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The Trailbusters Snowmobile Club, Inc. is a non-profit snowmobile club founded
in 1966. The club maintains over 41 miles of Class A trails over both public and
private lands. The club provides snowmobile safety education classes and encourages
preservation, conservation and a healthy respect of nature and the environment.
In the News
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Below
is a link to the July 2008 issue of the New York State Snowmobile
Association Online magazine. It is full of information regarding the trail
fund increase, as well as numerous other articles of relevance to our sport.
Please take a few minutes and give it a read.
NYSSA Magazine - July Issue
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| Our
next monthly meeting is Tuesday, September 9th at 7:30 p.m. at the Lee Town Hall. Everyone is encouraged to attend.
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| The Trailbusters trails are now officially
closed for the season.
The club would like to thank all of its
very generous landowners for allowing us the use of their property for our
trail system. We hope everyone enjoyed the increased grooming this year and
we look forward to providing safe and well maintained trails for our club
members and friends next year.
If you enjoyed our trails and would like to become a club member, please
click on the Join the Club link (left) for a downloadable membership
application or a link to join the club via the NYSSA website.
Thank you to all and have a great summer!
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| What's up with this site?
Some members have asked about why the site had not been updated. Unfortunately,
we had some ftp communication problems with our server. The problem has been
fixed and come this fall we will be completing some
major updates. Thank you everyone for your patience.
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| What an awesome year!
 
(Left to Right) Ava, Point Rock and West Leyden. Photos
taken March 13th
The
club greatly increased the amount of grooming this year and it showed. Appreciation
is extended to our trail coordinators, groomer drivers and mechanics who
donated their free time to provide us with some of the most consistently
flat trails in memory. Just one reason of many to join or renew your
membership with the Trailbusters next year!
If you see any of the following guys, please be sure to thank them for an
outstanding job: John Beggs, Lance Blood, Larry Casalenuovo, Art Cole, Mark
Destito, Darwin Piersall, David Piersall, Neil Sestito, Pete Beck, Jim
Newbill, Doug Finster, Walt Buhler, Jr., Tim Hyde
and Jason VonMatt. Thank you!
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| Registration Numbers. As of March 1st,
2008, there are 122,625 snowmobiles registered in New York State. Of that
number, 19,127 were registered at the $100 non club member rate. The total
amount dedicated to the trail fund from all registrations this year is
$5,343,860. At this time last year, there were approximately 128,630 sleds
registered.
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.....and the winner is! The winner of the park bench
was drawn on Sunday, February 17th by club President Mark Destito. It
was won by long time club member Randy Topi of Rome, New York. The club
wishes to express thanks to Bob and Karen Gerace for chairing the raffle and
to those faithful club members who purchased the tickets sent to them.
Although we had about a 25% return from the tickets mailed out, we did
realize a profit which will be put towards fuel for the groomers. Thank you!
  
(Left to right) Club President Mark Destito with raffle
tickets, Mark and Darwin Piersall picking the winner, Randy Topi and his son
with the bench.
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Still Haven't Registered Your
Sled? READ THIS!
This year, you can no longer join a snowmobile club at the DMV. If
you do not join a club, your registration fee will be $100 per sled. If you
do join a club, the registration fee is $45 per sled. The Trailbusters
Snowmobile Club would be honored to have you join us as a member! Please follow the Join
the Club link on the left to join or renew your Trailbusters membership.
We offer two options to join. You can print out our application form and
send it in by mail or you can choose the NYSSA online membership application
and printout your membership voucher immediately. Either way, we thank you for supporting the Trailbusters
Snowmobile Club!
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| Fundraising Chairperson Needed.
The club has invested a large sum of money in refurbishing our groomers to
avoid the nonstop breakdowns that were experienced last year. In addition,
the cost to fuel the groomers has skyrocketed and there
is a strong possibility that the club will not have enough money to groom
through the entire season. We could use a good fundraiser at
this point. Any suggestions?
Better yet, anyone willing to volunteer to head one up?
If so, please contact Mark Destito at 336-1727 or Dennis Hesse at 337-5373,
to offer your help. As a small
gesture of appreciation, the club will pay your membership next season for
taking this leadership position.
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| The Lee Center Trailbusters would like to thank all of
our landowners for their generous cooperation in allowing us to have trails
travel across their property. Without their cooperation, it would not be
possible to have these trails.
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| Email Addresses. Emailing the club newsletter
makes this task much simpler, faster and more cost effective. If you are not
on our email list, please provide your address. We will be sending email
grooming reports as well as any pertinent trail information as it happens.
Don't be left out.
Use this link to add e-mail address
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| Bridge Decking Completed. Lance Blood, Darwin Piersall,
John Beggs and Ev Aldridge labored all day Monday, December 4th and Tuesday,
September 5th decking the steel bridge that was hauled on site Sunday. Thank
God for senior citizens! ;) The club owes these gentlemen a big round
of applause!
Names of workers are L to R in top photo: Lance Blood, Darwin Piersall,
John Beggs and Ev Aldridge.
On Sunday, December 2nd, the
club moved the 45' steel bridge over Burke Creek on Trail C4H. This was the
first chance to complete this project as the adjacent corn field was not
cut until last week. It was only 14 degrees with blowing snow when
Club President Mark Destito, with his two employeees and three pieces of
heavy equipment, along with club members David Piersall, Larry
Casalenuovo and Bill Joyce, Jr. brought the bridge from the VonMatt farm to
the site. Later in the afternoon, the work crew was joined by John Beggs and
Darwin Piersall. Photos of the move and redecking can be seen by clicking the link below. A
big thanks to Millie Piersall for the pics!
Burke Creek Bridge
Photos
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| Safety Course Completed. The club
sponsored a snowmobile safety course at our groomer barn on November 30th
and December 1st. John Beggs was the course instructor. A terrific
group of 13 kids had a great time learning the safe way to operate a snowmobile
and how to conduct themselves on the trail. Click the link below for some classroom photos courtesy of Millie
Piersall.
2007 Safety Course Photos
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Trail Relocation Completed Behind M & M Collision. A
trail relocation was completed on Saturday, December 1st, behind the new M
& M Collision building on Route 26. With the assistance of a chipping
machine, Dave Piersall, Millie Piersall, Darwin Piersall and Neil Sestito
completed the task, for which the club is greatly appreciative! Millie
provided the photos which can be seen by clicking on the link below.
M & M Trail Relocation Photos
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"Maitland"
Bridge Repaired. The club will again be using this large
bridge on C4A between Thomas and Hawkins Corners Road. This bridge had not
been used for several years because of a forced trail reroute. Reopening the
bridge will enable us to keep the sled traffic from using the shoulder of
Marsh Road. The bridge is 100' long, with 22' ramps on each end. A group of
volunteers stripped this entire bridge, hauled away the debris and redecked
it in three days. The club wishes to extend its appreciation to our highly
dedicated volunteers including John Beggs, Dennis Hesse, Darwin Piersall,
Millie Piersall, Art Cole, J.T. Sprock, Lance Blood, Mark Destito, Carl
Goodhines, Nick Destito, Dion Lemon, Jeff Petroski, Bill Joyce, Jr. and Phil
Cox. Thank you! Click the link below for some great before and
after photos courtesy of Millie Piersall.
"Maitland" Bridge Photos
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| For additional club news, go to the Newsletters link on the left and
check out the most recent or historical club newsletters.
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