So I'm making it up? A green JD 2054 forestry machine with black excavator boom and hydraulic thumb. It has narrower double bar grousers (with ice lugs) than a standard excavator which causes a lot more damage. The track weaves through the bush and they used to the hoe to spread out any piles of bush that had been cleared for the track and also to dig up trees and hot spots. There is a lot of loam and peat moss in the area and the fire goes under ground. The track was used as a road to get to everywhere because it was the easiest way to get around the property. There was a different operator on the weekend who drove over the 100 ft. long finish line jump a second time in the mud. Had someone told him or he had looked, he could have gone about 75 feet past the jump when entering the track, and drove right to the crown land he was working on. There is a cut line there and I even made a nice, wide pathway for all the fire fighters to get into the crown land. After the operator saw this path, he didn't go over the jump anymore. Some other jumps were damaged when the cats were originally sent in because they couldn't see them in the smoke. The regular operator of the hoe was one of the ones on a cat who got caught in the fire and told me this. He said he wanted to wring the neck of the guy that sent them into the middle of the fire. He also said the track being there probably saved his life because he had somewhere that was cleared to go to. Apparently the person who sent the cats in was either fired or severly reprimanded. I was using my water truck to spray down my 5th wheel trailer that was about 40 ft. from the fire. Several people from SRD were surprised that I was able to save it and it received no damage at all. Just because you don't want to believe that an excavator would rather drive on a cleared pathway than make a new trail through the trees's, shouldn't be a reason to think the story is suspicious. I want to open the track as soon as possible. I'll be cleaning up all summer but the track can be open in the mean time if the county finishes. I'm trying to make it easier for them and just want some straight answers. Dave
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