Well kids – its time to learn the proper words for heavy equipment. Here in the library today we have enjoyed the near constant pounding of a Yanmar crawler excavator with a jackhammer attachment as it took apart the sidewalk and some of the concrete steps beside the library.
Yanmar’s buddy, the Komatsu crawler excavator, has been busy shoveling together piles of broken concrete and asphalt.
You can see here how the maple and mulberry trees that gave us much welcome shade in the parking lot for many years have been removed.
There is a smooth drum compactor (which we used to call a “steam roller” when I was a kid) in the center of this photo. Not pictured is a Gehl crawler skid steer loader that’s beeping around carrying away piles of rubble as they accrue. We can hardly believe it’s finally happening!
Much thanks to An Officer’s Guide to the Proper Identification of Construction Equipment . . . Vol. 5 for helping me out with new and useful nouns!
Categories: Library Construction & Renovation
I can just see the kids from SBC Day Care lined up against the fence watching. Jess Griffith had trouble prying her 2 year old away from his viewing platform.