Tyler Equipment’s Halifax branch, opening in January, had an unusual request from Halifax Elementary School’s first grader Oliver “Oli Mack” MacKenzie. Oli needed help with a school assignment: to do a report on someone he knows who has an interesting job. With Oli’s mom Shaunnaand his first-grade teacher Emily Hogan, Dave Mascio, manager of Tyler Equipment, was able to coordinate a time to bring the job they do to the Halifax Elementary School. “I was the lucky one and I didn’t want to let him down,” Mascio said. Tyler Equipment is nearby, and the crew of workers there were able to make quite a statement bringing some dramatic vehicles for the students to see and touch. The Volvo L260 Loader “earth mover” was the star of the show, easily encompassing 15 first graders in its scoop. Mascio, and his crew Tim Kane, Dave Robbins, Phil Wild, and Tom Merry, answered questions. They never miss an opportunity to help out in the community. “Hopefully we made an impact on the students and showed them what we are all about,” Mascio said. Tyler Equipment is new to Halifax, but the company is 102 years old, based in Connecticut and East Longmeadow in western Massachusetts.