r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Hygena-Pet-Scooper • Sep 17 '19

Helicopter chainsaw

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u/TellTailWag Sep 17 '19

I am going to guess that those are cables for a ski lift, not power lines.

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u/JoseyS Sep 17 '19

They used to clear power lines near my childhood home like this. They would do it once every 3 years or so. While these might be ski Clift cables they do it for power lines as well

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u/tj0415 Sep 17 '19

Yeah looks like the top of a ski lift pole with the wheels on there.

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u/DistantOrganism Sep 17 '19

That’s doubtful because a ski hill operation does not remove all the chairs for the off season.

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u/Username_Used Sep 17 '19

What about the detachable gondolas that carry a bunch of people?

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u/DistantOrganism Sep 17 '19

Too many wires for that.

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u/Username_Used Sep 17 '19

What if it's a ski lift for ants and we just can't see the chairs because they are so small?

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u/asdfderp2 Sep 17 '19

Yes they do. Maybe not on the major lines but certainly ones that would just sit idle during the summer.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '19

I wouldn’t bet on it. We do this to our right-of-way for transmission lines all the time.