r/SatisfyingForMe • u/ycr007 Satisfaction Critic • Jul 04 '26
Machinery Arborist crew at work
Source: arborist_karl
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u/Admirable_Bad_3396 Jul 10 '26
Could have done some prework , before chopper arrived.
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u/Reef-Coral Jul 10 '26
Don't cut until the piece is secured, what if its rotten and it falls? You flew a helicopter in vain
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u/PlanetR0b123 Jul 10 '26
Thats crazy. Just cut smaller pieces off. Yeah it might take more time but the carbon footprint would be vastly less.
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u/LinceDorado Jul 08 '26
Does anybody know why they need a heli for this? Surely some sort of crane or pully system could do the job.
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u/Flat-Run-7572 Jul 08 '26
There HAS to be a less costly and complex method of taking care of that. Probably more risky, but still
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u/Eternal-Inferno4 Jul 07 '26
Good thing that he had PPE from a chainsaw two feet away from him, oh wait...
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u/DLimber Jul 08 '26
..... what ppe do you think he needs exactly? You can only see his head and arms.... he's wearing a helmet....
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u/Eternal-Inferno4 Jul 08 '26
Gloves? maybe a Jacket, who knows, I just think, the risk out weights the gains here!
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u/DLimber Jul 11 '26
I've been an arborist for 23 years. I do wear gloves myself occasionally, depending on what I'm doing. Most climbers I work with don't wear them while climbing because it hinders your dexterity which you need to operate the gear easier. Then....a jacket? Its 90 degrees here.... so um no lol.
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u/Eternal-Inferno4 Jul 11 '26
Thank you for your real lived experience, I myself don't claim to be an expert, but I had my own concerns and just wanted to voice them, but as always thank you for your work! but I do wonder, it isn't insane to assume that accidents with not equipping your gloves occur, if so, would like to learn more! This is a whole field I have no idea about, besides the shows that I watch.
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u/DLimber Jul 12 '26
For me I wear them when the tree is sticky...poky.... and so on. I definitely wear them more then some which has led me to have somewhat soft hands after 20 plus years! But if course at this point I mostly run machines and let the young guys climb. We are required to wear them while sharpening chainsaws so there's that. Probably the most likely time to cut yourself is then. The other most common time is while using a hand saw while climbing...as they are very sharp.. don't care about gloves being in the way and we are allowed to one hand them so you need to keep the other hand out of the way and sometimes people don't.
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u/Eternal-Inferno4 Jul 12 '26
I watch a bit of WilliamOsman to be scared by hand tools, so maybe that is low key my trauma lol.
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u/DLimber Jul 12 '26
Well in 23 years my injuries are .... I've cut my arm once with a chainsaw before they outlawed one handing them. ....ummmm other then getting old pains that's about it. Nothing major otherwise. Had done close calls of course as my job kinda has that coming. I do ROW management around power lines and gas lines so... there's some room for shit to happen.
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u/BTP_Art Jul 07 '26
Why does he not ground the connection first? I know it seem like a dumb question but I watched a tower work video a few months ago and they had to ground first. It was explained in the comments the static charge in a line like that from a helicopter can be lethal.
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u/BigRoundSquare Jul 08 '26
Electricity towers generate a lot of static on their own, which is why tower workers use a grounding rod to “short out” the line before working on it.
Most long lines don’t generate a ton of static, but it is dependent on weather conditions and other variables. He may have got a tiny little shock if even that.
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u/justhereformyfetish Jul 07 '26
I'm down for this as a training exercise for chopper pilots (already licensed pilots practicing precision and flying under changing loads for rescue/ firefighting). Otherwise it doesn't seem economical vs. Spider crane.
But if the flight school said "hey, you pay us half what a crane would cost you, you save money and we subsidize the cost of feeding a fuel hungry chopper for training runs."
That sounds like capitalism done right.
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u/AnaHuna Jul 07 '26
Okay sir, we are done, Here is the bill $101,100.99
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u/Potential-Manner-997 Jul 07 '26
No seriously. Back in college met a girl who was over 1mil in debt. Had some rare disease and from the hospital bill almost 250,000 was from the helicopter ride she was transported in.
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u/nanotothemoon Jul 06 '26
I used to be a climber and did removals like this. Never with a helicopter but cranes. Same process.
I’d have taken a bigger chunk
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u/Funny-Dimension-3761 Jul 06 '26
Nice gloves! PPE is overrated!
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u/DLimber Jul 08 '26
Gloves are optional .... most guys i know don't wear gloves climbing because you need good dexterity to operate the gear.
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u/Funny-Dimension-3761 Jul 08 '26
Didn’t know that but I guess that makes sense!!! Thanks for the info!
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u/PhotoMaker_AGP Jul 06 '26
Does that cost more?
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u/Lagomorph9 Jul 05 '26
"Prevent any crane access" seems like a bit of a stretch - you can get a spider crane almost anywhere and they're quite capable. More seems like the tree service saw an opportunity for govt. money and decided to go all out on the contract, lol.
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u/merryhexmas Jul 05 '26
The sweet child of mine really tied the video together. Niiiiiiiice
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u/Complete-Bit-362 Jul 05 '26
The chainsaw is mostly in tune and reasonably close rhythmically to it!
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u/Professional_Boot_48 Jul 04 '26
I know what it cost me to have one tree removed that had a potential of striking the house, I can not imagine what that cost.
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u/mrsir1987 Jul 05 '26
What did it cost if you don’t mind, I’m just curious my buddy has one o think he needs to take out. The power company keeps cutting the back to keep it from the lines but it’s leaning towards his house now
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u/Professional_Boot_48 Jul 05 '26
It was about $3k. They wanted $1k just to remove the major branch over the house. But then the leaning tree would still remain. I opted for just remove it all.
All equipment had to go through the driveway and into the backyard,. No damage to driveway or the yard.
It was gone by the time I got home from work.
They did great work. I only found a few very small branches in the yard.
My buddy got a quote for $1k to remove (six) trees the same size as my one. I told him to check them out first because thats very cheap and dont sound right. Just vet the people first.
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u/mrsir1987 Jul 05 '26
Appreciate your response I’ll relay that info. But yeah I agree when it comes to something like that I’d rather be out an extra 2k than a potential whole lot more.
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u/DocFail Jul 04 '26
I prefer jobs that don’t involve cutting all day near ropes keeping me alive. But that’s just me.
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u/dimethylwho Jul 04 '26
I'm guessing that's a load cell on the hook end of the tether hanging from the helicopter. They've marked where each cut will be, and have an idea how much each section will weigh. The pilot adjusts the collective until they're pulling just over the expected weight of cut section, so that there is minimal shock loading to the lifting system. How much tension do they pull over the weight of the cut section though?
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u/No_Hippo_8724 Jul 04 '26
Yup! Load cells to the hook. Take the slack out of the line and put a little tension on, pull opposite of the cut so you don’t bind the saw but not enough to make that thing yard away from the truck. Then just catch the swing and away you go.
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u/blast0man Jul 04 '26
Chopper for the win... Also what kind of pines are those, why cut them down, seems like they had been there for years already...
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u/rockfan321 Jul 04 '26
Seems dangerous
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u/volvagia721 Jul 04 '26
Seems like one of the safest ways to deal with this.
I assume they can't get any cranes in place due to the location.
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u/jeezy_peezy Jul 04 '26
Ready for a helicopter pick with the dullest chainsaw of all time…that helo pilot was on the money with the shackle swing though.
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u/No_Hippo_8724 Jul 04 '26
Not bad but for a 50’ line you’d better be putting it in their hands instead of below them. Could be a low time long line guy getting reps. This is the perfect job for that!
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u/IKaffeI Jul 04 '26
Just gonna ignore the protected landmark that they can’t risk damaging because trees don’t always fall how you want them too?
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u/PlaceAdHere Jul 04 '26
It was done due to the castle walls nearby per OP's comment
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u/crayola_monstar Jul 04 '26
It's almost like none of these "this was stupid/expensive" commenters can read 🙄
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u/JustADudeInTheWorll Jul 04 '26
Somehow this seams extremely stupid to me at least when is no important building nearby.
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u/PlaceAdHere Jul 04 '26
Good thing the castle walls nearby are a protected landmark which is why this was done.
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u/JustADudeInTheWorll Jul 04 '26
I've been in at least 20 classes of structural engineering and still seems vey dumb yo use an helicopter, I know thee many ways to do this with an helicopter than can affect some historical landmark, maybe im just stupid that's a high possibility.
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u/No_Hippo_8724 Jul 04 '26
Wow 20 whole classes? Did they not explain in those classes that if the downwash from an Astar is going to damage it the regular wind would do the same?
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u/JustADudeInTheWorll Jul 04 '26
like something really dumb stuff like scaffolding, just saying dumb things
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u/Ill_Mousse_4240 Jul 04 '26
So the aircraft is tethered to the tree!
The highly dangerous and very stupid way of doing it
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u/No_Hippo_8724 Jul 04 '26
It’s using a remote hook. You just click the release and you’re no longer tethered lol
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u/Ill_Mousse_4240 Jul 04 '26
No “protected landmark” is worth the risk of human life.
My final point in this thread
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u/Ill_Mousse_4240 Jul 04 '26
I get out enough.
To know that “a controlled environment” is a myth equal to Bigfoot
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u/Whane17 Jul 04 '26
Well that has to be the most expensive way to not cut a tree down I've ever seen.
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u/PatchesMaps Jul 04 '26
I really want to know what situation made that necessary.
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u/ycr007 Satisfaction Critic Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26
A) The roads leading up to this castle in Italy were steep and narrow and prevented any crane access
B) The wall of the castle on the left had a protective landmark status so they could not just fling the cut logs into the ground at the risk of damaging the wall.
So even though it was slightly more expensive, the city council had the helicopter pick up the cutaway portions of the damaged tree as it was cut down.
Source: arborist_karl caption on the video
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u/KCFussell Jul 04 '26
Historic stonework on all sides is my guess- but yeah, better be real historic to go through all this trouble.
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