A favorite documentary at our house is Loggers: From Chainsaw to Sawmill in British Columbia by Dylan Winter. So the boys were excited to see a grapple truck working behind the library. The workers were removing a large tree that had fallen across a stream. The chainsaw operator cut the log into pieces, and then the grapple operator picked up the chucks of wood and placed them into the truck.
Ian commented that the work would go faster if there was a third person standing behind the truck directing the grapple so the chainsaw operator wouldn't have to walk back and forth. We also discussed the difference between the equipment used at this small operation and what would be used for logging. After visiting the library, we watched the workers put the smaller branches into a tree chipper.
Books: The Truck Book by McNaught; All About Tools by Hood
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