How to maintain wooded walking trails

bcp · Mar 2, 2022

Try a snow roller.

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oosik · Mar 4, 2022

If I want to open or pack my trails - a pass or two with my ATV. If I wanted to get fancy - reverse my rear blade and pack the snow down.

SuperiorLakeEffect · Mar 8, 2022

Snowshoes.

ArlyA · Mar 8, 2022

Just a data point; Sport sleds are not made for work and go slow. They use a tunnel heat exchanger which do not get enough snow on them when you go slow and pull implements.

Rockbadchild · Mar 8, 2022

ArlyA said:
Just a data point; Sport sleds are not made for work and go slow. They use a tunnel heat exchanger which do not get enought snow on them if you go slow eought to pull things.

agree at 100% but if there is 3 to 4 inch powder then it will be ok and for short distance it is fine even on snow pack but yes you need to keep a eye on the temperature.

Bronco82 · Mar 10, 2022

I pull a pallet behind my Ski-Doo Tundra. It does a decent enough job of flattening out the trails.

ArlyA · Mar 16, 2022

Some of us are quite serious about grooming trails and done it for many, many years.

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This is our personally owned machine.

A trail Bully 400

Various sleds over the years I've used.

JohnnyMX · Mar 23, 2022

I have tried with an RTV900 (no tracks) and you'd have to be out there before it got really deep. I would set the plow up a bit and go, but often get stuck as I'll drive up on a drift and not know it until I sink in. With the tractor I have done it using 3 skidsteer tires bolted together in a V with an eye-bolt to hook it to the tractor.

KofAlberta · Mar 29, 2022

I’d guess that a roller of some kind might do the best job of packing the snow hard enough that it doesnt just form a crust that collapses under weight of someone.

ArlyA · Mar 30, 2022

KofAlberta said:
I’d guess that a roller of some kind might do the best job of packing the snow hard enough that it doesnt just form a crust that collapses under weight of someone.

Yes, a roller thats a bit wider than your tow machine and does not stick to snow. That would be HDPE plastic. It would look like this.