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I would venture to guess the sand is/was used to make concrete (it probably was used to build all those houses). Believe it or not, sand for making concrete is the 1st natural resource a lot of the world has started to run out of. It's interesting to look into but scary.

Is there a co-gen plant around?? My local military base burns between 60-100 tractor trailer loads of wood chips per day. I see a lot of heat here the gov't (tax payers) have already paid to process.

Good thing this isn't around graduation or summer time. I just picture the biggest bonfire ever!

It's sad to just think of all the OAK flooring, cabinet wood, and firewood going into mulch.

This style grinder is called a "tub grinder". The circle drum rotates and runs the debris against a hammer mill that shreds it into mulch. Your right about using it on larger diameter debris and also good for stumps. If it can fit in the rotating drum it can be turned into mulch. They do not like long debris though. The other grinders you have videoed are all called "horizontal grinders". They use a steel conveyor belt to feed the material into the hammer mill. They are good for whole trees, brush, and long logs. They have a smaller infeed opening depending on the size of the machine. The debris has to fit in the infeed to get chipped. Horizontal grinders are faster at mulching but can't do whole large stumps or really large tree trunks. There are many different makes and models (sizes) of both machines that are on the market. The one in the video is a larger model Vermeer brand. They make a four axle version that is their largest model.

Wow!

Packing the material down

Where is this?

They should have taken some to Mr Diggs landfill he makes mulch out of it with his big Rotorchopper machine.

The front wheels were just slipping sideways making putting it where they wanted it.

Tub grinder

Grinder

It's not called a grinder but a chipper.

Has the county given and estimate on how much debris is left to be picked up and transported to these areas?

Lee, thank you for providing these videos. A friend thought you had done a drone video of the damage on Oberlin Road near Walton Way, but I have not been able to find it or maybe I am not searching correctly. Did you have one of Oberlin?

Great shots....tHanks for showing us aruond

Those air handlers are around ten feet tall. It's interesting to see them clinging to the roof structure instead of tumbling down. I guess the installer did it right. I suppose the arena's metal skeleton would have made explosive demolition more difficult so they are tearing it down bit by bit with excavators.

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I still appreciate the updates, it would be cool if you could fly right around the level of the debris pile like you mentioned. Could get a closer look at the machines too. Might need to be a day nobody's working though 😅

The new machine is definitely a tub grinder. They tend to do better with stumps and large logs but can be slower with light material, and might need it cut shorter. They can also throw large pieces really far out of the top. They've fallen out of favor since horizontal grinders (99% sure that's what the chipper is) are definitely safer and usually more productive.

Why aren’t they making lumber with those big logs

Had no idea this was going on! Will there be a new one somewhere?

I've had some really good times in that arena. I used to go to every WWE show I could go to. Now I have to go to Atlanta for the time being lol I cannot wait until the new one is up, that big shiny silver arena is going to look so nice

The bridge going to the V.A. opened yesterday. Don't have to go around any more.

There has to be a market for the chipped material, seems odd to just toss it in a landfill.

Probably body parts in there sadly.😢

Can't they send the bigger logs to the paper mills

Thank you for this video! It is nice to see how NC is cleaning up the tree debris. God Bless the project and truck drivers.

Hopefully they can use all the chipping material for erosion control in the future alone with other projects ...

So many poisonous chemicals in that it's awful. Already been reported on. Don't use this stuff around your house. Cancer, cancer, and worse.

Should be some nice snakes in there by spring

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Very interesting

Maybe they are saving for firewood

GMC 3500 Dually....

I'd asked on another vid about the wood chip market and then looked it up. Not sure how robust the local area involvement is, but there's a lot of money globally: (quote) The size of the global wood chips market was valued at USD 11.73 billion in 2023. The global market is anticipated to reach USD 23.06 billion by 2032 from USD 12.64 billion in 2024, growing at a CAGR of 7.8% from 2024 to 2032. (end of quote).

Good to see it getting done. Saw a video where one county had only gotten 4% of their debris picked up after 10 weeks. I have to assume the county was just overwhelmed with the amount of debris. I wonder if there's a market for the chipped material or if they just haul it to whoever will take it.

ALL THAT WOOD IS CONTAMINATED......DO NOT BURN OR USE THE MULCH. POISON. All kinds of dangerous chemicals. Fact

Would logging companies want those long trees

Greetings from New Zealand you are doing a great job that chipper dont stop for nothing Play safe be safe all BP NZ

Please don't sing just do the video thank you

SUCH WASTE! Those logs could be milled into boards. IDIOTS

Good base for reseeding grasses to stabilize hillsides and slides.

How can they be freezing with all that wood

Sir that is some great footage.

FYI that is not a chipper. It’s a horizontal grinder.

Would like to know the economic viability of using the trees for something other than filling up a landfill. Same with the wood chips. Maybe it just doesn't pay, I just hate to see it wasted.

How many sites are there and does each one have a chipper like this one? I saw the Hyde park one already. Curious how many in total. My mind insists they'll catch up, but the amount of debris has to be incredible. Also curious about the source of funding for the workers, whether it's state/county.

Remember everything there is contaminated with toxins and radiation. 😮

Oh my goodness! Holy Cow! That person walking gives us a really good perspective. In times past, there might have been a bonfire to burn it.