Great work Paul. I don't think I have even been up Sounds this year. It use to be my winter trail of choice, before I found others higher up the Clackamas that have drawn my attention and seem to stay open during the winter also. Here are a couple of pictures of the"Ginsu saw" otherwise known as a Silky Sugoi that is 24 inches long and straps to your leg.
I bought one a few years ago to use, and now they seem to be the FS saw of choice for the trailcrew. I think they run about $80 for the saw and scabbord, with the replacement blade $40-50. I don't leave home without mine.
Don
Donald Presley said:
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Here are a couple of pictures of the"Ginsu saw" otherwise known as a Silky Sugoi that is 24 inches long and straps to your leg.
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Thanks Don for the info, mine is on the way...
--Paul
Hey, that's cool. I cleared the west end of that trail a couple months ago, didn't figure it would get any use besides the kyakers. Even got to break in my crosscut. A hell of a trip down 4611...every spring for the past few years I tried to make it out there. Once a year is enough.
Are the big piles of brush still along the abandoned road from 4611 to the trailhead? We had hoped to deter ATVs from driving down there since it isn't really a road any more, especially with the marshy section.
Loppers are an excellent addition to your tools, I bring them everywhere.
Robert Koscik said:
Hey, that's cool. I cleared the west end of that trail a couple months ago, didn't figure it would get any use besides the kyakers. Even got to break in my crosscut. A hell of a trip down 4611...every spring for the past few years I tried to make it out there. Once a year is enough.
Are the big piles of brush still along the abandoned road from 4611 to the trailhead? We had hoped to deter ATVs from driving down there since it isn't really a road any more, especially with the marshy section.
Loppers are an excellent addition to your tools, I bring them everywhere.
Robert,
Thanks for the work on the kayaker section of the 517 (and all the other places you work on), like I said, it is in good shape. I do not recall seeing any piles of brush on the 4611 - nothing really to stop them from going in there. I carried some pruning shears but I need to get something that is still small but with longer handles.
--Paul
FYI, I bought a set of loppers at Home Depot that are light, have short handles (so you can put it in a daypack) and it has a gear system to make up for the shorter handles. They work pretty well, and I can cut limbs up to about 1" with them.