Take a real Forest Rangers Test

[Jeff]

How would you do, do you think?

For the Younger fellas, the 1925 test.

For Guys like Noble and Tom and Staples we have the 1908 test ;D


THe attached page's are transcriptions of the original documents; the layout reflects the general style and organization of the original where possible.

Enjoy!

[Stamp]

Huh?  I stopped at "A horse of this kind should carry a 160-pound man with 50 pounds of equipment an average of _____ miles per day for 20 days each month. "  What if the poor horse has to carry a 170-pound woman??? :-\

[chet]

  A bigger horse?   ???

[Stamp]

Chet obviously played hooky when they were offering the "man school" that my husband attended...

Man school = "Man, I shouldn'ta said that..."

[Jeff]

Ada, you woudn't believe the photos I came across last week. Remember the retirement?  :D  They still all exist. 

[chet]

Ada,
I used to like dat man show on TV.     Only da wife wouldn't let me watch it.   :'(

[Stamp]

Jeff... YIKES!

Chet... Ziggy Zaagy Ziggy Zaagy oi oi oi...

[chet]

 

   :D  :D  :D  :D  :D

[Texas Ranger]

Elementary, my dear Watson.

[Jeff]

How'd ya do there Tex?

[chet]

Looks like I'd make a better Forest Ranger than a typist. I was able to a least get a couple questions right on this test. Even though I was quessin'  :D

[asy]

"A seasoned man on moderately rough trails can carry about _____ pounds on his back on a five-days' walking trip. "

Um...

I just want to know what a "Seasoned man" is...

Are we supposed to be seasoning them?

Anyone got any preferred recipes? 

Or should I be throwing peppercorns and a bay leaf in with his bath water and hoping???

asy :D :D :D

PS: I didn't even understand half the questions, much less get any right!

[redpowerd]

wheres the answers?

[Jeff]

wheres the answers?

You provide the answers...

[redpowerd]

You provide the answers...

yea i knew that was coming

heres the one i had problems with:
9. An 800-pound pack mule will in an emergency, without injury, carry _____ pounds for 5 miles over trails with slopes not exceeding 20 per cent

interesting, to say the least

[OneWithWood]

DanG Red, that's easy.  The question clearly states it is an 800 lb pack mule.  So it must be able to carry 800 lbs or they would have called it something else  :D :D :D ;D 8) 8) :P

[redpowerd]

:D it never stops here does it? :D

[DanG]

I dunno, OWW. :P  My one ton truck is rated at 7400 lbs.  I figger the 800 pound mule should be good for about 2800. : :D :D

[farmerdoug]

Dang, I like your figuring.  That mule should also weigh close to 2000lbs also if we are going by truck standards. ;D :D 8)

[Texas Ranger]

The mule question is simple, any mule man will tell you that you load the mule till he turns, looks at you, and in Mule says "Uh uh, boss, ain't gonna carry that".  They are sometimes a heck of a lot smarter than the guy doing the packing.

Uh, Jeff, boss man, since we ain't used mules or horses in 50 years, some a that stuff is relegated to history, and as such, needs a historical answer.   Most of them ol' boys are dead, and the knowledge went with them.  About half of it is still usable, on that I did ok, the rest is non-pertinent to the modern world.  Would that it were, since mules and horses leave less impact on the land than the 4-wheelers, JD 550's, pickups and such that we use now.

Asy, this man is seasoned with scotch, beef steak, and tatters.  Makes it rough at night sometimes, but my wife keeps pouring it on me.

Farmerdoug, when my family raised mules back in Missouri we had some weight well over 1200 pounds, them 800 pound mules must be from them northern states where the forage is slim in winter months.

[Tillaway]

I need my father-in-law to answer the first part.  He still remembers how to do the big 16 or 20 horse, I think... maybe more, combine hitches.  Pretty cool pictures if you ever see them.  The rest of it I did pretty well, not real sure how many time keepers I would need for the fire though.

[Bibbyman]

Son Chris worked for a hunting guide in Montana one season.  Being a "trainee", his job was mostly running mule trains in and out of the Bob Martial Wilderness Area.  It took a day in and a day out.  Something like 15 trips with a string of 8 mules to bring the camp back out at the end of the season.

He said they had one HUGE mule that was slow and gentle as a milk cow.  Anytime they had a heavy client,  they'd put him on this mule.

[Roxie]

LUMBERING
45 to 50. By what unit measure are the following forest products commonly sold?
45. Logs _________________________

Everyone knows the answer to this is a whack!!   8)

[Phorester]

No fair!  No fair!!  Tranger actually WROTE both tests!! 

[Dan_Shade]

pretty neat stuff, the "hewn railroad ties" shows why the men weighed 160 lbs