Trail Maintenance Update

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A couple of photos showing Director John Pfeiffer re-routing a small portion of the Port Leyden trail.   There were some 'gas line' issues, some landowner/ATV issues, and in another area two small bridges were installed over wet spots and took care of a bad blind spot.  On the West Leyden trail, a small reroute was done, a new truck frame was installed over a wet hole, which required two new landowners approval.  On the Constableville trail we reset two culverts and made them more permanently installed.  On the White Lake trail we did some minor repairs  to eliminate two blind spots on the Smith Road.  The Town Loop had some minor brushing and repair but is ok.  We wish to give special thanks to the following for their in-kind services: Eli Schindler, Mike Cronizer for trailer use, Tom Yager for his trailer use, the Mayor of Lyons Falls, Mike Horilla for his backhoe and dozer use.

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On a few cold days in early December, the club was using the Kubota
tractor/groomer once more before the snow flies and the tracks need to
be put on instead of the wheels.  The Kubota does double-duty, working
both winter and summer.  Shown here it is bringing a load of hemlock to
the site of a trail project that needed a small bridge to span a gully
on Trail C4E.  This particular gully had a crossing that simply wore out
and needed replacement.  In the second photo, with the work completed,
the Polaris 6-wheeler is shown testing the crossing and proves that all
has been rebuilt to accommodate sled traffic when the snows come.  John
Pfeiffer is shown with the Kubota, and Dale Flansburg is driving the
Polaris.