Tool Resource Guide

Here’s a list of hand tools and supplies commonly used for trail building. The most common ones are starred.

Clearing Tools

• Folding saw*
• Bow saw
• Loppers*
• Leaf rake or bow rake*

Excavating Tools

• Rogue hoe*
• Pick mattock
• Cutter mattock
• Pulaski*

Finishing Tools

• Mcleod/Lamberton rake*
• Bow rake
• Leaf rake
• Shovels (rarely used)
• Tampers*

Armoring

• Rock bars*
• Wheel barrow/rock basket/rock stretcher*
• 5-gallon buckets
• Stiff bristle broom
• Rock hammer
• Cold chisels
• Safety eye glasses*
• Come-along winch
• Straps

Design Tools

• Clinometers*
• Rolls of flagging tape*
• Pin flags*
• Spray cans of marking paint
• 100’ steel tape measure (to measure turn radius)
• Sharpie pens