Yes, Steve, a few are. But most are actually cleared and graded at least once per season and are wide enough to get a loaded pumper into the area. They also cut in turn abouts every so often. Many are ridge roads, too, as that is the optimum place to stand against a wildfire. The logging roads are also graded when the operation is working. After they have cut the harvest, some of those roads fall into jeep tracks. The forest service is pretty diligent about keeping its roads graded and ready to go.
________________________________ From: Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Sent: Fri, May 14, 2010 5:37:45 AM Subject: Re: [RBW] the "fire trails" of the upper midwest On Fri, 2010-05-14 at 05:08 -0700, Ray Shine wrote: > Jim -- "Fire Roads" are just really the same as farm roads but are > often very steep, hilly, rolly and unmarked. Out here in the west, > fire roads are cut as just that, fire breaks and for deep access for > crews and equipment. They are almost always cut by the forest > service. The other type of road are the lumber roads, usually cut by > companies logging a certain section of forest land. Most fire roads > are more dirt than gravel, but most are steep, with lots of blind > turns, washouts, etc. I have ridden the farm roads of the mid-west > and the southwest. Those are definitely flatter, straighter, with more > gravel and washboard than Cal's true fire roads. Enjoy the ride. > You'll do well. Here in Northern Virginia we have gravel roads. I get the impression "fire roads" are closer to what we would call "jeep tracks" or "double track" than actual roads. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
