Last updated 1/2/99
PROJECTS DONE UP TO 12-13-98

1. THE FAMOUS "STUMP YARD" ON RT.12 WAS BUSHOGED, MAKING THE TRAIL MUCH  STRAIGHTER, A CULVERT WAS INSTALLED AND  ALL THE STUMPS WERE  REMOVED, WITH AN EXCAVATOR.

2. ON RT.87 BETWEEN FURBUSH RD AND RT. 9 THE TRAIL WAS WIDENED OUT TO 20 FT. A FEW WEEKENDS LATER WITH A DUMP TRUCK AND TRACTOR DONATED FROM WATERMAN FARM MACHINERY CO. CHIPS WERE HAULED AND  PUT IN  TO LEVEL THE TRAIL OF ROCKS AND STUMPS.

3. THE  MOGULS ON RT. 87 IN THE TURNPIKE PIT WAS GRADED WITH A SMALL GRADER.

4. RT. 2 FROM SABATTUS LAKE  TO THE INTERSECTION OF 2A HAS BEEN BULLDOZED .

5. ALL STOP SIGNS HAVE BEEN BUT UP.

6. ALL OF THE FIELD STAKES HAVE BEEN PUT UP.

7. SNOW FENCE AT PERRONS HAS BEEN PUT UP. TO KEEP SLEDS ON THE MARKED TRAIL.

8. A REROUTE WAS DONE ON RT.13A 1500 ft. OF NEW TRAIL HAD TO BE CUT, BECAUSE A HOUSE WAS BUILT ON A SECTION OF THE OLD TRAIL.

9. RT. 2 BY SAWYER RD WAS REROUTED 3000 ft. OF NEW TRAIL WAS CUT. THIS WAS DONE TO MAKE THE ROAD CROSSING SAFER. HAD TO CROSS THE ROAD DIAGONALLY BEFORE.

10. AN EXCAVATOR WAS USED  ON ALL OF  RT. 2A AND ON, RT.2 FROM RT.2A TO THE LEWISTON LINE. ALL ROCKS AND STUMPS WERE REMOVED
11. RT. 87 FROM DADDY'S DINNER TO WALES WAS WALKED, WITH ALL BRUSH BEING CUT. SOME SHARP CURVES WAS WIDENED OUT MAKING THE TRAIL SAFER.
12. PARTS OF 13A, 13, 87, 3,2,AND 1 WAS BUSHOGED WITH A TRACTOR DONATED FROM WATERMAN FARM MACHINERY CO.
13.  SECTION OF RT.87 WAS BUSHOGED BY LABONTE'S FARM
14. RT. 12 FROM THE MIDDLE ROAD TO THE FAMOUS STUMP  YARD WAS BUSHOGED WITH A TRACTOR DONATED FROM STEVEN'S HARDWARE
15. 2 RAMPS WERE BUILT ON RT. 13A. THIS WAS DONE TO MAKE  THE HILLS EASIER AND SAFER TO CLIMB.

16. THE MOUNTAIN TRAIL WAS WORKED ON THIS FALL. AN EXCAVATOR AND DOZER WERE BOTH USED ON THE MOUNTAIN TO TAKE OUT A LOT OF STUMPS AND MAKE THE TRAIL SMOOTHER. CURVES AND SIDE HILLS WAS REPAIRED ALSO. THE EXCAVATOR WAS DONATED BY AD ELECTRIC CO. AND THE BULLDOZER WAS DONATED BY CROWLEY FOUNDATIONS.

17. ONE WEEKEND WAS RAINED OUT BUT WE STILL WORKED IN THE BARN ORGANIZING SIGNS AND ALL THE CLUB PROPERTY.

Work Done on 12/20 & 12/27

  1.   Ramp Built at Steven's Hardware
  2.   Snow fence installed at the ball diamond
  3.   Rocks removed at the entrance of RT. 2  at Sabattus lake
  4.   RT. 13 (pipe line ) was cleaned .(more brush fell from last wind storm)
  5.   Rt. 87 from winslow's to jillison's was checked and cleaned
Work Done on 1/1/99
JDM'S Thiokol Groomer was used on RT13a to fill in 2 steep embankments next to Uncle Moes Restaurant. A 4x4 pickup and the groomer with plow gathered up what snow could be found and filled in some of the low places. The rest of the day,  JDM's Thiokol Groomer with drag and Bruce Poulin's Tucker Sno Cat with the clubs new DRAG was displayed at Steven's Hardware Store. Lots of people and sleds stopped in and checked out the equipment. FUN WAS HAD BY ALL. If the weather man is correct you will be seeing this equipment out on the trails soon.

RESPECTIVELY SUBMITTED
JASON HANNIGAN
TRAIL MASTER