Sweco Dozer Training
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Sweco Dozer Training
Sweco Dozer Training A publication of the S.B.N.F.A. www.sbnfa.org The San Bernardino National Forest OHV Volunteer Program is a collaboration between the San Ber- Trail Maintenance Class nardino National Forest, the San Bernardino National Forest Association (SBNFA), and our enthusiast, industry and corporate partners throughout the OHV community. All printed materials are provided by the Association. www.sbnfa.org Four of our very active O H V Volunteers gave up a week of their time to attend the Trails Unlimited Trail Maintenance Class. This class is centered on mechanized trail maintenance with the use of a SWECO Trail Dozer. The class members learned how to Safely Operate the SWECO Trail Dozer to Repair and Maintain our National Forest ATV Trails. This is not as simple a task as it may seem. The SBNF Volunteer SWECO Trail Team must be very aware of many complex environmental laws and regulations in affect in our Forest, also there are many sensitive areas that must be (Continued on page 2) What’s Inside FIRE DANGER LEVEL LOW See Page What’s Inside See Page Mill Creek Project Report 10,11 Sweco Dozer Training 1,2 No Man’s Land Patrol 3 Rhino Opportunity Draw Begins 12 Cajon Project Survey Pictorial 4 Our Sponsors 13 North Shore Patrol 5 Leadership Directory 14 New Big Bear Coordinator 6 Patrol Leader Directory 15 Big Bear Trail Openings 7 Holcomb Valley Burn Area Exploration 8,9 Page 2 Sweco Dozer Training March, 2008 By Fred Williamson (Continued from page 1) avoided to protect endangered species. A big THANK YOU to Gary Heston, Jeff Ridenour, Matt Stegmaier and Steve Schumacher. There is a lot of Trail Maintenance work to be done on our forest, as well as a Big OHV Restoration Project currently going on in the Baldy Mesa area. If you are interested in helping out please contact Greg Hoffman. Page 3 No Mans Land Patrol Saturday, March 1 By Mike McClure Patrol Attendees – Area 36 Trail 1N22 Mark Giao OHV 50v Phil Glenn OHV 110v Dan Hyatt OHV 67v - Patrol Leader Claudia Howard OHV 91v Gary Heston OHV 93v Leslie Brown OHV 54v Ron Parker HC Mike McClure HC Matt McClure HC Matthew Calkins HC Greg Hoffman OHV 3 (Ranger) This patrol was coordinated by Dan Hyatt after the leadership meeting at the SO in San Bernardino. From the SO we proceeded as a group to the Del Rosa Hotshot facility. We entered through a locked gate onto 1N22 and proceeded to check out a road that had been closed for fire restoration. Since this road isn't patrolled regularly it Though on Indian Land, quite a bit of illegal trail activity can be seen has earned the name "No Man's Land" and it was anyone's guess as to what we would find. In general the Toyota 4 Runner at 34 11'27"N, 117 13'11"W. The vehicle road was in good condition with part of it having just been looked to have been there for some time since animals had built worked by a grader. There were several washed out areas with nests inside of it. The VIN was collected and a short discussion tight access and several trees that needed to be muscled off the on what information should be gathered was given. The third and road. While there had been reports of illegal OHV use we had last find of the day was another of those rampaging balloons at 34 the trail to ourselves today. 11'19"N, 117 13'19"W. Thank you all – Mike and Matt McClure The remnants of a stolen Toyota 4-Runner. Two abandoned vehicles were located during the patrol. One looked to be a pick up truck that was at the bottom of a wash. It was buried by brush so it was hard to make out the details from the road. The second vehicle was on the main trail. It was a 1988 Page 4 Cajon Project Survey Pictorial Saturday, March 8th A project for another day. Cathy and Steve exploring a waterfall. Page 5 North Shore Patrol Sunday, March 9th We departed North shore around 0930 with instructions to check out Deep creek and proceed up 2w01 to Devils Hole. We left via 3w12 taking 2n29y to 3n34/3n34D to Deep creek. When we arrived at Deep creek we found that the creek was more of a raging river. We spent several minute trying to find a place to cross. Finding, no place we felt confident crossing we turned around. There was a single truck (unoccupied) at deep creek and one 4X4 come down 3n34D as we proceeded up. We continued up to the 3N34/3N34D Junction. along the way we passed roughly 4-5 motorcycles. We decided to try to take 3N34 (east) to 1W17 to see if we could c o m e around from the north to D e v i l s Hole. We proceeded a short way a n d stopped a l o n g 3N34 just passed 2N25 to talk with some wood cutters who had decided it would be easier to load there truck if they just dove up the hill side. We informed them that they should stay on the marked road in the future, form there we proceed up 1W17 until I had difficulty with a large rocky area. We encountered 4 4X4's who informed us they were with Adopt a trail. We then turned around and came upon the 4X4 patrol (lead by Greg Hoffman). After a brief exchange with MR. Hoffman we headed off to Pinnacles staging area. Via 3N34 (west) to 3N34X. We stopped at Pinnacles for lunch, when we arrived we found that Pinnacles was very crowded. we had Contact with a group of Motorcycles, we answered questions regarding the volunteer program and various forest regulations. We also had a contact with a pair of young riders, one of which was riding a pit bike. We informed him that it wasn’t legal to ride a unregistered bike in the forest and that it would be in his best interest to trailer the bike because the ranger would be by in about 5 minutes. We had contact with another pair of riders who were looking for maps of the area, which we provided. While we were eating the ATV patrol came by and by Matthew Calkins informed us where they were headed. After lunch we proceeded down 3W14 and stopped for a few minutes to help the ATV patrol with trail maintenance. We continued down 3W14 and stopped just short of the 173 to remove a large branch that we were informed was a serious hazard. Taking 3W14 to 2N33 our plan was to head to the Miller canyon staging area before turning around, the trip down 2N33 Was fairly uneventful, except for a near miss by a trio of young riders on a single quad who came close to a head on collision with Joe. We made contact with them and informed them that 1: they needed Helmets 2:they should watch their speed and 3: only one person was permitted to operate a quad at a time. we continued down 2N33 and stopped at a over look of Silverwood from there we backtracked slightly to 2N36 and took 2N37 to miller canyon staging area. As we were getting short on time we only did a quick pass through the staging area and headed back to Pinnacles Staging area taking 2N37 to 2N34/2N33/3W14. At pinnacles we stopped briefly to chat with a rather large crowd of very young riders at the beginner loop and proceeded to 3W13. thinking that 3W13 would take us fairly directly to North shore. We found 3W13 was full of downed trees and multiple trails had been cut into the hill side to bypass the trees. We proceeded down 3W13 to 2N75 and crossed over to 3W12. After about 15-20 minutes of searching for the way to North shore (it always sucks when you know your destination is only over a hill but cant get to it) we finally took 2N96 to the North shore campground. We found that the gate was locked but there is a easy path around the gate. We arrived at North shore at 1705 hours. Page 6 Welcome our New Big Bear Coordinator - Jason Ardenski Jason Ardenski, OHV19V, has accepted the position of Co-coordinator for the Big Bear area. While awaiting his official commission of Patrol Leader Jason will be going afield leading road surveys & projects. Please support him on these adventures. As there is always work to be done, especially near the burn areas and at the north end of the district near the BLM interface. Thanks for signing up Jason!!! Dave Jones ohv55v Page 7 Big Bear Trails 3N34, 1W17 and Crab Flats Campground Reopened On March 16th with the help of 48 eager off-road Enthusiasts, we accomplished a big goal yesterday. Working together, we removed over 14 trees obstructing forest road 3N34. As a result of our efforts, 3N34 (Dishpan) from Deep Creek to Crab Flats Campground, is now OPEN to the public! Despite the blustery, snowy conditions, we banded together and safely completed our projects. We opened the locked gate, removed the closure tape, barricades and once again connected Lake Arrowhead to Big Bear for off-highway vehicle use!! Special thanks to everyone that pitched in to make this a safe and successful reopening! Yummy thanks to Rick Roberts and the H1 Psycho Squad for providing hot, Bar-Bcued Tri-Tip, corn on the cob and baked rolls for lunch!! All of this below the infamous Waterfall....Wow! Our second group of four OHV Volunteers set out with one thing on their minds. Reopen a trail that was closed due to last years Butler II Fire. Equipped with two chainsaws, rock bars and four wheel drive quads they set out. Of course to make matters more fun, it was snowing and the trail was blanketed with 1-3" of fresh powder. Maneuvering the four by four vehicles down the trail, the motorized team cut and removed dozens of trees that had fallen over, once blocking the 12 mile stretch of trail. By mid-afternoon, the OHV Volunteer Trail Team had completed their task and headed back to the Big Bear Discovery Center to camp. The guys were scheduled to start our Dozer Certification course the next day! A big round of applause for Gary Heston, Jeff Ridenour, Matt Stegmaier and Steve Schumacher for organizing, gearing up, transporting equipment and finishing this rigorous challenge safely and in style. Thanks to this group, forest trail 1W17 (a motorcycle/ATV route that leads from Crab Flats to Big Pine Flats) has been reopened to the OHV Public! Thanks again for all that you do as Volunteers! YOU'RE THE BEST!!! Sincerely, Greg. Page 8 Holcomb Valley Burn Area Exploration by Kathy Howard Greg held our tail gate meeting explaining how we would start by going in on 2N09 Poligue Canyon and work our way north east through Holcomb Valley. After lining up we turned on to Hwy. 38 and headed for 2N09. Reaching the locked gate at 2N09 it was discovered that someone had removed the forest lock on the gate and put on their own. Not having any bolt cutters in the group we turned around to go in on 3N16 at Doble Mine. Working our way around the John Bull to 3N08 we came across our second obstacle of the day. A large tree that not only could not be cut by hand saws but was too large to be winched. While taking in the situation on how to get around our obstacle we started to get some snow flurries. Finding a safe and feasible way to by pass it we went on our way. Along the way we where encountering trees down across the road way which the men in the group where able to remove using either by muscle power or the winches. In all 5 down trees where removed from various locations. Once on 3N08 we where really seeing the devastation of the Butler II fire and the toll it took on everything in its path. We could see where trees once stood, but now there is only a hole that looks like a honey comb since even the roots burned. You can see where a tree once laid, but now you only see the shadow of the tree burnt into the ground. We saw guzzlers that we never knew where there before. We saw no wild life in the area, Greg explained how even the beaver ponds where affected by this (Continued on page 9) Page 9 (Continued from page 8) and wonders if the beavers even survived all this. Greg told us how you can tell the length of the fire licks on the trees. Some of the licks where 30 to 40 ft. high. He explained how the fire was driven by the winds since they where 80 miles per hour when the fire broke out. Not only is the vegetation burned, but the soil and rocks are scorched black. In some areas the soil is so scorched there isn't even any signs of new growth coming back. Stopping at Ironwood Group Campground for lunch we where joined by Bob Poole Rec 12 and Gary Heston. Making quick of lunch since it was so cold we started working our way back to the ranger station. We traveled through the burn area of the Willow Fire that burned 10 years ago and had started in Lake Arrowhead. After a day of traveling through mud, water and snow we had traveled 43 miles to make our loop. Greg thank you for this opportunity to actually experience patrolling a close fire area and educating us on fire behavior. Thank you to everyone who came out and helped with clearing the road ways, opening several trails and making this a progressive day on a start to reopen our forest. On a personal note this was Bill's and mine first visit into the burn areas since the fires and since we live on the mountain the devastation to our forest was heart breaking. Bill and I have a lot of beautiful memories of these areas that we will always cherish. Kathy Howard OHV125v North Shore Coordinator Page 10 Mill Creek Project Report March 29th Norm and Stacey Harrold Special Thanks to: Greg Hoffman ,Dale Johnson, Bill & Kathy Howard. Dave Bentley. Bill & Linda Myers. Phil Glenn. Claudia Howard. Danny Comsa. Jim & Kerri Combs I had my doubts and I didn’t believe that mere elbow grease, a few rock bars and a couple of winches could move the boulders that we moved, but I was proven wrong yesterday. Thanks to the hard work, dedication and devotion of our volunteers we managed to clear the largest boulders from the rock slide on 1N09, 9 miles in from Hwy 330. We finished with the project site just after noon and headed for a clearing to break for lunch. The intersection of 1N09 and 1N16 was the perfect spot to stop, set up chairs, relax and enjoy lunch. Jim was told by a couple or motorcyclists in the area that the water behind the 7 Oaks dam was well above the intersection of 1S12 and 1N13 – but we had to see this for ourselves, so after lunch we continued along 1N09 to 1N13. Along 1N13 we found a bunch of Mylar balloons in the bushes just off the trail. We collected them for trash and noted the GPS coordinates (N34 09 24.5 W117 82 5.56). Our first stop along 1N13 was the Edison Hydro Electric power plant #1 where we touched on the history of the facility and explored the surroundings. We continued along 1N13 to see if we could possibly exit via 1S12, but approximately 150 yards from the intersection of 1S12 and 1N13 we encountered the beach of the new lake behind the 7 Oaks dam. Our second Mylar balloon find of the day was collected here and GPS coordinates noted (N34 07 33.1 W117 04 35.2). 1N13 is impassable to 1S12, so we got our rigs turned around and headed back out the way we had come in. Once back onto 1N09 we continued towards 7 Oaks Rd. We stopped to regroup at the Bear Creek crossing while Greg (Continued on page 11) Page 11 (Continued from page 10) made contact with a group camping along side the creek to discuss their violations. It was late in the day when we finally made it to 1N09 and 7 Oaks Road. Those that had aired down and disconnected used this time to air up and reconnect in preparation for the pavement at the top of Middle Control Road at Hwy 38. Our thanks to those volunteers that came out to help clear this well traveled trail, and enjoy our area of responsibility in the front country area of Mill Creek. Job well done! Our sincerest Thanks! Norm & Stacey Harrold OHV47V/48V Asst Mill Creek coordinators Page 12 Rhino Opportunity Draw On a nice sunny Wednesday, Dale Johnson asked me to meet him at John Burr Cycles of Fontana, to help pick up our second Rhino donated by Yamaha. We met with our friends there who have always taken great care of us. As Dale and I waited by the trailer, we heard the roar of the new “Blue Beast”. After it was placed on the trailer, Dale and I spent sometime talking with some of the great folks of John Burr Cycles. I have been to many motorcycle shops around the USA and was really impressed with the friendly and helpful folks. I suggest you go see them, I don’t think you will be disappointed. Again, thank you to the great folks at Yamaha and John Burr Cycles of Fontana for all your support. Now that we have the Yamaha Rhino we need to start selling tickets. Last year Steve Schumacher was the top salesperson, so I say lets all jump in and try to beat his record. We will start selling tickets at the Off Road Expo on April 4-5-6, 2008., and should have it at the Bass Pro Shop. Please contact Dale for the tickets. by Linda Myers Page 13 Page 14 OHV Leadership Directory January 2008 SBNFA Executive Director Sarah C. Miggins (909) 382-2796 smiggins@fs.fed.us OHV Volunteer Coordinator Dale Johnson (909) 382-2600 dalejohnson@fs.fed.us OHV Education Outreach Coordinator Benjamin Von Dielingen (909) 382-2872 bvondielingen@fs.fed.us Forest Trails Manager Christopher Evans (909) 382-2716 chrisevans@fs.fed.us Forest Service Liaison Greg Hoffman (909) 382-2811 ghoffman@fs.fed.us Training Jeff McRae (213) 820-0556 jeff94yj@yahoo.com Dave Jones (714) 504-1584 sliderdj2003@yahoo.com Big Bear Coordinator B.B. Co-Coordinator Jim Saviers (909) 983-2116 kid.stuff@verizon.net B.B. Co-Coordinator Tim Conrad (760) 868-3674 outjeepin@earthlink.net B.B. Co-Coordinator Martin Woolery (951) 685-6569 B.B. Co-Coordinator Bruce Dixon (562) 944-6521 N6MPO_1@yahoo.com B.B. Co-Coordinator Phil Glenn (562) 944-7574 PhilGlenn@yahoo.com Steve Schumacher (714) 739-1811 rangersteve63v@aol.com Cajon Coordinator Cajon Co-Coordinator Cathy Kaye (951) 734-2463 cathykaye2002@yahoo.com Cajon Co-Coordinator Michael Fellinger (310) 518-7019 Michael.Fellinger@AES.com Cajon Co-Coordinator Matt Stegmaier (818) 359-9261 reddog@linkline.com Cajon Co-Coordinator Kathy & Christopher Pratt (951) 696-3730 cpratt4664@aol.com Cajon Co-Coordinator Rick Lavello (562) 928-4957 rick@swiftfab.com Jim & Kerri Combs (909) 845-7133 combs@wwdb.org Stacey & Norm Harrold (951) 272-8324 staceyyh@earthlink.net Mill Creek Coordinator Mill Creek Co-Coordinator Jeff Ridenour (661) 951-8299 miazda@aol.com North Shore Co-Coordinator North Shore Coordinator Gary Heston (714) 317-4539 w6kvc@yahoo.com North Shore Co-Coordinator Bill & Kathy Howard (909) 867-3943 BILLOHV126V@aol or runsprlver@aol.com North Shore Co-Coordinator Phil Fretter (909) 319-9986 PhilFretter@charter.net North Shore Co-Coordinator David Lucero (909) 825-4637 davidluc@sbcglobal.net Bogdan Maziarz (760) 597-9491 bmaziarz@cox.net San Jacinto Co-Coordinator San Jacinto Coordinator David Miles (760) 294-5614 mywifesaysno@cox.net 4x4 Coordinator Adelaide D'Ippolito (714) 531-9455 addie11v@yahoo.com Asst. 4x4 Coordinator Stacey & Norm Harrold (951) 272-8324 staceyyh@earthlink.net M/C & ATV Coordinator Marian Roehmann (714) 758-0289 blnbikerin1@aol.com (310) 722-1602 stephanie@powerqc.com Asst. M/C & ATV Coordinator OPEN Events Coordinator Stephanie Woodbury Radio Communications Bob Chamberlain (909) 860-1658 rchamber@adelphia.net Weekly Email Update Lorraine Waldau (805) 735-7035 blnbikerin1@aol.com OHV Newsletter Editor Mark Giao (909) 483-3107 spcfx@earthlink.com Membership Anna Roehmann (714) 758-0289 blnbikerin1@aol.com Assist. Membership Lorraine Waldau (805) 735-7035 lorrainewaldau@msn.com Sound Level Monitoring Coordinator Tom Tammone (949) 439-6566 ke6wva@yahoo.com Sound Level Monitoring Coordinator Alan Alvord (909) 273-7055 allanalvord@aol.com Uniforms Tammie Conrad (760) 868-3674 outjeepin@earthlink.net Adopt-A-Trail (Big Bear) Jeff McRae (213) 820-0556 jeff94yj@yahoo.com Adopt-A-Trail (NS, FC, & SJ) Ted Kalil (760) 240-0406 tskalil@msn.com OHV Hours and Database Bill and Kathy Howard (909) 867-3943 BILLOHV126V@aol, runsprlver@aol.com Project Coordinator Fred Williamson (909) 797-2607 fred06@verizon.net Safety Coordinator OPEN Page 15 OHV Patrol Leader Directory November 2007 Last Name First Name OHV Phone Acosta Oscar 4 909-277-4594 Alvord Allan 44 909-883-6747 Baker Clark 66 760-945-6689 Bass Steve 8 714-995-3256 Bentley Tammy 46 Bentley David Boone Last Name First Name OHV Phone Howard Bill 126 909-867-3943 Hyatt Daniel 67 909-592-5246 Johnson Dale 1 909-593-9630 Jones David 55 951-681-8202 951-734-2819 Kalil Ted 39 760-240-0406 89 951-734-2819 Lavello Rick 59 562-928-4957 John 90 909-585-4960 Leeming Steve 64 626-462-9139 Brown Leslie 54 909-887-4303 Lenocker Tracy 28 714-998-7059 Cannell Kim 22 310-328-6374 Llata Albert 30 562-458-8805 Canty Martin 150 909-547-8372 Maziarz Bogdan 99 760-597-9491 Chamberlain Bob 79 909-860-1658 McRae Jeff 76 Combs Jim 87 951-845-7133 Mooney Paul 34 714-637-7928 Combs Kerri 92 951-845-7133 Oswald Rex 78 909-744-7396 Conrad Tammie 36 760-868-3674 Poole Bob 6 909-337-2156 Conrad Tim 37 760-868-3674 Pratt Kathy 25 951-696-3730 Correa Carmen 71 951-549-6586 Pratt Christopher 26 951-696-3730 Crawford Tim 14 714-637-1148 Ridenour Jeff 58 661-951-8299 Dennis Bill 17 760-241-5806 Roehmann Marian 7 714-758-0289 D'Ippolito Adelaide 11 714-531-9455 Roehmann Anna 72 714-758-0289 Dixon Bruce 117 562-944-6521 Saviers Jim 96 909-983-2116 Fellinger Michael 13 310-518-7019 Schumacher Steve 63 714-739-1811 Glenn Phil 110 562-944-7574 Snow Jerry 97 909-887-3250 Greer Jim 33 909-338-6867 Sobchik Ronald 3 714-441-2166 Haggard Jeff 77 760-868-5711 Stegmaier Matthew 2 818-359-9261 Harrold Norman 47 951-272-8324 Tammone Tom 5 949-439-6566 Harrold Stacey 48 951-272-8324 Westover Bill 80 909-881-7520 Hayes Frank 6 909-584-7418 Williamson Fred 20 909-797-2607 Heston Gary 93 909-867-3126 Wintz Don 51 949-854-3294 Howard Kathy 125 909-867-3943 Wolfsen Thomas H. 60 714-288-0180