We are planning a work day on the Rubicon for June 29th. The goal is to repair 3 mud pits that are located just before Walker Hill and just after Walkers Rock. Please see the following thread for the discussion

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/show...&threadid=58829

It is not our intention to completely fill the pits. Our goal is to simply make them passable and to block off the bypass trails that have been started. We will use rock and soil from the surrounding areas to help mitigate further errossion.

We need as many volunteers as we can get! The more workers we have the more we will accomplish.

Let the sign up begin!


TIA for your support!

I will be there! Sack up! Its time to work on the trail and keep it open. This isnt the end of the year clean up. No its time to fix the problems now.

Try this link instead: http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=58829

I'm there. GET IT!

I'm there...

I'll be there with a chainsaw, a prybar and a shovel.

I plan on being their. If I can't get my XJ out to the area I may need a ride in from Loon Lake.

I can bring a little chainsaw, an ax, some chain, Shovel, prybars and whatever might be needed.

Originally posted by Monkeyboy
I plan on being their. If I can't get my XJ out to the area I may need a ride in from Loon Lake.

I can bring a little chainsaw, an ax, some chain, Shovel, prybars and whatever might be needed.

Your XJ can make it! It's and easy trip to the work site :)

Ok fine I will do it. but who's going to stack rocks for me so I can keep my sweet virgin rockers:flipoff2:

Ill be there!!

This sounds great! I'll bring it up at the Pirate meeting tomorrow night and get some volunteers. Thanks for leading the effort! What time is everyone supposed to meet and where?

Originally posted by UGET IT
This sounds great! I'll bring it up at the Pirate meeting tomorrow night and get some volunteers. Thanks for leading the effort! What time is everyone supposed to meet and where?

Thanks for taking it up with POR :) We can use your help!

The plan for now is to meet at the bottom of Walker Hill at 8:00am on Saturday June 29th.

me too

Im in and it will be brought up at the Far-N-Gone meeting tonight also.

Im always game to help. :) count me in.

Steve

Count me in, I will be ready to work

I'm thinking I might be able to swing this...depending on how the next few weeks go at work financially..


anyone want to let me crash at their house on Friday night and leave my little Military trailer there for the weekend (till whenever we come back out - Sunday I'm assuming...) and possibly stay the night sunday too.... all I need is a place for the trailer, I can sleep in my truck, on the floor, in the barn (bonus if you have a :bender: :D)....


:usa:

I will be there and will bring some friends to help out to:smokin:

Thanks for the support! We need as many people as we can get. It's great to have so many people willing to give their time to work on the trail. We have got to get this on the 6 o'clock news:D

As I noted earlyer that I will be up there the 15th with a good crew that could get started but my question is do you want us to. I the 29th the day that we have the clearence so don't worry about doing anything on the 15th or can we get something done then?????

Originally posted by 66CJdean
As I noted earlyer that I will be up there the 15th with a good crew that could get started but my question is do you want us to. I the 29th the day that we have the clearence so don't worry about doing anything on the 15th or can we get something done then?????

Dean- We don't have clearence from the USFS as of yet. I have a phone call into Rich Platt and I'm waiting for his call back. I don't expect any problems but I'll be sure to let him know that our work plans include your party on the 15th.

I'll post the results of my discussion as soon as I talk with Mr. Platt.

Thanks. I don't plan to get that much done on the 15th but I do want to take care any spot that will continue to get worse between the 15th and the 29th. I don't want to do any work that might cause us more work on the 29th but I want to do something that will prevent more damage.

BTT

If I can get a few of us to go is it better we bring our own rides or is it better we "CARPOOL" any thought on that? Also what tools are needed and what work (besides the mud pit filling i guess) will we be doing?

Originally posted by JerryRigs
If I can get a few of us to go is it better we bring our own rides or is it better we "CARPOOL" any thought on that? Also what tools are needed and what work (besides the mud pit filling i guess) will we be doing?

Carpool if you wish, it never hurts.

With regard to the tools, see this thread:

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=60573

The work will include:

moving rock
back filling dirt
cutting logs
dragging logs
etc.

Thanks for your interest!

Well we were able to get some of the work done on the trail this weekend. What we did was pull the downed trees from the stream crossing about 1/2 mile after Ellis and it is now totaly free to flow. After that we pulled the logs out of the next small stream about 1/4 mile before Walker rock and di some backfill work on the part of the mud hole at that steam crossing. So thanks to Big Rich for helping ROK RNR and to the club buddies that were there to help. There is still plenty to do on the 29th. I didn't have a pick and shovel to do any real work on the mud pits so that is why we did the tree work.

Thanks Dean!

In your opinion, what tools will we need the most of?

I think the list you put up on the Rubicon trail page is quite good but what I think needs to be done is the placing of the trees and rocks so chain, shovels, and picks. We need to remove the dirt ramp that has formed at the bottom so that we can build up the bottom with rock insted of the earth ramp they are forming again.
I think putting in the rock and trees is going to be the ticket because the water comes from the snow that collects in them not flowing water that has no place to go. We took care of any stream flow restrictions this last weekend but we need to add one more mud hole to the list that is just after a stream crossing about 1/4 mile before Walker. I know it has been mentioned before but I just want to be sure that everyone knows there are 3 that need to be worked on.

Originally posted by 66CJdean
we need to add one more mud hole to the list that is just after a stream crossing about 1/4 mile before Walker. I know it has been mentioned before but I just want to be sure that everyone knows there are 3 that need to be worked on.

Dean- It's on the list! Thanks :)

i planned on goin up to wheel, will i still be able to get past you guyz?

Originally posted by peeJ
i planned on goin up to wheel, will i still be able to get past you guyz?

We won't be blocking the trail, but I would not be surprised if some encourage you to stop and help out for a bit.

Can you afford an hour or two of your time to keep your trail open?

why not, ill work to wheel:usa:

what is it that you are repairing?

Basically grunt work to keep the main trail open.

make couple of pits passible and block the bypasses around them

several threads here:

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=29

Hope to see you there. The more that show up, the faster it will get done!

Thanks Dean for including me in an earlier commnet about working on the 15th, but it was Chris and my son who did all the manuel labor. Anyway I'll be there on the 29th helping in anyway I can.
Rich

PS I say we block the trail and make everyone who wants by to work at least 15 mins. or provide beer for the after the work is done gathering:D :D :D

Maniac and family and Kevin will be there Saturday morning.

When I am not lurking on the board I like filling in holes. Count me in for some manual labor.:grinpimp:

Originally posted by Green Lantern
When I am not lurking on the board I like filling in holes. Count me in for some manual labor.:grinpimp:

Lurking is ok! Glad you can make it :)

See you guys in the morning! I'll be leaving Loon at 7:00am. Maniac will already be in the trail camped at Ellis. Big Rich, myself, H8Monday and Troy will be rolling in.