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Trail Source Approach to Trail Construction Our approach to construction includes using mechanized equipment as well as typical hand tools to perform finish work to the trail. Some of the mechanized equipment includes: Ditch Witch SK 750 and SK650. We equip these tool power units with dozer blades, standard buckets, grapple rakes, plate compactors and our recently custom fabricated Super buckets which not only perform as a standard bucket but also have a grinder drum that spins at 400 RPM to grind up, flatten and smooth the soil that we utilize on the trail surface. The super bucket also has an additional axis upon which it pivots so we can run the Ditch Witches on a side slope while maintaining the Super bucket at a nearly level angle allowing us to perform a full bench cut at a very quick and accurate rate. In addition to the Ditch Witches, Trail Source owns two Kubota U-17 mini excavators. The Kubota excavators have tracks that can be narrowed from 48" in width to 36" in width. This capability allows us to build narrower trails when appropriate. We use the mini excavators to perform the construction of the trail tread. We have found the mini excavator to be a'very efficient tool for building trail features such as rollers, berms jumps and anti -berms. We would also utilize 4 wheelers to move equipment around and to haul supplies and fuel to the build sites. Hand tools would also be utilized to provide a complete finished product. When Trail Source personnel work a trail project we generally start at one point and continue our work towards the final point of the trail. Each day we strive to completely finish the trail that we have started that day. We prefer to not leave trail unfinished especially when rain is forecast.