Anyway you can get the money to us is great. First work day last year in March everyone but one person did cash, 1 guy that couldn't make it (that pitched in over a $100) paypal'd money. I will toss $20 in to help with the bill, that brings us from $185 down to $165. Lets keep the ball rolling!
To clarify a couple things that I was reading.
1.)We (NC4X4) do have a 2-man auger, aka Big Red. Its the only 2 man auger out there, all the Forest Service augers are 1-man (or as we found out 4 man, lol). The thing is the Auger was purchased from donations from another club (BIG THANKS!) so its not a "NC4X4 Only Auger". Any group that comes up to do a work day can use it if of course we aren't all ready using it. This is what the Full Size Jeep Club guys did.
2.)Bobcat w/ Auger > 2-Man Auger > 1-Man Auger > Post Hole Digger. That is the line of greatness, from best to worse/impossible. The Bobcat doubles (or more) efficiency of the group, and it makes some holes that would be impossible with the 2-man/1-man doable. And when we get into other work where the bucket of the bobcat will come in handy the bobcat will be really worth its weight.
3.)The February work day was one of those oddball ones that doesn't conform to the normal schedule. Usually we meet at the Hunt Camp at 9AM with the Forest Service and sign in, get plans laid out, do a Q&A sometimes, get tools etc. Then we head out, on a rare occasion we may have to stop by Janet's anyway. The February workday we didn't have the normal FS with us, for that matter it was Drew's first workday. He didn't really know what to expect, let alone organize us signing in etc at the Hunt Camp like we usually do. So in reality Janet took care of all that and we met up there at her place because she was there in place of Terry Savery etc. The only real reason we met at the Hunt Camp was because I wasn't going to change the meet up place last minute for those that may miss that information. Because even though the entire work day plans changed last minute, I wasn't going to screw that up.
The summer work days where we may be on our own again, we will have to meet up at Janet's probably. But again, we will probably meet up at Hunt Camp anyway just to keep things going as planned per normal.
As far as the "Master Key" for Big Red (the bolt/nut combo) I can get those fairly easily. I brought up the nut for that matter the next weekend after the work day when I was visiting Janet. I can get more bolts/nuts at Home Depot/Lowes for cheap. That is if we don't figure out a pin setup etc.
to Eli
) 2010 was the first year the NC4x4 crowd started participating in these work days. Prior to that much of the work was up to the clubs. In 2010, we rented the bobcat twice. Once before season open and once after. Last March we put up about 15 - 20 sections of rail in one day with about 10 people. The last time we only got up about 10 due to the winter weather and nasty ass mud. That was with a bobcat, tractor and 20+ people. 