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Charlie Dundas Tri State Company Inc. PTBA Sustainable Trail Conference 2022 (#63)

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Trail EAffect Episode 63 Charlie Dundas of Tri State Company Inc

Part 1 of the PTBA Sustainable Trails Conference 2022

Topics Covered:

  • The Charlie Dundas Backstory and how he got started in Trail Building
  • How a map from 1914 was pivotal
  • Charlie’s first trail build, the 32-mile Kanawha Trace is 60 years old in September of 2022
  • Early Tools of Trail Building for Charlie
  • How Charlie got into mechanized trail building with a Gravely Tractor and rotary cultivator
  • The Start of Tri State Companies for employing a trail crew as economic development
  • Starting trail building for the US Forest Service
  • The transition to using Mini Excavators
  • Building to US Forest Service Standards
  • Flying a rented Mini Ex to the build site via Helicopter
  • Mini Excavators and Ring Gears that don’t wear out with CAT Mini Ex’s
  • The transition to 48” wide trails
  • Going into the Sutter Mini Dozer to increase daily production
  • Transition from Plate Compactors to Double Drum Rollers
  • Adding a mechanical mule and a chipper to the trail building train
  • Building from 250’ a day to 2,000’ a day of completed trail with a staff of 2-3 people
  • What Trails do for communities according to Charlie
  • The various projects in urban areas and for private developers for their developments
  • What Mountain Biking has done for the trail building industry
  • Charlie’s NICA Trail that Tri State Companies Built
  • Charlie’s view on “Shared / Multi Use Trails” and the standards that said trails need to get built to
  • Charlie’s Words of Wisdom
    • Sands through the Hour Glass of Life and respecting Volunteers Time

    Links:

    Tri State Company Inc.: http://www.tri-statecompany.com/

    Professional Trail Builders Association: https://www.trailbuilders.org/

    Kanawha Trace Trail: https://www.hikingproject.com/trail/7007530/kanawha-trace-50k

     

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