[pct-l] mechanical clearing of trail

[Diane Soini]

Cross-cut sawyering is an art form. The way they cut the log so the 
pieces fall away off the trail just perfectly and all that. You can cut 
a huge tree with a cross-cut saw.

Trouble with chain saws and weedwackers is that they can start fires. A 
huge swath of Santa Barbara was burned because of people using 
weedwackers on the trail. A few people I know lost their houses (and 
their musical instruments).

There must be exceptions to the wilderness rules because of what I saw 
with the bridge crew on the Suiattle. They not only had dynamite but 
also generators and power tools.

On 01/31/2014 06:00 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
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> Message: 9
> Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 08:26:39 -0800 (PST)
> From: Hank Magnuski<hankm at mtinet.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] mechanical clearing of trail
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> Yes, cuts with a chain saw are faster than a hand saw and there is not much
> difference in the results.