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Recovery worker Pete Theriautt of Livermore, Maine, demonstrates the operation of a grapple hook on a Pride Construction Inc. grapple truck while staged in Charleston on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. A grapple haul truck can hold 80 yards of tree limbs and branches, while a haul trailer can hold up to 88 yards, he noted.
The process of removing small mountains of tree limbs, branches and other debris from alongside practically every street in Charleston was set to begin this week.
