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APPENDIX

TOOLS

Provide trail and bridge crews with all the tools likely to be needed on any part of the job. Some of the tools may not be used, but it is better to have them on hand when and if required than to lose valuable time securing them or trying to improvise substitutes.

TOOL EQUIPMENT LIST
Suggested Standard List For Trail Crews


2-man5-man 8-man

Axes, D. B., 3-1/2-pound345
Bags:
   Man-pack, 1-gallon (only where needed)111
   Water, 2-1/2-gallon223
Bars, crow (where needed)------
Chains, log, 12-foot (where needed)------
Chest, medicine, crew111
Crimpers, cap (where needed)------
Files:
   8-inch346
   10-inch246
Flags, United States111
Grader, Beatty trail (where needed)------
Grinder, carborundum111
Grindstone and frame, Army111
Hammers:
   Claw111
   Falling, 4-pound111
Handles:
   Ax123
   Mattock124
   Saw224
Hooks, brush111
Kits, timekeeper's111
Level, Abney----1
Mattocks--12
Outfits:
   Cobbler--11
   Saw-filing111
   Smokechaser's, complete222
Peavy111
Picks, mattock123
Picks, railroad123
Plow, trail (where needed)------
Rasp, wood111
Sacks pack, Duluth no. 2, or pack frames112
Saw, C. C., 5-1/2—foot.112
Shovel, L. H. R. P.122
Stone, carborundum, pocket234
Wedges, falling224

MESS EQUIPMENT
Basin, wash123
Beater, egg----1
Board, wash111
Boiler, 2-gallon--1--
Boiler, 3-gallon----1
Bowls, mixing, 6-quart----1
Bowls, soup, granite4410
Buckets, water, 10-quart, canvas111
Can opener112
Clocks, alarm111
Collander----1
Cups, nested4710
Canvas, table top (feet)1-51-81-8
   Do----1-5
Forks:
   Meat----1
   Table4810
Griddle, pancake--11
Kettles:
   2-quart221
   4-quart223
   6-quart--11
Knives:
   Butcher111
   Paring111
   Table4810
Nails, assorted, pounds5610
Oilcloth, white, 46 inches wide, yards235
Pans:
   Bread:
      Medium122
      Large----1
   Dish112
   Dish-up:
      1-quart232
      2-quart234
      3-quart----1
   Fry:
      Medium211
      Large--22
Plates, enamel4810
Platter, meat----1
Pots, coffee111
Sacks, cloth, lunch61215
Saw, meat--11
Screen, cheesecloth, yards445
Shaker, salt--11
Sifter, flour, flat, 16-inch bottom----1
Spoons:
   Desert468
   Mixing--11
   Table4
Telephone, complete 1810
Tins, pie234
Toweling, dish, 50-pound flour sacks6810
Tubs, wash111
Turner, cake111

TENTAGE
Flies, 10 by 12 feet111
Tents, 10 by 12 feet123

BEDDING
Blankets, wool (6 thicknesses per bed)123048
Extra bed each crew for Forest Officer111
Tarps258

STOVES
Stoves, cook, Lang or sheep111
Stovepipe, joints555

BLACKSMITH OUTFIT
(To be furnished only on jobs where need is fairly constant)

Anvil1
Chisel, hot1
Coal, sack1
Drill, spoon1
Drill steel, set or detachable bit set1
Forge, portable1
Hammer:
   Blacksmith, ball pein1
   Double jack1
   Flatter1
   Rock, 12-pound1
   Single jack1
   Tool-sharpening1
Hardie1
Tongs:
   Bolt1
   Pick1
   Plain1
Vise1
Welding compound, 5-pound box1

Nested mess outfits for the above units are the most desirable and should be used wherever possible.



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