Essential tools to carry; pole saw.
Funny how subjects get brought up but this was one I would like to address here in the NW...I was talking to someone who wanted to travel off road...a bit deeper into our forests with a TC....I asked ...
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deltabravo wrote:
Not really sure why some of the posts about cutting a tree off a forest service road are getting taken out of context.
Cutting the tree out making the road passable again is better than blazing a trail around the downed tree, which causes resource damage.
And that happens alot from those that don't carry a chainsaw..That downed tree itself is a resource,firewood for you and whomever is just cruising the roads for easy firewood..It never last long but the ruts around,last forever..
I was down at the end of the road at the Whitewater ranch on the Salmon river hunting the skirts of the wilderness..A winding very steep road with sharp corners..Coming out there was a huge yellowpine(Ponderosa pine) that the wind knocked over across the road..Over 3 feet across and all I had was a 16" Stihl..I went all away around(360 degrees) with the 16" bar and it would not budge...I had to hook up a chain and jerk it to break it through, twice to get by..I now carry one of my larger saws when I can...
The point is always be prepared and have the tools with you to get you back home when things just happen..
