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Recreation United States Department of Agriculture

Forest Service

Technology & Development Program October 1998

2300 9823-2343-MTDC

Fee Deposit Tube Fabrication Drawing

Cara Grill, Support Services Gary Hoshide, Recreation Program Leader

For additional Information contact: Gary Hoshide, Program Leader, Missoula Technology & Development Center, Building 1, Fort Missoula, Missoula, MT 59804-7274. Phone: (406) 329-1029; Fax: (406) 329-3719; IBM: ghoshide/wo,mtdc

Manual fee collection, requiring fee permit envelopes, has been used at Forest Service recreation sites for many years. The success of this self-service collection system depends on the public’s understanding the instructions and on a secure fee deposit vault. The vaults are often called fee tubes in the Forest Service and “Iron Rangers” in other Federal and State agencies.

The Technology and Development Program last evaluated self-service fee collection systems in 1971. Since then, many designs have been tried, but all continue to be susceptible to vandalism.

Due to their unattended locations in remote recreation sites, the fee deposit vaults are easy targets for vandals and thieves. Providing a totally “vandal-proof” vault for remote, unattended recreation sites is not practical.

Recent legislation establishing fee demonstration projects authorizes the Forest Service and other selected Federal agencies to charge higher user fees at some recreation sites, renewing interest in self-service collection systems. In addition, fee deposit vaults are being used as temporary safes at attended fee demonstration entrance stations

The Technology and Development Center at Missoula, Montana (MTDC), was asked to develop a fabrication drawing of a durable fee deposit vault design used by the Boise National Forest (Figures 1a and 1b) in Idaho.

Figure 2 is a fabrication drawing of the Boise National Forest design with recommended improvements.

Figure 1a—Fee deposit vault used by the Boise National Forest in Idaho.

Figure 1a 41%

8 x 7 7/8 3 1/4 x 3 3/16

Print to Outside Edge of Borders DO NOT Print Borders

Figure 1b—Rear view of fee vault.

Figure 1b 41%

8 x 7 7/8 3 1/4 x 3 3/16

Print to Outside Edge of Borders DO NOT Print Borders

Figure 2—Fabrication drawings for the Boise National Forest fee vault.

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Manufacture and Procurement

The fabrication drawings provide the option of using a local fabricator to construct the fee tube, lowering unit costs. For example, the Boise National Forest uses a local Job Corps Center to fabricate its design. The cost of materials is estimated at $40 per vault.

This does not include costs for handling, delivery, and installation. Even after these additional costs are considered, this method is less costly than purchasing most commercially made vaults.

Several commercial manufacturers produce fee vaults and collection equipment. Contact Gary Hoshide, Recreation Program Leader at MTDC, for information on commercially available vaults.

Library Card

Grill, Cara; Hoshide, Gary. 1998. Fee deposit tube fabrication drawing. Tech.

Tip 9823-2343-MTDC. Missoula, MT:

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Missoula Technology and Development Center. 4 p.

Includes a reproduction of the fabrication drawing for a fee deposit tube used by the Boise National Forest in Idaho. Fee deposit tubes are used for secure storage of recreation fees at recreation sites administered by the Forest Service and other State and Federal agencies. The materials for a fee tube cost about $40.

Keywords: recreation management, vault

Acknowledgments

Special thanks to Ken Waugh, Boise National Forest, for submitting the project proposal and to Diane Herzberg, P.E., Mechanical Engineer, who led the initial project work at MTDC.

About the Authors…

Cara Grill worked in support services for MTDC before earning a journalism degree from the University of Montana in 1998.

Gary Hoshide has been MTDC’s Program Leader for Recreation and Safety since 1992.

Additional single copies of this document may be ordered from:

USDA Forest Service, MTDC Building 1, Fort Missoula Missoula, MT 59804-7294

Phone: (406) 329-3900 Fax: (406) 329-3719 IBM: pubs/wo,mtdc E-mail: pubs/wo_mtdc@fs.fed.us

An electronic copy of this document is available on the Forest Service’s FSWeb intranet at:

http://fsweb.mtdc.wo.fs.fed.us

For further Technical information, contact Gary Hoshide at the above address.

Phone: (406) 329-1029 Fax: (406) 329-3719 IBM: ghoshide/wo,mtdc E-mail: ghoshide/wo_mtdc@fs.fed.us