still a pretty large pucker factor

 

[airbiscuit]

Any updates, or is the road building done for the year?

 

[gdicks]

Any updates, or is the road building done for the year?

Yeah the Snow has arrived so road building is full stop until spring.

 

[otlski]

Sounds like a good time to do some route finding. I find snow cover and dead foliage to be an advantage in route planning. You ignore smaller and mid-sized rocks as you should anyway. The topo relief stands out better. The number of trees to take down is more obvious. If you need snowshoes, the struggle will help you understand what the vehicles will see. Plus, I love being out in winter.

 

[rd_macgregor]

I couldn't tell for sure from your pictures, but are the trees all/mostly softwoods? A problem I had with laying out a couple of my trails was being deceived by apparent maple saplings that turned out to be coppice wood from much larger stumps. It was easy to take down the sprouts (up to 4 or 5 inches in diameter), but the underlying stump was for a much, much larger tree...plus, there was then no leverage to push on it.
Softwood species like spruce, fir and pine don't usually coppice, so small trees have smaller stumps and root systems. Plus, they tend to be shallower-rooted than maple, birch and beech, so are easier to push over.
I like a multitude of trails so I can vary my walks (but I don't have a lake shore to distract me!).
Bob