Uwharrie N.F. workdays

[broncosbybart]

Anyone else going? I can plan to contact Snappy (lunch) and Terry with a headcount.

[broncosbybart]

I think Clay will be going out there as well. So that should make 2 of us at this point. CORE (who has also adopted Dutch John) will have 5 out there. I'm in the process of talking with them to coordinate our work efforts between the clubs for the work day and possibly for the future but haven't gotten that far yet...

Can anyone tell me if we are going to need to renew our adopt-a-trail program form for the 2013 year and if we want to commit to it???

[blazinchuck]

bart...this is very sad. every one was gun-hoe for a adopt trail...but i guess with rhonda/david and matt/liz gone...we cant keep the support going like we used too. This is really embarrassing to have to back out of adopting trails!!!! this will not set well with me!!!

i will send out a reminder via mass email...as a one last effort. there is also no excuse for those viewing this thread and not even commenting on it . if we didnt need the help..we wouldnt ask.

[snipes243]

I'm in just need to know when

[DirtyWhiteBoy]

Never been there before but want too. Jan 26th cant make but possible for other dates, will check and get back.
Tim

[Bronco Biff]

I'm targeting March 16th if anybody wants to focus on that date to plan. Mentioned it to Shayne yesterday with plans to leave the turtles (wife and kids as in "herding turtles") and try to round up and bring some muscle instead.

[broncosbybart]

I could be in for March 16, Biff.

My back is killing me right now...

The work day yesterday started off slow. Fortunately we got there late due to weather. Clay and I arrived at the Hunt camp around 10:30. All the dirt roads were still frozen over, so we unloaded the Bronco and drove it to the double parking area. We got there and talked with a few guys about what was going on and where people were working. Turns out that they were not very far in on the rocky mtn loop. As we got there it began warming up enough to begin melting the ice on the trees. The bobcat was running and drilling post holes for us to do some guardrail sections (which is what we ended up doing all day).

After doing a few sections we called it quits for lunch. To me, it felt like we got nothing done. Eli managed to hurt his leg pretty good while trying to climb into the bobcat. His shoe slipped and his leg caught the front of the machine. After about 10 minutes of standing around, someone else climbed in and fumbled around with it. The machine had the rubber tracks on it and they didn't offer much traction. We had to winch that thing about anywhere we had to get it to go. It did a great job of digging post holes though with the post hole attachment on it. Had a lot of people on hand (30-35 was the estimate), but it felt like a true gov't project with 1 person using a shovel and 3-5 people making sure he was using it correctly.

Snappy had cooked up some Brunswick stew for us. Terrific on a cold day. I stood around with my hands affixed to the bowl, trying to warm them up. Lunch broke up at 1:15 and we loaded some guardrail from the parking lot onto vehicles or behind vehicles in order to get them to the base of Kodak rock. We got to the hill that starts to go up to the ledge before Kodak. By now everything had warmed up, thawed out, and became a soupy mess of snot. The bobcat went nowhere. We had to drag it pretty much the whole way up to Kodak. Only the rigs that were locked front and rear went up the hill without winching. I had to pull cable once, as I was dragging a section of guard rail and couldn't back up.

After a bit we got the rails up. We loaded a built white XJ up with the posts. His tires were hitting the quarters. I have no idea how much weight was in it, but it was a good bit! From there, we got the bobcat in place and made good time installing every bit of guardrail that we had on hand. It turned out to go very well. By now Eli was back in the bobcat and we got a game plan together on measuring, drilling, setting, and bolting the rail. By the end of the day (4:30 or so) we were all done, both physically and with the job. Loaded it all up, and drove home. At least the bobcat made it down the mountain without issue.

I'm gonna need to break out the pressure washer again soon. The one XJ in the pic says it all. One big muddy mess...

[Bronco Biff]

Good work, sir!! Ice the back.......After the cold, you might want some heat instead, uh?

[BucknEB]

Nice work Bart and Clay! I'm heading up to DC on Sunday to work for the next month or so. I may be back in time to drive up for the March 16th work day. I'll keep checking in on this thread as the dates get closer. Thanks again fellas for representing.

[snipes243]

Nice work Bart and Clay! I'm heading up to DC on Sunday to work for the next month or so. I may be back in time to drive up for the March 16th work day. I'll keep checking in on this thread as the dates get closer. Thanks again fellas for representing.

Your in DC if your bored my bronco needs some done. It's just siting there