The results from the stock-drawn trail equipment testing conducted in early summer 1994 on the Lochsa Ranger District in Idaho are listed in Table 1.

Table 1—Results of 1994 testing.
Trail Equipment Trail Distance Time Passes People/stock Production rate
Chattanooga
hillside plow
Fish Butte
Trail 223
1.2 km 1.5 hr 1 2/1 1.0 km/h
Chattanooga


Beatty grader

Fish Butte
Trail 223

Fish Butte
Trail 223

7 km

44 mi

8 hr

8 hr

1 each

1 each

2/1 each

2/1 each

0.9 km/h

0.9 km/h

MTDC plow/grader Down River
Trail 2
0.4 km 40 min 2 2/1 0.9 km/h
MTDC plow/grader Idaho Centennial
Trail 2
2.8 km 3 hr 2 2/1 0.7 km/h
Trail Ace


Trail Scoop

Fish Creek
Trail 224

Fish Creek
Trail 224

0.4 km

0.2 mi

45 min

45 min

3

3

2/1

4/2

0.4 km/h

0.3 mph

Fremont grader Fish Butte
Trail 223
198 m

650 ft

This grader was not suited to the soil and vegetation types at site.


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