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Results

The results from the stock–drawn trail equipment testing conducted in early summer 1994 on the Lochsa Ranger District in Idaho are listed in Table 1.

Table 1—Results of 1994 testing.
Trail Equipment Trail Distance Time Passes People/stock Production rate
Chattanooga hillside plow Fish Butte Trail 223 1.2 km 1.5 hr 1 2/1 1.0 km/h
Chattanooga Fish Butte Trail 223 7 km 8 hr 1 each 2/1 each 0.9 km/h
Beatty grader Fish Butte Trail 223 44 mi 8 hr 1 each 2/1 each 0.9 km/h
MTDC plow/grader Down River Trail 2 0.4 km 40 min 2 2/1 0.9 km/h
MTDC plow/grader Idaho Centennial Trail 2 2.8 km 3 hr 2 2/1 0.7 km/h
Trail Ace Fish Creek Trail 224 0.4 km 45 min 3 2/1 0.4 km/h
Trail Scoop Fish Creek Trail 224 0.2 mi 45 min 3 4/2 0.3 mph
Fremont grader Fish Butte Trail 223 198 m

650 ft
This grader was not suited to the soil and vegetation types at site.

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