6 Mile Run Conditions

[Patrick]

is there a guide on how far up from the base? done this a few times at home for smaller trees but have a few larger in the back I'd like to fall

remember the stump may want to snap back into place - if the the two pieces don't separate, it could be like a loaded spring that will release during the next cut.

Don't cut above chest high - and even that is high.

i'd cut downward without pinching the saw, then come up from the bottom - more gravity powered cutting.

 

[pooriggy]

is there a guide on how far up from the base? done this a few times at home for smaller trees but have a few larger in the back I'd like to fall

For safety reasons it's not a good idea to work on anything above shoulder height, so this dictates how far up the base you can go. Also you don't want to work too close to the base, because you could still pinch the saw if you are working against gravity.

 

[Dingo]

I'll just post this here....

 

[jdog]

Please don't run a saw out there. You could quickly ruin ten plus years of hard work.

 

[stevie.mtb]

Anyone have any reports of the canal conditions around the Six Mile area? Dry enough to get some miles in tomorrow?

 

[Patrick]

Anyone have any reports of the canal conditions around the Six Mile area? Dry enough to get some miles in tomorrow?

i rode from zarephath to piscataway a couple days back. couple puddles, couple trees that area passable, but too big to move - not much snow at all.
give that a green light.

 

[clarkenstein]

I did some more work this morning off the Jacques Lane lot on the white trail. Definitely more work to do. I didn’t go crazy with removal. Some trees are able to be pulled out of the snow and pushed back into place with some effort. The white trail was totally shut down in spots.

 

[jdog]

Great work. I’ll come check it out once you are done

 

[Fire Lord Jim]

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[Jeremy]

My Central Jersey: Why you may see smoke in the sky in Somerset today. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwhcLg-Dc

Maybe it'll help dry it out 🙂

 

[Juggernaut]

I wouldn't want to breath the smoke from all that PI.

 

[clarkenstein]

Did some more work today on white. We are clear from the Jacques lot to just shy of where it meets red.

@jdog have another weird tree - a not so safe broken tree - right by the picnic tables (where the new NICA bridge went in). I cleared enough so the trail is open but didn’t want to tangle with it coming down (on me). A couple pics of it:

 

[rick81721]

Did some more work today on white. We are clear from the Jacques lot to just shy of where it meets red.

@jdog have another weird tree - a not so safe broken tree - right by the picnic tables (where the new NICA bridge went in). I cleared enough so the trail is open but didn’t want to tangle with it coming down (on me). A couple pics of it:

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Good work, remember I'm back next weekend, expect all this nonsense to be cleared out!

Seriously, looks like another sword of Damocles tree.

 

[clarkenstein]

Good work, remember I'm back next weekend, expect all this nonsense to be cleared out!

Seriously, looks like another sword of Damocles tree.

this one i can move very easily, but its big and very heavy. i wasn't sure which direction it would want to fall and didn't want to find out solo. its being held up by a 2" thick branch that's half crushed, so its just balanced enough to stay up.

i hope this next storm passes us by. has anyone had a chance to check out the 27 side?

 

[pygmypony]

thought i’d try to squeeze in a ride before the thaw...left canal road lot around 1pm and the blue field was actually prett nice...however things started to rapidly deteriorate as the sun beat down...lots of hike-a-bike over some really wet stuff, where i was able to roll over some ruts! a little bit of trail mainaintance and then i bailed at the bridge by blackwells mill...took the road back and rode the towpath for a bit...in a word, yuck

 

[pygmypony]

here’s a couple of pix of some of the big stuff that’s down. some of it may have been posted before but these are in daylight!

i think this is the tree that started the chainsaw conversation earlier.

this is by the newly replaced bridge on blue by blackwells

 

[clarkenstein]

Did some more this morning- there is so much to be done. White is *almost* clear. Up to where I stopped from Jacques on the Strava track.

 

[mstyer]

From those of us too far away to ride 6MR on a regular basis: Thank You.

 

[RJ Robinson]

If anyone ever needs some extra hands, I'm free this Sunday. I can come be the muscle, just tell me what to do 🙂

 

[clarkenstein]

You can now ride from South Middlebush all the way to Jacques with only a couple helmet slappers. I might get to Blue tomorrow morning if no one else gets to it. Then it’s on to the 27 side.