Unloading Lumber
You may have assumed that trucks carrying lumber require cranes, forklifts, winches, pulleys, a large crew and sophisticated technology to unload the tons of wood they are carrying. So how does a one-person operation—just the driver—manage to unload it all by oneself? Inertia!
Wikipedia defines inertia as follows: “Inertia is the resistance, of any physical object, to any change in its velocity. This includes changes to the object's speed, or direction of motion. An aspect of this property is the tendency of objects to keep moving in a straight line at a constant speed, when no forces are upon them.” Basically when the truck stops, the lumber keeps moving until resistance—friction in this instance—stops it. Or the ground!
This is just a portion of the lumber required for the framing of 3547 Barry Avenue, a two story, 3,100 square foot house in Mar Vista, coming to the market in 2020. Stay tuned for more related news.