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
|
Fish Butte Trail 223 Fish Butte |
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
|
Fish Creek Trail 224 Fish Creek |
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. | |||