2022 Annual Maintenance

Spring / Early Summer

• Firewood - split and stack outdoors, so the summer warmth seasons it
• Firewood - transport felled trees along 420 to campus
• Fire safety: remove all wood and wooden debris from a 30' perimeter around the lodge
• Reader board on 420 road: transport up to the lodge
• Wood stove: sweep the chimney
• carpenter ant control around the lodge
• replace damaged power line

Summer / Fall

• Fire Safety
  • Fire exit signs - replace batteries, north on even years, south on odd years.
  • Smoke and carbon monoxide detectors - change batteries and test
  • Fire extinguishers - bring to town for annual inspection
  • Mow grass around lodge and on the hill
• Kitchen:
  • stove/range annual maintenance
  • range hood
  • remind expired food workers to renew their cards
  • fridge
    • vacuum dust from coils
    • perform dryer maintenance & desiccant replacement
• Generators
  • Zoo: test & run under load
  • Lodge: test & run under load
• Water Bars - repair and trench out all existing water bars
  • on the 420 road
  • on lodge property
• Snowmobiles - At each work party, idle the engines for a few minutes to charge the batteries.
• Chip limbs from winter debris and firewood and spread chips on the XC trails
• inspect and refill mouse traps
• refill mouse poison dispensers
• Fuel
  • purchase diesel fuel: tank info.
  • purchase gasoline
    • cat house tank
    • diesel hut tank
  • purchase propane
• Snow Machines
  • oil and grease
  • service

Late Fall

• Rope Tows (all 3)
  • pulleys - grease all 3 of Jim's tows
  • Add 'Benite' to wheels to improve snow & ice shedding.
• Firewood - move seasoned wood into the wood shed
• Generator gas cans: fill and place in generator hut for ready use during winter.
• Torque thru bolts on idler and bull wheels
• Inspect all wooden wheels for cracks and other defects
• Mach
  • torque universal bolts on drive shaft
• Water System
  • Dam - clean out
  • Change water filters, ask Phil
  • Clean silt out of dam reservoir

Prior to Mushroom weekend

• Clean and empty the Zoo
• Set up plywood tables atop sawhorses
• Clean the Lodge

Last work party

• Hang all three ropes high, tied off with hooks to prevent blowing out of hooks
• Hang Mach’s third extra rope hook at ¾ point in the trees
• Hang Mach rope at top of hill at the safety gate
• Tie up all three safety gate chains to tow rope to prevent them from becoming buried in snow
• Clean and make ready for winter:
  • Cat House
  • Zoo
  • Basement
  • Propane hut
  • Tow Hut
• Drain and run empty gas pole saws
• Reader board on 420 road: transport to 420 entrance