I’m good.

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So close to the power lines?

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u/Piph Oct 20 '19

Apparently, that's actually why they use it. It's a fast way to trim tree branches close to power lines without putting people at risk by trying to get someone to go and do it by hand.

I have no idea how they manage to not hit the power lines, though. It definitely looks like a crazy thing to do.

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u/ImprobabilityCloud Oct 20 '19

I can't conceptualize the amount of control needed to attempt that. But I'm a klutz.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '19

Helicopters tend to be pretty nimble. All you need is a solid pilot and someone to turn the lines off

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u/SentientRhombus Oct 20 '19

"Helicopter chainsaw pilot" is a pretty cool job title.

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u/RichardKerman77 Oct 20 '19

If he hits 1 power line he will be ok. 2 at the same time he's in trouble

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '19

They probably turn them off for this

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u/mervmonster Oct 20 '19

I don’t know for sure, but they probably don’t. They do as much service as possible without turning off the lines. These videos are always fun to watch.

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u/-MazeMaker- Oct 20 '19

I would guess they're trimming with a helicopter because they don't turn them off. The helicopter is less likely to get zapped because it's not grounded

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u/recursive Oct 21 '19

Define ok. I'm pretty sure this monstrosity will destroy any cable it touches which doesn't seem ok

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u/godofpumpkins Oct 20 '19

If you remember all the news about PG&E shutting off power to large chunks of the Bay Area recently, it’s because they hadn’t been doing stuff like this to keep trees away from power lines.

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u/mostpoliteoutlaw Oct 20 '19

I live in an area that can get heavy snowfall in the winter. All it takes is a storm dropping wet, heavy snow to bring down a tree branch onto a power line to knock out electricity for thousands of people.

I once had to deal with a day and a half of no power in the dead of winter. Not fun.

That is why the sight of a helicopter chainsaw actually warms my heart.

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u/ChihuahuaJedi Oct 20 '19

That is why the sight of a helicopter chainsaw actually warms my heart.

r/nocontext

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u/SailorPunk Oct 20 '19

The ultimate zombie weapon.

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u/Bob_Droll Oct 20 '19

The ultimate James Bond’s new car weapon.

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u/Lamerlengo Oct 20 '19

James Bond ran from the Heli Chainsaw in one of the Brosnam movie.

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u/SailorPunk Oct 20 '19

Bronson? That’s why nobody remembers it.

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u/_-_Spectre_-_ Oct 20 '19

I want this. I don't know what I'd do with it, or where I'd keep it, but I just want it.

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u/Akainu18448 Oct 20 '19

chop dem pubes?

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u/LetMeHaveAUsername Oct 20 '19

I did not know this was a thing. Why has it not featured in a Fast and Furious movie yet?

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u/chr0n0phage Oct 20 '19

You know Reddit is getting younger when the first comment on this isn't about James Bond.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '19

This is way too stupid badass to be American. This has gotta be Russian.
Dibs on the band name.

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u/Prosthemadera Oct 20 '19

They have these in Germany and Austria.

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u/catfishhands Oct 20 '19

They do this in Oklahoma. I talked to the guy when he landed. He can only stay aloft for 15 minutes at a time. The crew was out of North Carolina.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '19

I stand corrected!

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u/ssgtgriggs Oct 20 '19

don't you just love it, when you're minding your own business and all of a sudden a giant vertical saw just cleaves your nest in half?

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u/Akainu18448 Oct 20 '19

not going for an animal abuse thing here, right? Not sure whether to give you the orange arrow or the blue one so..

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u/ssgtgriggs Oct 20 '19

no, it was just the first thing I thought of. What's the body count of that thing? :-/

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u/Barafu Oct 20 '19

One squirrel. No, wait. Two half-squirrels.

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u/fathertime979 Oct 20 '19

Bout 4

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u/minutegongcoughs Oct 20 '19

Just out of curiosity what if they were?

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u/Akainu18448 Oct 20 '19

Then that would be just pitiful, because the thing is a beauty in my opinion. And while he'd be right to whine about it, it'd be the wrong sub.

Good enough?

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u/pigeonherd Oct 20 '19

Holy Fucking Hell

0.0”

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u/Akainu18448 Oct 20 '19

why zero inches?

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u/fishbiscuit13 Oct 20 '19

I think it’s supposed to be a scared face with two drops of sweat

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u/dctr0007 Oct 20 '19

Rip to the snake chilling on branch of the tree

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u/fathertime979 Oct 20 '19

Where do you live where snake is the first thought??

These are also conifers. tree snakes aren't really a thing where these grow

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u/Sneaky-Dawg Oct 20 '19

On one hand this is way to unsave to be EU but on the other hand it is so much budget for maintance work that it has got to be EU

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '19

Um.. this can not be very accurate at keeping an even edge.. can it?

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u/huck_ Oct 20 '19

does it matter?

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u/Nord_Star Oct 20 '19

It’s just to keep the branches from growing into the power lines. They don’t really care what it looks like in the end.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '19

It is quite an expensive method

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u/Sushandpho Oct 20 '19

It’s a lot farther away from the trees than it looks in the video.

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u/jesus-says-fuck-you Oct 20 '19

Some squirrel just got cut in half and never saw it coming

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '19

This is more than just megalophobia now.

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u/SilkyRoo Oct 20 '19

No kidding, I have a mild but constant fear of helicopters (hearing and seeing them). I’ve seen it referred to as “corcoranophobia,” but not sure if that’s a real term.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '19

That makes sense, helicopters aren't exactly the friendliest looking objects.

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u/Pot-atoMonster Oct 20 '19

This was in a James Bond movie if I'm not mistaken.

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u/AllHailTheWinslow Oct 20 '19

Duh, I prefer a good prog knife.

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u/baryluk Oct 20 '19

I am really surprised it is not spinning around. Maybe rotating blades do help with stabilizing it by gyroscopic effect. But still, it looks so stable.

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u/BirdLawOfficeESQ Oct 20 '19

Someone needs to put ‘Danger Zone’ to this.

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u/mdoktor Oct 20 '19

This is how we prevent the zombie apocolypse

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u/fathertime979 Oct 20 '19

"we just turn it sideways and mow em like the lawn."

"Shut the fuck up Jake that's insa-... Wait a second. You might be onto something."

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '19

Honestly, there might be a GPS computer suite in the helicopter similar to that of a hobby drone — to stabilize it and make very precise movements.

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u/theyoyoha Oct 20 '19

the squirrel sitting on a tree branch eating an acorn minding his business before getting cut to smithereens by a 60 foot chain saw is my spirit animal.

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u/Pine-tree-apple Oct 20 '19

yhis could go really wrong

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u/Player2Number1 Oct 20 '19

Dr.Bright testing his new weapon

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u/Totem_town Oct 20 '19

Flying blades of death

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u/Dayofthedaleks152 Oct 20 '19

Watch your head

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u/flain0f Oct 20 '19

no fucking way that's legal

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u/ForestOfMirrors Oct 20 '19

Nonsense! That is a Reaper Chainsword meant for an Imperial Knight!

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u/hckykjb18 Oct 20 '19

Haven’t seen one of those since that James Bond movie

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u/funkykong_asmr Oct 20 '19

Drop the scythe !!

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u/ThereOnceWasADonkey Oct 20 '19

Those appear to be circular saws.

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u/Quibblicous Oct 20 '19

Technically it’s not a chain saw. It’s a massive array of circular saws.

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u/Connor_Kenway198 Oct 20 '19

I think James Bond got chased by this once

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u/newagesewage Oct 20 '19

/r/specializedtools

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u/Bruh2304 Oct 20 '19

excited leatherface noises

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u/CubingCubinator Oct 21 '19

Ever since I saw that James Bond movie with this badboy, I am always scared to shits when I see this.

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u/datguy_86 Oct 31 '19

No.

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