Munising Area Trail Report – 01/30
MUNISING AREA UPDATE via TNT Trenary Northern Trails >> 01/30
Sounds like Alger SORVA will be sending heavy equipment out for their Prinoth recovery tomorrow. Please stay clear of the Prinoth recovery area tomorrow. To top it off, their 6175 is down. We will be assisting them with additional grooming on their west end, so don’t be surprised to see us on 417, 418, 7, and 8 around the clock to assist them during their groomer breakdown. We are working on scheduling runs as I type.
MUNISING AREA UPDATE via Alger County SORVA >> 01/30
Grooming Update
We have 2 of 3 groomers down………
The John Deere 6175 has more pump issues. We were able to limp it back in and get it inside the heated shop. All of the needed parts have been ordered and the Mechanic will be here with them Monday.
Last night the Prinoth Bison went down. It is normally stored outside in Christmas. We had it in the shop to thaw out and complete all of the maintenance which we did. Every thing was running great. I made it from Shingleton to Wetmore, then Munising. Just in to the trail at the end of Brook St. by the Krist Gas Station. A quarter mile in to that trail I started hearing a load screaming noise and thought it was a fan with ice in it or some thing. I stopped and got out to inspect. By the time I made it to the back engine compartment, the noise stopped. I though maybe ice in fan and it cleared. When I got back in I had 0 hydraulics. It turns out there is a flex plate between the engine and the splitter box. If you all remember, this machine early in its life was sunk partially in a swamp. This flex plate would have been packed with mud and water. At that time we did clean out all we could but have a feeling this contributed to this premature failure. It is sounding like the earliest we can get the needed part is Sunday or Monday. Prinoth is willing to come Sunday if they can get the part. The 3 pumps will have to come out. 350lbs each. Then the splitter box has to come out. Replace the flex plate and reassemble.
The machine is still out there on the trail. There is a path where sleds can get by single file. You will have to ride under the caution tape we have set up with traffic cones. Please leave it in place. So far folks have been.
Tomorrow Moring (Friday) 8 am we will be going in there with an Excavator to drag the drag out the quarter mile backwards. We are going out there tonight with an aux hydro pack to get the wing up and tires down. we will also get it off of the tractor pintle hitch. Then we have to remove the tracks from the tractor so that we can drag that out backwards to Brook St.
The trail will be impassible tomorrow morning until we get the machine out of there.
I would consider the trail closed tomorrow and make alternate plans for routes.
We are reaching out to surrounding clubs to see if they can cover trails for us. It is sounding like they are willing to help out. We are also looking at the possibility of getting the Eastern UP loaner groomer that is located in Strongs, MI just East of Newberry. We are working on seeing what our options are for trucking.
We have 1 groomer running strong and our neighbor clubs stepping up to help we are trying to keep the trails in good condition. Please understand we are doing all we can and you may see some whoops out there.
Our last John Deere is running between Shingleton and Christmas. We know what trails see the most traffic and will make grooming schedule adjustments based on the conditions.
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