It's been a weird spring.. the window of time between having the snow gone, and leaves coming out I think is going to be a short one this year. It is supposed to be rainy this weekend but I hope to get out for some trail flagging.
I found out I can get rough cut hemlock from my local lumber yard. It is a little cheaper than the pressure treated lumber I have been using for bridges. I will perhaps continue to use PT for my "beams" but using the hemlock on for the decking, will solve the "slippery bridge problem"
We also just ordered a Milwaukee cordless sawzall. I at first purchased it for cutting out the small "chicken neck" stumps in the trail. I had been cutting them out with a small axe.. but it can be a bit of work doing it for hours at a time. Using a chain saw is hard on it, cutting into dirt and rock. With the sawzall I can more easily miss some of the rock, and a ruined blade is not so big a consequence. Walking a few miles of trails on arthritic knees will be easier carrying a sawzall, in comparison to the chain saw.
Once a trail is semi made , and I want to remove a few more small trees, to smooth out the flow of a trail, It again will be easier to carry, vs the chainsaw. Last year I remember walking several miles of trail to cut 3 little trees along it.