10/24 Strawberry Fall Maintenance Run - Regular

BKGM Jeepers wrote:

Meeting at 830 - leaving at 9AM.

This is a regular maintenance run so please plan to bring gloves, trash bags, loppers, chainsaws (if certified), hedge trimmers, shovels and digging bars.

The trail should be fairly clear and the day should not be long.

Please do reply here if you are planning to attend so we know to look for you.

Bring a lunch as well, and water.

Meeting at Pollock Pines - Arco.

Bumping this up to see if there is any interest vs. cancelling it.

I won't make this one.

I will be at the AM/PM regardless for anyone who isn’t on the forum but needs this run for membership and/or the holiday party.

If no one shows it will be a shorter day.

BKGM Jeepers wrote:

Bumping this up to see if there is any interest vs. cancelling it.

I am in, with one kid (I think!).

I emailed with David on getting him logged in to the new site, he mentioned they were also in.

Nubby wrote:

I emailed with David on getting him logged in to the new site, he mentioned they were also in.

Thanks!

buckallred wrote:

I am in, with one kid (I think!).

Thank you Brad and Kathleen and Mr. & Mrs. Fountain for a fun day! The trail was beautiful as always and Brad got to cut a ton of massive logs with the coolest electric chainsaw I've ever seen or heard of. So on this maintenance run, we actually did some work but it was fun. Got to tumble some massive logs down the mountain, hoping they didn't crash into any ascending vehicles 😆

I'll let Dave Fountain weigh in if he wants to as far as ... additional adventures. But it was a successful day!

I tried to add photos, but it didn't seem to work. I probably did something wrong.

buckallred wrote:

Thank you Brad and Kathleen and Mr. & Mrs. Fountain for a fun day! The trail was beautiful as always and Brad got to cut a ton of massive logs with the coolest electric chainsaw I've ever seen or heard of. So on this maintenance run, we actually did some work but it was fun. Got to tumble some massive logs down the mountain, hoping they didn't crash into any ascending vehicles 😆

I'll let Dave Fountain weigh in if he wants to as far as ... additional adventures. But it was a successful day!

I tried to add photos, but it didn't seem to work. I probably did something wrong.

Thank you for the quick summary Buck!

It was nice to have some extra drivers for this trip - we had 6 people in 3 vehicles. I brought a hedge trimmer, but we never used them. It was always a chainsaw and Buck/David muscle. There was a lot of cutting but the trail is more clear now. While up there we ran into a vehicle group, a quad group and a motorcycle group. The trail is naturally getting more rocky and moderate which was fun as well. I'm glad everyone made it home safe.

It was a fantastic day. Great day on the Strawberry trail.

I'm thinking that I am going to "claim" the issue on the trail was a voluntary, not really, issue to be able "practice" recovery. What better vehicle to roll back over than a Suzuki Samurai. Anyone else on the run want to back me up on that story?

We are all good, little sore Sunday morning. Just a broken mirror, and a window crank that's hard to roll window up.

Pictures in the gallery.

David & Lori wrote:

It was a fantastic day. Great day on the Strawberry trail.

I'm thinking that I am going to "claim" the issue on the trail was a voluntary, not really, issue to be able "practice" recovery. What better vehicle to roll back over than a Suzuki Samurai. Anyone else on the run want to back me up on that story?

We are all good, little sore Sunday morning. Just a broken mirror, and a window crank that's hard to roll window up.

Pictures in the gallery.

100% backing you up. Addy was following behind you, we were watching your lines and following them. Then, the world's slowest rollover occurred. Obviously glad you all were not hurt. It was a little bit like a game of human Tetris getting everyone untangled and out of the passenger side door, but after that we almost were able to tip the vehicle back up without a winch. But then Brad got back, we hooked up our tow straps, in no time at all the Samurai was wheels-down and cranked up, burning off a little oil from the intake. All in all, it really was a learning experience for me and especially for my daughter.

David & Lori wrote:

It was a fantastic day. Great day on the Strawberry trail.

I'm thinking that I am going to "claim" the issue on the trail was a voluntary, not really, issue to be able "practice" recovery. What better vehicle to roll back over than a Suzuki Samurai. Anyone else on the run want to back me up on that story?

We are all good, little sore Sunday morning. Just a broken mirror, and a window crank that's hard to roll window up.

Pictures in the gallery.

Did it happen on of the big ruts that has developed due to erosion? I know there are one or two of them that put you quite a bit off camber.

Jeff_R wrote:

Did it happen on of the big ruts that has developed due to erosion? I know there are one or two of them that put you quite a bit off camber.

These were in line with the trail from vehicles going through. I just got to far up on the right side. You can see in the pictures the ridge on the right side.

buckallred wrote:

100% backing you up. Addy was following behind you, we were watching your lines and following them. Then, the world's slowest rollover occurred. Obviously glad you all were not hurt. It was a little bit like a game of human Tetris getting everyone untangled and out of the passenger side door, but after that we almost were able to tip the vehicle back up without a winch. But then Brad got back, we hooked up our tow straps, in no time at all the Samurai was wheels-down and cranked up, burning off a little oil from the intake. All in all, it really was a learning experience for me and especially for my daughter.

And Thank You Buck, I always knew you were a "strapping Guy"