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Thread: Cutting trails.....

  1. #11
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    Re: Cutting trails.....

    Walking trail? Bike trail? Quad trail? Horse trail?

    We use electric or manual gear for dirtbike trails, chainsaws and bumpers for truck or atv trails, and find our way around for foot trails, although I do carry a pocketboy if necessary.
    The only thing I like as much as trucks, is guns.

  2. #12
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    Re: Cutting trails.....

    Lithium battery sawsall with a couple batteries.

    But personally, I’d pack a chainsaw and gas. If you can pack an animal out, you can pack a chainsaw up there.

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  3. #13
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    Re: Cutting trails.....

    Isnt trail cutting without a permit in BC illegal ?????
    Region 8 is so cut up big time with all these mountain bike trails with bridges + jumps etc total destruction of wildlife habitat.
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  4. #14
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    Re: Cutting trails.....

    Quote Originally Posted by Stone Sheep Steve View Post
    Lithium battery sawsall with a couple batteries.

    But personally, I’d pack a chainsaw and gas. If you can pack an animal out, you can pack a chainsaw up there.

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    In the ‘90s we cleaned the windfalls off an old horse trail we used to access the alpine every 2-3 years. One nice warm day in June I packed a new Stihl 261 (one load of firewood cut with it) 3 hours up the hill because it was easier and safer to cut from the top side. It died after one cut and wouldn’t restart; it turned out that model had a faulty coil. $#@&
    I have a little Chinese-made 6” handheld battery-powered chainsaw that is great for cutting and pruning trees around the yard but it wouldn’t quite be adequate for windfalls up to 24” in diameter.

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    Re: Cutting trails.....

    Quote Originally Posted by TheObserver View Post
    Lookin to cut me a trail for later in the season, all my time spent in other areas has me doin it late.

    I aint packin a chainsaw up there, or even gas for that matter. I can cut the bigger stuff by hand or hop over it (foot trail), anybody got any experience with electric hedge trimmers or somethin like that? Recommend anything good?
    I'd have to have a pretty good reason to put more than the minimal effort towards clearing a path, especially small brush that grows back quick
    IME, no one else will help with the endeavour but will sure take advantage of your work
    Must be something special to you maybe
    Glad to say I have hunted Northern BC

    Simon Fraser had pretty good judgement on what he found in BC

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