ttfs 24 inch to 6 inch proposal

ttfs 24 inch

First drawing is aerial view of 24 inch wide ladder, 48 feet long for riding end to end.

Second drawing is a side view of the three 16 feet sections which are 6 inches, 10 inches, and 14 inches high.

Third drawing shows simple progressive pattern of ttfs: Each 16 foot section may be crossed side to side imitating varing complexities of log ramps and edges: 1) ramp up and down; 2) ramp up, ledge down; 3) ledge up, ramp down; 4) ledge up, ledge down. One may string the different heights together: 6 inch ramp up and down, 10 inch ramp up and down, 14 inch ramp up and down; 6 inch ramp up, ledge down, 10 inch ramp up, ledge down, etc. Of course, one can mix and match

Construction: Treated lumber used through out. First 16 feet is composed of a 2x4 box foundation with 2x4x24 decking. Second 16 feet section is composed of 2x8 box foundation with 2x4x24 decking. Third 16 feet foundation is composed of 2x12 box foundation with 2x4x24 decking. Logs and dirt provide the ramps.

Estimated cost: $297*
$133=19x$7 2"x4"x16'
$ 42=3x$14 2"x8"x16'
$ 44=2x$22 2"x12"x16'
$ 78=6 lbs x $12 3"x10 stainless square drive screws

*Does not include cost of rebar anchors and weed mat.

ttfs 18 inch

Fourth drawing: Now we continue the height at 14 inches but narrow the deck to 18" with two 16 feet sections connected at 45 degree angles. A ramp and two teeter totters complete the additional apparatuses.
Progressive options: 24 inch to 18 inch deck and down ramp. Up ramp to 18 inch deck to 24 inch deck. 18 inch to 18 inch deck and down teeter. Up teeter to 18 inch deck to down teeter.

Construction: Two 2x12 by 16 feet girders with 2x4x18 inch decking

Estimated cost: $196*
$ 88=2x$22 2"x12"x16'
$ 56=8x$7  2"x4"x16'
$ 52=4 lbs x $12 3"x10 stainless square drive screws

*Does not include cost of rebar anchors and weed mat.
*Still need 2"x12"x12' teeter totter design and cost.

ttfs 12 inch

Fifth drawing: Narrowing the deck to 12 inches with two 16 feet sections connected at 45 degree angles.
Progressive options: 18 inch to 12 inch deck to down ramp. Up ramp to 12 inch deck to 18 inch deck. 12 inch to 12 inch and down teeter. 24 inch deck down ramp and up 12 inch teeter to 12 inch deck to 6 inch down teeter.

Construction: Two 2x12 by 16 feet girders and two 2x12 by 16' decking

Estimated cost: $158*
$132=6x$22 2"x12"x16'
$ 26=2 lbs x $12 3"x10 stainless square drive screws

*Does not include cost of rebar anchors
*Still need 2"x12"x12' and 2"x6"x12' teeter totter design and cost.

ttfs 6 inch

Sixth drawing: Narrowing the deck to 6 inches with two 16 feet sections connected at 45 degrees angles.
Progressive options: 12 inch to 6 inch deck to down ramp. Up ramp to 6 inch deck to 18 inch deck. 6 inch to 6 inch and down teeter. 18 inch deck down 12 inch teeter up 6 inch teeter to 6 inch deck down 4 inch teeter.

Construction: Two 2x12 by 16 feet girders with one 2x4 by 16 feet cut in 2 foot pieces alternating sides of 2x12 by 32 feet of girder to provide top for two 2x6 by 16 feet decking.

Estimated cost: $97*
$44=2x$22 2"x12"x16'
$22=2x$11 2"X6"X16'
$ 7=1X$7  2"X4"X16'
$24=2 lbs x $12 3"x10 stainless square drive screws

*Does not include cost of rebar anchors
*Still need 2"x6"x12' and 2"x4"x12' teeter totter design and cost.

This pattern can be continued for 4" and 2" decking but suggest waiting till people are clearing through 6" successfully.


ttfs 24 inch to 6 inch overview

Seventh drawing: Drawn roughly to scale. Apparatus is approximately 130' long and 15' wide. Would add 15' on each side to ride on/off and around. Thus land area needed is 160' long x 45' wide with another 50' of length available for expansion.

Estimated cost: $758

Six teeter totters and rebar anchors will likely eat up the rest and more of a $1000 grant.

Though Chris and I looked at area along Big Papio east kiosk parking lot, I think the better location is east of the trailhead at the NE corner of the baseball parking lot. These parking lots are plowed in the winter so we use along with snow loop. Also would be available for play time during Psycowpath race.

BYOK MTB DAY 10/8

To celebrate National Bring a Kid Mountain Biking Day, THOR is hosting an event at Swanson Park on October 8. Bring your kids, their bikes and helmets and plan a few hours to play outdoors. FREE for everyone. No need to register. Just show up and have fun! (Parents will need to sign a waiver for kids under 18 years of age).

Then head over to the Bellevue Berry Farm where Lucky Bucket is throwing a fund raiser event for THOR and Activate Omaha. The LB Ride is a fund raiser and has a cover charge for adults. 

Here is the flyer for BYOK.

Heads up at tranquility

Heads up at tranquility

The inner loop climb got hammered pretty hard by the last storm. Deep ruts and washouts are pretty bad on the top 1/2 of the climb and the descent is rutted as well. I'm going to work on re-routing some of the problem areas in the near future. I'll get the descent fixed asap. Be careful rolling thru this section. I guess this is one of mother natures TTF's...

Blue line at tranq is open for business!

Join us at 6 at the fort st trailhead for an evaluation ride of the revamped blue line at tranquility. If all flows well, the section will remain open as work continues. Thanks for all that stayed off the section during it rebuild.

I'd recommend taking it easy the first time thru. The water bars were overbuilt to see how the newer design would hold up and flow.

Hope to see ya there...


**Section is going to remain open. Turned out very well imo. Go ride it and give us some suggestions to name the section.

THOR to sponsor Fun Run

To get to know our ever-increasing two-legged trail users, THOR is sponsoring a fun run/walk on Thursday, Sept 8, at Tranquilty Park.

Start time is 6 p.m.

We'll have different level leaders depending on the level of participants.

Expect to run/walk 30-45 minutes and then gather in the trail head parking lot next to the soccer fields off of Fort Street for eats and drinks, cuz that's how we roll. Directions here.

Dogs welcome.

Tranquility -blue section on north descent still closed

Just a reminder...The blue section on the north hill descent at Tranquility is still CLOSED! Even if the debris blocking the trail is gone, the section is NOT OPEN for riding. If you ride by this section and the branches are moved, i'd appreciate you putting them back. If you catch the individual who keeps opening the trail back up, please tell them to stop. I wasted another 1:30 rebuilding destroyed berms tonight. This is time that should have been spent finishing the last berm.
Thanks!

Tranquility - Temp closed blue section on north descent

I closed the blue section on the north hill descent today to continue working on it. If things go well, i'm hoping to have it open again by mid August. Had a chat with a designer on the berms and i am going to give his ideas a shot...



The berms that a roughed in are not fully packed and cut in yet, so please do not ride them. This will destroy the berms and lengthen the time the section is closed...




Trying to finish my original vision for the section. Should be sweet when done!

calvin crest reroute and signage

This was the reason for the reroute.

Besides saving all that sawing, the reroute stays on higher ground at the bottom of the bluff, skipping the muddy areas and the higher plant growth. Had a mtb camp out there for middle schoolers last week and one of the sessions was putting in the reroute.

Also added some more orange tape at beginning kiosk and in the cedar trail where 3D archery has atv trails (wider, and fall line). Stay with the orange flags and the occassional arrows before and after intersections.

The knot of the orange tape is the side of the tree where the trail is.

Tranquility Trail Day July 2nd 8-10am

Hey Folks,

We are having another trail day at Tranquility to finish up the tread work that didn't make it last Sunday. Meet at the Fort Street trailhead, we will work the south hill climb and the prairie from 8 till 10am to beat the heat of the day. We will have some equipment on site. Bring your water, bug spray, shovels, hoes and your coffee. I'll bring the doughnuts!

rsvp here or facebook.

Thanks!

Great Trail Day at Tranquility

Had a group of 15 out to Tranquility today to get the trail ready to race. Around 30 hours for the group and another 8 hours for Dale and Tigger. The trail is all clear of downed trees, the canopy was raised and the re-routes are fully cut in and ready. Had a couple of groups out with trimmers cleaning up the north tree loop and the ridgeline/wall rides.



Good group out racing the storms rolling in...



Thanks to Frank, Eric, Martin and Dickie for the extra equipment need to complete the job...



good food, good people...



Thanks to Paul for grilling up the Grub!



We still have some tread work to do before race day. We may be looking at doing another trail day next weekend. Watch the blog and facebook for further updates.

Tranquility trail day this sunday!

Trail Day!
Sunday, June 26, 2011 at 1:00pm
Tranquility Park
Meet at Fort St trail head

Looks like we have some trees down on the fort St loop, so we are going to need a few lumberjacks to handle those.

We are planing on doing treadwork, trimming back limbs across the trail and mowing/weedeating the sections tigger can't reach. Bring bug spray, water and shovels if you can. Thor will have some tools on hand for you to use as well.

Please rsvp either on the facebook page (thor trails) or here on the blog.
Hope to see everyone there!

South side of Tranquility open again/Trail Day

Tranquility is now a full loop again with the installation of a temporary re-route till the city finishes its project. We are not going to invest much maintenance to this re-route because it could be gone at any time.

Due to the dirt piles, the berm after the last camel hump will no longer be used.
There is a link at the top of the south hill to get on the camel humps. We will be riding the camel humps backwards for the time being.

If the city is working in the area, please stay clear.

Trail Day!
Sunday, June 26, 2011 at 1:00pm
Tranquility Park
Meet at Fort St trail head
Please join us for the final prep for the Psycowpath race!

Thanks!

South section closed at tranquility

The city is working on a dirt moving project and is very busy in the area. We are temporarily closing the south section to give them room to work and to evaluate trail impact. Please avoid the area until further announcements.

thanks,
Tranquility Trail Crew

National Trails Day A Success for THOR

Twenty one people participated in our National Trails Day event at Swanson Park.

Frank Olson and Martin Bixby headed up the charge for the day: finish the new exit trail, move the kiosk next to the parking lot, take out some big downed trees and fix some of the ruts on the north side of the fire station. I don't want to give it all away. There are some new features. You'll just have to go check it out for yourself.

Volunteers were rewarded with the scrumptious beef brisket, slaw and watermelon.

We set up our THOR display and wouldn't you have it, two riders saw it and decided to help rather than ride. So awesome.

Thanks for everyone who helped. It was a great day!

3 men and a mower

Got a flat tire about 7:30 Saturday night at Tranquility. Had to leave Tigger on the trail overnight till we could get a tube Sunday.

Between Paul's floor jack and Dan's van jack, we wrestled with keeping Tigger from rolling down the hill. After the third time of rejacking, success. Thanks to these guys taking time out of their holiday weekend to help maintain trail and equipment.

Just like the rite of passage fixing a bike flat out riding, so with Tigger. Learned to check the tire pressure more often; not to drive on the flat tire; metal bike tire levers will take a mower tire off the rim; block wheels when jacking; don't slime a tubeless tire, tire patches won't stick afterwords.

Finished the Inner Loop and mowed finish area for STXC. Guys out riding had to push their bikes because so muddy in flats. Monday mowed Meadows, Southhill Descent, and Southcreek Flats. Paul wacked through the trees along the creek Sunday. Will need to increase the frequency of mowing with the rain and heat.

teen serve working tranquility

Want to thank Teen Serve for helping with trailwork at Tranquility last Friday. The soaking rain the night before changed the tread work agenda to branch trimming and trash pickup in the Fort St Loop.

The trail corridor width is now from tree trunk to tree trunk.

Each of the workers got a THOR business card for working the trail and finding other trails.

Phyllis, the Teen Serve coordinator, appreciates the opportunity THOR provides for the teens to work on trails. She hopes we have work for them in the Fall too.

First THORsday Night Ride a Success

Thanks to the awesome THOR Social Committee the first THORsday Night Ride was a success.

About a dozen riders rode the primo trails (thank you Paul and Co) and celebrated under a fingernail sliver moon with a coronas, 5-gallon jug of margaritas and a roaster of fajita meat. Folks did a great job of finishing off most of it!

 Join us for the next THORsday Night Ride on June 16. Place TBD.

Lake Manawa Clean-up

Last Sunday was Lake Manawa clean-up day. Steve and I attended for THOR. The turn-out was lower than previous years.

As normal, we concentrated on the river boat ramp/mountain bike trail area. We had a crew of about 7. The crew (plus 2 that left early) is shown in the photo. We picked up a truckload of trash.

Platte River Trail Days (2X)

Hey all,

Couple days delayed on getting this out. Paul the Trail Leader down at Platte River State Park is having two trail days to get the course ready to race 7 May. Psycowpath is back in town.

Trail days are 3&4 May starting at 4pm

See the map

Missouri River Flooding

Once again, the Missouri River is at or above flood stage through Omaha/Council Bluffs. That means that section of the trails at Lake Manawa are under water (see photo).