We have gotten out to flag a new trail. We walk the area a bit, and then work at choosing the line we want. I use survey flags and tape to lay it out. There are times where a section of trail will come close to another section. In the layout faze, it can get confusing. If we are doing a bigger area, it gets hard to keep it memorized, and when following a "line" of flags, we run into "do we go this way or that"? I have started to use two colors at times, and that doesn't always help. I have wondered about numbering them or something.
When flagging out a new route, we flag, and prune enough so that it become easier to follow. In thicker woods is is easier to follow than more open areas. Anyways I think we have this next trail laid out. The new sections I want to work on, are a bit of a walk from the house… and it does hurt some to walk it all. It is too wet to take my RTV or Tractor out.. soooo another option is the bike. I just set up a bike trailer to haul some tools. Most people doing this seem to now be using the Bob trailer, a single wheeled trailer that follows the bike well. I had a dual wheeled avenir kid hauling trailer donated to me. [from a friend whose kids are grown] We have set that up for hauling tools. We have enough dual track that this would work well on. I can save a few miles of walking [with a pack of tools] by using this. I have it set up that I can haul my chainsaw pack [saw, fuel, oil, tools and saw] my leaf blower, 2 fire rakes, my rogue hoe, loppers and axe. I am not sure I would haul all those at once?? It tows ok of level ground, but we do have some hills, that that might hurt on.
I only plan to use it when it is too wet for the big equipment, or maybe when I only need a few tools in an area.