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72" wide width restriction at Evans Creek?
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<blockquote data-quote="Gibby1" data-source="post: 1362190" data-attributes="member: 15983"><p>I would agree with that. But I've never seen signage stating a restriction, at least not since I started wheeling there in 1995. I have seen signs and maps with ratings on the trails at one point in time but that's about as close as I've seen them.</p><p></p><p>I can understand specific trails have specific recommendations and maybe even some requirements. By the same token that they may consider limiting OVERsized rigs, they would have to consider UNDERsized rigs being restricted from other trails. I don't like the can of worms that that could open up.</p><p></p><p>I really like the idea that we've adopted at Elbe, and that is vehicle recommendations. Tire size and even width and length can be recommended. If vehicles choose to ignore those recommendations and are found to be causing trail or environmental damage as a result, it leaves them open to consequences. A vehicle too large may start climbing trees to fit through sideways because it was too big. A vehicle too small may end up doing excessive tire spinning or taking a bypass.</p><p></p><p>I think a good trail rating system with recommendations on things like tire size and width, perhaps LWB vs SWB even, is a great idea. If the user groups, such as a group picked from the focus group, were to work with the USFS to rate trails based on difficulty and provide some vehicle recommendations for each trail, I think that would go a long ways. Then it's up to responsible users to NOT go on trails that they don't belong on and to encourage others to do the same. I don't believe that the USFS has the people on staff to properly complete this task, but they would have a willing group of volunteers that could go trail by trail and reach a concensus. Their results could be posted on the trail heads and on the maps so that people are well informed. Knowledge is the key.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gibby1, post: 1362190, member: 15983"] I would agree with that. But I've never seen signage stating a restriction, at least not since I started wheeling there in 1995. I have seen signs and maps with ratings on the trails at one point in time but that's about as close as I've seen them. I can understand specific trails have specific recommendations and maybe even some requirements. By the same token that they may consider limiting OVERsized rigs, they would have to consider UNDERsized rigs being restricted from other trails. I don't like the can of worms that that could open up. I really like the idea that we've adopted at Elbe, and that is vehicle recommendations. Tire size and even width and length can be recommended. If vehicles choose to ignore those recommendations and are found to be causing trail or environmental damage as a result, it leaves them open to consequences. A vehicle too large may start climbing trees to fit through sideways because it was too big. A vehicle too small may end up doing excessive tire spinning or taking a bypass. I think a good trail rating system with recommendations on things like tire size and width, perhaps LWB vs SWB even, is a great idea. If the user groups, such as a group picked from the focus group, were to work with the USFS to rate trails based on difficulty and provide some vehicle recommendations for each trail, I think that would go a long ways. Then it's up to responsible users to NOT go on trails that they don't belong on and to encourage others to do the same. I don't believe that the USFS has the people on staff to properly complete this task, but they would have a willing group of volunteers that could go trail by trail and reach a concensus. Their results could be posted on the trail heads and on the maps so that people are well informed. Knowledge is the key. [/QUOTE]
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