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August 11 - 12, 2007

Southern Four Wheel Drive Association members held a major work weekend on August 11 - 12 at Upper Tellico ORV Area in the Nantahala National Forest. Our members bring their own equipment and SFWDA also owns a backhoe and several large construction trucks.

A group of volunteers delivered and installed heavy-duty guard rails. Another group worked on trails to repair water traps and perform other trail maintenance.

SFWDA supplied equipment and machinery:

  • 2 – 5-Ton Trucks
  • 3 – Backhoes
  • 1 – Ford 350 welding truck
  • trailers

Message from Rob Theurer:

The weekend of the 11th of August was a big one. I would like to thank everyone who made it. We were able to fix some of the problems we had on trail 5. Greg and his crew added railing to the one at the top of trail 9 to stop the illegal bypassing. Scott Campbell and his crew worked trail 11 and 12. Griff Shirley worked trail 4 between 5 and 1. We were also able to move around 40 tons of rock for trail stabilization.

Upstate Land Cruisers and Georgia Cruisers cut rhododendron from trail 8, put up signs and put out seed and fertilizer. Even with everyone scattered all over the area Gunnar and Roger were able to keep things organized and moving along. Currently I’m working on the upper end of trail 8, headed to the top of trail 9.

Our next work days are August 25th-29th. As always we need EXPERIENCED 5 ton drivers and escort drivers. If you can help out, contact or Roger (DSLTOY). Again I’d like to thank everyone who came out and helped. - ROB.

 

Partial List of Participants:

Name
Hours
Worked
Equipment
Hours
Travelled
Scenic City 4WD Club
Gunnar Bird
16
 Backhoe
Jeep CJ-8
12
Greg Hall
16
 Ford F-350
12
Griff Shirley
40
 Backhoe
16
Dawn Shirley
18
 Jeep CJ-8
6
Alan Shirley
16
 Jeep CJ-8
8
Greg Daughtrey
8
 Jeep Wrangler
8
Smoky Mountain Trail Runners
Greg Griffith
8
 Jeep CJ-7
6
Adam Griffith
8
  
3
Volunteer Four Wheel Drive Club
Sean McLeod
16
 Jeep CJ-7
10
East Tennessee 4WD Club
Ernest Clauss
8
 Jeep CJ
6
Joe Smith
8
 Scout II
6
Dave Owens
8
 Jeep Wrangler
6
Andy Goode
8
  
6
Carolina Full Size Jeep Club
Will Moorhead
8
 Jeep CJ
12
Rick Casey
8
  
12
Southeast Toyota Land Cruiser Association
Roger Theurer
16
 5 ton truck
Rob Theurer
16
 5 ton truck
Southern Jeeps
John Kates
8
 ?
4
Terri Kates
8
 ?
4
Dave Hertzler
8
 ?
4
Chase Hertzler
8
 ?
4
Patrick Callahan
8
 ?
4
Butch Martiny
8
 ?
4
Cumberland Offroad Club
Scott Correll
10
 Jeep CJ-7
6
Chris Knox
10
 ?
6

 

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Unloading pipes to be used as a guard rail onto the welding truck.


Loading rip-rap (large gravel) with our backhoes. The rocks are used to firm up the trail surface.


Delivering rip-rap and pipes to the work site on the trail using our 5-ton truck.


Drilling holes to insert the guard rail posts.


Greg H. volunteers the use of his welding truck for trail maintenance work.
The pipes will be cut with the acetylene torch mounted on the work truck.

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