Knuckleboom Loaders Load Logs
A Trip to the Sawmill
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Huge saws, hi-tech feller bunchers, rugged knuckleboom loaders, and speedy slasher saws are just some of the fascinating machines that are used to turn trees into lumber, sawdust, wood chips, and many other useful materials. The superb full-color photographs by veteran photographer Steven Borns, and the author's straightforward descriptions, make it easy for armchair visitors to follow along as trees are felled and delimbed in the forest and then trucked to the sawmill where they are scaled, sorted, debarked, and sawn. Children will delight in scanning the crystal-clear pictures to imagine themselves operating each machine and figuring out which is doing what. A glossary of timber talk, a page of forest facts, and a list of forestry websites for children and teachers help readers young and old learn the lingo and understand more about trees -- our most important renewable natural resource.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Trucks and heavy machinery are the stars in Knuckleboom Loaders Load Logs: A Trip to the Sawmill by Joyce Slayton Mitchell, photos by Steven Borns. From the feller buncher that cuts down the trees to the knuckleboom loader that places the logs onto the trucks, as well as the head saw, chipper, planer and other machines that process the wood, this book incorporates full-color photos alongside snippets of text to help readers understand how trees are turned into usable material for building.