> The forest service is pretty diligent about keeping its roads graded and > ready to go.
As well they should. California has a tricky combination of high population and proclivity to burn. Forest service really has a challenge there. On May 14, 7:51 am, Ray Shine <r.sh...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > 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 > athttp://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 > athttp://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.
