Revival

[Vittetoe761]

A quick chat with Uncle Google tells me that Bobcat of the Quad Cities will rent a 418 or 323 mini excavator for $150/day, $225/weekend, $450/week, or $1350/month. Seems fairly reasonable to me.

I would imagine we could get quite proficient operating one in the matter of a couple weekends and then could really make some hay building trail...especially if we go through and do rough clearing ahead of time. One has to wonder...would the county be OK with us operating an excavator in their forest preserve?

[jimithng23]

..would the county be OK with us operating an excavator in their forest preserve?

that's all part of the plan/proposal/politics of it all.

Davenport has given me/us the green light for this type of trail building at SBP...this trust/relationship, along with the relationship we're/Drew has built with RICO @ IFP are fantastic building blocks towards reaching our goals at LT.

[Vittetoe761]

Right. It is good to hear that Davenport has given us the green light...gives the idea some legitimacy anyways. I wouldn't count on being able to build with a mini-ex right away though, would probably take some time to reach that comfort level with RICO.