La Dee Flats Update - 800 Trail

[gofastcrackpipe]

Haven't seen this on here yet. This is an email I got from "Those Guys Off Road" about a new trail they are opening in the Mt. Hood area....

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Hello Folks,

Let me first start by saying thank you for your interest and support in helping us create new, legal, class II trails in the La Dee Flats section of MT Hood. As a club, Those Guys Off Road has invested countless hours working with the USFS to help open the first legal class II trails in the MT Hood National Forest. That being said, we could not do what we are about to do without your support and the support of the 4x4 community, so again thank you! What we are about to create is something that our future generations will be able to enjoy for many years to come. Thanks to your assistance and the hard work of many we will be creating a responsible, sustainable, and enjoyable trail system that will truly define what happens when a group of dedicated off road enthusiasts come together in a united cause.

I am proud to be announcing the first of many work parties that we will be holding in support of trail construction on the 800 trail. The 800 trail involves turning approximately a mile and a half of 2 roads into a true class II trail, and also involves the construction of a connector trail approximately 1/2 a mile in length that will connect the two sections of trail. For those of you who have enjoyed "Stick in the Nose" in the Tillamook State Forest, this trail will use many of the same techniques seen on that trail. This trail is being designed with a Trail Management Objective (TMO) of being a medium difficulty trail for class II users and once completed will be the first 2 miles of what will become an approximate 15 miles of Class II trails in La Dee.

Our first work party will be held on Saturday August 25th 2012 beginning at 9AM. We will meet in La Dee Flats at the corner of the 4610 Road and 800 trail. For those of you whop are not familiar with the area, the following link will provide a Google Map of how to get to the location from the Estacada Ranger Station
goo.gl/maps/WYn9x

For this project we will need the following;
- Lopers
- Shovel
- Pulaskis
- Wheel Barrow
- Dump Trailer
- Skilled Equipment Operators
- Dump Truck
- Excavator
- Bulldozer
- Manual Labor
- Patience
- Good attitude
- A strong work ethic


Our biggest need will be for a bulldozer with a ripper which will be used for ripping the road and harvesting the rock out of the existing road bed. Having a D4 size dozer will make this work go much quicker than attempting to do it with an excavator. Our next need would be an excavator (preferably with a 6 way blade and thumb attachment), which would be used for creating the trail tread and creating sediment traps. Dump trucks and trailers would be used to move rock which would be used for both trail tread and to create obstacles. We have been able to round up some equipment, but we could always use more, and having more will enable us to get this trail open that much quicker.


As a reminder, all volunteers working on this trail will need to have attended an OHV volunteer training which is held in TSF. If you have not attended one and would like to, please let me know and I can work on having another one scheduled. This requirement is not done to exclude anyone, but rather to ensure that everyone who works on this trail can quickly visualize the concepts being used. We truly want everyone who wishes to participate be able to do so, so if you have not had your required training let me know and we can make that happen.


Along with the equipment we will be using to build these trails will be a need for fuel. We have currently established a wepay account through which we are accepting donations for fuel and maintenance of the equipment used to construct these trails. If you would like to help but can't attend, a small donation will go a long way in helping us create these trails. Donations can be made with a few quick and simple clicks of the mouse at the following web site.
www.wepay.com/donations/la-dee-flats-trail-fund


In addition to our wepay site we have also had several generous members of the off road community post up on our forum donations of both money and equipment. I will be reaching out to each of you who have donated over the next few days to thank you and secure your donations. We also applied for and have been awarded a $500 grant from Tread Lightly! to be used in support of trail building in La Dee. This is truly a community effort, and one that makes me very proud of the community and the sport I love.


It's been a long road, and we still have miles to go, but through your support we are making this happen. I could not have done this, and can not do this without the support of each of you, so again I thank you. Please consider this your call to action, rally the troops, tell your friends, tell your family, tell your families friends, and tell your friends families! Now is the time, now is the time to put your mark on a new trail. To often we see areas closed, now we have a chance to open one. Lets do this! Let's make the epic!


Thanks,
Jon - Aka That Guy
President - Those Guys Off Road

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thoseguysoffroad.com/tgorforum/index.php?topic=1507.0

Regards,
The Those Guys Off Road Team.




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[poorboy1]

great news.

[copenhagen]

Stick in the nose is a dirt bike trail out of jordan creek right? lots of loose rocks iirc, I went down it on my dirtbike a few times...

Ill try and remember to make a donation tomorrow... August 25th is the opening of archery season

[Bri&Bub Off-Road]

Hello Peoples - we are building trail this weekend 9/1-9/3 and need your help! If you don't build this trail, who will?

This weekend we will be hosting our second work party in the MT Hood National Forest in an area called La Dee Flats. The trail we are building (the 800 Trail) will be approximately 2 miles long and is being designed to be a medium difficulty trail. This will be the first, legal class II trail in this new OHV area. We've been talking about this trail system for a couple years now, and it is good to finally be started building this trail.

The trail construction involves a new section of trail which winds through the forest that is approximately 2100' long, and the rest of the trail construction is done by ripping an old road and then converting it to trail. We held our first work party last weekend, and made some good progress, but there is still much work to be done. Our goal is to have this trail complete by Halloween if not sooner, anmd with your help we can meet that goal. How can you help? Glad you asked! Let me 'splain how you can help make this happen.

The easiest way to help is to donate to our trail fund. This trail fund is being used 100% for equipment fuel, maintenance and rental (if we need to rent... we are hoping we wont as that gets spendy). To donate to our trail fund, you can click on over to the following link and donate on line. www.wepay.com/donations/65556

The next way to help is to donate in person. The we pay link above is awesome cause it's something that people can do on line and from the comfort of there chair. It does have some fee's we have to pay though, so the best way to donate money is in person. You can do this by showing up at our work parties (location listed below), or by stopping in at Good Guys Auto Care in Clackamas, asking for Tonka and giving him your money telling him it's for the La Dee trail project. He's one of the founders of my club, and will make sure the money gets to the trail. His shop is located in the Emmert Development business park off hwy 212/224 in Clackamas. Here's a map to his shop from I-205 goo.gl/maps/DFh3n

The next way to help is to come out to the work party we are holding this weekend and put in some good old fashioned manual labor and sweat along with us. We will be working this weekend, both Saturday, Sunday, and yes... even on Monday. There's no rest for the wicked, and this trail needs to be built. We will be camping up on the trail, and would like to see you come out and help us make this happen. Here's a map to the location we will be at from Estacada. goo.gl/maps/vS6HC

We really need a Dozer with rippers, so if anyone has one, you would be my new best friend! We've been ripping the road with a small excavator, and while it's working, it's really slow going. A dozer with rippers could do it in 4-6 hours, if I have to do it with the excavator we have it will take... well heck, I am not sure how long, but let me put it this way. If I have to do it with the excavator I am not sure we will get it done by Halloween. Seriously, if anyone has a dozer with rippers we really need your help! We can help cover fuel cost. If anyone has another excavator, or a backhoe, or other equipment that can rip up an old road, we need your help!

For this project we will need the following;
- excavator
- dozer (if it has a ripper even better)
- backhoe
- equipment operators
- dump trailer
- dump truck
- saw (hand saw)
- safety gear (glasses, gloves, hard hat which I can supply)
- Lopers
- Shovel
- Pulaskis
- pick axe
- weed whacker (ribbon fed, not metal blade as the metal blade will spark when it hits the rock in the trail and could be a fire hazzard)
- metal rakes
- Tow Straps
- Chain
- clevis's (small clevis to work with the chains would be great for helping build a net out of to be used to move boulders on to the trail).
- snatch blocks, the more the better.
- Diesel fuel can's (full or not although full would be appreciated )
- Water both for drinking, cleaning, cooking and in the event of a fire.
- Fire extinguishers - per the fire ban which is currently in effect, all vehicles should have 1 gallon of water or a 2.5lbs extinguisher.
- 4x4 vehicles ideally with a winch, a working winch will be needed to help pull boulders, logs and other natural debris onto the sides of the trail to help anchor the trail.
- Wheel Barrow
- Manual Labor
- Patience
- Good attitude
- A strong work ethic - we will be working Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Come to one, come to both, there will be work to do.

As listed above, we also need trail rigs to help run this trail, to compact the soil and define the trail as it weaves through the forest. These trail rigs should have a winch, we need that to pull logs and boulders into the trail to help anchor it and define the trail so people stay on the trail. This is a great way to help and also play a bit, and I am bummed that as much time as I have put into this trail I have not yet wheeled it. I've been driving a truck to get the excavator to the site, and am a bit jealous that I haven't been able to get my TJ on it. So far there has only been one rig on the trail. Who will be the second? Will it be you?

Folks - It's not often that new trail gets to be built. This is a very exciting time, and I am pumped to be part of helping make this happen. This trail is being built by volunteers from the 4x4 community. That being said though, we wont be able to do it ourselves, we do need your help! So come up and help, donate on line or in person, or even just help spread the word. If you don't help us build this trail, who will?

Thanks for your time an I hope to see you on the trail! If anyone has any questions on the project, or how they can help, bump this thread or shoot me a PM.

[ramboy1990]

so i just heard tictak talk about ladee on kupl, and he was calling out all the oregon sw wash offroad groups cause the last work party only had 7 people show up i guess, we need to get on this if i get this new job and my junk back together ill do my best to make the next one

[Reaper]

Yah so I had every part in him doing that. On all the trail clean ups and trail builds we have had small show ups. Kind of hard to build something like this with out good help.

I know every one is busy and have lifes but if your free please come up and give us a hand.


Chaz
Grand Krawlers Off-Road

[blazerboy]

I will see what I can do, its the g/f's b-day that day but if shell let me outta the house for a bit ill be there this is in my backyard and im stoked that its happening!