Trailbuilding 101: What Tools You Need For Trail Building
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- Trail Building 101. How to trail build. How to build trails. Building Trails with the right tools makes trail builds much easier and faster. Learn what tools like hoes, Macleods, pulaskis, rakes picks and shovels you need before heading out the door. Including the one tool you need before any other.
0:46 Hoe
3:19 McLeod
5:30 Pulaski
8:22 Pickaxe
9:53 Shovel
11:13 Rakes
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Thanks man I'm building a trail around my parents 20 acres in the rogue valley...Now I know what to start with and what to use 🤠
Best of luck with your build. Let me know if you have any questions and thanks for watching! :)
Hear in the mountains of northern California its pick matox , McCloud and of course the chainsaw.
Hey @adambatchelder4121 thanks for letting me know. I'm guessing it's quite rocky where you are if you're using those tools. I don't envy you but I respect you! Thanks for watching and commenting. Happy building. 🤘
Can you come build my trails? I have about two miles of trails to build on very steep and rocky terrain….
Love your very informative videos
Have you seen my hair in this video? You really want someone looking like that on your property lolz :) Steep and rocky sounds perfect. I would be happy to come take a look if you're nearby, where are you at?
Thanks for the video! I guess I need to order a Rogue Hoe... The pick axe (mattock) is actually our primary tool in the Canadian Rockies due to our very rocky terrain. Push broom is also key for cleaning slab trails. A temper is heavy but the best for packing tread and berms.
Wow, a push broom is definitely not in my tool chest but that totally makes sense. As does the pick axe. I wish we had that much rock and slab. It's pretty rare here in Toronto, although the Canadian shield does provide that type of riding outside of the GTA. Quebec has some great slab riding. But nothing like what you lucky guys have out your way. All that said, I truly love my Rogue Hoe. Thanks for watching- appreciate you sharing your local tools. It's so cool to know that the art requires different approaches depending on where you are! Happy building! :)
I hate the Mcleod. I've made a lot of hiking trails in the Santa Cruz Mountains of Northern California, a coast live oak/madrone/bay laurel/poison oak ecosystem with incredibly loose soil in the winter/spring which is the only time to make a trail. I bench cut with my DeWalt spade/shovel and rake and plow ahead shoveling the bench cut to the side. I have an dedicated old lopper that I cut large roots and use a mattock to break up tough ground. I also have a aluminum framed Corona Lopper to tackle any branches and there's lots. I keep my Milwaukee chainsaw both 10" pole saw and 16" chainsaw for fallen trees or large overhanging branches. The hardest part of trail building are the switchbacks and routing through dense brush...the elevations around here are very steep and I'm going places that has never seen a trail. Trail building is more than a hobby; it's a passion.
@ShakespeareCafe hello from Ontario! Thanks for sharing your gear list. Quite a bit different than what I use, at least at ground level. Your problem sets with loose soil must be completely different than ours! It's kinda nifty how we work towards the same result but get their completely different. That is except for the dense brush. Which I'm sure is just dive in and push through lol.. nothing quite like being enveloped by brush and having a bit a battle with entanglement then getting home and finding sticks and other things in your hair, shirt, pants lol... trail building is sooooo romantic! lol but you're right it's a passion. You either love that work or you don't do it! Thanks for watching and commenting! 😁
Awesome videos man, thanks for preparing. I build trails on 16 acres of rocky, clay-based, steep terrain at my cottage and agree 100% with your assessment, Rogue hoe is awesome and also love the hard rake. Haven’t seen a need for a Macleod or Pulaski
Rocky and clay based sounds like tough building. Good for you. Thanks for watching and commenting. Good luck with your build!
Thank you sir! Very insightful.
Thanks Bryan, happy to hear you found the videos helpful. Happy building! :)
Hey man, really good video if I could recommend anything just turn down the music 🤙
Thanks for the reco and thanks for watching!
Nice video, I couldn’t agree more about getting snagged on roots. It’s because it wasted energy and takes big a toll over the course of a few hours
Yes! I thought I was the only one. Good to know my suffering is shared with other builders lol. Thanks for watching and commenting! :)
@@BenAylsworth more of a want to be builder but done enough landscaping to know your pain. These videos were a great eye opener to what it really takes. Being from Toronto it’s nice to see someone working with the local environmental conditions. I like how you seem to really care about maintaining natural conditions and preserving good trees. Too many poorly thought out trails do serious damage to the valley and draw bad attention from the people trying to conserve it.
@@kamac1980 It all starts with the desire! Thanks again for watching. :)
SAME. Ben said he sees red, maybe white...that's SO me! I can be in a great mood, listening to some blood-pumping tunes, torque'n out power like an old diesel, then sang a root & boom...I'm swearing, throwing shit, & having a hissy-fit & I then go after that root with a vengeance. It's a good thing I don't have c4 readily available or I'd be blowing up plant-substructure just for spite! :D XD LOL!!! Funny thing is, it's about the only thing in life that I totally lose my shit over; I'm normally a pretty easy going dude...those friggin' roots tho... :P XD
Ben I use the pick exclusively for benching but it sounds like the Rogue is worth the $? Going to try your cribbing technique today on the downhill side. At 57 years old I'm able to get about 15 feet per day with a 3-4 foot tread. It's a 40 degree slope but otherwise is exacty the same composition as your other vids. Pulling down the loam to cover up the step area was a great idea I can't wait to go do.
Hello again Todd! I can't imagine benching with a pick unless the soil is very hard and/or rocky. It would be too slow for me. But if it works for you, it works. As you can tell I do love the Rogue hoe. That said I haven't tried every tool, maybe my next love affair is just around the corner. :). But if you're dealing with the same earth composition I think you'll find the Rogue a good investment. Enjoy your build if you can, but I hope it turns out for you!
Good video! It answered a lot of my questions. Interesting you choke up on the 40" Rogue Hoe. Would the longer handles (54" or 60") be a little easier on the back for tall guys? Just trying to figure out what to buy as I never used one.
Thanks Mike. A good question. Even though the hoe is only 5 or so pounds that adds up after a while. So I choke up and try to let momentum and the weight of the head do as much of the work as possible. When I encounter a root I'll slide it out a bit for more force. But I've never wanted a longer handle. I build with another guy who's 6'1 or so and he uses the same length hoe and seems fine with it. But we both have strong backs so maybe that's not a good gauge. Not sure exactly what to suggest here but if your gut is telling you to go with a longer tool then maybe you should listen? Sorry if that isn't super helpful.
Music too loud and voice too quietly 😢 volume up and down. Up and down... Unbearable
Sorry my man. Thanks for watching tho! :)